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Yea, I would tend to agree. Especially if your not talking broad/russet mites. Seems like even when I had some phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyesius swirskii, (beneficial predatory mites) I was still producing much more sticky/tighter buds, so It makes me wonder if there's some some biological role at play here, that can be induced upon the plant.If heard of this and I’m interested in what others have to say.. From what I’ve read I think mites are actually the best type of pest to get, if you have to pick your poison.
Woooow.. So basically any type of pest in the medium would trigger a reaction, CRAZY. Makes me wonder about insect frass, I know it has a way of tricking the plant into defending itself against pest that aren’t actually there so who knowsYea, I would tend to agree. Especially if your not talking broad/russet mites. Seems like even when I had some phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyesius swirskii, (beneficial predatory mites) I was still producing much more sticky/tighter buds, so It makes me wonder if there's some some biological role at play here, that can be induced upon the plant.
Yea, that's a novel idea for sure. I'm actually using trelahose, which is a sugar that only insects make. Looks like trelahose is synthesized into trehalose 6-phosphate (t6p) by phosphate.Woooow.. So basically any type of pest in the medium would trigger a reaction, CRAZY. Makes me wonder about insect frass, I know it has a way of tricking the plant into defending itself against pest that aren’t actually there so who knows
It’s a damn super sugarYea, that's a novel idea for sure. I'm actually using trelahose, which is a sugar that only insects make. Looks like trelahose is synthesized into trehalose 6-phosphate (t6p) by phosphate.
Trehalose, a sugar found in many species of plants and animals, is a non-reducing disaccharide composed of two glucose moieties. Its synthesis in plants is a two-step process, involving the production of trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) catalyzed by trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) and its consecutive dephosphorylation to trehalose, catalyzed by trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP). T6P has recently emerged as an important signaling metabolite, regulating carbon assimilation and sugar status in plants. In addition, T6P has also been demonstrated to play an essential role in plant development.
Trehalose is an ancient sugar consisting of two glucose molecules alpha-1,1-linked and thus with no reducing ends. It is one of only two nonreducing sugars found widely in nature, the other being sucrose. In bacteria, fungi, and insects, trehalose functions as a storage carbohydrate and protects against a variety of stresses. In plants, this role has been largely replaced by sucrose, although trehalose does protect against desiccation in certain specialized resurrection plants . Absence or trace amounts of trehalose in most plants precludes a role as a reserve or stress protectant.
Yea, I think what's the key takeaway here is that (trehalose) a "bug" blood sugar is likely playing a key role in all of this... It's up taken into the plant and synthesized into trehalose 6-phosphate (t6p), which act's as an on/off switch for the associated stress respones.You could develop an mRNA mite vaccine to trigger the plants immune response. But it would be controversial and the forum would split into 2 different factions of pro/anti mite vaccine. Haha but anything antigenic that is specific to mites I suppose. I think you already mentioned in posts about watering that the dry cycle really stimulates a good stress response. It seems like indoor growing is really about not stressing the plant at all which seems contradictory to your hypothesis. How interesting!
Yea, no doubt there's multiple pathways of achieving these things, and there done to one degree to the next. It really is an interesting concept, and I've been picking apart a lot of the chemical process surrounding the flowering period these days, and specifically, for me, the interest is how our plants shift excess sugar production into oil production, and how those pathways are interlinked.I know you are really invested into this prospect. Hopefully you share some data along the way because it’s so novel and fascinating but I understand not sharing too much if your hypothesis are indeed correct!
I've done lots of reading, but you can start here. This is all closely related to how phosphates, tp6, sugar and fatty acid's are replicated. See how t6p forms a circle transcribing sucrose and starches into hexose phosphates.... Off to the side, it's regulating growth, senescence, and ripening also... it's also got mechanisms for enhancing biotic and abiotic stress factors. It's the tale of two sugars.... Trehalose works at 1/100->1000th the quantities that sucrose are present. Although, I've been giving about 1/2 tsp per gal a few times a week now.Just wondering where you locate this information? Looking to read into this.
Quitosan is what u guys are looking for!
For organic heads....Crab shell meal is a vey good source of it...
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