Final week update: i’m gonna try a couple of ways to get them into ‘armageddon’ mode. The idea is that the plants feel their end coming, and make a last ditch effort to ensure their seeds are safely stored in the biggest and stickiest buds possible:
…i already removed many of the fanleaves. Most of them were yellow or very poorly anyway…
…over the course of the week i’m raising the lamp. This reduces the lumen-pressure, which means autumn is on it’s way…
…but the fan remains on full force. So it will get colder…
…only clean water from now on, and less frequent. Perhaps the last three days no water at all…
…and perhaps the very last days they stay in the dark until it’s time to trim. I can’t wait!
…last one!
They really do look awesome.
…they do, don’t they? Do you still want a sample?
[quote]ephrem wrote:
…they do, don’t they? Do you still want a sample?[/quote]
Heck Yes!
…then don’t forget to PM me (-:
I’m a plant biotechnologist… while I don’t know if it is true of these plants I can tell you this: many plants produce more of certain chemicals when something attacks their neighbours. this could result in nothing, or an overproduction of chemicals that could be bad for you, but chopping up some leaf matter and leaving it near them (changing daily) should elicit come kind of response.
[quote]shutupnlisten wrote:
I’m a plant biotechnologist… while I don’t know if it is true of these plants I can tell you this: many plants produce more of certain chemicals when something attacks their neighbours. this could result in nothing, or an overproduction of chemicals that could be bad for you, but chopping up some leaf matter and leaving it near them (changing daily) should elicit come kind of response.[/quote]
…it’s all about the chemicals these plants produce to protect themselves, so what kind of leaf matter are you talking about?
Any kind. In nature plants that can exhibit this response often don’t produce as much of defence chemicals when they are not threatened (this makes sense as the chemicals are expensive for the plant to make). When a herbivore munches on one of their neighbours a host of chemicals is released from the cell damage into the air, and neighbouring plants detect it.
They then produce more defense chemicals so that when the herbivore tries to eat them it will experience foul taste/poisoning. By this logic any part of the plant, chopped up very fine.
Only thing dude, it might not even work for this kind of plant, so don’t go taking chances with them cutting off too much of their foliage. I’m just throwing out a suggestion.
[quote]shutupnlisten wrote:
Any kind. In nature plants that can exhibit this response often don’t produce as much of defence chemicals when they are not threatened (this makes sense as the chemicals are expensive for the plant to make). When a herbivore munches on one of their neighbours a host of chemicals is released from the cell damage into the air, and neighbouring plants detect it. They then produce more defense chemicals so that when the herbivore tries to eat them it will experience foul taste/poisoning. By this logic any part of the plant, chopped up very fine.
Only thing dude, it might not even work for this kind of plant, so don’t go taking chances with them cutting off too much of their foliage. I’m just throwing out a suggestion.[/quote]
…it’s a tip i could use for the next run, but this crop has just one week to go so they’ll get punished. Thanks for your input!
You will be testing it? Maybe I should help to … assess the quality?
How much yield are you expecting?