Ahh I see. Surprised it hasn't hermed on ya doing that. Very confused plant I would imagine.lol
many people will force flower like i did with over 18 hrs of day light presently what i did was place plant in garage for 48 hrs covered and in darkness then for first week it was out side for 12 hrs then back in garage end of second week she is full bloom cycle 3rd week from flipping she is out side non stop and recieving full day light .. and its smoking for week 3
With no glitches placing in garage every couple days to to get total 12 hrs of total darkness but she is stacking up nice
As for the op about fading you know contrary to popular belief MJ is a annual meaning it grows for one season there fore fading is not in its gene pool as its cousins the perennial.
Which will use up all the energy in the plants leafs, drop leafs to conserve energy for the winter months like tress do
the goal is to keep the plant healthy as possible Nitrogen is needed in all stages till the end ( CHOP )
we work so hard to keep plants healthy just to let it starve its self at the most crucial time ? Does this really make sense like flushing etc ..
this is what seperates the jedi growers to the novice growers
Everyone tends to listen to the urban myths like its the bible with out any true credited scientific data ,, do organic farms purposely flush there veggies n fruits ??? or any commercial scale farmers ??? not fucking chance
The goal is KEEPING plants healthy as long as you can end of story here 3rd week organic going into 4th week healthy only water added and top dress fresh grass clippings she will stay healthy up to chop day and wait till you see what she looks like compared to other plants they people purposely fade or starve plants