Droughting and its medicinal effects in cannabis

[CaptainLucky]

And so did Cap!

CL

 

[Krissi Carbone]

I hope you are under the care of the best team Jersey has to offer.

thank you Shed

You know you’re in my thoughts n prayers my little Italian robe buddy. CL

my Irish buddy, thank you

Krissi thank you for the welcome. Shed said it right, the best team in Jersey. Take it easy and get strong. You've been missed.

absolutely, I'm Italian, if there was no warm welcome, it just wouldn't be right. Thanks for the support Carmen

And so did Cap!

Haha, always

CL

 

[CaptainLucky]

thank you Shed

my Irish buddy, thank you

absolutely, I'm Italian, if there was no warm welcome, it just wouldn't be right. Thanks for the support Carmen

Haha, always

Can you tell that we missed you Jersey? I really miss you making me laugh , really enjoyed reading your posts. They’re always interesting n informative well written. CL

 

[Krissi Carbone]

Can you tell that we missed you Jersey? I really miss you making me laugh , really enjoyed reading your posts. They’re always interesting n informative well written. CL

I can, it is palpable for sure and I am honored to be blessed with such an amazing group of people. The only people who know anything about what is going on is my family and bestie and TK and his mom, other than that, it's you guys. So that just shows me I know you are all so genuine

 

[Joe Brewster]

Some Tropicanna Banana I droughted
Top buds off of one plant
It kicks my butt

 

[Krissi Carbone]

Some Tropicanna Banana I droughted
Top buds off of one plant
It kicks my butt

That Tropicana had awesome coloring and those droughted trichomes are reflecting that light like crazy! I'm sure the smoke is as intense as you say it is Brew!!! Thanks for sharing Brew, always welcomed and appreciated!!!

 

[Joe Brewster]

My camara doesn't do it justice
These are some better pictures, I think.

 

[Carmen Ray]

I can, it is palpable for sure and I am honored to be blessed with such an amazing group of people. The only people who know anything about what is going on is my family and bestie and TK and his mom, other than that, it's you guys. So that just shows me I know you are all so genuine

I really miss you making me laugh ,

Here here.... a purple cheetah a few pages back ... we have a cheetah rescue place in Strand, down the drag from where I live.

 

[Krissi Carbone]

My camara doesn't do it justice
These are some better pictures, I think.

VA VA Voila!!!! Gorgeous!!!!

Here here.... a purple cheetah a few pages back ... we have a cheetah rescue place in Strand, down the drag from where I live.

I love that you are on my level of funny. I know some people would have read that and mumbled to themselves while shaking their head, "a purple cheetah?"

 

[StoneOtter]

Some droughted flowers for you Krissi!

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

Feel better soon

 

[marcus611a]

Results from Bill and Sheds drought. Honestly in my opinion I can get the same thing with just lowering the humidity and not giving them drought! Shed is still in drought He's on day 8 Bill lasted six!

 

[KeithLemon]

Some droughted flowers for you Krissi!

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

Feel better soon

I love those pictures

Some droughted flowers for you Krissi!

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

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• StoneOtter
• Mar 30, 2023

Cherries DubeLee day 3

Feel better soon

The Cherries plant is cool looking

 

[oldoak]

Hello everyone and thank you for your work, a very useful technique! But I have more than half of the plants after 8-10 days of the process, stigmas (pistils) began to grow again, and bananas even began to grow on one (
This is the first time I've encountered this!
Who faced?

 

[Hash Hound]

this Banana Punch went 11 days and probably could have gone longer. There wasn't a leaf drooping yet.
I watered today 1 gallon top and 1 in the bottom.

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• Hash Hound
• Apr 29, 2023

Banana Punch 8.5 weeks

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• Hash Hound
• Apr 29, 2023

Banana Punch 8.5 weeks

 

[Carmen Ray]

this Banana Punch went 11 days and probably could have gone longer. There wasn't a leaf drooping yet.
I watered today 1 gallon top and 1 in the bottom.

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• Hash Hound
• Apr 29, 2023

Banana Punch 8.5 weeks

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• Hash Hound
• Apr 29, 2023

Banana Punch 8.5 weeks

Interesting. What made you pull back now? Do you do before and after trich exams?

 

[Hash Hound]

I wanted to water before harvesting in a few days, and I bottom fed synthetics so I want to use some plain water.
It was frosty as heck before the drought too so I barely noticed any difference except maturity of the tris.
this from right before the drought

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• Hash Hound
• Apr 19, 2023

Banana Punch

 

[StoneOtter]

I wanted to water before harvesting in a few days, and I bottom fed synthetics so I want to use some plain water.
It was frosty as heck before the drought too so I barely noticed any difference except maturity of the tris.
this from right before the drought

P200 BP w7d.jpg

• Hash Hound
• Apr 19, 2023

Banana Punch

Banana Punch is droolworthy Hash Hound! Have you tasted her?

 

[Hash Hound]

I dried a test bud last week and it was good, but the taste was soso with a quick dry. Real sticky.
I mainly wanted to see how clean it burnt since I've been experimenting with synthetics, it was a nice white ash.

 

[LIAB]

Guys and gals, I'd like to start off with a slight introduction to the medicinal benefits of droughting our 420 plants. This will be an open forum discussion for all things droughting related. I'm currently in the process of completing my notes and developing a thesis, if you will, on this stress technique, but with so much ground to cover and with so many questions sure to arise, it's important we get going.

Let me get your attention with these numbers and then see how many of you will be able to turn your heads in the other direction-I'd imagine nobody will....

The Substantial Effects on Cannabinoid Yield in Drought Versus That Of Control:

THC 50% higher yield
THCA 43% higher yield
CBD 67% higher yield
CBDA 47% higher yield

Drought treatment elicited a 12% and 13% increase in THCA and CBDA concentration, respectively.

Yield of flower in control was:
178+/- @ 9.4 grams per meter squared
Yield of flower in drought was:
232+/- @ 18.5 grams per meter squared

Do I have your attention yet?

Before dropping in this comment I made on another feed today, thanks again @ppm Charlie for adding me onto that conversation, I would like to note that I had a prior misconception to growing..

I thought at all times I needed to have the most beautiful plant ever. I never looked into what actually gives our cannabis it's medicinal properties nor did I ever set out to embark on a journey to find out what added stressors would elevate those properties.

By some red string effect, I fell upon 420, @Maritimer and his original thread where I stumbled across this technique. Since integrating it loosely into my last few harvests and both SEEING and FEELING the results, I have not looked back. Moreover, I wanted to learn everything I could and not only that, but spread this knowledge to every grower I could. I hope that you all can in time learn this methadology and put it to use to help us finally end this war on pain, both physically and mentally.


Droughting has the end goal of increasing valuable metabolites such as THC and cannabinoids. Drought response has been observed in many plant species; in cannabis, the drought escape response accelerates flowering in response to drought stress-i.e, the increase of resin production.

The main focus of ABA is to be a promoter of stomatal closure which is synthesized in the roots and mature leaves in response to water stress.

It is important to note the health of your leaves during a drought as ABA is transported from roots to xylem to the leaves before returning back to the roots and the process repeats itself.

Droughting is a delicate balance as a plants plasticity is very important in the transportation and absorption of nutrients and light.

"Leaves are very important to a plant in that they create an avenue where phosynthesis and thermoregulation can occur".

Evolution developed their leaf shape to a myriad of different types to create a means of balancing energy production with the plant's fitness.

The GRN is the Genetic Regulatory Network that is responsible for creating this phenotypic plasticity. It involves a myriad of genes and proteins, including the aforementioned, to regulate its morphology through stress.

*Note: This stress technique is a controlled droughting experiment done for up to 11 days around the 7th week of flower; the length of droughting time is determined only by the LWA (Leaf Wilt Angle) and not the total #of days

Could you post a few pictures displaying proper leaf wilt angle? I'm in coco and would like to try droughting

 

[Absorber]

Nice thread @Krissi Carbone