rumors we heard before we started growing

Rtoke said:

the thc will not go to your buds if you hang them upside down !!! there is no thc in the stem !! - so why doesnt a plant grow upside down then ?????maybe beacause its not supose to.

Try smoke a stem buy the roots, nothing happens .

and yes misting water and the leaves will burn them in day light

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actually the stems do contain thc. i use to save mine and make hash oil with them and it makes good hash oil aswell. but i agree about smoking it, it would taste nasty

bigv1976 said:

How about these 2: Feminized seeds are guarnteed to produce female plants and Attitude replaces seeds taken by customs.

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a feminzed seeds is nothing but a seed from hermie plants. In my opinion it is better to paty less of a price for reg seeds and just weed out the males

i always thought a femi seed was the pollen from a hemi plant pollenating a true female. thats what i read so i assumed it would be true...lol...you know how those rumors are.

leftreartire said:

i always thought a femi seed was the pollen from a hemi plant pollenating a true female. thats what i read so i assumed it would be true...lol...you know how those rumors are.

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True, The selfed plant will have much higher herm rate and those seeds should be discarded...

leftreartire said:

when it rains there is no sun out to burn the lights. if you were to water on a sunny day you could have trouble

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Dude, you can't honestly say that you've never seen it rain while the sun was out or at least come out straight after after a good rain. I thinks it's just high intensity artificial light that can cause it cus it's so close to the plants.

leftreartire said:

i always thought a femi seed was the pollen from a hemi plant pollenating a true female. thats what i read so i assumed it would be true...lol...you know how those rumors are.

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it is still coming from a hermie plant.

myths:
flushing is necessary and if you don't, your plants will taste like chemicals. false, the taste comes with the dry/cure process.

light leaks will cause hermies. also false(for the most part) light leaks from a distant 100w bulb is no where near powerful enough to cause your plant to think it's daylight. remember light gets exponentially weaker as you measure out distance from the bulb.

howdyguhk said:

myths:
flushing is necessary and if you don't, your plants will taste like chemicals. false, the taste comes with the dry/cure process.

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are you crazy? flushing is completely necessary, you can hella taste un-flushed weed, especially if they used a chemical fert. this fact is in every single grow dvd and book I've ever read, are you saying you know something that jorge cervantes doesnt? pur-lease

Bonzi Lighthouse said:

Plants will not show sex until you put them into 12/12, regardless of how long you veg.

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yeh mine i keep in 24 hr veg, they all show within 1 month the top leaves get either pistils or the balls... then i weed out the males... before fl;ower

howdyguhk said:

myths:
flushing is necessary and if you don't, your plants will taste like chemicals. false, the taste comes with the dry/cure process.

light leaks will cause hermies. also false(for the most part) light leaks from a distant 100w bulb is no where near powerful enough to cause your plant to think it's daylight. remember light gets exponentially weaker as you measure out distance from the bulb.

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i can tell the difference in flushed and not flushed, ive done a side by side comparison so i dont thin kit is a myth i like to flush.

also light leaks can cause hermies sometimes.

this thread is getting alot of info that is true.

I thought salmonella was a fairytale about a fish.

And potash was actually pot ash. Its not. I chuckled.

ok so apparently, we need a mythbusters weed edition to come out.


somebody should write a letter to adam and jamie.

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

howdyguhk said:

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

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wrong and wrong. thatll get em goin.

howdyguhk said:

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

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why cant you show some scientific evidence to the contrary? besides its not all about taste its about the burn, if theres still nutrients in the bud it doesn't burn as well, or it will snap and crackle, and if you don't flush your bud may harbor more carcinogens. you cant argue against decades of compiled texts and videos on how to grow marijuana, its in the grow bible for christs sake, high times's ready set grow series,

"the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?" fruit is eaten not smoked, totally different means of molecular breakdown and absorption
"if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?" no but it will taste different than if flushed.


I refuse to give you scientific evidence to this fact as it is about two clicks and a few keyboard taps away from you.

howdyguhk said:

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

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Well Howdy, Howdy......outdoor flushing in the "ground" is called "rain". This will occur naturally in most places where fruiting plants occur. The purposes of "rain" are many fold. Most importantly, It's for "hydration" for the plant. Also, as "rain" water descends through the soil strata, it rinses aways any potential toxic "salt" buildups, (flushing).
"Rain" also relieves the sky of clouds and we get some sunshine.
Ain't "nature" wonderful?

Good luck & good grow.......BB

howdyguhk said:

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

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BB said it for me in the below response and as for scientific proof for flushing well like i said ive done side by side comparison and thats all the proof i need. maybe you should do the same and make the decision for your self. some science says pot is bad for you to.

Burger Boss said:

Well Howdy, Howdy......outdoor flushing in the "ground" is called "rain". This will occur naturally in most places where fruiting plants occur. The purposes of "rain" are many fold. Most importantly, It's for "hydration" for the plant. Also, as "rain" water descends through the soil strata, it rinses aways any potential toxic "salt" buildups, (flushing).
"Rain" also relieves the sky of clouds and we get some sunshine.
Ain't "nature" wonderful?

Good luck & good grow.......BB

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well said BB thanks for saving me the explanation

howdyguhk said:

if you guys can show me scientific evidence of flushing, then I'll believe it. Sorry, just because jorge cervantes says it doesn't make it fact. just because its chemical fertilizers doesn't mean the plant will taste like chemicals.

the plants absorb what they need and convert it into energy. what other fruiting plants in nature are flushed?

if an organic grower didn't flush, would their crop taste like bat guano? if I plant jolly ranchers in my soil, will it give my harvest a fruitier taste?

as for light leaks: if it's a POWERFUL light leak, then yes maybe it can cause a hermie, if the light is powerful enough for the plant to snap out of its dark cycle. I have left my grow tent open many times with my room light on, and I have yet to see a hermie over 4 harvests.

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I do I show scientific evidence that my weed tastes like shit?

I meant how do I show scientific evidence?

don't nutrients stay in soil even after it rains? there's practically an entire ecosystem in natural soils.
I've done taste tests as well and I taste no difference.
but if there really is some scientific evidence, I would gladly change sides and flush my plants. I just don't want to get caught in believing internet myths, hence the point of this thread.

I did a search on flushing, and basically it's only done to marijuana, and I found this article: http://www.stonerforums.com/lounge/growfaq/1712.html

take the time to browse through the entire article

Spanishfly said:

Bananas will make your plant female.

And many more

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This is actually kinda true. From an article i read if you put seeds in a bag with a banana peel and let it ferment it will make the seed more likely to be famel than a male.
Im not 100% sure why it does it but it was a pretty good article.