This is my ideal Pinkie from the front/top (ideal Pinkie Pie [P3-06-A1-1-CI-{Ci/select}-G1P1])
beautiful citrusy notes jump right out and punch you in the face and if you sit there to really take it in you start picking up on the more subtle and nuanced aromas like cheese and fruit.
Among my really frosty gals I get 2 distinct types of trich producers 1 that I call Greasy because it tends to have more non glandular (hair like) trichomes which is a very tropical/sativa trait and the ones I consider Crusty becaus the high number of glandular trichs makes it look crunchy with ice crystals this trait is very indica dominant.
This gal has a good mix so far but as she gets older im sure shell start to lean one way or the other.
Notice how the branches look hairr... those arent the typical hairs plants grow for uv protection those are trichomes!!! this girl just oozes trichs from every orofice!!I I love her!
under the leaf trichomes ^^^^^^^^^^^
Frosted to the tips!
Greasy V. Crusty
I haven't really noticed a difference between the effects of the 2 phenos or any other traits associated with it but I imagine the glandular dominant phenotypes are better for hashish production and extracts, not really sure what the benefit of non glandular would be but it seems to be prevalent in more psychadelic/euphoric strains from the tropics (pure sativas) I just like to track as many traits as possible for education purposes, and who knows maybe itll come in handy down the line.
I have a theory but its just that lol a theory.
trichs have more than 1 use (pollen catching, psycho production, protection)
not cannabis but for reference
Plant traits may play multiple functional roles simultaneously. Leaf trichomes have been related to resistance against herbivores as well as to enhanced water economy in the plant. In a greenhouse study, we evaluated the interactive effect of damage (control vs. mechanical damage) and water availability (control vs. low watering) on the expression of glandular and non-glandular leaf trichomes in the annual Chilean tarweed
Madia sativa (Asteraceae). We found that the overall trichome density increased both after damage and when plants were grown under water shortage. Interestingly, the type of trichome induced after damage varied with each water environment. While damage induced glandular trichomes only under control watering, non-glandular trichomes were induced by damage only under experimental drought. Results indicate that in
M. sativa glandular trichomes are equally induced by drought or damage but there is no additive effect of these factors. In both cases glandular trichome density apparently reached a limit, which may be interpreted in terms of constraint or efficacy. On the other hand, the synergistic effect of damage and drought on non-glandular trichomes might suggest that, compared to glandular ones, these trichomes are less responsive to each stress factor separately. Thus, for plants to induce non-glandular trichomes they must be subjected to a degree of stress above a threshold that was not reached for each individual factor in our experimental setting. We did not detect a significant correlation between trichome types. Thus, the contrasting patterns observed likely reflect independent responses of trichomes to the evaluated factors.
Indicas tend to be very susceptible to mold and mildew whereas sativas are not even though sativas come from very wet and humid places and indicas are generally from drier regions. The glandular trichs have been selected for in indica landraces through artificial selection (hashish producers will breed the plants that provide the greatest yield of extracts) whereas the more equatorial landrace sativas have had a much greater influence from natural selection, in part because flowers are the preferred method of ingestion in those part of the world and in part because the environment simply wouldn't allow a plant without the "greasy" coating to protect against the moisture (oil and water don't mix) making it so the molds and mildews lack the conditions necessary to reproduce and survive in buds.
so yeah... thats my theory lol its a complex mix of factors but makes sense i think
