greenops
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As a grower I crave for the amazing aromas, with that kinda taste that lingers in your mouth.
But more often than not, I end up with bland tasting nuggets. Virtually they really look fire, covered in trichomes and I'm more than happy with the yield, but the smoke is usually boring.
I'm following Simon's curing tutorial and nailed it a couple times, but it doesn't improve the taste and smell, if the smell has already disappeared before harvest time. So usually, the plants start to smell real nice early flowering, but lose it mid flowering.
I know that MH throughout flowering produces a lot of leaves and less denser buds, so I thought it maybe a good idea if I use my HPS for the first 5-6 weeks of flowering, so that the buds can fatten up a bit, then switch to MH for the last 2-3 weeks?
I did some reading and I found comparisons between the same cuts under HPS and MH. The MH or LED grown buds had a much more complete terpene profile.
It seems to me that the HPS somehow cooks or burns a certain group of terpenes at a given stage and temperature.
From my experience, it's around the 5th week where my flowering buds can lose their smell, while the leaves closer to the light turn pale and yellow. I've seen MH used in flowering and their leaves appear much greener.
However I read somewhere that MH bulbs shouldn't be used in air cooled fixtures, because it blocks the UV or something? Hope someone here knows if thats BS or true, because I'm very dependent on my air cooled hood.
Also, I've heard of dropping the night time temperature during the last 2 weeks or so and add ice cubes to the rez to "chill the roots" to improve terpene production. Is ther any truth to this? Seems easy to do but I don't wanna shock my plants with ice water if it does more harm than good. Plus dropping night time temperature may invite powdery mildew and other molds.
If any of you have other proven methods to improve terpense production and/or ways to reduce terpene loss please let me know.
But more often than not, I end up with bland tasting nuggets. Virtually they really look fire, covered in trichomes and I'm more than happy with the yield, but the smoke is usually boring.
I'm following Simon's curing tutorial and nailed it a couple times, but it doesn't improve the taste and smell, if the smell has already disappeared before harvest time. So usually, the plants start to smell real nice early flowering, but lose it mid flowering.
I know that MH throughout flowering produces a lot of leaves and less denser buds, so I thought it maybe a good idea if I use my HPS for the first 5-6 weeks of flowering, so that the buds can fatten up a bit, then switch to MH for the last 2-3 weeks?
I did some reading and I found comparisons between the same cuts under HPS and MH. The MH or LED grown buds had a much more complete terpene profile.
It seems to me that the HPS somehow cooks or burns a certain group of terpenes at a given stage and temperature.
From my experience, it's around the 5th week where my flowering buds can lose their smell, while the leaves closer to the light turn pale and yellow. I've seen MH used in flowering and their leaves appear much greener.
However I read somewhere that MH bulbs shouldn't be used in air cooled fixtures, because it blocks the UV or something? Hope someone here knows if thats BS or true, because I'm very dependent on my air cooled hood.
Also, I've heard of dropping the night time temperature during the last 2 weeks or so and add ice cubes to the rez to "chill the roots" to improve terpene production. Is ther any truth to this? Seems easy to do but I don't wanna shock my plants with ice water if it does more harm than good. Plus dropping night time temperature may invite powdery mildew and other molds.
If any of you have other proven methods to improve terpense production and/or ways to reduce terpene loss please let me know.