Hey man! That is a great distinction, and thanks for the visual aids. I am sorry if this sound ignorant, but don't the terpenes exists within the trichs? If so, the maturity of those trichs should effect the high or the intensity of such, right?
No no … nobody sounding ignorant. Many facets to this wonderful plant.
First off, thank you so much for the well thought out response good sir. Second, the fact you were willing to put so much time into your post and the confidence you spoke with alleviates any urge to question authority, no need to worry about scientific data, pal.
Hey man, loving this stuff!!! Best post I've read in a couple days really.
Good post, that's the only thing I disagree with. As long as you stop the drying at the right time it doesn't matter how quickly you got to that point. If you go past that point, and drying fast will take you past it just as quickly, there is no going back. So the optimum window can zip by quickly so you take a lot of risk drying quickly.
@Thundercat is right about ripening. At the end if your plant rodelizes you simply chop shortly thereafter. It takes awhile to set seeds.
No need for apology! I'm here to learn!
Interesting you say that, most of the data I've seen suggest that a slower cure is best for potency and terpene preservation. I guess I have more white papers to find! lol
I've been growing up here in the Mojave Desert for awhile. I don't air condition my grow. I'm high heat and low humidity. As long as I jar my bud before it's too dried out I'm fine. The chemical break down of chlorophyll and sugars all occur just with heat catalyzing the reactions at a faster rate. My pot smokes fine (as long as I don't miss the window). Jarring too early isn't an issue you just dump it out into a paper bag to dry a little longer. Otherwise burping gets you finished.
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Top (bad word) shelf. I’ve seen the plants growing, flowering, fully cured. Simply beyond reproach.
Honestly you don't typically get those issues until a plant as gone beyond its peak point, I'm not suggesting letting plants die on the stem. However just like Curious2garden said. If you see it happen you try to crop shortly after. Sometimes you can remove the "nanners" and the plant finishs fine, sometimes it just keeps growing more.
. It just got cut once I saw it needed to be to prevent full pollination. I've never really been easy on plants either if they can't handle the life I lead then they don't stay in my garden. I totally agree with your point. I only say dried slowly as a general statement. It really is all about the point its dried to, and in conditions like yours, that point will definitely happen faster! I've always had to alter my drying process based on the seasons where I lived. The summers were 90 degrees and 90% humidity and the winters were 20 degrees and 0% humidity. I didn't have a climate-controlled dry room or anything fancy so I played games with fans and paper bags to ensure I got it right each time.
Bingo! That's the point and you said it so much better too LOL
It was a fun game. In 90/90 all colas got broken down into buds and they went on a drying rack, and there was air flow. In the 20/0 branches got hung whole. In both cases I tried to get them to a happy point and then paper bag them a few days to dial it in.
Those are all great points! You can harvest successfully with the correct balance of temperature and humidity.
So essentially, harvesting earlier results in a high that is less intense (doesn't last as long or more subtle effects) Wouldn't it be better to harvest more buds at peak ripeness than less bud at suboptimal ripeness? Seems kind of ludicrous to me, no?Glad I was able to help so far
As for question "A", The reason someone might want to harvest at an earlier point in the window versus a later point could be many things. Some people prefer weed that has more subtle effects or that doesn't last as long so they aren't "fucked up" for hours. The same might go for harvesting later and wanting more intense effects or beyond the peak point and wanting effects that are influenced by the CBN once it starts to develop. However I've seen people post test results multiple times over the years that make me feel strongly that it takes significant amounts of time for THC to actually degrade into CBN. This isn't gonna happen over night.
On question "B", My best suggestion is to keep your environment correct to prevent the plants from foxtailing in the first place. However if it happens, because some times it does. You just have to work with what you've got. I would focus on the main buds that had been growing from the beginning and just mostly overlook the foxtails. If it seems like the foxtails are maturing with the plant I might give it some extra time, but only if I've got time and space.
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How do you know if your cannabis could have been more potent/smell better/etc with a shorter dry cycle?
Hey Thundercat!Honestly you don't typically get those issues until a plant as gone beyond its peak point, I'm not suggesting letting plants die on the stem. However just like Curious2garden said. If you see it happen you try to crop shortly after. Sometimes you can remove the "nanners" and the plant finishs fine, sometimes it just keeps growing more.
I've only had a few plants over the years that rodelized. One I even kept around for a few grows because it grew some REALLY DANK TERPY RESIN I liked to make into oil
I totally agree with your point. I only say dried slowly as a general statement. It really is all about the point its dried to, and in conditions like yours, that point will definitely happen faster! I've always had to alter my drying process based on the seasons where I lived. The summers were 90 degrees and 90% humidity and the winters were 20 degrees and 0% humidity. I didn't have a climate-controlled dry room or anything fancy so I played games with fans and paper bags to ensure I got it right each time.
That may be true to some degree but you’re missing a very important factor.
Hybrids being stoney or uplifting are determined by which way the pheno leans, not by when you pick it.
All great points, and yeah I've only seen a handful of users on here that send their nugs to labs. I agree with you, looking forward to the end to fed prohibition, lets get some of these billion dollar Universities to test this shit. CMON GUYS!
Hey man, thanks for the reply!