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hanfiking

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Viagra for plants?

Viagra for plants?

Viagra gives plants a lift


Nitric oxide, the chemical at the heart of the drug's success, could work wonders on the food and flower industries, writes Paul Simons

Thursday September 12, 2002
The Guardian

Viagra, the popular drug that helps give men erections, could save plants from even more serious cases of droop. The most startling proof of Viagra's power over plants came from an Israeli scientist, Ya'acov Leshem, at Bar-Ilan University, who was looking at how flowers wither.

He had a hunch that Viagra might work the same magic on plants so he put some into a vase of cut flowers and found they stayed fresh and perky for up to a week longer than usual. Just 2% of the dose needed to treat a bout of male impotence brought a new lease of life to roses, carnations and African daisies.

"The flowers looked much fresher, their colour remained longer, and they were also much more turgid," reported Leshem. No one is suggesting spraying Viagra over plants to stave off wilt: there could be embarrassing side-effects and the cost would be prohibitive, but there might be cheaper and safer alternatives.

When you delve into how Viagra works, you find a remarkably similar chemical story in plants and people. "Plants share the same common denominator as humans - nitric oxide," explains Leshem. This simple, colourless gas has long had a bad reputation for causing traffic pollution, but nitric oxide is now recognised as a powerful hormone in humans. When released from nerve endings, it tells blood vessels to relax and widen to increase blood flow - which is how it gets a phallus erect.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,,790309,00.html
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guineapig

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Love the show greenhead!!! :woohoo: :jump:

I really enjoy the comic-book format you have going on here.......it makes the thread very fun to experience....

Thanks for the pics!!! I look forward to the future dankitude....:smoke:oOoo....

:ying: kind regards from guineapig :ying:
 

Sammet

Med grower
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Nice training mate, I like all the colas - good even canopy too. Great growing skills :yes:
 

Pops

Resident pissy old man
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Good call on the flower times. Both strains(the Mothers) finish up about 8 weeks, but I sometimes let them, go another week for my pain patients. All depends how you like them.Personally I prefer then when trics are cloudy, as that is when you have peak THC production. Some folks want "knock you on your ass" weed and let it go 30-40% amber. That's too much CBN for me.
 

SoEx

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greenhead said:

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You're so beyond weird and into the cool zone. Great grow :)
 
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trouble

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Greenhead , you better check on your girls! That little alien bastard ET is in your flower room smoking-up the crop again! :abduct:


Great thread my friend! I enjoyed the show! :respect:



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Pops

Resident pissy old man
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Nice looking buds, Greenhead. You did a great job on them. By the time they are cured, i expect both of them to put a grin on your face and a little lead in your pants. The jedi can set you down for a nice nap if you overindulge. Very nice grow!
 

2cool2

Member
very nice grow! i love grows like this all the way to the end. to bad i just saw it today. but it was nice reading and a great show. i can see ur future :joint:

two great looking strains. Pops i know u probably already know this but its definetly a market out here for c-99 crosses. if u decide to put these on sbay let me know so i can pick up a pack or 2 thanks
 
I love your grow diary! You seriously put a lot of time and effort pleasing all of your fans. +1 for you! I love your pictures! It's like a comic book..

How much did you yield? Hopefully you didn't answer that, I didnt read through your thread.

I also did LST and honestly, the way your branches grew looked almost just like mine. I also had about 9 awesome looking shoots in one plant. I yielded about 50grams in one plant. Not bad for my first time. Jack Herrer/maui wawi!
 
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Raistlin Majere

Just smoke a bowl, get some nice inspiration
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thats often how it comes to me 2oo

You see, I keep raping the plants before actual harvest

ha i did that on my last grow as well

nice show broham :respect:
 

Black Ra1n

Cannaculturist ~OGA~
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Hey man, looks like you have a killer line up. What a stack of lil ones, looking forward to this.....

B/R
 

yeknomssa

Member
you just keep marching those ladies through your box don't ya? the last grow came out making my mouth water with all those purple buds :p

can't wait to see what you're mixed bag o goodies comes up with
 
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