Droughting and its medicinal effects in cannabis

[StoneOtter]

Just sayin... Here is a bud that got fed and watered heavily right up to the end. This stuff is fire! One of these days I will do a side by side to compare. Droughting has definitely shown us what the plant can do if it is forced to, but I am not at all convinced yet that it is the optimum way to grow this plant. I like all of your results, and they are indeed impressive, but I didn't have to work that hard, and my plants led a good and pampered life without stress. Maybe that will result in a more mellow smoke? So much testing still needs to be done. Keep up the good work!

So much testing

 

[parnelli]

Sooooo, as I'm reading your posts fellow weed droughters, I'm realizing that my window for droughting may start as early as day 32 of flower (not by choice). I'm thinking this is really early in the cycle and I figure I'm going to have to fill the blumats AND water the sh*t out of the pineapples - perhaps even add a blumat per pot. I would appreciate any of your thoughts about withholding H2O at such an early stage (as if I have a choice).

 

[Hafta]

@Maritimer ,
What is the average full recovery time once fertigation begins? How soon do you see ANY signs of recovery?

Does anyone have an idea about the above timing?

 

[StoneOtter]

Does anyone have an idea about the above timing?

Like normal. I water to runoff and when I come back they're up and running. I haven't looked hourly or like that, just came back next day.

 

[InTheShed]

Does anyone have an idea about the above timing?

I think that depends entirely on how long the drought was. I droughted too long and my leaves never recovered.

 

[StoneOtter]

I think that depends entirely on how long the drought was. I droughted too long and my leaves never recovered.

Good point. Every plant is a little different.

 

[423]

Good point. Every plant is a little different.

I gotta think that some cultivars benefit from dry stress with thc/resin production more than others, maybe some good/bad.

I've just harvested 2 droughted plants, Im excited to see if there's a big thc difference between grows of the same clone with increased droughting.. "same clone line, same tent&lights" climate variable is there between seasons though.

 

[StoneOtter]

I gotta think that some cultivars benefit from dry stress with thc/resin production more than others, maybe some good/bad.

I've just harvested 2 droughted plants, Im excited to see if there's a big thc difference between grows of the same clone with increased droughting.. "same clone line, same tent&lights" climate variable is there between seasons though.

That's my experience. Some I can see build up (clump up bigtime) with my eyes, others no.

 

[Stunger]

Hey fellow droughters, I have posted several times on my Mango Sherbert, which I have given droughting stress to over a period of about 25 days. Her harvest is now imminent and in case I don't take further bud pics of her, I will post these pics that I took today as an 'end of process' pictorial wrap up of her for this droughting thread.

I must admit that I have gone hard on her, I have pushed the envelope with her. But I have felt comfortable 'having a go' and seeing what would happen.

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Her colas and buds are crusted from trichomes, and her sugar leaves stiff and hard from the repeat cycle droughting process she went thru over 25 days.

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Here are some closer pics to evaluate the state of play with her trichomes. It is her 16th week of flowering if I calculate from when I saw the first pistil.

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From the droughting process her sugar leaves turned quite stiff. I would describe it, as if they have been varnished. This bud was pruned off the plant 10 days ago when I noticed that stem had died overnight, so I removed it for an opportunity for early testing. In these pictures it is fully dried, and has retained it's 'structure', unlike non-droughted buds where (in my experience) the sugar leaves will all collapse and dry 'around the buds', but here you can see that the sugar leaves of the bud have not only dried in shape from when there were alive, but they easily support the weight of the whole bud. I can attest that this 'early' bud, haha, has a very nice potency already.

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All the best.

 

[StoneOtter]

Oh boy! That's impressive all starched out with trichomes like that! I'm feeling it brother!

 

[InTheShed]

Love the way it's floating on that weathered wood! Nice work Stunger.

 

[Stunger]

Oh boy! That's impressive all starched out with trichomes like that! I'm feeling it brother!

Thanks Otter!

Love the way it's floating on that weathered wood! Nice work Stunger.

Cheers Shed! I took it from a low angle just to show how 'solid' the sugar leaves were.

 

[Mlburk1]

Stunger that is fantastic my friend Just got finished with a trim job on my White Widow ! looking forward to droughting her WITH MY FRIENDS ! One missing tho Krissi ? Hope all is well ! Been to long since anyone has heard from you

 

[scottreid1966]

Nice looking quad!

 

[Mlburk1]

thank you my friend

 

[Mlburk1]

2x4 tent one well quaded plant perfect ! 2 plants too much

 

[scottreid1966]

2x4 tent one well quaded plant perfect ! 2 plants too much

Really" your lady is more than 2 feet wide? also, how much do you think you will yield from that 1?

My new grow space that I will be using to flower is only 2'-4" by 3'-6". I was hoping to get at least 2 in there. I have been able to veg 2 in my 2 x 3 and rotate them every day. Then again, thiw will be my first quadlining experience.

 

[Stunger]

Really" your lady is more than 2 feet wide? also, how much do you think you will yield from that 1?

My new grow space that I will be using to flower is only 2'-4" by 3'-6". I was hoping to get at least 2 in there. I have been able to veg 2 in my 2 x 3 and rotate them every day. Then again, thiw will be my first quadlining experience.

Hi Scott, I think quad lining is a great approach for low and wide because the 4 'arms' are trained out horizontally, so at just 1 foot long and the whole plant is going to be 2 feet wide and it will only just be starting! I probably veg for longer than you, but the ones I've done have all been around 3.5 - 4.5 feet wide. And when trained out horizontally there is a lot more risk of jostling and damaging stems against other plants. Quadlining may not be the best training approach if you want to fit in multiple plants. Cheers.

 

[Mlburk1]

Hey Scott one streched out plant fills my tent great ! I really don't go for quantity as I do quality ! I get plenty of bud for my needs. Just what works for me

 

[InTheShed]

You can grow a lot of quadlined plants in a small space if you don't train them wider than the pots. Here's how Dutchman1990 grew his: