Has Anyone Else Heard Of This? Growing in Darkness?

[SunnyD]

Hey guys,

Here's the story, a while back I downloaded this huge PDF file that contained all of this scientific research on growing marijuana with NO LIGHT. I thought it was a really interesting concept but I never got the motivation to read the research file.

Now that I've got a new compy I don't have the file, and I can't find it on google.

So...has anyone else heard or read about this? I just want to discuss the concept of it because from what I read in the introduction (That's as far as I got) it seemed really interesting...

Let me know if you've heard of it.

I'm sure this has a total possibility of being complete and utter Bull Shiite but why not ask right?

Peace, stay sunny

[keeko]

every single plant needs light for photosynthesis......mj is no different

[SunnyD]

I know that buddy...it got really complicated in that the energy from the "light wave" is transfered differently. You didn't need the wave to transmit the energy

[stinkyattic]

Buddy... time to brush up on your physics if you think light energy is independent of wavelength/height/type
And also check into the various stages of photosynthesis while you are at it.

Can't be done. For a couple days at the ned of the crop, maybe; other than that, fughedaboudit

[SunnyD]

All right, that's why I asked I suppose.

It was really wierd, oh well. Tell me if you ever come across an article that talks about it or something.

Anyways, you can delete this thread now if you want. It's kind of pointless now lol

[khronik]

every single plant needs light for photosynthesis......mj is no different
Sorry, but I had to:
Monotropa hypopitys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_hypopitys)
Broomrape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomrape) (freaky name for a plant btw)

The only way it would be possible to grow weed in the dark is if you somehow managed to supply it with chemical energy directly. Even then, the plant would almost certainly not flower in the dark unless it was genetically engineered or something.

[melodious fellow]

Select for a lipidtrophic strain and stabilize it. Then feed with hemp oil made from all your extra male plants. :thumbsup: :wtf::wtf:



Sorry, but I had to:
Monotropa hypopitys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_hypopitys)
Broomrape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomrape) (freaky name for a plant btw)



Hey Khronik, thanks for posting the cool wiki links! Did you just know that off the top of your head, a botanist perhaps?

[khronik]

Select for a lipidtrophic strain and stabilize it. Then feed with hemp oil made from all your extra male plants. :thumbsup: :wtf::wtf:If only it were that easy. :D

You'd probably have to do some serious genetic engineering. Give the plant sugar absorption channels in its roots and feed regularly with molasses. Then while you're at it give its seeds giant dandelion umbrellas, and its roots the ability to fix nitrogen. The world would be covered in cannabis!


Hey Khronik, thanks for posting the cool wiki links! Did you just know that off the top of your head, a botanist perhaps?
Well, I did know about parasitic plants that lacked chlorophyll, I just had to look some up. My degree is actually in biomedical engineering, so I've had to take a lot of bio courses. :smokin:

[stinkyattic]

Geez... it's totally geek fest at canncom these days. Stinky like. :D

[melodious fellow]

Geez... it's totally geek fest at canncom these days. Stinky like. :D

Agreed. :D

And exactly the reason many stoner stereotypes anger me, especially when exploited in movies and such.

peace :rastasmoke:

[Revanche21]

Sorry, but I had to:
Monotropa hypopitys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_hypopitys)
Broomrape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomrape) (freaky name for a plant btw)

The only way it would be possible to grow weed in the dark is if you somehow managed to supply it with chemical energy directly. Even then, the plant would almost certainly not flower in the dark unless it was genetically engineered or something.

what if it were a ruderalis?

[khronik]

what if it were a ruderalis?

The problem is, in the absence of light, most plants just get really tall and spindly with weak stems. Kind of like when potatoes sprout and send out those long white shoots. The plants would still need a minimal amount of light to keep the stems from thinking they're underground. LEDs might even work.

And of course, I have no idea how you could supply cannabis with chemical energy directly, short of genetically engineering it. :(

[GreenLeaf420]

Here is the PIC you want I can not sen the link cause I saved it when i found it about 2 months ago.... Sns I was going to use that one later I was saving it in my CanCom Folder... LOL I have this funny one 2