Great comment at the end I actually had some respect for a fellow grower, but thats gone like the smoke from my blunt.
Light, and water are factors
IN an enviroment. An enviroment is comprised of all living (plants), and non-living things (water, nutrients, light) within an area. I gave examples of enviroments, that dont have the PERFECT food, light, and water that you speak of...yet by some miricale our plants can still grow, hmmmm...
Just a little FYI I wasn't saying that going longer without lights would (as you so eloquently put it) "puke-up" resin, I was saying letting the medium get dry (there in the humidity within the room goes down), or drop a dehumidifier into your room to make the air within more dry will help with resin production due to the plants natural response to protect itself from dryness, and hot conditions (find Best of HT : Edition January, 09, then go to page 42). Ive yet to see a "nice" grow that only uses tap water, chlorine, and other chemicals within must do the plants loads of good without proper nutrients. I also am not saying let the plant go without water for months, the plant will
NOT shrivle up, and die if it goes a few days without water. By the way water is not considered food or energy. "Water is an essential part of all process of plants. Through water, necessary minerals are moved from the roots to the parts of the plants that require them. Water moves chemicals from one part of the plant to another. It is also required for photosynthesis and for metabolism. It also helps cool plant surfaces (through transpiration).
Plants not receiving enough water will be lower in production of fruit, seed, roots and flowers. Without enough water, plants will close their stomates. This will result in leaf curling and rolling, reducing leaf and stem growth and fruit yield."-
http://desertwaterwisegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_plants_use_water
. To dumb it down water is
NOT considered food, it is the way for "food" to be moved from the soil to the roots then to the rest of the plant. Yes its TRUE that the lack of water will slow in production (bud size), seeds (not looking for these), roots(its getting cut down in 1-2 days), and flowers (doesn't matter). If the "
LAST 2 MONTHS ARE THE IMPORTANT TIME, NOT THE DAY BEFORE" then stopping water won't effect it either way then (except in resin production), cause I think that chopping the stem from the roots will slow these productions indefinately....
As for your UV-resistance comment...
Ill post this link to actual research (read the "Enviromental Influence"), but since its on the internet (by regarded Cannabis writers) you will probably push it off as non-sence because it goes against your idea's...Here's the link, the arrows should help you find it>>>>
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2159.html <<<<
Now to dumb it down for you...In area's of higher altitudes (these are the Himalayas), and equatorial areas (sunlight is strongest here) THC potency is noticably higher, this means that the resin (has the THC) is in higher amounts...why might this be? Because there is more light intensity, and more UV light in these areas. The more UV the more resin, so that must mean that the resin is in higher amounts to protect the plant from the UV light (this is UV-resistance...how UV-sensitive equitment is used to find plants that are hidden below forrests, or olive trees). I think you were thinking of them looking in open fields for the cannabis plants, but that would be dumb (oh wait who are we talking to here).
Here's an article from Ed Rosenthal (
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/4351.html ) stating resin as a defense from UV light making it a very UV-resistance plant.
Here is an article from a veteran grower stating his use of MH lights (which product more UV-light then HPS) and how the potency is increased with UV-lights. It is againt stated how areas of higher consentrations of UV light (mountains, equatorial areas) offer higher potency levels of cannabis. >>>>
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2696.html <<<<
"the only really sun resistant plants are found on the floor of the rain forests, these plants have a red color instead of green."
HAHA you mean the rain forest floor that very light light penatrates? Have you ever notice the colors of the leaves changing? All plants have the red, yellow, orange, ect. colors in them, so saying that a red plant on the floor of the rain forest is the only sun resistant plant is nieve.
"and as far as the sugar you use, this is a carbohydrate for the plant and can be used or not but should be used in the final 2 weeks."
Very good Sucanat is a carbohydrate. Why only the final 2 weeks? Have you actually used this to know that it should only be used in the final 2 weeks? It is fine to use this or other "boosters" such as Sweet during the flowering stage just as long as you take into account the extra PPm that these will add with the rest of your nutrients. So if you have the ability to back the nutrients off +/-100 PPM roughly your PPM will stay fine with adding these at the recommended levels.
"ps...dont go 24 dark."
No he suggests harvesting in the middle of your lights on cycle.
Just kidding. Don't make a dumb...or more accuratly a slew of dumb comments without expecting a response. All the links I posted are backed by ACTUAL research, its not my research because I dont have the resources to test all of these things stated, but others do, and the information is legit. Believe it or don't it will help someone else out there not too arogant.
Class is out.
Regards to the O.P., and RUI Admin:
Sorry for posting all this in this thread but I felt it would be better posted for others to have their opinions instead of it being sent through PM to "deaf ears". If you would like to split this into a different thread that would be greatly appreciated.
Peace, Love, and Big Buds.
the last 2 months is what is important, not the day or 2 before you chop. and don't water them only if you want a faster drying time, otherwise you are just starving them. and 24-48hrs darkness? c'mon, this doesn't even make sense. take away the food source and the energy source, and this is supposed to help the plant. this is a ridiculous notion. just like boiling the roots. as many of us know the additional thc gets squeezed out of the plant matter during curing and it takes time.
