Perry421
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Good or not right after harvest
About boiling root
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CelestialNurseries
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Man I forgot about that one...to increase THC right? Old school bro science.
Jaz
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I remember hearing to dissolve sugar in the boiling water before dunking the root into it.
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CelestialNurseries
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It's just been replaced with a 48 hour dark period before harvest myth...people just like to fiddle
Never heard the Root thing before. But I don't fiddle. I do believe the 48 hour dark period increases Trich production.
I test everything for myself to see if it works or not. I've noticed a pretty good difference between a plant cut down immediately & one that got 48 hours of darkness before the chop. Now there are those who Top & Defol too much.
There are those who think Bud Washing makes your weed taste better.... lol. I've tried most the things you'll see on this site over the past 5 years. Only about 1/3rd of the things actually seem to make a difference.
I test everything for myself to see if it works or not. I've noticed a pretty good difference between a plant cut down immediately & one that got 48 hours of darkness before the chop. Now there are those who Top & Defol too much.
There are those who think Bud Washing makes your weed taste better.... lol. I've tried most the things you'll see on this site over the past 5 years. Only about 1/3rd of the things actually seem to make a difference.
CelestialNurseries
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Maybe it's because the other plant is 2 whole days older and it had nothing to do with darkness. The darkness myth is that the light wont degrade the trichs not that darness produces more. It would be a bit of a oxymoron to say we need the sun for organic production but less of it will make more organic matter???The reality is we don't even know why cannabis produces resin..some think it's pest prevention, UV light protection, seed protection or wildlife repelent. Some are on the other end where they think it's like other flowers and it's there to attract pollinators. What we are kind of sure about though is that cannabis produces more resin when stressed. I personally think that if the resin is so delicate that a little light is going to damage it, I'm hell of fucking it up getting it out of the stupid trellis net so what's the point.
When you look at the same plant before the 24 hours of darkness & after & can see the difference it's hard to deny. I see what I see.
Jaz
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Next experiment: 2 plants side by side, planted same day, same genetics, same light exposure, same growing medium, same trich composition.
Plant 1: normal hours of daylight till chop.
Plant 2: 2 days of darkness before chop.
Chop both at the same time.
Check trich's.
j
Same thing I did except I used Clones from the same mother. Also took lots of Trich shots before & after the 48 hours with a Microscope. Looked like there was an increase to me. Not sure if I still have any pics. I think that was over a year ago & I bought a new computer a few months ago. I saved some of my grow pics. Not sure about Trich pics.Next experiment: 2 plants side by side, planted same day, same genetics, same light exposure, same growing medium, same trich composition.
Plant 1: normal hours of daylight till chop.
Plant 2: 2 days of darkness before chop.
Chop both at the same time.
Check trich's.
j
CelestialNurseries
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Wait, wait, wait...you guys don't think the trichs become more potent in 48 hours of darkness...you guys think the plant actually grows more trichs sitting in the dark for 2 days??? And you think you can just look at the plant and see this??
I don’t believe that the darkness does anything to increase thc percentage, but it does increase the size of the trichs because there are more.terpenes, which are volatilized under light. There have been good studies that show terpenes are highest after a dark period.
CelestialNurseries
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Good to know for a washer like myself...
cbdhemp808
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What I understand is that terps peak at the end of the night, before the dawn, then they off-gas during the day. When I get my drying & curing room set up, I'm thinking to harvest in the early am before dawn.
Jaz
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cbdhemp808
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Thanks. My flowering plants are in a greenhouse outdoors. The roof is clear polycarbonate panels, and I think they block a lot of UV. But I'm OK with it.
The only root boiling I can remember reading about or hearing someone discuss was washing the larger roots off with clean water and then chopping them up into smaller pieces. Then putting them into the boiling water along with stems to make a tea for an afternoon tea and crumpets session.
I do not believe that instantly killing the roots in boiling water would be any help in the plant increasing THC, terpenes and/or trichomes. The plant will not be able to draw up and use any stored sugars or minerals or anything else in the roots--the roots were instantly killed and most likely cooked.
Root boiling, pretty classic "Bro Science". There's a bit of truth in that boiling the roots will kill them and close the stomata on the leaves/buds, which makes the plant lose water more slowly, BUT, as soon as the roots are no longer able to draw water for the plant, the stomata close on their own anyway, so at best you're getting a slower dry for a few hours or a day. Boiling also immediately stops active transport from the roots, after that it's basically passive transport (high concentration to low concentration). That I can find there have never been any studies confirming that root boiling does anything. All the "accounts" I can find are anecdotal. I did find several recipes for drinking the boiled root tea.
Jaz
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Not sure how that theory started, I've never practised it.
Around the same time I also heard of sticking a thumb tack into the main stem, down near the soil; recently someone posted a pic here of their plant with a screw drilled into their main stem so I think the boiling root theory probably has something to do with putting the plant into shock but that's supposed to be done a couple of days prior to killing it.
j
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