Let her die in the pot! Good? Bad?

[3dDream]

I have noticed through sheer laziness that if you leave a plant in the pot, roots and all, she will die/dry with no chlorophyll (green) in the buds.

Anybody do this? Don't we want he chlorophyll out of the bud? I mean my 6+ month old stuff is the same color.

 

[magiccannabus]

I just did this with my North #1 that died a week before harvest time due to a freak heat issue. I put her in a dark cabinet and just let her dry up. Seemed to work ok, but I have no data on how it compares to other methods unfortunately.

 

[bud14]

HI 3dDream

if you let your plant day in the pot
it will louse potency of course it will make you stone but not as good

generally you want to cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place so all the THC content of the plant get on the buds
and the chlorophyll goes away
more if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds
enjoy

 

[h^2 O]

im thought it was a myth that thc would "accumulate" in the tops if you hang them? it is..isn't it?

 

[-StashBastard-]

im thought it was a myth that thc would "accumulate" in the tops if you hang them? it is..isn't it?

It is a myth.

Bud14 needs to spend some time learning here on ICmag before trying to "help" anymore.

 

[bud14]

It is a myth.

Bud14 needs to spend some time learning here on ICmag before trying to "help" anymore.

well sure i am not a pro. grower.
myth or not it work for me

and i am sure you will say also that this is a myth

"if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds"

or maybe you never tried your self if the myth is a
myth
or if it is part of reality
but any way i have no time to lose with people that spend their time criticizing other people
i have better thing to do

have fun if u can

 

[JamieShoes]

HI 3dDream

if you let your plant day in the pot
it will louse potency of course it will make you stone but not as good

generally you want to cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place so all the THC content of the plant get on the buds
and the chlorophyll goes away
more if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds
enjoy

oh man, this is SO wrong.. I feel I have to address each wrongness individually..


If you leave the plant for a day in the pot, you will lose nothing at all. I and many other growers leave pots to dry for a few days before harvesting to speed up drying and to help use up any left over energy stores (nutes)... In the case of long flowering hazes I've heard of them being left as long as 2 weeks without water, in order to finish them (Shantibaba uses this technique)

Hanging a plant upsidedown, will not move anything anywhere except maybe spider mites. The THC will not miraculously relocate itself, the crystals are fixed and resin is slow moving. The chlorophyll will not be affected in any way whatsoever, gravity has no bearing on cholorphyll, the only way to remove it is by flushing well and curing and making sure to feed the right components at the right times.

ok, so the bit about revegging is just about right... but... revegging sucks ass.. the plants get crippled and unsightly and take weeks if not months to go back to vegging (in the same time, you can run new clones or seeds). AFAIK revegged plants won't produce anything like the yield of the first run...<-- this bit is purely my opinion, lots of growers re-veg.. the rest of it though is fact



be lucky
j


EDIT - I just realised what you meant when you say "cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place" - I also do this and I think you are right that it has benefits. It's not chlorophyll that were trying to avoid in the plant though mate, it's just sap... so I apologise for that

 

[JamieShoes]

hmmm I been thinking about this post and my post in reply... and I think I want to apologise to bud14. I initially said I thought it was allll wrong.. but.. some of it is actually right... but the reasoning is misguided is all.. so let me try again


If you leave a plant in its pot IN THE DARK, it will mature very quickly and so from this point of view the hit can be affected.. less high, more stoned... I've seen plants that were 50% pistils go to 100% in 2 days of darkness..

hanging a plant upside down WILL NOT remove chlorophyll, but there ARE still benefits to hanging plants upside down... many of the old timers hang entire plants upside down to dry before trimming, I personally see no benefit in this method, other than that some claim "slow drying" is the best method. I feel as long as you don't force dry (with fast moving air or heat) that 5-7 days is plenty (the old timers using this method will tell you 14 days is more like it).. anyway, again I don't agree with what you said about chlorophyll but I DO agree that you should hang plants upside down when drying.

and the bit about revegging... I still don't like revegging but as I said many people do use this technique.


best wishes
j

 

[FreezerBoy]

Hanging upside down is simply to slow the drying time. Hung upside down, with gravity working on our side, moisture has a harder time escaping the bud.

 

[JJScorpio]

HI 3dDream

if you let your plant day in the pot
it will louse potency of course it will make you stone but not as good

generally you want to cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place so all the THC content of the plant get on the buds
and the chlorophyll goes away
more if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds
enjoy

Shouldn't you also leave the roots on it so they can soak their THC into the buds also, lol.....

I hope you really don't believe what you wrote.

 

[Barney Fife]

HI 3dDream

if you let your plant day in the pot
it will louse potency of course it will make you stone but not as good

generally you want to cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place so all the THC content of the plant get on the buds
and the chlorophyll goes away
more if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds
enjoy

 

[ehonda187]

Thats is great mang...

 

[Chamba]

im thought it was a myth that thc would "accumulate" in the tops if you hang them? it is..isn't it?

the reason plants or branches are hung upside down is because this is the best way to dry the plant while spoiling/damaging/rubbing off/squashing the least amount of trichomes or resin heads...as well explained above, it's a myth that THC travels when hung upside down.

the reason this rumor came about was probably due to several grower/friends in the same area with the same strains...some would have grass that was grown poorly, fast dried and poorly handled grass and when compared with slow (upside down) dried bud and they focused on the upside down hanging rather than better growing, harvesting when mature and betting drying and curing.

the other reason hanging a whole tree, sans roots, upside down is used is because this will slow down the drying time compared to cutting the tree into branches or buds, especially when harvesting during periods of low RH and buds would dry way too fast.

 

[4saken]

Is it possible that because the buds are on the top of the plant, grown last, that they are less mature than the bulk of the cola and therefore a little more of a trippy high? There would be more clear/cloudy trichs instead of amber.

 

[Cerb]

Another interesting thread down the drain...

 

[Tony Aroma]

Hanging upside down is simply to slow the drying time. Hung upside down, with gravity working on our side, moisture has a harder time escaping the bud.

Yep. That's what I always thought. THC doesn't migrate to the upside-down buds, but water does. And the water moving down into the buds is a good thing, as it slows down drying. It takes longer for the water to escape from the dense buds than it does to escape from the stems and leaves.

 

[guest396]

HI 3dDream

if you let your plant day in the pot
it will louse potency of course it will make you stone but not as good

generally you want to cat it down before it day and hang it up side down in a dark place so all the THC content of the plant get on the buds
and the chlorophyll goes away
more if you cat it and live a caplet of small bud on the bottom of the plant

and put your plant to a 24 hours cycle or 18 hours cycle
then your plant will veg again grow again and give you more buds
enjoy

bud14 hey bro maybe you didn't know it but the thc that is on the plant at harvest time is the same amount that's gonna be there when you cut her down. there is NO truth to the RUMOR that thc is mobile in the plant in that way or fashion

ohgee

 

[desert fox]

Chlorophyll = bad taste, harsh smoke.....but why and what is the science behind it...

Yes Chlorophyll is nasty when your plant is rocking and growing strong....but as it defiantly does a different task as it ripens.

? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll

Take what I say with a grain of salt. I am not saying totally positive behind the science behind it. I aint a scientist, But I recall reading somewhere that Mg is more the culprit on affecting taste. I aint sure what structure we deal with in weed and plants. It could be A, or B. Mg is in the center...break or weaken the bond along with the N...= LESS CHLOROPHYLL=BETTER TASTE LESS HARSH.

I guess if you really want to run a test on a plant go for it and see what it does...It would be cool to see.

 

[dank.frank]

Okay...I think I want to revive this thread because this is something that is being played with and discussed amongst several people I know out there...so this seems to be a rising trend in how people are finishing their plants.

Concept:

During the last week of a plants life...give it absolutely NO WATER....NOTHING. Drought method of forcing a plant to use what is in it's reserves...

This makes sense. Think about it. If a plant is being grown in soil, the microherd can not live or survive if there is no moisture. If the herd dies/becomes inactive, the nutrients quit breaking down to usable forms...the plant cannot eat. It turns to its reserves, effectively flushing itself.

The other advantage to this seems to be, the plant has a slightly faster drying time...

Other can come in and share their personal experiences....for me, this is still hearsay... but very reliable and trusted still.


dank.Frank

 

[qwerty]

Interesting concept. I'd like to know more.