What specifically produces trichomes and THC?

[Scarlet Sky]

i mean the buds would be premature if you did it at harvest, and dont say they wouldnt..

well actually ive heard THC while its on the plant reacts well to UVA and UVB light, so how can that be degrading it? light degrades it when u dry it out..

pistils catch pollen, resin doesnt.. its not there for holding in seeds either..
resin is there so bugs wont eat the seeds...

first, uva does nothing to the plants at all. uva is blacklight. it's uvB that helps...

next, if your buds are matured and ready for harvest, how the hell are they premature? what ARE you talking about?

resin doesn't "catch" pollen? have you ever pollenated a plant? get a microscope and check out a pistil, tell me what you see...

and ANY light breaks down thc at ANY time; that's why you harvest and dry and cure and store IN THE DARK!

actually no, towards the end of a weed plants life in nature, days get alot shorter, therefore increasing the amount of darkness, there are also guides about changing light cycles, in which you have longer dark periods, which in turn make buds bigger, and extends time till harvest, so it can be done..

yes, it CAN be done, but it's best to keep them on a true schedule until harvest. if you go total dark for 72 hours before harvesting, you can up the thc level by up to 5 % (which means if you have 20% thc, you would end up with 5% of 20, whic is one percent... total thc would be 21%

this method is done at harvest, not ten days before. plants can deal with more dark easier than they can more light, but it's still stressful.

maybe your just too worried about hermies... i dunno.. i havent had any problems before... surely if it was gonna hermie it already would have...

hermie's can ruin a crop, especially a perpetual one, so by not taking the chance you are "paying your insurance". and, plants are more apt to hermie in the couple of weeks before harvest. just as they kick out male flowers if they go for too long.

im not gonna argue... so just forget it..

you're not? why? that's what this last post was... an argument. nothing wrong with a little debate; i used to coach you under a different name, sweetie. i want you to roam the boards with CREDIBLE knowledge. plus, i don't want to see you get laughed at. you are being watched by several vets here.

if you need a refference to anything here, just let me know, i'll be glad to find you articles or links.

love, Sky