I posted this info across a couple of threads but looks like only 30 or so members saw it? So I thought I put it all together for ya in one neat little post.
If you are here looking to learn how to grow marijuana, your in the wrong place ! Now if your here looking to share your grow with others then your in the right place. If your here to looking to discover new strains or trends, perhaps right place as well
But as for growing all you'll get here is info that is spread all over these forums and as the late, great, George Carlin once said "It's all bullshit, and it's bad for ya" Hell the book gardening for dummies has better info.
Marijuana is a plant, it is no more special than any other plant and it follows ALL the rules of the plant kingdom just like all other plants. Wanna learn what this means, get a book on botany! And after you have an understanding of how plants grow and what they need get a book on Marijuana Botany (google it, it is all over the web for free to download) by Robert Connell Clarke.
Most people have no clue about the real facts known about this plant after you read Marijuana Botany, read Marijuana Chemistry (also all over the web). I'm gonna give ya an example (and I'll back it up with pics LOL) here is a quote from Marijuana Botany chapter 4,,,,,,,
As the previously secreted resins mature, they change color. The polymerization of small terpene molecules (which make up most of the resin) produces long chains and a more viscous and darker-colored resin. The ripening and darkening of resins follows the peak of psychoactive cannabinoid synthesis and the transparent amber color of mature resin is usually indicative of high THC content. Many cultivators agree that transparent amber resins are a sign of high-quality drug Cannabis and many of the finest strains exhibit this characteristic. Particularly potent Cannabis from California, Hawaii, Thailand, Mexico, and Colombia is often encrusted with transparent amber colored instead of clear resin heads. This is also characteristic of Cannabis from other equatorial, subtropical and temperate zones where the growing season is long enough to accommodate long term resin production and maturation. Many areas of North America and Europe have too short a season to fully mature resins unless a greenhouse is used. Specially acclimatized strains are another possibility. They develop rapidly and begin maturing in time to ripen amber resins while the weather is still warm and dry.
Now I'll bet your all saying WTF? amber is good? Yeah, I know the forums teach that amber is bad LOL and this is what I'm tryin to tell ya. The stuff you get from forums is crap, the canna specific nutes and products are crap. (and so very much higher priced LOL) Did you know that pot grown under T5's test more potent than pot grown under HID's? Read this,,,,,
http://bigbudsmag.com/grow/how/article/blooming-marijuana-buds-fluorescent-lights-april-2012
I know, your sayin I've never seen a strain that grows transparent amber trichomes, true if a breeder gets one you think he'll share? Would you? If you had a plant that blew all others away wouldn't ya keep it for yourself? Well back in the old days most all the good pot looked like this, but good luck finding it!
Yes I said looked like this,,,,,,,,,
first pic is a flowering plant in week 5 of flower, notice it is about 50% amber
second set of pics is a clone that has been in veg for 2 weeks, notice that it is covered in trics and if ya look closely you'll see yes there it is some amber startin to form, ya think I should chop it? LOL
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