How do you harvest in the dark, with all the stakes/nets/cable ties??

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gubblebum

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As the topic says...

So it seems the general consensus is that harvesting just before the lights are due on helps with a faster cure, due to the fluids dripping down into the roots at night, so once the lights come back on, the plant sucks back the fluid from the roots.

So last harvest I tried to do it in the dark, but it was impossible to remove the screen/net and harvest without seeing anything.

So whats the trick? Do we have an optimum window with the lights on? Can we use dim light?
 
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gubblebum

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PopAndSonGrows said:
There's really no proof that nighttime/dark harvests are of any benefit. Matter of fact, according to Dr. Bruce Bugbee, terpenes are developed during DAYLIGHT hours & not during dark hours as bro-science had led us to believe. So if anything, chop them bitches at "high noon".

Really, just harvest whenever is convenient for you.
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It's not for terpenes it's so the plants liquids, starches, sugars etc go back into the roots as the leads droop for the night.

Meant to give a faster cure as less to expel. It might be bro science but I've sure seen it on a lot of bit websites.
 
sandman83

sandman83

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I'll just go for a healthy plant at harvest...not sure how you would harvest IN the dark without turning some lights on? If growing outside I could see harvesting at night to avoid prying eyes?
 
PopAndSonGrows

PopAndSonGrows

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gubblebum said:
It's not for terpenes it's so the plants liquids, starches, sugars etc go back into the roots as the leads droop for the night.

Meant to give a faster cure as less to expel. It might be bro science but I've sure seen it on a lot of bit websites.
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Never heard of that mechanism in plants. Can you cite an article where you read that starches and sugars run down to the roots at night?
 
CaliRootz88

CaliRootz88

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gubblebum said:
As the topic says...

So it seems the general consensus is that harvesting just before the lights are due on helps with a faster cure, due to the fluids dripping down into the roots at night, so once the lights come back on, the plant sucks back the fluid from the roots.

So last harvest I tried to do it in the dark, but it was impossible to remove the screen/net and harvest without seeing anything.

So whats the trick? Do we have an optimum window with the lights on? Can we use dim light?
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What’s the trick you ask?
The day before harvest you slip a little NyQuill in the root zone (5mls per gal) and read them a bed time story about how this alien found it’s way to earth and got lost in the woods. By this time your bed time story is over and lights will have turned off and they’ll be fast asleep. That’s when you quickly pick them up one at a time and take them into your garage (no lights) and beat the shit out of them with a wiffel ball bat in the dark. After some swings and rock music in the background it’s time turn the lights on.. you’ll have perfectly trimmed nugs all over the floor.

The end. :eyesmoke:
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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gubblebum said:
You're right I can't find any proper scientific articles on it... Just tons and tons of grow articles, so perhaps it is broscience.
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General consensus often is, broscience. We need the universities to weigh in and do the research.

Speaking about some of the broscience I've heard, what I wonder is if you are harvesting in the dark after the 'sap' has dropped, then you hang them upside down so the THC flows to the flowers, doesn't the liquid flow back there too?
 
PopAndSonGrows

PopAndSonGrows

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curious2garden said:
General consensus often is, broscience. We need the universities to weigh in and do the research.

Speaking about some of the broscience I've heard, what I wonder is if you are harvesting in the dark after the 'sap' has dropped, then you hang them upside down so the THC flows to the flowers, doesn't the liquid flow back there too?
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LMAO, i almost posted the same thing about hang drying upside down :lol: that's the bro-est of science tips right there. THC running to the buds, HAH! I think o.p. knows at this point he likely spotted "anecdotal" articles.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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PopAndSonGrows said:
LMAO, i almost posted the same thing about hang drying upside down :lol: that's the bro-est of science tips right there. THC running to the buds, HAH! I think o.p. knows at this point he likely spotted "anecdotal" articles.
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It's hard when you're first starting out and there are so many voices on the internet you just don't know who to believe.
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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I have no desire to try and fumble around in the dark to do this, but as someone who’s always thinking about solutions to problems (many of which I create for myself) - what if you just went in and quickly cut the stems in the dark to satisfy whatever gooey drippy sap fetish you may have, and then go back in when the lights come on, to untangle branches from nets and retrieve the plants?
 
secretmicrogrow420

secretmicrogrow420

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PopAndSonGrows said:
There's really no proof that nighttime/dark harvests are of any benefit. Matter of fact, according to Dr. Bruce Bugbee, terpenes are developed during DAYLIGHT hours & not during dark hours as bro-science had led us to believe. So if anything, chop them bitches at "high noon".

Really, just harvest whenever is convenient for you.
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wait are you serious? terpenes are developed during daylight? lol like r u sure? this is blowing my mind. im not sure who this bruce bugbee is.
 
secretmicrogrow420

secretmicrogrow420

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PopAndSonGrows said:
Look him up. Bruce Bugbee is THE ONLY person that I know of, that's truly studying canna at a University level & not regurgitating bro-science anecdotes
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what about ed rosenthal? one of his books are used in oaksterdam university? ive never heard of bruce bugbee but ive always followed what ed rosenthal has said in his books and ed's books have helped me and my brother grow better quality flower <3 :3 ima go google bruce bugbee and see whats up thnx for the tip about terpenes btw ima look into that
 
Greengrouch

Greengrouch

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I usually chop at the end of a dark cycle, mostly just out of habit now. I just turn off the plug my grow lights in and use a regular lamp with a regular light bulb. Not nearly bright enough to do any photosynthesis but you can see just fine.
 
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