Of course, where are my manners! Click
Of course, where are my manners! Click
Not the study itself (I don't think it's available online), but it's referenced and summarized properly.
Are there any of Dr. Paul Mahlberg’s original studies available?
Thanks for the link. It was a good read. I don't feel as bad about harvesting my plants while the the trichs are still mostly clear. I've always done this simply because I prefer the effect this way. If I wait longer I find the herb picks up unpleasant side effects. (Sleepiness, stupor, lack of motivation etc.)
I have a question that wasn't addressed -I don't think- in the thread. This goes out to the brave, inside growers of deep sats who cut their light to 11/13 (or more) during flower. Do you think that this speeds up maturation in terms of flower time?
Also, as a young lad in California I thought everybody did it. I remember looking at the first Oaxacan spears I ever got and asking myself, "How the hell do they get it to do this!?" I had no concept of Day/Night lengths and flowering(still a kid) so till I figured it out and even after, trying to find strains that would finish in time, I smoked even fan leaves. Some of the terminal meristems used to get us really really high and no trichomes on anything yet. I still do it sometimes these days on males, you can tell alot.i like the way the article says old school smoked new vegetative growth. i smoke new veg growth on unknown landraces and some can be decent potency. they can give me a heads up on the type of high the buds will give out. this enables to to select males and even females early on for potential pollen chucking experiments.
Mayan,
I have a haze cutting that I matured outside by cutting the light to 10.5/12.5 earlier this year. This is Southern California summer sun, so it got lots of energy. I’ve run this cutting several times and it really lost potency on the short hours. It does speed maturity but the lost of strength was not worth it. It’s an anecdotal observation but I thought after MostlyMe’s reference to the study about THC loss that I’d mention it.
Adze.
Mayan,
I have a haze cutting that I matured outside by cutting the light to 10.5/13.5 earlier this year. This is Southern California summer sun, so it got lots of energy. I’ve run this cutting several times and it really lost potency on the short hours. It does speed maturity but the lost of strength was not worth it. It’s an anecdotal observation but I thought after MostlyMe’s reference to the study about THC loss that I’d mention it.
Adze.
Adze,
I agree with your observations. But I don't think 12/12 is a magical number. With sativa strains, I have settled on about 11.75 / 12.25, then incrementally going to about 11.25 - 12.75 after it starts to show signs of fox-tailing or secondary flushes of pistils. I try to mimic what actually occurs in the sub-tropics.
ThaiBliss