I’ve done a little grafting now and then. Actually was doing it before Light Addict (pats self on back)- though when he got into it he really went for broke.
I have a four way graft going at the moment. Going to veg her/them another couple weeks at least.
Re bro-science. Around the time I joined the forum you couldn’t read advice on cloning without hearing people saying that you needed to get your cuttings into water immediately, or they would get an air bubble which would block the stem and kill them. I started a thread on it, ran a side by side test and found that cutings left laying around for an hour rooted just the same as the others. Anyway the ‘air bubble’ myth isn’t repeated much anymore, but you do hear it once in awhile.
When I’ve cut leaves of cuttings it’s just to get them down to the size I want. It’s common to take a cutting with a large leaf or two on it which takes up too much room next to the other cuttings. Also those large fans tend to wilt more easily as osmosis has its limits. I wasn’t aware of any other reasons to cut leaves.
I see the most room for myth busting in the area of late harvest. Flushing - vs winding down nutes - vs feeding full strength to the bitter end.
That is something I’ve been I’ve been testing quite a bit over the last year or more.
Also in the harvest and curing dept. There are quite a few ideas that don’t seem to have any science behind them. Such as ‘burping’. Not just ‘burping’ to dry the bud in the jar- but for the idea that some sort of ‘off-gassing’ is happening. I’ve never seen the tiniest hint of any such gas.
These questions bug me and once in a while I’ve thought about starting up a myth busting thread. But then I think about all the work involved and all the potential conflict with people and their cherished opinions ha ha.
Anyway good for you for doing some testing. It’s the best way to figure stuff out.
I have a four way graft going at the moment. Going to veg her/them another couple weeks at least.
Re bro-science. Around the time I joined the forum you couldn’t read advice on cloning without hearing people saying that you needed to get your cuttings into water immediately, or they would get an air bubble which would block the stem and kill them. I started a thread on it, ran a side by side test and found that cutings left laying around for an hour rooted just the same as the others. Anyway the ‘air bubble’ myth isn’t repeated much anymore, but you do hear it once in awhile.
When I’ve cut leaves of cuttings it’s just to get them down to the size I want. It’s common to take a cutting with a large leaf or two on it which takes up too much room next to the other cuttings. Also those large fans tend to wilt more easily as osmosis has its limits. I wasn’t aware of any other reasons to cut leaves.
I see the most room for myth busting in the area of late harvest. Flushing - vs winding down nutes - vs feeding full strength to the bitter end.
That is something I’ve been I’ve been testing quite a bit over the last year or more.
Also in the harvest and curing dept. There are quite a few ideas that don’t seem to have any science behind them. Such as ‘burping’. Not just ‘burping’ to dry the bud in the jar- but for the idea that some sort of ‘off-gassing’ is happening. I’ve never seen the tiniest hint of any such gas.
These questions bug me and once in a while I’ve thought about starting up a myth busting thread. But then I think about all the work involved and all the potential conflict with people and their cherished opinions ha ha.
Anyway good for you for doing some testing. It’s the best way to figure stuff out.