What happens if it rains on the flowers?

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lucy

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My grow is indoors but when I discovered I had a boy I threw him out the back so he wouldn't get the girls pregnant. Much to my surprise he is florishing outside even though it rained for 24hrs solid yesterday.

So I'm just wondering what would happen if the girls were outside? Everything says you have to be careful not to touch the flowers cause it will mess up the thc - but surely that would happen if it was raining out of doors????
 
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sstesta

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If you decide to put your plants outside, you should have nothing to worry about. They're plants and are meant to be outside where it is expected to get lots of sunshine and rain. Just make sure the container has good drainage.
 
Beaner

Beaner

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plants like water, why don't people understand that? and yes if you have a male it will still polinate your female, but no it wont "mess up" the thc, you will just have slightly earlier matureing buds that arent quite as thick as a seedless but, and about 75 percent of the buds will be seeds, you will be left with stemmy harsh tasting weed that loses lots of kief when you squish all the seeds out of the calaxes, but they should be just as potent by cleaned budweight. kill the male, it's usesless, that or if you want some seeds cut all the branches off but one, and tie a paper bag around it to colect pollen. If you put your plants outside right now it could stress them to hermie, you should'nt mess with the lightscedule during flowering if you can help it, so you would have to bring them in and out every day to keep daylight hours 12-12
 
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VirginHarvester

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videoman40 said:
Exactly my thought.
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Well maybe you need to read with a little more empathy. What he's trying to find out is whether or not that affects the potency of the buds. For instance, you see all the pictures of snow covered white widow buds and whether or not the elements actually "wash and wear" some of that potency away might occur to someone without a lot of experience.
 
sonofnothing

sonofnothing

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VirginHarvester said:
Well maybe you need to read with a little more empathy. What he's trying to find out is whether or not that affects the potency of the buds. For instance, you see all the pictures of snow covered white widow buds and whether or not the elements actually "wash and wear" some of that potency away might occur to someone without a lot of experience.
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they just may. good question. smoke some indoor and some outdoor of the same strain and see how they fair.......

but i still agree that they will get wet.
 
SHAMAN

SHAMAN

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I find outdoor has a better kick. I grow both ways and the outdoor aways kicks ass..

Rain is only bad in the final days of the outdoor.
If you have a damp/wet fall you can get bud rot or mold.
The hot summer days prevent this from happening threw out the year tho.
With out rain the plant collects dust and prevents photosynthesize.
The rain also feeds your outdoor...
 
videoman40

videoman40

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Dude, are you kidding me? It is an outdoor plant, that has been adapted to indoor growing practices. THC is not water soluable. He''ll get bigger and better yeilds if he can grow outside, not to mention no electric bill.
You think you can do better than mother nature?
Peace

VirginHarvester said:
Well maybe you need to read with a little more empathy. What he's trying to find out is whether or not that affects the potency of the buds. For instance, you see all the pictures of snow covered white widow buds and whether or not the elements actually "wash and wear" some of that potency away might occur to someone without a lot of experience.
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Wavels

Wavels

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Rain is not a problem per se, as it does not wash off trichs...The difficulty for me, in my area, is if it rains for two or three days and the weather stays humid for a few days...major battle against bud mold and powdery mildew can start if it is Aug or Sept here. Thick, dense indica buds are more susceptible to mold and mildew than are more open structure sativa buds. This is the only problem I have with rain.

I agree that outdoor buds are more potent than indoor grown, but some plants are much easier(for my climate) inside because it is easier indoors to control climate and prevent mold outbreaks....
 
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VirginHarvester

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videoman40 said:
Dude, are you kidding me? It is an outdoor plant, that has been adapted to indoor growing practices. THC is not water soluable. He''ll get bigger and better yeilds if he can grow outside, not to mention no electric bill.
You think you can do better than mother nature?
Peace
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Now THAT should have been your answer. Get it?
 
jackinthebox

jackinthebox

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My widow plants survived countless bad storms, with strong winds. I dont baby my plants, if they cant take mother nature, then to hell with them. Both my White Widow, and Purple Widow survived, with nice thick stalks : )
 
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fdd2blk

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rain messed mine up bad. the branches were so heavy with bud that the extra weight of the rain snapped them. i was at work and it was pouring. i came home and half my side branches were laying in the mud. big muddy colas. niiiice.
 
abudsmoker

abudsmoker

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fdd2blk said:
rain messed mine up bad. the branches were so heavy with bud that the extra weight of the rain snapped them. i was at work and it was pouring. i came home and half my side branches were laying in the mud. big muddy colas. niiiice.
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Round these parts we call that "Dirt Weed"
 
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lucy

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As nature intended - that's mad that the rain doesn't affect the thc.

Won't move the girls out now they're too precious to put under that kindo stress but was thinking if I took a clone or two from them (they're flowering already) I could potentially put the clones outside????
 
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