Splitting stems and ice watering before harvest
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Hollatchaboy
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That's exactly how I looked when I said it. Lol
tstick
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I know that it's always an anxious time whenever it's getting close to harvest time. I think a lot of these methods are just to give the growers something to do while the plants ripen.
I was tying down the branches and the stalk split. I immediately taped it back together and, in a matter of days, it had "welded" itself back together! I was hoping that the accident might cause the plant to produce more good stuff....but it didn't really. It was an amazing thing to see it mend itself, though!
I don't see how ice water or 48 hours of darkness or punching a pencil through the stalk would benefit anything. At the end of flowering, most all of the activity in the plant is done. It's just a matter of ripening. So, anything that's done in the last could days before harvest, won't really register much of a change in plant chemistry or response to stress.
One of the biggest things I learned to do to improve flavor and effect, is to just over-ripen the plants. If you think the plants are ready, just give them at least two extra weeks, no matter what. Allow a much greater amount of amber in the trichomes.
I was tying down the branches and the stalk split. I immediately taped it back together and, in a matter of days, it had "welded" itself back together! I was hoping that the accident might cause the plant to produce more good stuff....but it didn't really. It was an amazing thing to see it mend itself, though!
I don't see how ice water or 48 hours of darkness or punching a pencil through the stalk would benefit anything. At the end of flowering, most all of the activity in the plant is done. It's just a matter of ripening. So, anything that's done in the last could days before harvest, won't really register much of a change in plant chemistry or response to stress.
One of the biggest things I learned to do to improve flavor and effect, is to just over-ripen the plants. If you think the plants are ready, just give them at least two extra weeks, no matter what. Allow a much greater amount of amber in the trichomes.
Hollatchaboy
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The energy that went to mending the plant, would normally go towards plant, and or bud growth. You want to minimize the plant using energy for anything, but bud growth.
tstick
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Yeah, but. like I say, by that time, the plant is pretty much done growing. It isn't really putting on any more mass past a certain point. After that, it's all ripening. Keep in mind, when I'm talking about 'ripe' I'm talking about plants that are taken to 14+ weeks -hybrid or Indica (Sativa even longer). I'm not talking about 8-10 weeks. In my experience, most plants are nowhere near ripe at 10 weeks BECAUSE they are still growing and putting on mass. But after they get past that growing period, they almost shut down all growth. They will hardly even take up water anymore. At that point, it's all about ripening. Anything that is done to a plant at 8 or 10 weeks...You're exactly right. It's going to rob energy and take away energy from the flowers putting on mass. I'm talking about after that point -which most people don't take their plants to. Many growers seem to follow the commercial, industry standard for ripe, but those operations have to harvest according to a set timeframe -whether the flowers are ripe or not. I don't think small time growers like me should ever follow that blueprint. We have the luxury of taking plants far deeper into the ripening phase.
Hollatchaboy
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Agreed.
blueberrymilkshake
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Use your pencil dick
Finally an answer. Ty.
blueberrymilkshake
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Or you could use mine. Grower's choice.
blueberrymilkshake
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