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Cold$moke

Cold$moke

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
why would transpiration lead to more trichs? thats making the plant work harder at a process that has nothing to do with thc production. plants don't produce trichs in response to drought , they produce more trichs to protect themselves from the sun, UV produces more trichs, less water produces a dry plant......a "stress reaction" doesn't necessarilly mean more trichome production, as a matter of fact, drought response is the exact opposite, the plant tries to draw all its resources into its central core, so not watering is never going to make more trichs
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I thought it was part of plant steering through root zone manipulation?
 
Cold$moke

Cold$moke

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Ah well give it 2 more weeks and we can see :)

And i might do it to my healthy plants so i cant blame the shit plants for not working right lol
 
Cold$moke

Cold$moke

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Mabey hes thinking more of essential oils?

Thats why i want to do the drought thing i forget wherw i read about plant steering via the root zone for enhanced oil porduction?

Ill try to find it
 
Randomestguy

Randomestguy

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
all part of the same response, and as far as i know, rh has little effect on trich production, outside of its effect on the general health of the plant
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Really? I know it's primarily uvb ray protection but I thought resin and trichs also help regulate transpiration to some degree
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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well, it might, i won't claim to know everything there is to know. but i have done some extensive research (as im sure many of us have) and i have read in more than one place that a plants primary drought response is to stop all unnecessary functions and draw all possible resources into its core to try to survive. there may be some initial production as a first response, but i don't see how a plant can be producing a lot of resin when its trying to not produce anything but the food it needs to survive.
it's always seemed to me that it would be a lot more productive to add some uv light and not try to manipulate a plants drought response.
 
Cold$moke

Cold$moke

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Heres a blurb from RQS

Still didnt find the right thing i read

OTHER FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER

Humidity and temperature can also alter the trichome yield of a cannabis plant. With the right combination of these, you can simulate a more stressful environment where the plant believes it should increase trichome production. In the last 2-3 weeks of flowering (around the same time you should increase UV-B exposure), toggling humidity and temperature will be key. Try decreasing the relative humidity (RH) levels to around 30%. Some very resinous plants grow in the Middle East where the weather is quite dry and arid.

Although, this being the case, your temperature should not surpass 26°C (80°F). Having higher temperatures won’t affect your trichome yield, but it will ruin their potency. That’s something you definitely don’t want. To verify that temperatures are correct, give your buds a good smell. If you encounter a very pungent aroma, it might be an indication the temperature is too high. This will gradually degrade your trichomes, so be careful.
 
Randomestguy

Randomestguy

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Cold$moke said:
Heres a blurb from RQS

Still didnt find the right thing i read

OTHER FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER

Humidity and temperature can also alter the trichome yield of a cannabis plant. With the right combination of these, you can simulate a more stressful environment where the plant believes it should increase trichome production. In the last 2-3 weeks of flowering (around the same time you should increase UV-B exposure), toggling humidity and temperature will be key. Try decreasing the relative humidity (RH) levels to around 30%. Some very resinous plants grow in the Middle East where the weather is quite dry and arid.

Although, this being the case, your temperature should not surpass 26°C (80°F). Having higher temperatures won’t affect your trichome yield, but it will ruin their potency. That’s something you definitely don’t want. To verify that temperatures are correct, give your buds a good smell. If you encounter a very pungent aroma, it might be an indication the temperature is too high. This will gradually degrade your trichomes, so be careful.
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Lmao we basically posted the same thing same time
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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i won't say any of thats wrong, but i just do not think its anywhere near as productive as keeping a good rh level for the plants and just using uv light to increase trich production. it just really seems to me that the negatives are going to outweigh the positives in that scenario, and its all wasted effort that could have been put to better use
 
Cold$moke

Cold$moke

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Ill try to do some side by side pics before and after drought


Like i said half my room got fucked anyways so ill experiment on them now and when the other half is ready for harvest ill see if i want to do the same thing.


But i always keep my humidity low on the last week anyways
And never get my room over 77 mostly 72-75
 
chiqifella

chiqifella

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Cold$moke said:
Um wouldnt controling the enviroment and root zone.mean you have lots of control?
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(my comments were not directed towards you) but
sure. controls make the difference between trich envy and bliss, healthy plants and sick ones, finished on time and not, fluffy and hard buds, root rot and health roots too.
if tricks worked we'd all use them and they wouldnt be called tricks
 
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