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Re: What would happen to a plant if you didn't harvest the buds? [Re: krypto2000]
    #18909166 - 09/29/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

For the record: Trichomes protect the plant from UV rays and one way of increasing trichomes is to increase UV light and not through cold or heat stress.


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Re: What would happen to a plant if you didn't harvest the buds? [Re: karode13]
    #18909671 - 09/30/13 12:56 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You know how leaves turn red then brown in fall?
That is happening cause the chlorophyll degrades and so the colors you see are from the other chloroplasts in the plant until tey degrade and the leaves are just brown.

AFAIK the point of curing is the try and recreate this, maybetheres more to it scientifically but all I know that happens is you want a little bit of the green to go away to give a smoother smoke.. Among other things, but this is the main and most obvious thing going on, cause chlorophyll causes for a harsh smoke.

IME if you break a branch that's holing a nug real good, but not enough to break it off the plant, this can speed up the degradation of the chloroplasts.. The thing is is to break it enough so this happens, but not to much where you just basically broke it off the plant. You want this to happen over a week or two, I cant remember its been a couple years...  This way gives you a smooth smoke that's ready to smoke right off the plant. Its definitely way better than weed youd just harvested and dried out and smoked.. Maybe the bud uses thechlorophyl as a last resort for energy to try and keep growing the bud or something??


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Re: What would happen to a plant if you didn't harvest the buds? [Re: DoSedLiving]
    #18910774 - 09/30/13 10:59 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

That makes a lot of sense actually and would explain blue, purple, or otherwise odd colored hairs on the buds which you don't see elsewhere in nature (besides flowers of course).

I suspect that as the stems dry out and the plant ages this is actually the oils leaving the stems and roots and being sent up to the buds as warmth, likely to help catch more sunsine as a preservation mechanism. Totally guessing on that, but it makes sense, and likewise this is why you want the stems cracker dry before curing as it concentrates all of the oil into the foilage, and then the curing process helps concentrate the oil on the surface which along with it comes the perhamones(?) which produce the lovely smell. If you shake and bobble the plant around as well as lift up the pot (if they're in pots) you can even feel the concentration of oils throughout the plant (if you know the weight of your pot/soil + water within it, it helps to do this when it's dry). I've always thought that when growing they produce the smell similar to a stress response much like humans do when sweating alot/exercising and it's not actually a good thing, basically if you can smell the plant while it's growing I take it to mean some of the active chemicals are leaving the plant for one reason or another. I only have noticed mine smelling when it needs water, when it gets too hot, and especially when I take a cutting, otherwise it smells like nothing or maybe even simply a pine tree or something.


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Re: What would happen to a plant if you didn't harvest the buds? [Re: krypto2000]
    #18910969 - 09/30/13 11:50 AM (10 years, 3 months ago)

well I know without a doubt cold will induce purpleing of the buds


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