Oh, how very dare you. Changing the threads direction to make yourself fluffy.
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What is the Technical Term for 'Puffy Leaf Syndrome' from excess calcium in flower?
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Douglas.Curtis
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Oedema is the buildup of fluid in animal tissue, and unfortunately is unrelated to this phenomena in plants. (Or is it? lol)
The end result is similar, where the cells are extended in size/thickness. You ultimately have more flower/leaf, yet the same number of trichomes to cover it so the potency is lower. Let me see if I can find some photos to link to on here. It is not boron deficiency, sorry. I'm stuck on low bandwidth and working 10hr days, so I've been extremely limited in 'online' time. lol
This is correct hahaA healthy leaf?
SuperBadGrower
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Gotta get that shine shine for Real dawg
SuperBadGrower
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Shiniest shiner I got, (pic removed)
is this, and above, what is being discussed? edit: Apparently not, I have no idea what to say without a picture of what is being talked about
is this, and above, what is being discussed? edit: Apparently not, I have no idea what to say without a picture of what is being talked about
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Cerathule
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Hi Doug,Hey all,
I am hoping the term is something well known and I simply missed it. When using excess calcium in flower, I get plants with thicker/puffier leaves. While this looks awesome, the end result is excess plant material under the same number of trichomes. Since terpenes and cannabinoids are not formed within the leaves and flowers, I have zero desire to increase their size by just cell size.
Is there a technical/scientific term for this 'enlarged plant cells' condition?
Thanks so much!
don't think there is and these terms are all news to me. But Ca is used by the roots as an exchange cation which means high Ca levels enable a high N absorption which is one major factor to enlarge growing cells and contribute to leaf greeness and harsh smoke.
One rule of thumb most farmers know is when fertilizing N in the form of urea to also add the same in Ca.
Ca is very important in bloom as plants have physiological problems to deliver it into the non-photosynthetic floral parts. So even with available Ca in the substrate its levels may be low leading to typical known problems like end blossom rot and others.
I also don't think that Ca makes a cell larger because the Ca is actually separated apoplastically & symplastically right at the root with cytosolic Ca levels being several orders of magnitude lower. It also isn't phloem-mobile so too high amounts may crystallize at the end of the xylemic pathways in leaves.
In this it behaves kind of similar to boron, both which are important to feed the plant a steady supply of it.
That said, I don't believe in the global calcium-conspiracy
Cerathule
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oh yes that's exactly what it does but that is not what I would associate with
Douglas.Curtis
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Nah... it's the puffy leaf edge look, not the 'almost nitrogen poisoning dark green.' I dislike excess nitrogen in flower. Great in veg, awful end quality during flower.
Check Tom Hill's media page... (Tom, would you mind linking the image here please?) partway down the first page is an outdoor flower shot with puffy leaves...
Check Tom Hill's media page... (Tom, would you mind linking the image here please?) partway down the first page is an outdoor flower shot with puffy leaves...
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Cerathule
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Lol well from what I could gather so far they say it's the Ca responsible for Boron & Potassium deficiencies due to ion antagonism.please do tell these conspiracies. Just feed worm poo and everything will be fine lol?
But I've yet to see a B-def plant in veg that would be fairly easy to spot
SuperBadGrower
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This? nice photo
Douglas.Curtis
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Yep, that's the one. Ty so much.
Beautiful, but non-optimal for my taste. In that photo, the support structure holding the trichomes is built much thicker and more solid than I care to smoke. I grow for trichomes, and work to minimize the production of excess plant material. Hash? Yeah, all day with puffy leaf plants, just not my ideal choice to smoke flowers of for optimal flavor and exhale aroma.
Edit: especially the last few hits in the doobie or bowl. I prefer they have as little 'burnt support structure' flavor as possible, and even the smallest amounts tend to accumulate rapidly with each toke. The exhale of the last toke in the bowl should taste gooood.
Ty so much.Beautiful, but non-optimal for my taste. In that photo, the support structure holding the trichomes is built much thicker and more solid than I care to smoke. I grow for trichomes, and work to minimize the production of excess plant material. Hash? Yeah, all day with puffy leaf plants, just not my ideal choice to smoke flowers of for optimal flavor and exhale aroma.
Edit: especially the last few hits in the doobie or bowl. I prefer they have as little 'burnt support structure' flavor as possible, and even the smallest amounts tend to accumulate rapidly with each toke. The exhale of the last toke in the bowl should taste gooood.
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Cerathule
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Silicic acid has also been found to be deposited in trichomes. But the word is that cannabis won't uptake much of it, but I'm not sure. I've yet to see a detailed study with it. It's undoubtedly beneficial but how high should one go? Esp. considering there are so many different products, using different sources....
Douglas.Curtis
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My thanks to those who made educated and insightful contributions to the thread.
I find sweet spot for silica is 20-50ppm silica ions, in the feed water constantly till flushing time...20ppm is enough to get the benefit..
