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What exactly is a Plant doing during the Flowerperiod?
- Thread starter OakyJoe
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It is trying to do what the tree frog is doing when it sits in puddles and sings.
Replication, the continuation of the Species.
I always wondered how sticky resin fits into the scheme, originally.
To help the pollen pods to stick to the plant so that pollen grains find individual pistils ?
Or is it also related to protection from the heat ?
At this point, the resin & THC (and other cannabinoids) work another way - the plants with the medically desirable traits get replicated.
Making dank nugs.
It is theorized that it is a defense mechanism
I theorize that we have an evolutionary allelopathic relationship with the plant
yes I did just say that
it makes those chemicals to attract us as if we were meant to be its pollinator
and im gonna take one fucking giant hippy step forward and say that the plant is natures tool in getting us to consider nature from its own point of view
Michael Pollan thinks so, too.
It's growing flowers? 
Actually LOL'd at Weirds post!
Why do some strains take longer? Genetics,... More equatorial strains will take longer than northern or southern strains (where seasons are shorter) Much the same as (indigenous) equatorial humans look different from northern or southern latitude humans. Sure, same species, both cannabis and human, but genetically slightly different.
Perhaps Weird has something going with the plant attracting us to help pull us closer to nature?
Perhaps the smell and euphoric effects of eating the sticky glands all over the flowers are supposed to be a warning/ attempt to protect the next generation of seeds from being eaten by foraging insects or animals? Certainly a wild animal or insect thats stoned out of its gord will get eaten by something else before too long, so that kinda makes sense.
Yet we humans find so much good in it, and don't get eaten by something else, so maybe Weird is on to something?
Or I'm drunk, and posting a rambling response to a question that I forgot?
Actually LOL'd at Weirds post!
Why do some strains take longer? Genetics,... More equatorial strains will take longer than northern or southern strains (where seasons are shorter) Much the same as (indigenous) equatorial humans look different from northern or southern latitude humans. Sure, same species, both cannabis and human, but genetically slightly different.
Perhaps Weird has something going with the plant attracting us to help pull us closer to nature?
Perhaps the smell and euphoric effects of eating the sticky glands all over the flowers are supposed to be a warning/ attempt to protect the next generation of seeds from being eaten by foraging insects or animals? Certainly a wild animal or insect thats stoned out of its gord will get eaten by something else before too long, so that kinda makes sense.
Yet we humans find so much good in it, and don't get eaten by something else, so maybe Weird is on to something?
Or I'm drunk, and posting a rambling response to a question that I forgot?
Genetics a big thing....why some mature sooner than others....species....sativa vs. indica.
"Perhaps the smell and euphoric effects of eating the sticky glands all over the flowers are supposed to be a warning/ attempt to protect the next generation of seeds from being eaten by foraging insects or animals? "
I've experience several, seen numerous chomps, leaving a plant severed....deer, cows, skinks (shiny lizards), mice love the stuff. They might not eat the entire plant (although I've seen cows hacking them while grazing), but it gets damaged by unselective grazing.
Funnier....going to the store (15 mi. away), leaving my gate open (rural mountainous region the Northern NM)....returning to see sm. heard of neighbors' cows chomping, nibbling....tearing down Heavenly Blue morning glory vines next to the porch veranda.....this was after vines were spent, seeds were in their pods....I can only imagine what the mama cow said ...."WHY DO YOU HAVE GLASSY EYES AND A GOOFY GRIN?"!! Recall the morning glory "trippy psychedelic high" some did soaking morning glory seeds, ingesting them.
"Perhaps the smell and euphoric effects of eating the sticky glands all over the flowers are supposed to be a warning/ attempt to protect the next generation of seeds from being eaten by foraging insects or animals? "
I've experience several, seen numerous chomps, leaving a plant severed....deer, cows, skinks (shiny lizards), mice love the stuff. They might not eat the entire plant (although I've seen cows hacking them while grazing), but it gets damaged by unselective grazing.
Funnier....going to the store (15 mi. away), leaving my gate open (rural mountainous region the Northern NM)....returning to see sm. heard of neighbors' cows chomping, nibbling....tearing down Heavenly Blue morning glory vines next to the porch veranda.....this was after vines were spent, seeds were in their pods....I can only imagine what the mama cow said ...."WHY DO YOU HAVE GLASSY EYES AND A GOOFY GRIN?"!! Recall the morning glory "trippy psychedelic high" some did soaking morning glory seeds, ingesting them.
I have read somewhere that trichs are the plants way of protecting the seed from heat an the suns uv exposure. Other then catching pollen, It is there to protect the seed from the sun to ensure the seeds survival and not sterilized. This could be why her oils have such anti carcinogenic properties.
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