I honestly don't get it. I've never experienced this before now. Maybe it has something to do with the 1000w light, as this is my first grow under one, but I can't make any scientific sense of it...
The buds down underneath the dense canopy actually have MORE trichomes than the ones up in the light. How is that possible? Why is that possible?
I should also say that the top buds are definitely chock full of crystals. It's not an issue of the top buds being less crystally, so much as it's an issue of the lower buds being more crystally. Does that make sense?
I'm not imagining this, either. It's crazy. There is an obvious "line" on all of the buds, that marks the boundary of that which is above the canopy and that which is below. The lower portion of these buds are very bleached, light green almost white colored foliage, from having not received the light that the top buds get. Then, above this line, the buds look normal, with all the colors they normally exhibit.
So I'm wondering, is it possible this is an optical illusion based on the "whiteness" of the bleached portion of the branches, that weren't receiving light? Meaning, just because there are no pigmentations present, I am just seeing the crystals better?
Or is there some evolutionary reason why the buds that are shielded from the light are producing more trichomes?
I always thought that trichomes and cannabinoids were the plants' defensive response to UV rays from high amounts of light, so this throws a wrench in my understanding of that.
The buds down underneath the dense canopy actually have MORE trichomes than the ones up in the light. How is that possible? Why is that possible?
I should also say that the top buds are definitely chock full of crystals. It's not an issue of the top buds being less crystally, so much as it's an issue of the lower buds being more crystally. Does that make sense?
I'm not imagining this, either. It's crazy. There is an obvious "line" on all of the buds, that marks the boundary of that which is above the canopy and that which is below. The lower portion of these buds are very bleached, light green almost white colored foliage, from having not received the light that the top buds get. Then, above this line, the buds look normal, with all the colors they normally exhibit.
So I'm wondering, is it possible this is an optical illusion based on the "whiteness" of the bleached portion of the branches, that weren't receiving light? Meaning, just because there are no pigmentations present, I am just seeing the crystals better?
Or is there some evolutionary reason why the buds that are shielded from the light are producing more trichomes?
I always thought that trichomes and cannabinoids were the plants' defensive response to UV rays from high amounts of light, so this throws a wrench in my understanding of that.