48 hours of darkness b4 harvest

hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
Farmers around here have ridiculous rigs that use GPS and radar to make sure they plant seeds to the correct depth in relation to the soil depth, etc., so the idea that they might simple salt of the earth schlubs is long long gone. If there's science and technology, they're using it for yields and quality and have left any forms of superstitions well behind.
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The extension service in your state is agriculture. There’s help available free to the farmers for everything from soil testing and water testing to fertilizer formulas. There’s too much money involved for things like stress or drought or light deprivation to not have those things looked into. Out of curiosity if nothing else.

No backyard chile pollen chucker came up with the successful strains grown today. Colorado State University and most especially New Mexico State University have done it.

New Mexico surprised and curious about the Pueblo green chile. Good heat and thick enough to stuff for rellenos without splitting. From research including soil science.
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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hotrodharley said:
The extension service in your state is agriculture. There’s help available free to the farmers for everything from soil testing and water testing to fertilizer formulas. There’s too much money involved for things like stress or drought or light deprivation to not have those things looked into. Out of curiosity if nothing else.

No backyard chile pollen chucker came up with the successful strains grown today. Colorado State University and most especially New Mexico State University have done it.

New Mexico surprised and curious about the Pueblo green chile. Good heat and thick enough to stuff for rellenos without splitting. From research including soil science.
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pueblo chile > hatch chile IMO. i even have the CO pueblo chile license plates. lol. nothing like a good pork green chile on a chilly day
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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hotrodharley said:
The extension service in your state is agriculture. There’s help available free to the farmers for everything from soil testing and water testing to fertilizer formulas. There’s too much money involved for things like stress or drought or light deprivation to not have those things looked into. Out of curiosity if nothing else.

No backyard chile pollen chucker came up with the successful strains grown today. Colorado State University and most especially New Mexico State University have done it.

New Mexico surprised and curious about the Pueblo green chile. Good heat and thick enough to stuff for rellenos without splitting. From research including soil science.
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I'll have to try Pueblos some day. I've always used poblanos...even grew 'em last year, but decided that for the effort I got about 4 or 5 peppers per plant and the farmstand down the road has baskets of 5 or 6 for 3 bucks...so from now on, I'll just buy and concentrate on the smaller hot hots, etc.
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I'll have to try Pueblos some day. I've always used poblanos...even grew 'em last year, but decided that for the effort I got about 4 or 5 peppers per plant and the farmstand down the road has baskets of 5 or 6 for 3 bucks...so from now on, I'll just buy and concentrate on the smaller hot hots, etc.
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i think they are a pain in the ass to roast and peel them myself. come harvest season around here, there are tons of guys that roast them, peel them and sell them bagged.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Budzbuddha said:
This may open up a can of worms but there are some stressors that have been peer reviewed and abstracts written about to “ bump “ the levels ….

One being Drought stress ( which ironically ) I am doing by throwing pre-trimmed plants into darkness. The inflorescence ( complete flower ) dry weight and secondary metabolite content in cannabis is largely controlled through breeding and phenotype selection ; however horticultural management techniques such as fertilization, lighting , substrate used , air / environment all play into results . Drought-stressed plants had increased concentrations of major cannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) by 12% and 13%, respectively, compared with the control Plants done with study.

For example : Areas around the world that experience drought situations / more intense solar radiation which stimulates secondary metabolites within . Results are more aromatic / oil production - remember when I said my girls get more fragrant this way ? I am in a way introducing a good stressor to them as they are drying in pot.

UVB increases THC production also. I run a Sunblaster with DUAL AGROMAX PURE UV bulbs during some grows .
Wonder what results could happen if UV is only available light harvest plants get while in dark tent. Something like 10-15 minutes per 3 hour block ( x4 ) of typical 12/12 cycle.

I “ may “ experiment on a harvest by not only keeping harvest ready plants in dark / drought stressing til end but add my Agromax Pure UV lamp to cycle on and off on them to bump trich expression. Could work who knows …. Tell me what you think.
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Not just UVB. UVA has been shown to increase thc about the same as UVB.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Jjgrow420 said:
What ec do you feed that at
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I've never tested the feed for my vegetable garden. Last summer I used a Schultz 20/20/20 on most everything in that garden, but I know peppers like heavy feed and lower nitrogen. I might use maxibloom this year for the peppers.

My personal EC is done at extremely high levels. ;)
 
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