Plants retaining environmental scents?

Weedoozie

Weedoozie

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Hi advanced growers at RIU!
I'm new to RIU and I'm currently growing 3 lovely plants from bagseed in soil in a ghetto but organic closet grow with a LOT of new and different watt CFLs that I got for free :lol: I'm currently LSTing my girls, they're in their 5th week of veg, and they are beginning to emit some dankness.

I was wondering if Cannabis plants retain the scents and smells of the environments they grow in? I was thinking about manipulating the smell of the environment organically by putting 4 or some amount of different cups of fruit in water around the grow area. I thought I could have a cup of mashed up raspberries in water, a cup of blackberries mashed up in water, a cup of lemons mashed in water, and a cup of strawberries mashed in water. I also thought about using oranges, bananas, blueberries, apricots, grapes, etc.

Has anyone tried anything like this? I haven't been able to find any threads about this particular manipulation but if anyone knows about any, links are greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone, Good Growing!
 
nelsonjacob

nelsonjacob

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i have never heard of anything like this, and i have been trying to read alot of different things on growing, but i do totaly agree with the fact that this would bring bugs. i wonder with some way to control the bugs this would work?
 
KitchenKhemist

KitchenKhemist

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Kinda crazy I ran across this because I noticed something just last night...

"Hungry," I went to the cupboard for some cheetos. My old lady left the bag open and they were on the shelf, next to an open bag of apples. The entire bag of cheetos has a STRONG taste of apples. As I type this post, I just went to the kitchen to try them again (left the bag open on the counter last night...to try to rid them of this taste) and the apple taste is much less noticeable, but still there.

It could work, but like the others said, bugs. Maybe a Hot-Shot strip?
 
BoomerBloomer57

BoomerBloomer57

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KitchenKhemist said:
Kinda crazy I ran across this because I noticed something just last night...

"Hungry," I went to the cupboard for some cheetos. My old lady left the bag open and they were on the shelf, next to an open bag of apples. The entire bag of cheetos has a STRONG taste of apples. As I type this post, I just went to the kitchen to try them again (left the bag open on the counter last night...to try to rid them of this taste) and the apple taste is much less noticeable, but still there.

It could work, but like the others said, bugs. Maybe a Hot-Shot strip?
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i wouldn't go by the cheetos experiment,,,,

once you get bugs you'll curse the day you came up with this here idea,,,,

strips, neem oil, anything chemical to kill the bugs and ish,,, just ish.

i have ZERO insects in my room and i intend to keep it that way, by maintaining a clean environment.

hey boomerb back,
harvest break for me,,,,,


ftp
 
Weedoozie

Weedoozie

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I was thinking about how to handle the bugs when I wrote this, that is why i suggested the cups of water.

In my experience, I had only some fruit flies around my plants but I used cups filled with water to stabilize the humidity in my grow room, and I noticed later on that all the bugs had died in the water cups. As ground bugs are not an issue for me, only flying bugs that could get into the area when I open the door, I think this idea is something interesting to experiment with. I wouldn't let the fruit rot in there of course, I'd replace in almost every day if I try this.

So no one has tried anything like this?
 
jats

jats

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Interesting chain of thought you have going.... I have used fruit, Bananas and mangos to make a strong "tea" that I have feed to my girls when they are in flower. I swear they tasted fully mango..... I think feeding them is the way to do it :^)
 
Vindicated

Vindicated

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Hi Weedoozie. Plants do absorb nearby odors. I've added orange peels, bananas, and lemon peels to some mexican brick weed and it did change the taste.

I was never a fan of it though. It sounds tight, but it ruins the taste a tiny bit. I've even bagged it and without telling my friends, showed them a few bags, and they always went for the non-flavored.

The only time my buddies got excited about the flavor was when I bought grape tobacco drops. I added 1-2 drops to the bowl. It was fun as a change, but it left a weird after taste.

Right now I prefer pure MJ that's been cured in a glass jar. Although, I have been wanting to try curing in a cigar humidor. I hear it gives the buds a little spicy kick.
 
Punk

Punk

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I have a distant friend/grower who's experimented with taking a needle and injecting the desired flavor into the base of the plant.

He said it worked but didn't enjoy the flavor combo.
 
nelsonjacob

nelsonjacob

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i was wondering about the friut fly thing, i have a few that fly around in there, but not many i am wondering if this cup of water would help to rid them
and anyone ever hear of putting crushed up fruit loops in your soil
 
Shrubs First

Shrubs First

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KitchenKhemist said:
Kinda crazy I ran across this because I noticed something just last night...

"Hungry," I went to the cupboard for some cheetos. My old lady left the bag open and they were on the shelf, next to an open bag of apples. The entire bag of cheetos has a STRONG taste of apples. As I type this post, I just went to the kitchen to try them again (left the bag open on the counter last night...to try to rid them of this taste) and the apple taste is much less noticeable, but still there.

It could work, but like the others said, bugs. Maybe a Hot-Shot strip?
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Apples release what is called malic acid.... many people use this to ripen other fruits
or veggies quicker.. For instance if you want bananas to ripen quicker you set them
near apples and they will.
 
Shrubs First

Shrubs First

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Vindicated said:
Hi Weedoozie. Plants do absorb nearby odors. I've added orange peels, bananas, and lemon peels to some mexican brick weed and it did change the taste.

I was never a fan of it though. It sounds tight, but it ruins the taste a tiny bit. I've even bagged it and without telling my friends, showed them a few bags, and they always went for the non-flavored.

The only time my buddies got excited about the flavor was when I bought grape tobacco drops. I added 1-2 drops to the bowl. It was fun as a change, but it left a weird after taste.

Right now I prefer pure MJ that's been cured in a glass jar. Although, I have been wanting to try curing in a cigar humidor. I hear it gives the buds a little spicy kick.
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He's talking about during growing not curing.
 
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