CO2 Bad for Resin Production?

So I'm finally making the move to supplemented CO2, had a few generators and a Titan controller sitting around for a long time collecting dust and I figure it's about time I give her a rip. Now while doing research, I read a few times about CO2 possibly having a bad effect on resin production. Is this accurate? And how would this affect THC levels? If I harvest just a bit more but the bud isn't as badass, I might have to rethink this whole CO2 thing all over again......

Its not the co2, its the higher temperature you run your room at when supplementing co2 that affects potency.

Hello Gamberro. Resin is just smoke residue that coats the inside of pipes, it's not something directly produced by the plant. I'm going to have to assume you're referring to body and mind altering chemicals other than THC that are often produced by hemp, such as CBD.
Plant life is the polar opposite of animal/insect life, meaning that plants absorb carbon and emit oxygen whereas animals absorb oxygen and emit carbon, thus providing a balance for one another.
With that in mind, supplementing your garden's air with co2 might be the equivalent of putting someone in an incubator; probably not necessary with decent ventilation as the atmosphere contains plenty of both. But I would say if anything extra carbon (within a reasonable balance) will give your plant the ability to grow bigger and faster and produce danker buds.

naww plants have resin bro. if it effects resin content it's negligible.

So resin has a broader definition than I knew. Really, it's the terminologies and crap that really throws me off
Still, production of concentrated chemicals or "resin" should only go up with augmented carbon levels.

Found a little High Times article that breaks it down a bit...
http://www.hightimes.com/read/cultivation-clinic-co2-can-increase-yields-40

Well I'll be damned! A HT article that's actually partly correct! They just left a bit out......DO NOT RUN Co2 DURING THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF BLOOM!
It inhibits Ethylene gas production by the plant. Ethylene gas plays a MAJOR role in the proper ripening of the plant (buds)....

Depending on how well you can control your environment and gas levels is key....in relation to the available light intensity as HT so nicely pointed out!

Good luck

Eh..i still don't think the term fits. Resin is stickier, harder, doesn't come in a special mushroom shaped wax case most of the time lol.. But I'm no scientist so I shouldn't be a dick unless I'm positive haha

CrocodileStunter said:

naww plants have resin bro. if it effects resin content it's negligible.

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You mean trichomes? Sure some call it resin but most of us never graduated highschool let alone botany experts. Just like a strain is a variety but not many breed true for even certain traits I think they would call that a joke in the legal botany world. Lol

But if you can't test for thc% then you are stuck with the old school puff test. I do remember their is a place that tested for people in none medical states but the money they want they can get fucked I know what I like best by smoking the shit. You would want to run a clone in both situations and if ones better you know what you did differently.

kermit2692 said:

Naww.. Plants actually don't have resin brooo

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resin

Just something people say, they call the multitude of terpenoids and such in the trichs resin. It's not an accurate term though. To qualify as a resin it would have to be much more viscous.. And maybe come from a tree only not a plant?? A marijuana plant can exude a sap but that even if still not quite a resin I believe.

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in the definition you posted it says that plants secrete resins.. reading comprehension.... this guy is talking about growing plants not cleaning a pipe. .... reading comprehension

from your definition "are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water" I'll take it you've never made bubble hash or bho. because that's exactly how it acts.

I didn't see on my phone that their were twenty more definitions under the first section or I'd not of commented.. My reading comprehension skills are just fine though thank you, yours?? I didn't say anything about cleaning a pipe??! lol..

the 3rd post in this thread talks about how resin comes out of pipes if you would have read this. I didn't say you said that.

I did read it all. I know you didn't say that, seemed implied though since I was quoted and the entire comment otherwise was directed at me with no mention of anybody else's comment.. I'm getting resin all over my phone from breaking this nugget up though so have a good evening

Dr. Who said:

Well I'll be damned! A HT article that's actually partly correct! They just left a bit out......DO NOT RUN Co2 DURING THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF BLOOM!
It inhibits Ethylene gas production by the plant. Ethylene gas plays a MAJOR role in the proper ripening of the plant (buds)....

Depending on how well you can control your environment and gas levels is key....in relation to the available light intensity as HT so nicely pointed out!

Good luck

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thats why dumped the c02 side in favor of natural sunlight ...lol

that and costs .lol