The Evolution of the Trichome

daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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Just a thought..and something different then any other idea's. Could the trichomes be used in in conjunction with many other purposes, to catch and digest insects? I look at all the little fungus gnats that have be sentenced to death on the sticky trichomes, and wonder why the plant would not try and take in that nutrient...Just a flashing thought..
 
tahoe58

tahoe58

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But like I said, this debate is silly...This plant was sent from a different world, to teach...

Ok. I'm confused....in your next post you bring a postulation forward as to what the real purpose of the trichs might be...to catch insect and provide a source of nutrients?....I thought you said it was easier just to accept that they came from another world to teach.....

I Disagree About The Trichs, I Beleive The Idea That They Are There To Capture The Male Pollen When It Is Ejected Into The Wind. That Explains Why They Are Sticky And Plentifule Right Around The Buds. If The Trichs Captured More Sun Then The Plant Would Have Long Ago Evolved And Covered The Entire Plant To The Tips Of The Leaves With Trichs.

If this was truly the case then when the pollen got stuck on the goo, how did that pollen stuck on that goo get to the eggs and pollinate to make a seed. Pollen stuck on goo would be unable to pollenate the plant - sort like trying to make a baby by screwing the wrong hole?
 
daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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Ok. I'm confused....in your next post you bring a postulation forward as to what the real purpose of the trichs might be...to catch insect and provide a source of nutrients?....I thought you said it was easier just to accept that they came from another world to teach.....

LOL, yeah well I could not help bet let my mind wander into the earthly possibilities... Like I said it was a flashing thought.. Once Skunk started pushing the carnivoristic past of cannabis, I quickly thought of the bugs trapped in the sticky resin on my plants..My thought of posting on this thread in the first places was of comedic relief..But I can't help but think of the reasons WHY the plant has evolved the way it has..Or has it?
 
tahoe58

tahoe58

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hahahahaha LOL....yea I understand....why...isn't that for two year olds.....hahahahaha......I too find myself drawn into exploratory thinking when sometimes it is just easy to ...."let it be"......but at the same time we can possibly entertain ourselves with such intro- and extraspective thinking, and what better place than with a bunch of other like minded people....cheers and thanks for your thoughts....its all good in the edn....and if it ain't good yet...it ain't the end yet! :blsmoke:
daddychrisg said:
Ok. I'm confused....in your next post you bring a postulation forward as to what the real purpose of the trichs might be...to catch insect and provide a source of nutrients?....I thought you said it was easier just to accept that they came from another world to teach.....

LOL, yeah well I could not help bet let my mind wander into the earthly possibilities... Like I said it was a flashing thought.. Once Skunk started pushing the carnivoristic past of cannabis, I quickly thought of the bugs trapped in the sticky resin on my plants..My thought of posting on this thread in the first places was of comedic relief..But I can't help but think of the reasons WHY the plant has evolved the way it has..Or has it?
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daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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Come on Tahoe, lay off! We will need to start a new thread if you want to debate my position on why I toss out multiple concepts...I am just tossing out some idea's and maybe it will give a chuckle, or it might shed some light to this brain storm of ideas. In my opinion all of the ideas on this thread are debatable, and should be used to help create a broad spectrum of thought...No one had spoke of a planetary voyage, so I through it out there.. What I wondered about is...If bugs are still being drawn to the plant to find nutrient, and they are caught in the resin, then if evolution is real, why would the plant not take advantage of the situation...
 
tahoe58

tahoe58

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opps...sorry man....don't understand what I said that prompted that?....but if so...my apologies....i thought I was sort of agreeing with you.....walk on....:blsmoke:
daddychrisg said:
Come on Tahoe, lay off! We will need to start a new thread if you want to debate my position on why I toss out multiple concepts...I am just tossing out some idea's and maybe it will give a chuckle, or it might shed some light to this brain storm of ideas. In my opinion all of the ideas on this thread are debatable, and should be used to help create a broad spectrum of thought...No one had spoke of a planetary voyage, so I through it out there.. What I wondered about is...If bugs are still being drawn to the plant to find nutrient, and they are caught in the resin, then if evolution is real, why would the plant not take advantage of the situation...
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daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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LOL! I read your quote and it looked like you were backing up your original statement about being confused about my statement! My bad, I am alittle under the weather and on a hand full of over the counter meds...Yuck! Sorry for the "LAY OFF" comment, damb I am not feeling very well..I have clones to transplant, plants to toss into bloom, resivores to change out and clean...I don't have time to be SICK!
 
tahoe58

tahoe58

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no worries....hope ur feeling better soon! cheers! :blsmoke:
daddychrisg said:
LOL! I read your quote and it looked like you were backing up your original statement about being confused about my statement! My bad, I am alittle under the weather and on a hand full of over the counter meds...Yuck! Sorry for the "LAY OFF" comment, damb I am not feeling very well..I have clones to transplant, plants to toss into bloom, resivores to change out and clean...I don't have time to be SICK!
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tahoe58

tahoe58

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LOL...yeah....I have about another six inches in height left....I think I'm sorta screwed. Not sure exaclty what to do. there is a glas plate between the light and the grow space....and the fans inside the grow space keep the glass reasonably cool so maybe its not the end of the world.....with eight (minimum) tall standing colas....not sure how best to "tease" these stalks over or even if that is a good thing to do at this stage....I am a little perplexed to say the least.... I only veged for 19 days in hopes of avoiding this....I am certainly going to have to be careful with the six clones that have been taken from this mom.....thanks for checking it out and sharing your thoughts :blsmoke:
daddychrisg said:
Thanks Tahoe, your plants are starting to look like they may over take there environment! Lookin nice..
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daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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I wish I had a magic answer for ya Tahoe! But I think you may not veg for 19 days next time! Is there any way that you can finish them some where else, and get your next batch going in there? GL, I am interested to see how you resolve this problem..BTW, I have seen a few buds that grew horizontally because of height restrictions...Ya gota do what ya got to do!
 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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psyclone said:
skh-how are the seedlings?
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Just waiting for them to die... but I don't think they will. They got radiation burn, or heat burn in a few places now because I moved the fan then forgot to put it back for several hours. The light is around 9" away from the plants atm.

I'm also germing some NL seeds, so things are going to have to get moved around soon, I think.
 
natmoon

natmoon

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skunkushybrid said:
Hey, is it possible that you could take a pic'. Seedlings have hairs on them, but trich's are hairs.

I'd love to see a magnified puicture of a seedling hair/trich'...
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I will try to get some better pics tomorrow of my seedlings.
The kind of hairs that are on seedlings are not potent at all as far as i know anyway:blsmoke:






 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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I don't think the quality of the pic's is good enough to say for sure, but I think that a couple of those trichs/hairs look as though they may have spherical heads...

That would be a very exciting development, I don't quite know why yet, I just know that it would be very important information.

Thanks nat', but I think only microscope pic's are going to work with this one.
 
daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] In addition to cooling the cannabis flowers, by reflecting the radiant heat of the midday sun, the sticky trichomes are an obvious barrier to the passage of insect pests.

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This was from the above link Samedan Ltd Pharmaceutical Publishers
I found this to be an interesting statement, due to the fact that he only talked about the trichomes purpose as being a repellent to bugs, and a heat shield for mid-day heat...Very basic...makes sense..But does not add much to the "mystery" of the trichome.
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tahoe58

tahoe58

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By growing repeat crops of cannabis in well-equipped and carefully controlled glasshouses, this species can produce in excess of 36 tonnes per hectare of dry botanical raw material per year. Twenty five per cent of this material would be cannabinoids and essential oils. That equates to an annual yield of secondary metabolites of nine tonnes per hectare. Cannabis does not just produce some of the most valuable natural products to man; when ranked for its performance as a producer of secondary metabolites, cannabis is a league leader.

I like this one......hahahahahahaaaaaaaa 9 tonnes (19,800 lbs!) of secondary metabolites!


gogrow said:
this is a few years old, but thought you guys may find it interesting none the less...
Samedan Ltd Pharmaceutical Publishers
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Yes that isw a very good one too! :blsmoke:
daddychrisg said:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] In addition to cooling the cannabis flowers, by reflecting the radiant heat of the midday sun, the sticky trichomes are an obvious barrier to the passage of insect pests.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This was from the above link Samedan Ltd Pharmaceutical Publishers[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I found this to be an interesting statement, due to the fact that he only talked about the trichomes purpose as being a repellent to bugs, and a heat shield for mid-day heat...Very basic...makes sense..But does not add much to the "mystery" of the trichome.[/FONT]
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