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Can’t do too much more PPFD with out added co2700-900 ppfd during flower ? Much more ?
Those are all correctAnd this is your current ? View attachment 1305000
Of course if you don't care for your ladies properly and give them enough light they won't reach thier full potential... but a lot is definitely genetics... and curing properly definitely plays a huge role, in my experience.These people are wild. Lol rock hard nugs come from the genetics and the light intensity. With the proper environment. Temps cooler from week 6 and on. The correct PPMs when feeding. All of it matters.
I have been a novice grower for a couple seasons now.
The commercial stuff that I buy, the nuggets are like rocks.
Is there something in the grow process or the curing/drying process that is making them this way?
The stuff that I grow is always good and potent, but the dried and cured buds are always nothing like the commercial stuff.
Thank you.
Here is a useful article relating to PGR‘sAlthough this can't be said for every commercial grower out there it can be said of many. Oftentimes the reason "commercial" product is much more dense that what "amateur" grow is due to the use of PGR's. I don't know how many these days or which ones are using them, but in a lot of cases commercial growers are using PGR's to obtain the type of product they want. PGR product tends to be very dense and hard. This generally translates to heavier product per square inch. It usually looks like it was vacuum sealed onto itself and very solid.
And as others have already stated, strain has a lot to do with it as well as lighting.
I like the getting rid of larf Idea along with genetics silica and light intensity. Sounds like a good combo.Of course if you don't care for your ladies properly and give them enough light they won't reach thier full potential... but a lot is definitely genetics... and curing properly definitely plays a huge role, in my experience.
I've never added silica, but I'm sure there must be some in my soil, it's very rocky and full of minerals all aroundmy holes... and it doesn't get more intense than theI like the getting rid of larf Idea along with genetics silica and light intensity. Sounds like a good combo.
Yes. People need to realize most commercial grown is concerned about one thing... profits. Spray them with chemicals for pests, pump them full of everything they can handle for fast growth, get max crystals so you can tumble a bunch off to use for another product to double profits, do a quick dry and cure or maybe no cure at all, for fast turnover... why anyone would want to strive to make thier homegrown like commercially grown, is beyond me... it's mid level at best. Small craft grows and dispos are obviously a little different, but profit is still king most of the time. I can spend 8 months growing and curing my year's worth of smoke because profit isn't in my equation. I've seen videos from a friend that works in the industry in Cali, it definitely does not look like hard little Christmas trees when it goes into the tumbler, and the trichs on the tray below the tumbler are bountiful... thry wouldn't spend hundreds of thousands on the tumbling machines if it wasn't worth it. It doubles thier profits and makes uncurred weed look like it's been cured for 2 months.... until you smoke it and it gives you a headache and has a shit flavor profile... but that's why they invented terp sprays, to trick your nose... usually it's not even weed terps, it's shit extracted from lemons and herbs and shit. As usual, the almighty dollar has ruined something beautiful.A lot of bro science going on here...
silica isn't the end all be all. sure, it helps, but it's only a component. game changer? hardly. helpful when more basic problems have been addressed? sure.
genetics, lighting in flower (too much = foxtails, too little = poor bract production, both dependent on stage of flower), proper nutrient ratios at the right EC + pH delivered at the right times, VPD, dry, processing, cure...
it's not "one thing" that makes rock hard buds, unless one uses PGRs, which are outlawed for human consumable goods most everywhere in the US (with contentions).
Dispensary weed is automatically processed and the process of tumbling leads to what you get in those bags or jars -- super compressed buds with no discernible bud structure and a "fuzzy" look -- those are headless trichomes. That's the result of multiple pounds tumbling against each other, reducing the air in the flower structure. The hand manicured shit goes for premium prices, and even that is lightly processed on trimming machines, so they're still getting their extra cut on the medicine the consumer should receive.
Just work on your techniques OP. Dial in your grow, run clones, and find what works for you. You'll get what you're measuring against, maybe, or you'll figure out dispo weed is commoditized and home grown still has a bigger market if you know the right people.
Nicely saidYes. People need to realize most commercial grown is concerned about one thing... profits. Spray them with chemicals for pests, pump them full of everything they can handle for fast growth, get max crystals so you can tumble a bunch off to use for another product to double profits, do a quick dry and cure or maybe no cure at all, for fast turnover... why anyone would want to strive to make thier homegrown like commercially grown, is beyond me... it's mid level at best. Small craft grows and dispos are obviously a little different, but profit is still king most of the time. I can spend 8 months growing and curing my year's worth of smoke because profit isn't in my equation. I've seen videos from a friend that works in the industry in Cali, it definitely does not look like hard little Christmas trees when it goes into the tumbler, and the trichs on the tray below the tumbler are bountiful... thry wouldn't spend hundreds of thousands on the tumbling machines if it wasn't worth it. It doubles thier profits and makes uncurred weed look like it's been cured for 2 months.... until you smoke it and it gives you a headache and has a shit flavor profile... but that's why they invented terp sprays, to trick your nose... usually it's not even weed terps, it's shit extracted from lemons and herbs and shit. As usual, the almighty dollar has ruined something beautiful.
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