Your Grandpa's Weed or is UV supplementation really needed?

Friction1957

Friction1957

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VTMi'kmaq said:
I've seen sunshine in a bag from Colombia.....but I was really young. I only remember they were called lids. had the bag filled and the top flap folded over the top....25 dollah
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$15 4 finger lids. You bought it in $5 nickles, $10 dimes and $15 lids. You measured with your fingers to make sure you were getting a good bag. Had your favorite Frisbee to roll in because every bag had seeds. And nearly all your clothes had little seed sized burn holes from when you missed one and it popped while you were smoking.
 
shorelineOG

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RM3 said:
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Wanted to ask you about trich size. I have grown out lots of Mexican and smoked a lot that was sun grown. The really good stuff has tiny trichomes, but is sticky and produces lots of resin on the paper. No bag appeal but smoke a joint and the paper will be clear then black with resin. Then the modern stuff has tons of large trichomes but not that potent and doesn't resin up the paper. Wanted your observations on why small trichs are more potent, tacky/sticky and more resin producing.
 
RM3

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shorelineOG said:
Wanted to ask you about trich size. I have grown out lots of Mexican and smoked a lot that was sun grown. The really good stuff has tiny trichomes, but is sticky and produces lots of resin on the paper. No bag appeal but smoke a joint and the paper will be clear then black with resin. Then the modern stuff has tons of large trichomes but not that potent and doesn't resin up the paper. Wanted your observations on why small trichs are more potent, tacky/sticky and more resin producing.
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You mean like this ? Had to go grab a few roaches from my ashtray, put the papers there to show I use white bugler papers 8)
Gotta say tis a Sativa characteristic to have the smaller trics but tis the UV that makes the resin, I also get more resin when I cure, we like to call it the Ooze
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Vnsmkr

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My first plants were Durban. And they were actually pretty nice fkn plants with a very nice high. Whatever marijuana-seeds.nl were selling 10-12 years back was the shit. All the Durban from Sensi and Dutch Passion was shit last time I checked them
 
RM3

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Vnsmkr said:
My first plants were Durban. And they were actually pretty nice fkn plants with a very nice high. Whatever marijuana-seeds.nl were selling 10-12 years back was the shit. All the Durban from Sensi and Dutch Passion was shit last time I checked them
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The Durban I grew is pictured in my are they done thread (sig link) pretty sure it's towards the bottom of the 1st page? if ya go look you'll see I brought out the amber in it as well
 
shorelineOG

shorelineOG

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RM3 said:
You mean like this ? Had to go grab a few roaches from my ashtray, put the papers there to show I use white bugler papers 8)
Gotta say tis a Sativa characteristic to have the smaller trics but tis the UV that makes the resin, I also get more resin when I cure, we like to call it the Ooze
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Kind of like that but the resin stays wet. The paper would turn see through and you would have like liquid tar shit on your fingers. I know it is genetic because it is all sun grown in Mexico but only certain " strains" had this trait. Most mexican looks like CBD strains, hairy schwag. The good stuff is dense buds with not many pistils, very tall plants. They call it lime green, it has the smallest round black seeds. It is the color of a tennis ball, and I think they breed for height and that light green color. Most mexicans will ask if its dark or light green, knowing the light green is a sign of potency. Also the fluffy brown stuff will dry out, but the lime green will never feel dry because it stays sticky like syrup. I got a feel for it after seeing so much mexican, but I will say that a short sativa will never be as potent as the tall Christmas tree shaped sativas.
 
Vnsmkr

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The Durban I grew is pictured in my are they done thread (sig link) pretty sure it's towards the bottom of the 1st page? if ya go look you'll see I brought out the amber in it as well
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Yeah the ones I finished were big and solid like that as well. They look nice eh
 
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Fastslappy

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my DP is soo big it's hard get a picture as she's taken the whole end of the g/h , i pull colas of the ceiling daily
she just started flowering soo Xmas Durban Poison
got my seed from Joe P he has a catalog of heirloom genes pre-Nixon shit
 
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Vnsmkr

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shorelineOG said:
Kind of like that but the resin stays wet. The paper would turn see through and you would have like liquid tar shit on your fingers. I know it is genetic because it is all sun grown in Mexico but only certain " strains" had this trait. Most mexican looks like CBD strains, hairy schwag. The good stuff is dense buds with not many pistils, very tall plants. They call it lime green, it has the smallest round black seeds. It is the color of a tennis ball, and I think they breed for height and that light green color. Most mexicans will ask if its dark or light green, knowing the light green is a sign of potency. Also the fluffy brown stuff will dry out, but the lime green will never feel dry because it stays sticky like syrup. I got a feel for it after seeing so much mexican, but I will say that a short sativa will never be as potent as the tall Christmas tree shaped sativas.
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When you say short sativa I think you are referring to hybrids because Ive never seen any sativas that arent tall and Christmas tree shaped but look where I am as well....
 
ttystikk

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whitebb2727 said:
I want to. I will.

I got a lot on my plate right now and a family member about to die any time with stage 4 lung cancer.


I have been making and giving him very strong edibles. Even with the dementia, he smiles and ask if I have any of those chocolates he likes.

It came out in the wash the other day and someone threatened the law on me for doing it. The hospice nurse said they knew from some blood work. The nurse stood up for me and said it was the best medicine he could have, just illegal here.

Everyone is on board now.

I will try for a trip after the first of the year.
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Good on you for taking care of your family, legal or not.

Good on the hospice nurse for understanding.

Fuck the asshole who caused the drama!
Threatening to call the law? Over helping comfort someone in the worst stage of what's widely known to be an excruciatingly painful form of cancer? Fucking lowlife.

You'll be welcome anytime you can get away, my friend.
 
ttystikk

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Uberknot said:
https://californialightworks.com/uvb-light-and-thc-potency/

I do find it funny they used stuff from 2009 20011 2013....and say Finally...;)

Don't forget the warnings....

UVB light is already generated by the mercury found in all HID (i.e. HPS and Metal Halide) light sources, but it’s typically blocked by the bulb’s outer glass jacket. Ordinary glass blocks over 90% of UVB radiation, so UVB levels will naturally be a little higher using open fixtures with no glass lens.

Many growers have been aware of the benefits of UVB and have used supplemental lighting to boost potency. However, be aware, there is a threshold where the damage to yield caused by high level UVB will exceed any benefits in potency, so caution and careful design protocols MUST be used when attempting to supplement UVB. It is also VERY important to be EXTREMELY careful using off-the-shelf UVB sources like lizard lights that are not specifically designed for humanexposure, because while sunlight has quite high levels of UVB, the intensity of the sun prevents people from staring straight at it. UVB is invisible, so your eyes can’t tell you if they are getting too much UVB from a UVB light source in your grow room, and your eyes and skin can be damaged if the levels are too high. So it’s worth repeating: Extreme caution must be observed when using secondary UVB supplementation.

LED Grow lights provide a special consideration when it comes to the effects of UVB on Cannabis THC levels. LEDs are extremely frequency specific, and a typical LED grow light with Blue, Red or even White LEDs will generate absolutely NO UVB radiation. While an absence of UVB does not appear to eliminate THC production, it is now proven that it will reduce the THC levels below those grown under sources with adequate UVB levels.
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Good info and the warnings are real; macular degeneration is no joke and it's incurable.
 
RM3

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shorelineOG said:
Kind of like that but the resin stays wet. The paper would turn see through and you would have like liquid tar shit on your fingers. I know it is genetic because it is all sun grown in Mexico but only certain " strains" had this trait. Most mexican looks like CBD strains, hairy schwag. The good stuff is dense buds with not many pistils, very tall plants. They call it lime green, it has the smallest round black seeds. It is the color of a tennis ball, and I think they breed for height and that light green color. Most mexicans will ask if its dark or light green, knowing the light green is a sign of potency. Also the fluffy brown stuff will dry out, but the lime green will never feel dry because it stays sticky like syrup. I got a feel for it after seeing so much mexican, but I will say that a short sativa will never be as potent as the tall Christmas tree shaped sativas.
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Well I got a few of those seeds in my last Mex shipment just need to grow em out
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