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Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue... - Learn everything you need to know about sparkly trichomes! Discover the best time to harvest to the get the effects you want, and find out how to get your plant to produce MORE
trichomes!
- Which nutrients should you get? There are a lot of myths and misinformation about there when it comes to nutrients. For example, it's important to think of nutrients more like a multivitamin than food for your plants. This understanding can help you improve your next grow!
- This
week's Trophy Pic of the Week features a huge harvest that covers every square inch of drying space!!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
~Michael Jordan
Trichomes: Everything You Need to Know by Nebula Haze |
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When growers say they want to make cannabis buds "sparkle" with trichomes, what are they talking about? The answer is: that 'frosty' quality that makes bud look like it might be too potent. As cannabis plants mature in the flowering stage, their buds
become covered with what looks almost like a dusting of glitter or frost, which can improve their overall appearance.
When you look really closely at cannabis buds, you can see what looks like thousands of tiny translucent mushrooms. In nature, these glandular stalked trichomes are believed to be used by the plant to repel insects, protect the buds from UV damage and produce essential oils that have various positive
effects.
The "glitter" that grows on buds are called trichomes and they contain THC and other cannabinoids. They give cannabis its unique mental and body effects.
Sometimes you see Trichomes that are long and thin without a "head." These are actually cystolithic hairs and do not contain significant levels of
cannabinoids. You can see there's a mix of typical trichomes and cystolithic hairs (which are long, thin and pointy at the end) Here's what those look like from a little further away (this is the stalk of a plant, where you see the most cystolithic hairs) These amazing pics of cystolithic hairs were created by 9fingerleafs
Many other types of plants besides cannabis produce trichomes, including many aromatic herbs like mint and rosemary. These plants produce essential oils in their trichomes which are used to deter insects and protect the plants from other stressors, just like cannabis plants!
Several different types of flowers, as well as many aromatic herbs like
mint and rosemary, use trichomes to produce essential oils that attract/repel certain bugs and otherwise protect the plant. In this picture, the flowers and leaves of meadow sage (salvia) are covered in trichomes. As a cannabis grower, you can actually look at the trichomes on your buds and get a good idea of when they have reached peak potency. The color and shape of the trichomes allow you to harvest your cannabis at the exact right time to
achieve the effects you're looking for.
With marijuana plants, the trichomes tell you when to harvest!
The color and shape of trichomes on cannabis buds give you information about when to harvest, and harvesting at different times actually changes the effects and potency of buds. In order to achieve the effects you're looking for, it will serve you well to understand how trichomes look like at different stages of development, so you can harvest buds at the best possible
moment!
About Smoking/Eating/Using Pure Trichomes...
Pure trichomes don't need to "cure" before they can be smoked the way buds do. Curing mainly affects the green plant matter in buds, and has less of an
effect on trichomes (though curing does still have some effect, trichomes are already "good" at harvest). That means that fresh hash that collects on scissors/fingers (or kief collected via a screen) can be used right away even if the plant was just cut down. On the flip side, you typically need to dry and cure your buds for at least 2 weeks before they have a decent smell and taste.
However, the
effects of pure trichomes will be a little different from the effects of whole cannabis buds. Although different, most growers agree they're both good :)
Kief or hash (basically words for pure trichomes) can be smoked right away because trichomes don't contain green matter. This kief was collected from extra cannabis leaves after harvest using the dry ice hash method. Continue reading to learn about.....
Which Nutrients Are Best? |
There are a lot of common myths and misinformation regarding cannabis nutrients. Which ones work the best? I know when I got started growing, I wanted to make sure I got the best "food" for my plants, and give them as much as they could take so they'd make
the biggest buds.
I learned it's important to think of cannabis nutrients more like a multivitamin than food (your plant's "food" is actually light, which is why giving more light is one
of the best ways to improve bud size). And just like humans, you want to avoid nutrient deficiencies, but you also don't want to go overboard. And also like humans, there are many different ways to get all your nutrients. This means many different nutrient systems will give you great results, and your environment, grow practices and skill will have a far greater impact on your results than which exact brand of nutrients you use.
It suddenly makes a lot more sense when you understand what nutrient ratios to give cannabis plants at each stage of life. Using that information can help you improve your next grow (and sometimes save you some money)!
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Dear Nebula, Sirius, and all involved in the make up of this website. Thank you so very much for all the fantastic information you provide to all us growers.
I'm 54 and just starting out, and I try and read all that I can about growing. I bought a few highly recommend books on the subject, but I've got to tell you, the info. on this website is by
far the best. Please keep doing what your doing. I love this site.
Best regards,
Michael |
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