Show me your drying set ups
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MichiganMedGrower
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Not really because of something called confirmation bias.
MichiganMedGrower
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Not how the plant works. Pretty rudimentary science.
RetiredGuerilla
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Its a very good book I used to own that book. I had to bug out and it got left behind. The long dark cycle was a technique used on the white widow strain to produce more trichomes. I adopted the technique and have used it many times to hasten ripening in stubborn plants. I have a ton of respect for Clark's book but it was written based on growing outdoors if i'm not mistaken. Jorge Cervantes and Ed Rosenthal wrote some nice books on indoor growing. High Times had awesome grow info too. I bet i purchased 50 issues of High Times back in the late 80's to early 90's.
MichiganMedGrower
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Both books have full indoor and outdoor info. You would like the regional climate and soil info in Ed’s book.
Greenhouse seeds states on their website that the extended dark period for white widow is to avoid regrowth. Says nothing about trichomes.
Shantibaba doesn’t even say to do it. It is a myth from Arjen the owner.
I grow it all the time. There is no need to do it. Just needs little feed during ripening. A good taper off and no foxtails or weird growth.
I have taken them 12 weeks certain phenos.
RetiredGuerilla
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The logic behind it is that the plant produces more trichomes as a defense mechanism to extend its life so it can reproduce before killing frost. I have mimicked the Alaskan photoperiod on a Afghani before. I had it down to 4 hours of light per day before harvest. It had huge trichomes (could be strain dependent though) like I had never seen. The smoke was unforgettable. It was grown in a Phototron with CFL's and u-shaped t-12s !! No HIDs.
MichiganMedGrower
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Lol. A phototron. You sure did read high times!
RetiredGuerilla
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I was weaned on a Phototron. It's how a beginner learned and got his feet wet. They were VERY good for rooting clones too. The Phototron made far better quality than mexi brick weed !! LOL. Don't be makin fun of the tron it was the shit.
MichiganMedGrower
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I didn’t see indoor until the 90’s and everyone had mh or hps or both. Unless they were still using shop fluorescent tubes.
Cold$moke
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My dads science book from the fifties would say differntly
What will growers be doing in 100 years ?
MichiganMedGrower
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Nah. The basics are from the 50’s or even much earlier.
We usually add to scientific knowledge not just prove it wrong over and over.
In 100 years if we are still growing the plant as we know it the advances will be in lighting and efficiency from new technology? And more effective nutritional knowledge and delivery? Just like we strive for now.
The genetic end is where we are headed I sadly think.
MichiganMedGrower
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Not sure I do. Can you give me an example?
Cold$moke
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Nope, but saying science isnt disproved or changed in 70 years is pretty funny.
Like back in the days everyone said to run sterile res.
Now bennies have takin over ....
Go back in time and give a grower from the 70s a uc system and see what would happen lol
Im sure there have been tons of things changed in the last 70 years
Like back in the days everyone said to run sterile res.
Now bennies have takin over ....
Go back in time and give a grower from the 70s a uc system and see what would happen lol
Im sure there have been tons of things changed in the last 70 years
meangreengrowinmachine
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plants are plants, I grow them like my grandma did (obviously minus the lights) sad that, that now has to have a name like "organic" and chemicals are what is normal...
meangreengrowinmachine
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hahaha yeah no doubt, tv dinners! arent they great!?