But don't you think in hempy some, just not enough, water would be needed? The idea is to stress the plant gradually and in hempy no water would happen too quickly.
Ahh, but it wouldn't happen that much quicker then the hydroton would it? There would be a difference in time, but how remarkable would that difference be? And is the duration of the drought more important, or the droughting itself?
In soil, there's always some residual water hiding in minute places, at least longer than you'd be able to detect. That prolongs the stress period giving the reaction time to play out.
Bingo! And that is why I believe that the LWA is the key.
A longer drought might produce a more profound effect, not too sure on that, and it's a line of thought to explore/discuss.
But the leaves would not show any wilt until the soil is fairly dry, correct? Meaning any time prior to that, would
not have as large an impact IMO. I'd love to hear an actual
why, that part would be more important.
Do we feed our plants based upon a schedule, or according to our observations on its current states/health?
Do we harvest based upon a breeders saying when it should be done?
Seems the pattern is to ignore timelines, and go based upon our observations.
We use the LWA to determine the state of the plants health.
We know that the level of the LWA degree is a direct correlation to the drought progress/process.
Anyhow I've said my bit on it. And why I think that's the reason.
I'm glad to see this conversation happening. Hopefully if we (me included), continue to approach it with an open mind, good things will happen.