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[Chronic Chrissy]

Awsome thread guys, and some nice plants. I did a little experiment of myself before harvesting the top colas of my Afghanis.
I stuck the three in a closet to control dark period. 2 of them got 15 hours of dark(I slept in), and the other 36 hours. Then I took the top colas and put them back in the room to finish up the bottoms, tomorrow I'll take the bottoms using the same dark period for each plant.
So far we noticed that the plant left in the dark smokes a little nicer and is a little more potent, but she was the better plant to begin with, so hopefully the bottom harvest is a little more equals seeing as how they were all shaded.

[Abattoir Dream]

I will totally post a pic of Hog next time it's harvested...it will be awhile unfortunately, I think at least a month. We have a lot of champagne coming up tho. I know that's what you were growing, and I laughed when I read you said it smelled like bananas...but then our last plant smelt really weird when it was drying, so then I realized smelling like bananas wasn't so strange after all, lol.

lol GREAT! champagne sounds good too haha yeh, it did just smell like fresh bananas... unfortunately im not all that pleased with the HOG, its meant to yeild big, greasy buds... but it never seems to... ill try a few outdoors this summer.. see how things go eh?

this may be a stupid question... but does anyone have any diagrams of a cannabis plants vein/arterie structure... i need to know how the blood is pumping before i experiment with lateral branches and such...

[Abattoir Dream]

So far we noticed that the plant left in the dark smokes a little nicer and is a little more potent, but she was the better plant to begin with, so hopefully the bottom harvest is a little more equals seeing as how they were all shaded

this would make sense... light degrades THC, so therefore the more dark... the more potent...

[Scarlet Sky]

i was thinking... if every lateral branch minus the top 4 were removed... would it focus all energy on the main cola..? maybe not.. i guess the leaves at the top can only take in a certain amount of light... what if every lateral branch (other than the main cola) were to be removed, but all fan leaves where left on... would the plant produce a boulder of a top cola??? i wonder if anyone has looked into this?!? maybe someone has some useful notes floating around?

not only have i some useful notes on the topic, i've the experience to boot.

if all lat branches are removed (except four, you hit the nail on the head) the plant will flower a main cola, and that's all. the result is a cola bud up to twice the size of those that were left natural.

at the same time, i've some multi-topped plants that put out hundreds of popcorn buds totalling up to a qp, so the top yeild prize goes to the giant wiry freaks...

[Abattoir Dream]

hahaha great, should i be removing the fan leaves along with the lat's? or just leave them? (lol excuse the pun) sounds like something new to try...

as for multi topping, whats your method? when i top its from 4th-5th node, how many nodes do you leave between topping when you 'multi-top'..?
also, how long do you leave them to vegg from the last topping to the first day of 12/12?

im really interested in all these ideas... any more info would be much appreciated...

lol sorry for hi-jacking the thread harris7 and dutch lover, though surely your keen to find out these things too? - good luck guys

[Chronic Chrissy]

this would make sense... light degrades THC, so therefore the more dark... the more potent...

I think it's more of a stress the plant out and it tries to produce extra resin to protect itself.

[dutch.lover]

don't worry about hijacking, this thread was meant for discussion...

checked the trichomes on Mud Bud yesterday....they're about 20% amber, 20% clear and 60% cloudy....gonna wait a while longer before cutting her down...

[TheGreenFog]

not only have i some useful notes on the topic, i've the experience to boot.

if all lat branches are removed (except four, you hit the nail on the head) the plant will flower a main cola, and that's all. the result is a cola bud up to twice the size of those that were left natural.

at the same time, i've some multi-topped plants that put out hundreds of popcorn buds totalling up to a qp, so the top yeild prize goes to the giant wiry freaks...

This is basically the technique you could use for a SOG grow. Sea of Green. A bunch of plants...lots of them...all pruned to yield a single LARGE cola each. I have yet to see a good example of that on here. Maybe I've seen it a long time ago.

I'm curious to see if there are any grows that utilize that method. Most people confuse SCROG with SOG, but they are not the same. Unfortunately, in some places, so I hear...you'd be much better off doing a SCROG due to the number of plants used...if ya know what I mean.

Anyone got a good pic of a SOG grow of am I gonna have to find it myself?


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Abattoir Dream]

I think it's more of a stress the plant out and it tries to produce extra resin to protect itself.

lol, when i said light degrades THC i meant AFTER the plant is cut... thats what i thought you meant... obviously now after re-reading your post i know different, darkness produces the flowering hormone in a plant, making more bud... whether its any more potent i dont know... its doubtfull though...

if you extend dark periods you have to extend the whole grow, its simple, i think i also heard the buds have more leaves if grown under more dark hours...

[harris7]

lol, when i said light degrades THC i meant AFTER the plant is cut... thats what i thought you meant... obviously now after re-reading your post i know different, darkness produces the flowering hormone in a plant, making more bud... whether its any more potent i dont know... its doubtfull though...

if you extend dark periods you have to extend the whole grow, its simple, i think i also heard the buds have more leaves if grown under more dark hours...

For all oil bearing herbs the oil amount peeks after the dark period.
So the idea is that if we extend the dark period weâ??ll get the amount to peek higher.

Iâ??ve read it so many places and in quite a few books that I believe it