hi @Jon, do you think that if they get cold they can lose some of the effects or THC? One of my Hulkberries is colored and it seems to me that she gives mines than the others. What do you think? Possible?
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From what I understand about colored plants:
1. They are going to turn on their own regardless, some before others, even in veg but usually only in very late flower
2. There coloring will.be amplified by colder temperatures, namely 50-55
3. Certain strains and certain seeds of those strains only demonstrate some not all of the coloring properties possible, i.e. some seeds of strains will give the leaf their color or the vagaration of colors within the leaves while some will give more color to the buds themselves
4. pH plays a role in coloring:
-Purple and Blue strains need a neutral environment
-Yellow, Gold, Orange need heavier alkaline environments
That's my two cents on it...
1. They are going to turn on their own regardless, some before others, even in veg but usually only in very late flower
2. There coloring will.be amplified by colder temperatures, namely 50-55
3. Certain strains and certain seeds of those strains only demonstrate some not all of the coloring properties possible, i.e. some seeds of strains will give the leaf their color or the vagaration of colors within the leaves while some will give more color to the buds themselves
4. pH plays a role in coloring:
-Purple and Blue strains need a neutral environment
-Yellow, Gold, Orange need heavier alkaline environments
That's my two cents on it...
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Okay cool I'm with you. So "up to a point." When do you think is the point of diminishing returns? Six months? Strain specific?
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Hi @Kanno26 that is an excellent question. I hadn't even considered that. The short answer is I don't know. But I haven't seen too much of that type effect - for example, my Slurricane was the most colorful of all my plants and lost those colorful leaves long before harvest, and she's among the, if not the, highest THC weed I have right now. I don't know the answer by science and I don't feel I have a large enough body of work to offer you what I would consider anything valid, sorry. But I bet someone out here does.
As far as your one Hulkberry being more colorful - you grew them all under the same conditions in the same tent, correct? So maybe in your case this color difference is more a result of phenotype than temperature? Cuz I think if you went way cold they'd ALL be colorful. I think. I would *guess* that even if you grew a tent of identical clones you wouldn't get the identical fade on them. But maybe I'm wrong. Great question.
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Damn, sounds like your two cents is worth a lot more than that. I was with you on the first three. The fourth about Ph is new to me. Where do you come by this info, anywhere I can go to? Very interesting. So you're telling me I can control what colors I produce based on controlling my ph? Even in soil?
I read it first on THCFarmer and then started looking it up. Way of Leaf, @Dutch Passion Seeds, High Times, amongst many other articles refer to the catalytic factor of pH levels in cannabis coloration and development. All articles say the same thing so...and yes, even in soil. I've tried it w mine
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Muchas gracias senorita!
Yeah, probably a case of diminishing returns though. I'm sure there is a "perfect" amount of time in the perfect environment that is also strain specific, but most of our methods (fridge, burping jars, turkey bags, etc.) are probably close enough. Wouldn't know unless you experimented over multiple tries and the lab tested the result to know for sure.
Even if a long cure does increase THC, doesn't THC degrade over time? Where is the balance between well aged and old?
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I climbed up high enough to get the whole plant in the frame. The first picture is all of her. Hope it's not too small to see. From way up high as far away as I can get we move to the opposite end of the spectrum with as close as I can get. The alpha and the omega for you.
Happy Friday. Enjoy your weekend everyone!
I climbed up high enough to get the whole plant in the frame. The first picture is all of her. Hope it's not too small to see. From way up high as far away as I can get we move to the opposite end of the spectrum with as close as I can get. The alpha and the omega for you.
Happy Friday. Enjoy your weekend everyone!
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I recently smoked some out of my archives that was over a year old... The bovida 59 was keeping it from drying out and I think I last burped it 3 or 4 months ago. No diminishing returns so far... I think that has a lot to do with moisture content and whether they have been regularly burped. Has anyone here actually kept product for 5 years in the cure?
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This will be the first time I've had enough weed banked (since I first began growing!) to keep product for 5 MONTHS in the cure. Lmao.
Here's one for you - you know how I keep my kief by strain and all that? Does kief cure too?
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What volume of weed do you keep max in an individual jar? For me it's two ounces. More than that I start to worry about the buds on the bottom, pack or not.
Emilya Green
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I have been trying to archive an ounce... but it doesn't always happen. Some of my jars are less than 1/4 ounce.
Emilya Green
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I'm sure it does... its biggest enemy would be moisture. I think I would pack a desiccant pack in with it instead of trying to keep it moist.
Sometimes I feel after time the non psychoactive parts of the bud shrink leaving all the trichomes and less other material giving the impression of increased potency. ?
I'm finding after a year it tastes off but still has punch if it's kept @ 62%. It's not that enjoyable anymore really. BUt it'll get one there !
Potency declines over time as THC degrades to CBN as the buds age. Faster in heat and light, which is why we try to store in cool and dark.
Yes!
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Oh most of mine are too in the archive (I call it head stash) jars. I was referring to the jars on the initial jar/cure.
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Thanks Shed. So the question is then, when does the teeter totter go to the other side? What's the tipping point? I say 6 months.