Maximising THC content of an outdoor grow?

[dylan]

Although this is just a theroy, I am under the impression that the resin a cannabis plant produces is to protect the seed from drying out by stoping some of the moisture from evaporating. Many plants have resin that acts in a simmilar way, but lack the chemicals that we enjoy in cannabis. If that is the case, then letting the plant become a bit dry before harvesting could increase resin production.

Another theroy is the fact that light degrades THC. Maybe the resin protects the seeds from UV light; degrading durung the day and producing during the night to prepare for the next day. Therefor, if you were to harvest right before dawn the resin production would be at it's max.

My 2 cents.

[Earthy Dank]

excuse me for hijacking a bit here, but, are fast-flowering strains developed, thru the use of cold-climate, acclimated parentage ?? ... that had never occurred to me, makes sense ... is it true ? ... :smokin:

Yes, This is why indica finishes faster. Indicas originate in colder regions typically far north. The growing season is much shorter in those place so the plants there naturally have to flower fast than ,say, plants in jamaica. Well the ones that don't flower early... die before they can reproduce so only the early flowering plants reproduce. Its more cause and effect and it happens over a long period of time. The plant basically evolves over a long period of time.

[rhizome]

excuse me for hijacking a bit here, but, are fast-flowering strains developed, thru the use of cold-climate, acclimated parentage ?? ... that had never occurred to me, makes sense ... is it true ? ... :smokin:

Not per se, but repeatedly selecting for early flowering is indistinguishable (as a selective pressure) from an annual need to complete the reproductive cycle before the freeze- the later flowering individuals have fewer opportunities to reproduce, so the late-flowering genes are filtered from the pool. In both cases, the earliest maturing individuals reproduce, and the latest do not.

Certainly genetics acclimated to northern climes flower more quickly than equatorial varieties- this is the pool that modern quick flowering varieties are drawn from. Human intervention has really sped things along, though.

The auto-flower and extremely early varieties take advantage of a Northern European sub-species known as C. Ruderalis, which will naturally reproduce without regard to photoperiod, as a response to harsh environmental conditions.

[BlackBerry]

if u care
The Indoor Outdoor Highest Quality Marijuana Grower's Guide (Paperback) 1982
by Mel Frank (Author), Ed Rosenthal (Author)

its an older book but some of its content still applies

not to misreprisent myself but i cover em before it frost n remove cover the next day n so on for 1 or 2 nights then a week or 10 days of indian summer where doesnt frost

[smoke_and_fly]

I allways laugh when any good weed everyone calls "hydro" and they somehow believe hydro magically makes shit weed potent and soil grown weed is shit
adzactly i give my friends sum of my cured bud and they always reply wow this is hydro
i just laugh and say its outdoors retards
peace

[Comatose]

i dont know about everyone else but it gets kind of hard to read all of your run on sentences without any punctuation or grammar are we five years old now or what but seriously do you see why it is a pain to read this thanks and lets communicate like adults...


Sorry just me ranting on something that drives me loco. Don't stress your plant, thats just not smart. Its scientifically proven the stressing the plant SLOWSSSSSSSSSSSSS it down, so why bother with some urban myth, backwoods crap, that doesn't work.... sorry. Any outdoor grower I know AVOIDS frost with everything they've got.

[Turtlez]

well i know that frost can make a plant start purpling becuase the chloraphyll is degrading, and that is a good thing becuase chloraphyll is harsh to smoke.

[Earthy Dank]

Plant for a Patient: Patients need patience in plant maturation process - Oaksterdam News

This is crazy i found a article that agrees with blackberry. it says...

"Buds that suffer cold temperatures often have few white pistils, leaf fringes can turn purple, more resin develops and plants take longer to mature."

This is interesting but i still want to know why...

[hardcharger]

Any outdoor grower I know AVOIDS frost with everything they've got.

you don't know me but a little october frost never bothered my girls, that would be a crystal blue day and it'll warm right up by 9am so they can start growing again.

[Turtlez]

yeash dude i was just looking on a seed sight and came across something taht said the same thing, just like 15 minutes ago let me see if i can find it.