do big plants have higher light intensity requirements then little plants ? - Cannabis Botany and Advanced Growing Science - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

07-13-2015, 01:20 AM

hello,

i was wondering, please if anybody can help ?

Q:

say you germ 2 seeds - plant them outside in the middle of a field, but spaced wide apart (not obscuring eachothers light)

- by flowering one plant is 3x the size of the other.

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in flowering the little plant visibly exhibits a mass of glandular trichomes, whereas the big plant produces few.

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> does this have anything to do with the size of the plant (bigger light requirement (OR better light collector ?)) will probably have a greather abundance of floral clusters, so less need for trichs etc etc) ?

or is it exqlusively down to either plants genes for trichome production ?.

thanks!

stoned-trout · 07-13-2015, 01:59 AM

you had one good plant and one shitty plant..yeehaw.. unstable genetics .. bagseeds???yeehaw

_tessarecting · 07-13-2015, 02:09 AM

Or the big one ate up all the nutes and you didn't feed it enough

07-13-2015, 02:47 AM

you two would prefer to take cuttings from the big plant ?

_tessarecting · 07-13-2015, 02:53 AM

Genes + environment = product

You want everything as good as it gets so your weed is good
Even seeds that are the same can produce variations if they aren't stabilized.
There are a plethora of factors that come into play.

Hard to say what to take cuttings from until its done...size can imply vigor if that's what you're after

07-13-2015, 03:50 AM

you don't like glandular trichomes then ?

07-13-2015, 03:56 AM

***2 feminized seed from a single homogenous population.

although, please - no more because again it is still not on question topic

WelderDan · 07-13-2015, 04:18 AM

It has nothing to do with size. Two seeds from the same mother plant, given the same available light and nutrients can produce plants markedly different in size, structure, terpene profile and trichome coverage. Hybrids especially, but even "landrace" strains can show quite a bit of variation in size, structure and resin production among siblings.

_tessarecting · 07-13-2015, 04:24 AM

Language barrier here it seems...

There are too many factors to know without being you and knowing what you did.
It could be just the genetics. It could be how you fed them. If they got equal light they should have equal terps if they were fed adequate nutrients. The big plant will need more nutrients to produce the same amoubt of trichomes as the smaller one. I hope I made more sense this time.

How many hours of light so they get?

Well said Dan

07-13-2015, 04:35 AM

thankyou - i understand the basics of genotype (>environment<) phenotype.

i also understand that "all cannabis plants do not come with high resin production genes"

> do you know if mass of the plant vs light intensity will effect trichome production on a relative scale though -

i.e. > will the mean trichome to flower cluster weight taken from short, low branching specimens from a homogenous population PROBABLY be greater then the yield from tall, large branching siblings etc.

thanks

07-13-2015, 01:20 AM	#1
Collembola Guest Posts: n/a	do big plants have higher light intensity requirements then little plants ? hello, i was wondering, please if anybody can help ? Q: say you germ 2 seeds - plant them outside in the middle of a field, but spaced wide apart (not obscuring eachothers light) - by flowering one plant is 3x the size of the other. -------------------- in flowering the little plant visibly exhibits a mass of glandular trichomes, whereas the big plant produces few. -------------------- > does this have anything to do with the size of the plant (bigger light requirement (OR better light collector ?)) will probably have a greather abundance of floral clusters, so less need for trichs etc etc) ? or is it exqlusively down to either plants genes for trichome production ?. thanks!
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07-13-2015, 01:59 AM	#2
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07-13-2015, 02:09 AM	#3
_tessarecting ஓ Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 3,852	Or the big one ate up all the nutes and you didn't feed it enough
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07-13-2015, 02:47 AM	#4
Collembola Guest Posts: n/a	you two would prefer to take cuttings from the big plant ?
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07-13-2015, 02:53 AM	#5
_tessarecting ஓ Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 3,852	Genes + environment = product You want everything as good as it gets so your weed is good Even seeds that are the same can produce variations if they aren't stabilized. There are a plethora of factors that come into play. Hard to say what to take cuttings from until its done...size can imply vigor if that's what you're after
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07-13-2015, 03:50 AM	#6
Collembola Guest Posts: n/a	you don't like glandular trichomes then ?
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07-13-2015, 03:56 AM	#7
Collembola Guest Posts: n/a	***2 feminized seed from a single homogenous population. although, please - no more because again it is still not on question topic
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07-13-2015, 04:18 AM	#8
WelderDan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,465	It has nothing to do with size. Two seeds from the same mother plant, given the same available light and nutrients can produce plants markedly different in size, structure, terpene profile and trichome coverage. Hybrids especially, but even "landrace" strains can show quite a bit of variation in size, structure and resin production among siblings. __________________ Cherry Bomb x C99 Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. - Confucius
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07-13-2015, 04:24 AM	#9
_tessarecting ஓ Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 3,852	Language barrier here it seems... There are too many factors to know without being you and knowing what you did. It could be just the genetics. It could be how you fed them. If they got equal light they should have equal terps if they were fed adequate nutrients. The big plant will need more nutrients to produce the same amoubt of trichomes as the smaller one. I hope I made more sense this time. How many hours of light so they get? Well said Dan
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07-13-2015, 04:35 AM	#10
Collembola Guest Posts: n/a	thankyou - i understand the basics of genotype (>environment<) phenotype. i also understand that "all cannabis plants do not come with high resin production genes" > do you know if mass of the plant vs light intensity will effect trichome production on a relative scale though - i.e. > will the mean trichome to flower cluster weight taken from short, low branching specimens from a homogenous population PROBABLY be greater then the yield from tall, large branching siblings etc. thanks
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