Exceptionally High FECO Yields

Im excited to report the daily trike inspections have tracked pistil retraction data and it is a clear the female hairs on the stressed cultivars are still looking for Love, while the sister plants who have enjoyed the best I could provide have apparently given up on Love and retraction is complete. This physical evidence presents arguments to the idea the plants circadian clock is paused during the drought? What else it may suggest must be deciphered and interpreted. Or am I reading the girls wrong? I have ok pictures of the inspection I will put up next. I need to remember dinner tonight or catch heck.
Sorry for blowing up the thread. bit excited i guess
 
Dinner, then pics!

And you can blow up your own thread anytime :).
 
Big difference in pistil browning! Did you notice that last time, or do you have pics at that stage if you weren't thinking to check at the time?

Another thought...drought may cause an increase in THC/CBD production, but does it cause a decrease in final harvest weight?
 
The study said dry weight was equal between samples AND cannabinoids were higher.
 
Graytail said:
The study said dry weight was equal between samples AND cannabinoids were higher.
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How can you possibly grow two plants to be able to produce the exact same weight? Or was it sample buds? That doesn't take potential difference in total harvest weight into account.
 
Hmmm, I'd have to reread it. But that's what I was looking for - the flaw. It's easy to get a higher concentration with less plant weight. But they said that the finish weights were essentially the same, but the plants under drought had much higher total cannabinoids.

:hmmmm:
 
Sounds something like a phenomenon with fruit trees. the drier (rainfall wise) the summer, the sweeter the fruit. I think it just has smaller fruits with the same amount of sweetness means more sweetness per lb. It is interesting to observe weight, dry conditions, and potency all combined. Cheers
 
That's got to be a hard stat to control for. So the buds had 10% higher cannabinoid content per 100grams of dried flower, but if the plant produced 10% less harvest weight, there go your gains!
 
All my plants have been mini-monsters, but I did not analyze for total yield. However I documented wet hanging weights and drying data and after review detect no indications of reduced total weights per plant when I used 3.5 gal containers. Cultivars in my last experiment Average was 850 wet hanging branches/ grams per plant ( stalk,roots,big branches,fan leaves are not weighed). The only noticeable deviation in my records is the LED plant wet hanged at 1050 grams, and that plant was not in our consideration for this experiment. This was Caplans point in his thesis. Yield is protected, or why bother.
 
When do we, or should I say how do we best approach harvests when making and designing controls into this study? We have 2 unstressed cultivars very near harvest and two we stressed still covered in white pistils at least a week out. Is it best to wait until all plants are ready to commence a full harvest and have all had equal time alive, or can we take the cultivars as they present themselves under magnification to be ready for a normal consideration to harvest or not?

My dog is telling me its time to go visit the outdoor girls. Beautiful night for a walk.
 
I think you need to take them all the same relative time in terms of ripeness. Just as if they were not in the experiment. You're looking for peak THC regardless, and if you were having the results tested the numbers would be skewed if you let the THC convert to CBN on half the plants.

Let your dog lead the way!
 
As my only assistant has four legs and is useless in manicuring aid I wish to take the plants down as the trike inspections dictate peak ripeness. This allows my limited staff time to gently and methodically perform an otherwise arduous task when engaging four ladies of this stature.:peace:

I go pretty slow about this unsavory part of the role we growers play. Chopping plants I have developed a fondness for!!!
 
still trying to upload files that are not pictures, extension not allowed?
 
Forest Dream Cultivar #2 hits the scale at 765 grams wet manicured branches. This plant serves as a control feature in our study and has never had a bad day in her life. I do not have a lot of genetic info on this strain from Dutch Passion but they boast a pure sativa heritage of un-named parents. She went 55 days in flower with trikes beginning to show some amber hues. Dollar General store run- need more clothes line and pins. :peace:
 
Maritimer said:
Forest Dream Cultivar #2 hits the scale at 765 grams wet manicured branches. This plant serves as a control feature in our study and has never had a bad day in her life. I do not have a lot of genetic info on this strain from Dutch Passion but they boast a pure sativa heritage of un-named parents. She went 55 days in flower with trikes beginning to show some amber hues. Dollar General store run- need more clothes line and pins. :peace:
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Nice haul off one plant, have you posted pics of this plant?
Looks like she will dry out and cure at around 5.5 to 6 zips. I have been running 6 plus on all of my recent grows, that is dried and cured smokable buds. Been running 5 plant vertical and horizontal getting around 6 to 8 zips of lower growth I don't want to fuck with so I is dried and goes straight into making FECO.
I am so ready to start my fall grow!!!
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Just a little bonus info in the pages: Increasing fertilizer rate was found to have a dilution effect on THC, THCA and CBGA; therefore, excessive organic fertilizer application during the flowering stage should be avoided despite increased biomass yield. This is more of what we're finding.
 
Highya SO,

Where did that info come from?
 
Bode said:
Highya SO,

Where did that info come from?
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The Caplan paper. Where I can't say. I woke up with it in the box copied but not posted so I hit post. I've been noticing a trend here at 420 mag to go lower PK in flower. This firms that up for them some.
 
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