OutdoorGod
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Some years ago i listened to a talk at the emerald cup. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of that talk, as it's on YouTube. Nonetheless, the talk was about cannabis and its' nature as a desert plant. The talk elaborated on the fact that cannabis is accustomed to approximately 10% of perspiration.
I can't remeber if this was pertaining mainly to equitorial genetics, but i suppose afghani genetics could also fit into this category.
After hearing that talk at emerald cup i decided to try really restricting water and humidity in my grows. The results were phenomenal. I noticed stronger aromas and more complex terpene profiles.
I would let my leafs wilt slightly between waterings and i also noticed less waterings meant less humidity during the lights off cycle. Sometimes I would let the fan leafs and even cola leafs droup way down. Then a good 20% watering... Not a full drink as you would normally give a thirsty marijuana plant. Sometimes if my plants were very dry going into the night cycle i would mist water on the fan leafs. Underneath the leafs just a bit. I tried to imitate the dew that would appear in the night under the leafs.
Heavily hybridized strains may not respond well to this technique, i don't know. Perhaps strains less removed from their natural habitat would respond better to desert conditions. One i can think of is Durban Poision.
I wanted to share my experience here. I'm going to be starting to grow again soon after a 3 years hiatus looking forward to it.
I'll be experimenting with creating desert like conditions in my grow tent maybe some rocks and sand in buckets will be needed to absord night humidity levels but i'm looking forward to further testing this technique and posting here with a grow journal.
I'm going to be growing Blue Magoo bx2 and Keats S1 from a seed i found in Broken Coast Keats.
I can't remeber if this was pertaining mainly to equitorial genetics, but i suppose afghani genetics could also fit into this category.
After hearing that talk at emerald cup i decided to try really restricting water and humidity in my grows. The results were phenomenal. I noticed stronger aromas and more complex terpene profiles.
I would let my leafs wilt slightly between waterings and i also noticed less waterings meant less humidity during the lights off cycle. Sometimes I would let the fan leafs and even cola leafs droup way down. Then a good 20% watering... Not a full drink as you would normally give a thirsty marijuana plant. Sometimes if my plants were very dry going into the night cycle i would mist water on the fan leafs. Underneath the leafs just a bit. I tried to imitate the dew that would appear in the night under the leafs.
Heavily hybridized strains may not respond well to this technique, i don't know. Perhaps strains less removed from their natural habitat would respond better to desert conditions. One i can think of is Durban Poision.
I wanted to share my experience here. I'm going to be starting to grow again soon after a 3 years hiatus looking forward to it.
I'll be experimenting with creating desert like conditions in my grow tent maybe some rocks and sand in buckets will be needed to absord night humidity levels but i'm looking forward to further testing this technique and posting here with a grow journal.
I'm going to be growing Blue Magoo bx2 and Keats S1 from a seed i found in Broken Coast Keats.
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