ultrasonic
Well-Known Member
Hey all-
I've been doing some research about the final 2 weeks of a cycle, and i've come across alot of info regarding stressing the plants. What i've discovered is people use methods such as drought, light restriction, temperature reductions, etc; things that would normally cause a plant to go hermie, when used in the last week or two of the plants life, force the plant to react to protect itself, and to help ensure its reproductive cycle will continue. The plants begin to produce resin containing THC to 1) seal the plant off, preventing evaporation as well as attack from insects; and, 2) make themselves stickier in the hopes of picking up male pollen easier out of the air.
Below are things that i've read about so far:
1)Light
a) restriction: Restricting light for the last 3 days is done to fool the plant into thinking it's near the end, making a last ditch effort using all it's reserves to produce more sticky protective resin
b) UV stimulation: People use UV bulbs (typically in the 10k spectrum) to force the plant to protect its leaves from burning. It is also said to enhance flavor and potency, as well as color (ie- purple/blue strains)
2)drought: I don't know much about this, as it pertains more to soil growers, however I think it could easily be applied to hydroponics. From what I understand, If the root system of a plant is dry, the plant has little "pressure" within it's "veins", and it will droop. I think a drought kind of makes the plant say, HEY this isn't the time for this! And again, it ups the resin production to protect it's valuable potential seed pods.
3)temperature: I just recently read about this, which prompted me to write this post to get everyones opinion. Allowing the night time temperature to dip lower and lower will stress the plant into "hurrying up" = more thc
I'm definitely a fan of a good long flush. There are tons of things inside the plant that it can use to survive on that we don't want to smoke, so we may as well let the plant use it up.
So I wonder specifically about the lighting aspect: I plan on using a Sunpulse 1000w 10k UV bulb the last 2 weeks of my grow, but I LIKE the idea of a dark period as well. I believe I will attempt to employ all of these methods at the same time, slowly increasing the intensity. I figure as long as the plant is far enough along, stress will only help?
Maybe some people disagree? I'm curios to know
I've been doing some research about the final 2 weeks of a cycle, and i've come across alot of info regarding stressing the plants. What i've discovered is people use methods such as drought, light restriction, temperature reductions, etc; things that would normally cause a plant to go hermie, when used in the last week or two of the plants life, force the plant to react to protect itself, and to help ensure its reproductive cycle will continue. The plants begin to produce resin containing THC to 1) seal the plant off, preventing evaporation as well as attack from insects; and, 2) make themselves stickier in the hopes of picking up male pollen easier out of the air.
Below are things that i've read about so far:
1)Light
a) restriction: Restricting light for the last 3 days is done to fool the plant into thinking it's near the end, making a last ditch effort using all it's reserves to produce more sticky protective resin
b) UV stimulation: People use UV bulbs (typically in the 10k spectrum) to force the plant to protect its leaves from burning. It is also said to enhance flavor and potency, as well as color (ie- purple/blue strains)
2)drought: I don't know much about this, as it pertains more to soil growers, however I think it could easily be applied to hydroponics. From what I understand, If the root system of a plant is dry, the plant has little "pressure" within it's "veins", and it will droop. I think a drought kind of makes the plant say, HEY this isn't the time for this! And again, it ups the resin production to protect it's valuable potential seed pods.
3)temperature: I just recently read about this, which prompted me to write this post to get everyones opinion. Allowing the night time temperature to dip lower and lower will stress the plant into "hurrying up" = more thc
I'm definitely a fan of a good long flush. There are tons of things inside the plant that it can use to survive on that we don't want to smoke, so we may as well let the plant use it up.
So I wonder specifically about the lighting aspect: I plan on using a Sunpulse 1000w 10k UV bulb the last 2 weeks of my grow, but I LIKE the idea of a dark period as well. I believe I will attempt to employ all of these methods at the same time, slowly increasing the intensity. I figure as long as the plant is far enough along, stress will only help?
Maybe some people disagree? I'm curios to know