HiddenVill661
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Is there a way to tell how old a plant just by looking at it?
Plant age
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Herb & Suds
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No
Light and environment all play a factor in plant maturity
Age is just a number
Light and environment all play a factor in plant maturity
Age is just a number
Cotyledon420
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Not by looking at it..
HiddenVill661
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Ok. Any tips for where its at so far?
Cotyledon420
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Assuming the plant was health in perfect conditions could we go by the nodes ? Still inaccurate but it's better than nothing right?
Herb & Suds
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Maturity maybe but not age
Cotyledon420
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Leaf sampling? Like similar to how they check redwoods for age I'm sure there's a scientific way to do this
LeastExpectedGrower
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Cut it down and count the rings. one for every year.
Herb & Suds
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Sure or pretty sure?
Cotyledon420
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Yea I jus now looked it up just you can do a leaf tissue analysis
Herb & Suds
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It has 10 to 12 weeks to go at least
No clue on age
Cotyledon420
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It's not a redwood lol
LeastExpectedGrower
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Oh, it looked much bigger in the pictures.
Cotyledon420
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Why is this important to you anyway just curious
Cotyledon420
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I didn't even finish your sentence I see your sarcasm now lol
HiddenVill661
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Does it look it like it could be at least 3-4 weeks old?
Cotyledon420
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I'd easily say 4weeks
twentyeight.threefive
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It's exactly 5 weeks and 3 days old.
LeastExpectedGrower
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MAGIC.
Cotyledon420
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Here's what I've found and I don't even know if this is right....
To calculate the age of a plant, one needs to focus on xylem and phloem. They are the tissues that transport water and nutrients in a plant, thus generating "rings" that grow from the centre outer in the stem or trunk.
The number of rings gives an overall age of the plant. Herbaceous plants are known to be a little more complex and occasionally will differ from species to species. However, a good common rule is to count the quantity of limbs or note the plant’s height. If the plant has many limbs and is pretty tall when compared to others, it can be said the plant is older.
So there's really no true way to determine the age...and with marijuana being a annual this hasn't really been studied...I misread the article traditional leaf sampling cant really tell you the age...
You'd have to go by height and nodes I'd say 4-7 weeks depending on how much light potsize available nutrients etc....
Some complicated plant science I don't want to read any more about my guess 4-7 weeks
To calculate the age of a plant, one needs to focus on xylem and phloem. They are the tissues that transport water and nutrients in a plant, thus generating "rings" that grow from the centre outer in the stem or trunk.
The number of rings gives an overall age of the plant. Herbaceous plants are known to be a little more complex and occasionally will differ from species to species. However, a good common rule is to count the quantity of limbs or note the plant’s height. If the plant has many limbs and is pretty tall when compared to others, it can be said the plant is older.
So there's really no true way to determine the age...and with marijuana being a annual this hasn't really been studied...I misread the article traditional leaf sampling cant really tell you the age...
You'd have to go by height and nodes I'd say 4-7 weeks depending on how much light potsize available nutrients etc....
Some complicated plant science I don't want to read any more about my guess 4-7 weeks
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