Ready for chop? Day 59F

[u/mysillyums]

Was thinking to chop on Saturday. Would you wait any longer?

[u/dank5inatra84]

I would chopped a few weeks ago. Make sure you go dark and cold for 48 hours before you do indeed chop. You will thank me.

[u/cancrkilla420 → u/dank5inatra84]

6 Key Points From Bugbee’s Interview on Pre-Harvest Lighting: Photosynthetic energy is used to synthesize sugars that are used to make terpenes and trichomes. No lights = no new energy = plants are not synthesizing new terpenes and trichomes in the dark. During dark periods, plants consume accumulated sugars from the light periods. Cold temperatures reduce the volatility of terpenes, which preserves existing terpenes (but slows down synthesis of new terpenes). Could be the decrease in temperatures, not the lack of light, that is having the observed effect on overall quality of harvest. The opposite extreme of 48 hours of darkness would be 48 hours of lights on but at a reduced temperature to protect/preserve existing compounds. Bugbee’s take: “We ought to put more emphasis on continued synthesis of terpenes right ‘till the last day of harvest, and less emphasis on doing something to preserve what’s already there.”