Iced nutrients?

[dakotamoon]

The latest issue of Garden Culture magazine, has an article about freezing nutrients to aid blooming in the last week, does anyone here have any experience with this?

The magazine article is entitled: Ice Bath Ripening

 

[gr865]

Try it an let us know how it works.

 

[dakotamoon]

From the magazine article: By exposing the plant to colder temperatures, it is tricked into thinking winter has arrived and that it is dying. As a result the plant bulks up on trichomes and resin, thus inducing more vibrant colors to protect itself from the change in environment. It is recommended to to perform the ice shocking treatment in the last week of flowering, and right up till the flush. Strangely enough my plants are in their last week or 2 weeks of flowering .. so very convenient. I won't know if it's improving things, as this is only my 2nd grow, but I'll give it a whirl with pictures.

 

[Barney86]

Yeah I've tried the cold shock treatment before. Tried stabbing them, extra long dark periods. Nothing made it noticeably stronger tbh. The cold Turns them a pretty cool shade of purple though lol.

 

[Emilya Green]

I do the dark period at the end regularly and find it really does increase the size of the trichomes... maybe its just the extra 36 hours too, I really don't know... but I do it still. I might have to try the icewater trick.

 

[dakotamoon]

I was thinking the only way to really tell if the ice Bath Ripening does anything - would be to have 2 cloned plants from the same mother, and give one the ice and one regular temps and then compare.