this is what i like to do to the plants to make them producemore thc, i do this all the time.
last 20 days before chop i add 2 10% reptile cfl's (the highest wattage ones) to my grow so thereis a 600 watt hps enhanced blue bulb (super NRG bulb same spectrum as the HORTILUX enhanced hps, but it has more lumens) any way i add the retile bulbs that are 10% uv and i un glass my air cooled hood also.
then the last week i dont water the plants at all (assuming they are flushed good) i might even let emgo a couple extra days to get the medium super dry.
the RH% lowers automatically caseu my hood has the glassremoved and there fore the room is under constant ventilation and that gets the humidity down inthe 35%'s to 40% range.
andido the 24 hours darkness i believe that anything more that 24 hours is just over kill and is the point of diminishing returns.
then i makesure all the lights and everything is in complete darkness as i chop the plants down for harvesting (when a plant goes in its dark cycle it pulls all the nutes from the uppper parts of the plants and stores themin its roots) so as soon as the plant see'slight it will start to pull the nutes fromthe sub-terrainian partsof the plant to the upper (visible ) partsofthe plant, I.E.-the leaves stemsand buds.
so i chop in compplete darkness, i literally work the harvestlikea blind man by feeling where the plants are and cutting wtih a small pair of bolt cutters.
then the common light manicuring of major leaves and some larger bud leaes. and then hang dry at 55% rh for 10-14 days, then they get jarred up and burped for a week or 10 days (jars open for 10 minutes 3X a day for ten days) then they are right. [Mod note: Per Posting Guidelines: No discussion
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i set aside what im goingto keep formy self and let em jar cure for a month at least.
nowthe last part might be hardif you didnt have a"bumper harves" last run, where you are still smoking the last runs buds while the newest batch cures.
if not it is perfectly exceptable to smokethem after the 10 day burping period.
you just might not get all the complex flavors and coloring thatthe buds would if letto cure for 4 week sor more.
i never believed in the month or more curing thing before, till i decided to let an ounce of wappa sit in the jar for 3 months, man what a totally different smoke and flavor thant he 10 day burped buds. now i swear by MY smoke sitting thatlong
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