**THC PRODUCTION INCREASED** r there any proven ways to increase thc in late 12/12?

bigbud x northenlights

bigbud x northenlights

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ive heard if u starve the plant to much before chopping the plant beggins to die, also heard if the plant starts to wither n die the tricks start to de-grade also, im not sure how true this is, but i was told to dry in the bucket for 4-5days n chop whilst the stem is still moist!!! if u dry to fast u lose the tatse and it will be a more harsh smoke wich im gunna try my best to avoid, the buds r smelling realy realy strong and sticky as hell already, dont wanna lose that sweet smell of the northen lights. peace
 
Roseman

Roseman

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pabloesqobar said:
My plant is outside, and I frequently give it a vigorous shake. I like to think it scares any bugs away for a bit. Hopefully I'm not unintentionally stressing my plant.

Roseman, have you ever grown through harvest without doing the intentional stress thing? If so, could you comment on the degree of difference one should expect from utilizing the intentional stressing technique?

Other than the occasional shaking, I don't want to get too physical with my plant. I could just start arguing with her and giving her some harsh criticism. That could stress her out. ;-)
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to be perfectly honest, I can't be 100% sure. Every grow I have done, my girls wre covered in buds, and I've never counted them. Every grow I have done, I got runts and giants both, same tank, same seed, same grow, so I don't know for absolute sure. I have read the thumb tack thing, the twisting deal, and the pinching off of bark deal, in several books, and on several grow sites.

On my first grow, I did not use an oscilating fan as much, I used it very ltitle, , and I'm sure an oscilating fan makes a difference in making stronger stems.
 
Roseman

Roseman

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I was hoping to see some other ideas here to increase trich production. I think the best idea is chilling the grow room.
 
dimebagdan

dimebagdan

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just at the start of flowering i took two clones from my strawberry cough female and let them flower as soon as they rooted. and one i have watered normaly, but the other i put into a terracota clay pot and havent watered her in quit soon time. i check soil moisture daily with a guage. know they are a month old(still very small due to the fact 12-12 from small clone.) the one in the clay pot seems to me to have more trichs but you be the judge.

can you see the difference?




the top pic is the clay pot and the other two are the regular one.
 
skywalker1

skywalker1

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Roseman said:
This is something all growers obviously are interested in. Now the methods, and facts I'm going to list I know will be scrutinized and criticised by some, even many maybe, and discredited by others, which is completely fine with me.
Some of these methods come across as pretty controversial, but they all have been researched and tested by people I know, or have talked to, or have tried personally myself.
With that said lets get to the good stuff

Basics
1) Plant health- It's obvious,but important to state having a healthy plant will produce more trichomes. I try not to throw any plants into flowering unless there all healthy and mature,,plants will not reach there full potential if they are sick or immature. So try to resolve all health issues prior to flipping to 12/12
2) Cool room- having your room or grow space temp lower, cooler, in flowering will be producing more resin, trichs.

3) Genetics-(I will talk about this a little later),but obviously you want the best genetics possible to be able to have more potential.......... Got to be Indica

Now the spooky advise:

How to increase Trichomes, Production, Yield

1) Very low humidity in BLOOMING- I think most people know that dryer conditions are more condusive to resin production. From my experience and from talking to other people that grow,,its good to have extremely low humidity DURING FLOWERING, (BUT NOT IN VEG.)
Try to shoot for 15% humidity in flowering,,keeping it nice and dry.
HAVE extreme temps, within range, like 80s in day, 60s in night.
NO MISTING in Flowering

2) UVB lighting- there has been a lot of research and tests that indicate that exposing BUDS to UVB lighting in flowering increases trichome production. Naturally in parts of the world with high levels of UVB like Afghanastan or kush valley or Thailand have high levels of UVB in there atmosphere. Its believed the leaves makes a "Sun scream" to protect from the uvb. that sun screen people say are trichomes. Adding UVB lighting in flowering DOES increase trichome production if done correctly
*** UVB lighting is dangerous, it can cause skin cancer,and can turn you blind. You cant see the light it omits, but if your under it for 10-20 min you will get a sunburn. As long as the UVB is on in your grow area, you don't walk in while its on. As long as you do this everything is fine. I recommend you do from 6-8 hours in flowering starting around 2nd-3rd week of flowering. Start 1 hour a day and gradually increase to 6-8 hours,,,starting in the middle of its 12 hour cycle. Keep the UVB at least 2 feet away from your canopy. Get the reptile lights,,there cheap..they come in .5 and .10 uvb .10 is better obviously,,and they make special lamps to hold them,if you want a reflector for it. Make sure to rig the uvb to a seperate timer,to go on 6 hour into the light period. Please use caution with this,and dont go in there if the uvb is on

3) Intentional Stress- When your approaching the end of your flowering cycle, like the 7th or 8th week, you start to stress the plant out. When plants THINK they Are dying ,the only thing they know how to do is grow or try to reproduce. if you start to stress them it is believed by many that the plant will try to get stickier in order to do be able to catch more pollen from a flowering male.
When you do this,there are some methods I use,and some things to keep in mind.
**Never do this for more then 14 days before your harvest. The key here is to stress them out just enough, to not give them time to turn hermaphrodite on you. You have to estimate when you think you might have 14 days left,start and harvest no more then 14 days after. - kick the plant pots everyday,shake the plant a little everyday, give it a few minutes of HIGH FAN Air..like a wind storm.
- take little thumb tacks, drive them into every branch on the plant right below the last node. Do not break anything,,or drive big things. Just a tack into every branch.you're not damaging,,your just pissing her off a little.
TWISTING- hold one part of the large stem between a thumb and finger, and one inch higher, hold one part of the large stem between a thumb and finger, and TWIST it, to damage it.

Take your fignernail and scrap a piece of skin (bark) off, the size of a penny on the larger stems.

- I know a lot of people like to do 24 hours of darkness, at harvest,,try 2 days of darkness before u chop,or even mess with the light schedule a little,,i know this seems crazy but it works.


I will not respond to arguements or harsh criticism.
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Answers & photos by Jorge Cervantes

Slap Plants Around
Your great book says that slapping my plants around will make them more resinous. Does this mean the better the fight, the higher the buds get you?
Ralph
Via Internet

Dear Ralph,
Slapping plants around may make a demented grower feel superior, smart and dominant, but it's detrimental to plant development and overall resin production. The book says: "Stress can cause plants to produce more resin, but it simultaneously causes odd and/or reduced growth."

For many years, growers claimed that mutilating plants, withholding water, erratic photoperiod regimens, etc., made them produce more and more potent resin. They also claimed that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light increases resin production. My favorite myth is that driving a spike through the base of the main stem makes plants produce more resin. All of these claims are untrue! The secret to making plants produce the most resin is to grow strong, healthy plants, not to mutilate them..... I especially love how you begin some of your sentences with, " I will discuss later about..." like a wisened herb guru. By the way, you seem to know alot more than Jorge Cervantes- when's your book set and grow dvd package hitting the shelves?
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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skywalker1 said:
Answers & photos by Jorge Cervantes

Slap Plants Around
Your great book says that slapping my plants around will make them more resinous. Does this mean the better the fight, the higher the buds get you?
Ralph
Via Internet

Dear Ralph,
Slapping plants around may make a demented grower feel superior, smart and dominant, but it's detrimental to plant development and overall resin production. The book says: "Stress can cause plants to produce more resin, but it simultaneously causes odd and/or reduced growth."

For many years, growers claimed that mutilating plants, withholding water, erratic photoperiod regimens, etc., made them produce more and more potent resin. They also claimed that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light increases resin production. My favorite myth is that driving a spike through the base of the main stem makes plants produce more resin. All of these claims are untrue! The secret to making plants produce the most resin is to grow strong, healthy plants, not to mutilate them..... I especially love how you begin some of your sentences with, " I will discuss later about..." like a wisened herb guru. By the way, you seem to know alot more than Jorge Cervantes- when's your book set and grow dvd package hitting the shelves?
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This thread was old, from August of last year... And your info didn't help.
 
M

mafia

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The one guy said to keep uvb atleast 2 feet from your canopy. Does that mean since cmh bulbs have uvb you need to keep it 2 feet away?
 
mismos00

mismos00

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I've heard of the 'drying out' technique, but a more experienced grower told me that it's better to keep the soil really wet for flushing purposes... so...?

But another stress technique that I just read about in HighTimes or WeedWorld, and I forget what it was called... water shock treatment?... (I do remember is was an article written by a guy called Medicine Man.... I think he's a well known breeder) but he said to increase resin production before harvest to water your plant with COLD water and place it in the dark for 3-5 days!

Before that I've only heard of people placing there plants in total dark for 1 or 2 days, and I've never heard of using cold water, but it makes sense I think.

I'm experimenting with this now.
 
skywalker1

skywalker1

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Fennimore said:
This thread was old, from August of last year... And your info didn't help.
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It wasnt meant to help, but hopefully it will help some poor bastard who wants whats best for his plants, and stumbles onto you or your bro's preposterous threads regarding plant abuse and resin production.
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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skywalker1 said:
It wasnt meant to help, but hopefully it will help some poor bastard who wants whats best for his plants, and stumbles onto you or your bro's preposterous threads regarding plant abuse and resin production.
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Ok. Thanks.

I like to let my plant grow all the way, then set her on fire. How's that for abuse? Dick.
 
skywalker1

skywalker1

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Fennimore said:
Ok. Thanks.

I like to let my plant grow all the way, then set her on fire. How's that for abuse? Dick.
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Easy Grasshopper, was simply trying to extinguish the ridiculous jargon about sticking fuckin tacks in your stems and kicking your pots to induce resin production, so a newb like yourself doesnt stunt or kill his plant. At ease.
 
bloatedcraig

bloatedcraig

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And as for roseman, that lad is about ten inch up his own arse. He uses nutes that stealth provide him, been growing two maybe three years and thinks he has the experience to tell us what to do. There are alot's of better source's of info than a big lad that has too much time on his hands (get off RIU and get a job). CANT WAIT FOR THIS REACTION.
 
thewinghunter

thewinghunter

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i couldnt get to a fe wplants in the back of room so they got less water, and their crystals look like snow capped mountains, the rest are just average, so ima gonna withold watering reagularly just tos ee how well they respond
 
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bam905

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I've used uvb ( reptile light 10.0uvb while lights are on) light on multiple grows and I know it works.
I've used uvb on just a few plats to test it out at first and with in 4 days the plants with uvb had noticeably more trichs.
I believe that any additional uvb will help in trich production since theirs almost none in most grow rooms.


Heres a link to a video that sold me on the idea of adding some uvb. at approx 5min and 15 seconds in to the video their some good info on thc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrpM7g7anEY
(BBC Evil Weed doc)


The bulbs are fairly cheep and their are many options.
their are uvb style cfl's for under 20bux.


Peace and good luck:lol:
 
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