[MJPassion]

I had a thought pass through my cranium earlier and it made me wonder...

Do cannabis terpin profiles change with changes in nutrients used to grow the plants?

In other words,
How are terpin profiles effected by using different nutes?

I don't have the $, various nutes or the space to test this so I'm interested if anybody has done such experiments & had finished product tested via GCMS or other method to determin if there are any differences.

The proper experiment would use clones in the same environmentonly using different nutrients.

(If this is in the wrong section, i apologize in advanve & ask that it be placed in it's proper location.)

[Only Ornamental]

GHS has those terpene (not terpin, that's a synonym for a certain monoterpene) profiles on their website wherein they list hydro versus soil or similar... but I don't know if there's a correlation... (didn't look nor though too hard ).

[shaggyballs]

Originally Posted by MJPassion

I had a thought pass through my cranium earlier and it made me wonder...

Do cannabis terpin profiles change with changes in nutrients used to grow the plants?

In other words,
How are terpin profiles effected by using different nutes?

I don't have the $, various nutes or the space to test this so I'm interested if anybody has done such experiments & had finished product tested via GCMS or other method to determin if there are any differences.

The proper experiment would use clones in the same environmentonly using different nutrients.

(If this is in the wrong section, i apologize in advanve & ask that it be placed in it's proper location.)

No science, but I say yes, I see the same clone grown in another's grow room with different nute and taste smell and look are are not the same.

But I also feel it is complete environment as well as what is fed to the plant.
Not just different NPK!
shag

[genedigger]

i get a different taste and aroma from using either honey mollases or maple syrup during the flowering cycle.never had anything tested though,but there is def a difference

[Timeless Seeds]

At the local grow store the owner told me that adding MiraGro to his plants created a different terpene profile. He said he had his plants tested before and after and each strain tested with something different then previous results before the MiraGro. Obviously I didn't see the results, so I don't know if he was just trying to push product on me or if it really does change the terpenes. It would not surprise me though that if the plant is fed a certain diet vs another that it would metabolize things differently creating a different spectrum of terpenes.

[JointOperation]

.. the entire.. terpene and cannabinoid profile is probably different with any environmental factor.. including light intensity and spectrum.. temp .. humidity.. nutrients.. medium.. length of photoperiod.. if its all 1 strain. or run with multiple strains in a room..

outdoors and indoors same strain. kinda prove that ..

[FatherEarth]

Sulfur is a known input that influences terpene production...
I believe soil microbiology also plays a role in the full terpene profile. Not only that but a nutrient battery that allows the plant to utilize the nutrients it requires when it needs them most vs force fed when we think it needs whatever magic terpene potion available at the grow store. ... Proton Nuclear magnetic resonance appears to be the way to test for terpene profiles without using heat...chromatography uses heat thus alters the true profile...

[EclipseFour20]

What about all those bottles at hydro shops with cartoon characters on the label that state their product will "increase resin production"? Some do and some don't.

[Bubbleblower]

Originally Posted by EclipseFour20

What about all those bottles at hydro shops with cartoon characters on the label that state their product will "increase resin production"? Some do and some don't.

Most likely they all do, because the ingredients causing the increase are cheap.
That is why you shouldn't use them IMO, they significantly increase THC content at the cost of other cannabinoïds and terpenes.
That makes your cannabis so couchlock.

[EclipseFour20]

Then I think we answered the OP's question....yes and no.

BTW, I can attest that GrowMore's Avalanche does increase resin production and provides more aromatics to the end product. I have not tested terpene profiles of "with and without", so I can not tell you which terpene increased nor to what level...but there definitely was an increase of something nice! And I am all about flavors and aromas....potency is always assumed.