Boiling The Roots Before Chopping The Buds?

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bruce78

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I wonder what the risk are of instant balls? You know, the process of hermification from extreme instant shock....
 
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Cannibustible

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richslayerbc08 said:
haha...i wonder if the boiling water trick is suppost to send the plant into shock right before harvest...apparently when the plant shocks up it produces more THC...just like there was a thread on here about driving a nail into the stalk of the plant before harvest...
maybe thats whats goin on with that?
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I think this makes sense. I am currently harvesting buds as they ripen perfectly, once i get to the last of the bottom buds ill just pull everything out and boil the roots, then clip off the remaining buds. Shouls be by the weekend coming up. i'll come back with the results. thanks for continuous interest in this
"myth"
 
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richslayerbc08

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im not sayin that AS SOON as you put a nail into the stem or AS SOON as you boil the roots...its not like...hey BAMN INSTA-THC! WHOA MAGIC!
it just makes sense to me that if the plant is put into that kind of shock then it will try to develop more defence ...(that is if its true with the whole THC as a bug repellent thing...)
 
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born2killspam

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Trichromes also filter alot of damaging shorter wavelengths, while letting the majority of photosynthetically desirable photons to pass through.. Pretty much all transparent/translucent materials do that..
 
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Cannibustible

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richslayerbc08 said:
im not sayin that AS SOON as you put a nail into the stem or AS SOON as you boil the roots...its not like...hey BAMN INSTA-THC! WHOA MAGIC!
it just makes sense to me that if the plant is put into that kind of shock then it will try to develop more defence ...(that is if its true with the whole THC as a bug repellent thing...)
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well, i'm going to do it regardless, its just going to be the last few bottom buds. i cant say i care too much about them, probable be part of a hash mix once my other plants catch up.
 
nickfury510

nickfury510

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richslayerbc08 said:
haha...i wonder if the boiling water trick is suppost to send the plant into shock right before harvest...apparently when the plant shocks up it produces more THC...just like there was a thread on here about driving a nail into the stalk of the plant before harvest...
maybe thats whats goin on with that?
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:mrgreen:i knew it was only a matter of time before the other old wives tales started coming up...:bigjoint:
 
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born2killspam

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I did the nail thing for giggles once, but it was a long way from finish at the time.. (3-4 weeks 12/12 maybe) I can't say it helped, but it was pretty impressive how little the plant seemed to care.. I think it may have fattened up the stalk inside the buds, because the others were identical clones slightly outperforming this one, and they all had their typical tiny stems, but this one grew much beefier trunks..
 
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nickfury510

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born2killspam said:
I did the nail thing for giggles once, but it was a long way from finish at the time.. (3-4 weeks 12/12 maybe) I can't say it helped, but it was pretty impressive how little the plant seemed to care.. I think it may have fattened up the stalk inside the buds, because the others were identical clones slightly outperforming this one, and they all had their typical tiny stems, but this one grew much beefier trunks..
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they outperformed because the one with the nail in it was taken some time off from bud building to fatten up its injured stalk:bigjoint:
 
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born2killspam

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No I meant they were already outperforming this one.. Thats why I chose it.. And honestly I don't think the smokable yield was affected noticably at all..
 
spiked1

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Yes this is all old hippy talk, in fact my older brother was staying with me recently and I was harvesting a crop and he tried so hard to tell me that I needed to hang the whole plant, roots and all upside down so the resin would flow into the buds.
We both started smoking pot in 1973 when you still got a bag half full of seeds.bongsmilie
 
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born2killspam

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Around here in the late 70's a lid of stuff good enough to be sold as Acapulco Gold was about $2 more than a lid of lesser stuff.. So usually $15-17/lid..
For those who don't know, a lid is a bit less than an ounce.. Basically an ounce minus whatever the dealer pinched..
 
SimpleSimon

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I am sorry to inform you all. But you all don't have a CLUE of what your talking about.

THC or "The Honey Coating" as its called by its scientific name. Is actually sprayed on the plant by aliens, who come down with the flying spaghetti monster at night. They vaporize and come into our grow rooms through induction fans. They then use their Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator to THC'ify the plants.

This has all been well documented people. Like really...*shakes head*
 

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born2killspam

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Scientists haven't observed that directly though.. So in the mean time we'll just make fools of ourselves wasting time with these chemical hocus-pocus ideas we're always shoving in ppl's faces..
 
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