Does cola count affect the quality of the cola

Is there a point where you can have to many colas. At what point does it affect the potency, if any at all. I just harvested 2 widow specials, they were massive 42" canopies with 30-35 colas each. Both plants were in 10 gal pots w/ ffof with very little nutrients. Plants veg'd 8.5 weeks and were in flower for 56 days .They were dried and been in jars 5 days with the RH just now stabilizing at 65%. So they have just begun to cure, but I couldn't wait for a weight on these two plants. Now I know there still moist but these numbers are unreal and this is my first grow. One came in at 398g and the other 376g, is it Christmas or what. The smoke is smooth, taste is lacking somewhat and the buzz is ok, but could be better. The cure could help the taste and the buzz maybe a little. I just wonder if you produce that many colas on a plant would it affect the potency. At what point is there more colas than the plant can support, not in weight but in potency.Thx

damn dude 42 foot canopy?! thats some world record shit right there!

Na doubt it. U can hurt the plant during the process of making the canopy stress wise but in my opinion some plants are better then others and you got one that wasn't the shit! So my answer would be no!

GreenSummit said:

damn dude 42 foot canopy?! thats some world record shit right there!

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Lol i think he meant 42 mile canopy!

SC,
Not to worry...a given plant will onl produce so much bud. But also you have to consider strain. some have dominant single cola. So be happy with what you get...
JD

haha i know just being an ass

No relation, I know of.

I have seen 15 ft high and 10 ft wide plants producing 12 pounds of killer dry cola. The same strain produces, 1 oz of killer cola, just as easily but doesn't take all summer.

Plant health and light is what produces the good meds.

And WW isn't best tasting anyway

Doer said:

No relation, I know of.

I have seen 15 ft high and 10 ft wide plants producing 12 pounds of killer dry cola. The same strain produces, 1 oz of killer cola, just as easily but doesn't take all summer.

Plant health and light is what produces the good meds.

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agreed, yield is part of a plants dna, same as quality to a part.. i've never heard of anyone growing a known winner, and say getting a pound out of it vs only an ounce, and the pound of bud being any less potent than the oz so long as everything is similar, grow conditions, light, feeding, etc, etc..

If you let it go longer in flower potency picks up. Did you check trichs before chopping? If they aren't big n swollen n cloudy u cut it too soon.

More, smaller buds is the only downside. Same yield or more, potency would not be changed imo.

Yield is basically going to be based on how much leaf surface you can correctly present under your lights.

Thx for all the quick responses guys. How much will the cure improve flavor and potency. Herb smells good and looks like a bud of solid red hair.

However you decide to "cure" will make exactly 0.00% difference regarding potency.

I tink that " mean inch the last time I chex

supercycle said:

Thx for all the quick responses guys. How much will the cure improve flavor and potency. Herb smells good and looks like a bud of solid red hair.

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Cure is cure. Potency is potency.

Take hand rubbed hash, for example. I have seen video of these Dutch seed guys in highest Kush taking seeds by hand rolling hash and smoking that as they go. For Hash, the plants are never cured. You ball the colas, up in your hands. The goo sticks best to itself, so you work up a little ball to clean the palm, as you go. For a job, after an Oz is mashed, takes all day, you go home with gram for pay. Good work if you can get any work at all, I guess. Very poor area, of course.

Curing has nothing to do with gaining potency. You can ruin it all for smoking with mold. Bummer. It happened to me.

But, even then all the potency was there, I just had to run it through the BHO process and the oil was killer.

So, less seeds only means less waste. It is the case that, Sensimilla, ie seedless, doesn't make it more potent either. It just takes the seeds out of the weight for commercial purposes.

are you saying that a seeded plant will be as potent as a sensi plant?
I read that as soon as a female is pollinated, it puts all of its energy into producing seed.
sure if you get it seeded at the end of its life, it'll probably be just as potent
but i think everyones main goal is sensi because of that
i get what you're saying but i don't agree that less seeds is only less waste, i think it actually does effect potency
is it still gonna be just as strong % wise just way less weight?

i'd love for something to prove me wrong, that's what were here for? I'm saying this to put it on the table now and take care of it, not "Hating" or anything I just like to talk


I think Ops problem was early harvest as said early, probably leading to too fast of a dry (chlorophyll lock in)
followed up by a jarring.
the cure may help a little with taste if you do it properly
but IMO proper density leads to proper dry

people who grow really fluffy sativa's are experts at properly drying them
you can ask around, there are a bunch of methods that usually include compressing the nugs a little to make them hold a little moisture, this is done moist though to avoid tric crushing

AimAim said:

However you decide to "cure" will make exactly 0.00% difference regarding potency.

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The curing process gives the THC time to convert to a psychoactive form, as well as a myriad of other chemicals. Curing does make it stronger, it nearly doubles the potency.

Proper humidity control is all that curing is. It is only for breaking down chlorophyll. That is it.

It doesn't matter if it is tobacco or ganja. And potency is a broad term. It is subjective the inhaler and his stone. And it can be measure by assay. All the stuff I get at the clinic is assayed. 23% THC - 2.2% CBD like that.

And there are about 150 more products in there that go to potency.

Lastly there is a potency scale, not of strength, but of quality.

If all the hairs are colored that is a quality that favors a body stone. If 1/2 are color only, that is a bit immature and the quality (for me) is a bit giggly and stupid, ie, not too bad.

I pick at 3/4 color.

In the 4000 year history of this as a medicine in this world, it has been grown that way.

Some is picked early is for some aliments like sitting around with broken bone and down spirits. And some is picked late
for rest for the elders, when they get very sick.

ProdigalSun said:

The curing process gives the THC time to convert to a psychoactive form, as well as a myriad of other chemicals. Curing does make it stronger, it nearly doubles the potency.

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No. You need to provide some facts if you want to make that claim, right? Else, you are just repeating myth.

Why do you think this? I have done experiments. Have you?