brazel
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Nice bro, I dig the desire to experimentThis will be a long post but quite relevant.
I tested cuttings all last year to decide for myself what all this fading plants was all about.
I ran 3 different strains and each run I gave 1 of each water only the last 2 weeks. They faded pretty yellow for the most part. The bud leaves tended to lighten some. They had the least potency and less flavor and aroma before and after cure. But were smoother to smoke soonest.
I fed 1 of each strong to the end. Vibrant and green. Too much nitrogen ended up in strange overgrowth and the buds were so harsh and earthy tasting for so many weeks that I never got to try them fully cured. Too much chlorophyll. Also foxtailing and almost 2 weeks extended harvest times.
And I experimented feeding only what I thought they needed tapering down concentrations to only water the last time or two. Or not. The object was to keep them medium soft green to the end. As uniform color as possible but not too dark and not too light.
This gave the same positive result each time. More flavor, more aroma and more potency. Not just potency but complexity of effects as well. And much more noticeable medical qualities. And a medium acceptable curing time. Some strains like berry indicas are tasty right away. Some like Haze are harsh and too peppery and grassy for a while.
This shows me that I have gotten some good potential from the plants. And they got more closely what they needed right to finish.
Also I switched to only grow ratios for the whole cycle. PK heavy nutes shorten the cycle by prematurely yellowing the plant and locking up the roots for sure. Feeding properly added an average of 2 weeks to the faded plants times. I tested a few different nutes a few ways to determine this previously. Yield and quality can be much higher without boosters.
Overfeeding was bad on all counts. You can recover and keep them going but always long flowering times that way and bad flavor and harshness for more than weeks after dry.
Those are my findings in my garden. In Ocean Forest and Pure Blend Pro Grow for nutes. And under 600w Hortilux Super Hps lamps.
Yeah boosters and some other products are worthless.
Tapering off makes more since
Than flushing does
Thanks for the post