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even if this works the last 3 days of a grow arent gonna make a huge difference compared to the months of development proceeding it. except for that one trick to triple bud density
Dude, i hear if you add rat poison to the res for the last 3 days, your plants will turn into giant tricomes.. You need a chisel and hammer to harvest it..
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Nah, I don't think so. Cannabis does not produce ethylene and 48 hrs in a dark room doesn't include any ethylene. The dark period is causing the reaction, at least in my limited testing of this idea. We know the dark period is important in flowering so I do believe it has a role.
Ethylene helps ripening of fruits, but I don't think if exposed to it that a bud would ripen its trichomes like a banana ripens, different forms of biology at work, IMHO. The two things that seems to have a strong relationship to ripening is time & darkness. Otherwise we'd all be flowering on 18/6 to get extra hours of light.
I'll have to try this again and look for increased amounts of trichomes and document the previously noted increased maturity levels. Trying to quantify if it increased resin is going to be practically impossible, some of my cuts get so frosty I couldn't honestly tell if there is more. Thats why I was just looking for an increased maturity level - ie; more cloudy/amber of what was previously clear headed trich's. At least that way I could see if it caused any sort of reaction.
After 48 hrs of complete darkness, I noticed a greater prevalence of cloudy/amber heads compared to plants left in flowering under 12/12 for the same 48 hrs.
Cool. at this point would it not be good to show us macro pics to see for ourselves? This is where talk becomes real in my opinion. Thanks in advance for sharing. Peace GS
all fruits produce ethylene... whats your point dextro
Nah, I don't think so. Cannabis does not produce ethylene and 48 hrs in a dark room doesn't include any ethylene. The dark period is causing the reaction, at least in my limited testing of this idea. We know the dark period is important in flowering so I do believe it has a role.
Ethylene helps ripening of fruits, but I don't think if exposed to it that a bud would ripen its trichomes like a banana ripens, different forms of biology at work, IMHO.
theres no real benefit to this. at least not enough to waste your time doing it.
i appreciate you and thank you for giving me perspective. i never thought about harvesting at different hours and learning new things about mai plant is exhilarating. good stuff indeed. so what would you say is the best time to chop mai plants down? an hour after sun up? right at sun down? i'm smacking mai lips just thinking about the extra flavor all in and around mai buds. makes mai mouth all dryer just thinking about it...kinda like ... cotton mouth. awALso have tested time of day, harvesting at night or in the morning. The time of day is more for taste and smoothness rather then trich production.
Where did u get that cannabis does not produce ethylene??
If you want good herb;Get good genes, learn to grow properly and be thorough and consistent with your technique. I'm talking the basics. PHing, stabalizing filtered water, innoculating medium, preventing bugs/disease. Thats the key to more trichomes.