Intresting question. I had a small clone at one time that was near harvest and a HEAVY rain came and washed away a lot of the pistils on the exterior. It rained that hard. I gave the plant a couple more days to get the excess moisture out and during those days it seemed that a couple of pistils came back but not near the number that were previously there. The smaller amount of pistils didn't seem to have an effect on potency but the look of the bud was definetly different.

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kush07 Reviewed by kush07 on . QUESTION...for EXPERTS ONLY please. Since there is little THC in the actual hairs of the flowers, what would happen if someone were to say, CUT just the female hairs from the flower pods, or pluck them? Would the flower itself die? Would, in an attempt to be seeded, the flower produce MORE flower pods to shoot hairs from? If the latter would happen, do you not think then that you could force larger buds by stimulating flower pod production? Since most of the THC is on the flower pods, this would seem like a desired Rating: 5