???how to brake down chlorophyll in harvested bud???
- Thread starter bigbud x northenlights
- Start date
Zephyrs
Well-Known Member
Ok People, if y'all want to breakdown chlorophyll faster then try this little method.. I didn't invent it, but merely read it in a cannabis grow book 20 yrs ago, LOL Yeah the paper backed kind. It involves cutting the base of the stalk in 2 circular cuts about a1/4 inch in between 2-3 inches above the base. Only Removing The CAMBIAN layer. It is called Girdling I believe. Basically it's so in the last 2 weeks of flower only do this. Theres more to it but it's late and I had a lil drink, cannaoil, n bong hits, so I could be wrong 
Last edited:
LeroneSmokes
Member
I have nothing to add. But this thread needs resurrection
bellyofthebest
Active Member
Use a wood moisture meter set to “softwood” setting to determine when to jar your buds. You want to jar at 10-15% water content as this avoids mold while also being moist enough to cure.Then burp and check until you reach 9-10% water then you can vacuum seal for the long term cure.
Enzymes and bacteria work together after the plant is cut down to break down chlorophyll among other chemicals in the plant tissue (this includes THC to a minor extent hence curing does have a sweet spot)
Source: Long time Hydroponics grower and 3 year employee of a Hydroponics store and Chemistry major. We used to run experiments to answer our customers questions like this all the time.
Your best friends are TIME and patience. Also get as many meters as possible (PPM, EC, TDS, Moisture meter, Co2, PAR light meter, etc.) Take the guess work out and make your life easier! -Padro
Enzymes and bacteria work together after the plant is cut down to break down chlorophyll among other chemicals in the plant tissue (this includes THC to a minor extent hence curing does have a sweet spot)
Source: Long time Hydroponics grower and 3 year employee of a Hydroponics store and Chemistry major. We used to run experiments to answer our customers questions like this all the time.
Your best friends are TIME and patience. Also get as many meters as possible (PPM, EC, TDS, Moisture meter, Co2, PAR light meter, etc.) Take the guess work out and make your life easier! -Padro
Rabeats2093
Well-Known Member
R you sober enough now to elaborateOk People, if y'all want to breakdown chlorophyll faster then try this little method.. I didn't invent it, but merely read it in a cannabis grow book 20 yrs ago, LOL Yeah the paper backed kind. It involves cutting the base of the stalk in 2 circular cuts about a1/4 inch in between 2-3 inches above the base. Only Removing The CAMBIAN layer. It is called Girdling I believe. Basically it's so in the last 2 weeks of flower only do this. Theres more to it but it's late and I had a lil drink, cannaoil, n bong hits, so I could be wrong
Zephyrs
Well-Known Member
Yes I am. You realize that your quoting 1 of my post I made over a month ago right?? So basically its cutting the flow of nutrients off the last 2 WEEKS. By cutting the layer of stem. That transports up the growing nutrients. Therefore basically letting your plant starve, die naturally. Then harvest and dry. It's a well known practice amongst wine makers/vineyards. Don't believe me? Then Google it.R you sober enough now to elaborate
Rabeats2093
Well-Known Member
Yes I do realize that lol I like reading post even if they were posted a while ago! I’m not here to disagree brother I know fruit farmers use this technique.I was just wondering how it applies to cannabis ? Like I have one two weeks out would taking a Sheetrock knife and cutting a 1/8 wide strip into my stem be prosperous to my buds
Terpenefiend
New Member
This was one of the first things I expiremented. After doing enough reading and finding out that the ions released from synthetic npk are identical to the ions released from organic npk it made me question the flush. There isn’t a science lab in this world that can distinguish the ions from one another and the plants can’t either. Synthetic nutrients also help grow the microbe population but organic matter does grow it more abundantly but if you aren’t recycling and using the no til method then you aren’t gaining any terps from organic grows. You want your microbes to be eating dead microbes to gain the benefits of organic s but guess what…. You can do the same with synthetics. There is so much bullshit floating around the grow community that it’s almost laughable at what some people believe or choose to ignore. The thing about science is it doesn’t care what you want to believe it will have the proof to back it’s findings and won’t be some ancient rumor. Idk why anyone would choose to starve their plants in the final weeks when they are plumpling themselves up. I guess ignorance is blissLmao at people still flushing in 2021
TXskunkKush
Well-Known Member
When I say this is the exact post needed to be read 2 weeks before harvest lmao.This was one of the first things I expiremented. After doing enough reading and finding out that the ions released from synthetic npk are identical to the ions released from organic npk it made me question the flush. There isn’t a science lab in this world that can distinguish the ions from one another and the plants can’t either. Synthetic nutrients also help grow the microbe population but organic matter does grow it more abundantly but if you aren’t recycling and using the no til method then you aren’t gaining any terps from organic grows. You want your microbes to be eating dead microbes to gain the benefits of organic s but guess what…. You can do the same with synthetics. There is so much bullshit floating around the grow community that it’s almost laughable at what some people believe or choose to ignore. The thing about science is it doesn’t care what you want to believe it will have the proof to back it’s findings and won’t be some ancient rumor. Idk why anyone would choose to starve their plants in the final weeks when they are plumpling themselves up. I guess ignorance is bliss
Solipsist69
New Member
You definitely can smell chlorophyll. It’s not a super strong smell for our noses to be able to perceive but in moments of excessive chlorophyll (i.e. plants breaking it down and releasing it) it can be strong and sometimes minty. And you slipped yourself up by at normal levels. Drying weed wouldn’t be normal levels. And it does help mask weed smells at first. My plants have alway smelled the best right before i cut down. Then during drying they disappear some just to return during early curing. If the smell is being created why does my growing plant and finally product have the same smell? It wouldn’t alway recreate the same scent if it’s being created. The smell was masked during drying
Doug Dawson
Well-Known Member
LOL, every year and a half to two years someone replies to this thread. 
Gemtree
Well-Known Member
Liguna went back to his home planet