Resin Production Side by Side

[supermanlives]

need a lab test. it might change trichome size but not total amount. i would imagine a plant with bigass trics but not many compared to the same amount of thc trics but smaller and more plentifull. like if you had a gallon of milk compared to 4 quarts. same amount but spread out. need to measure tric density along with size.

 

[vapedg13]

want to add more resins /trichs to your nugs...try adding some uv2 suplimental lighting to your flower area 100 watt per 1000.... A few lizzard lights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQPC6oAMK4k

Returning to the more orthodox version of the cannabinoid biosynthesis, the role of ultraviolet light should be reemphasized. It seems apparent that ultraviolet light, normally supplied in abundance by sunlight, takes part in the conversion of CBD acid to THC acids. Therefore, the lack of ultraviolet light in indoor growing situations could account for the limited psychoactivity of Cannabis grown under artificial lights.

Light energy has been collected and utilized by the plant in a long series of reactions resulting in the formation of THC acids. Farther along the pathway begins the formation of degradation products not metabolically produced by the living plant.

These cannabinoid acids are formed through the progressive degradation of THC acids to CBN acid (cannabinolic acid) and other cannabinoid acids.

"The degradation is accomplished primarily by heat and light and is not enzymatically controlled by the plant."

CBN is also suspected of synergistic modification of the psychoactivity of the primary cannabinoids, THCs. The cannabinoid balance between CBC, CBD, THC, and CBN is determined by genetics and maturation.

THC production is an ongoing process as long as the glandular trichome remains active.

Variations in the level of THC in the same trichome as it matures are the result of THC acid being broken down to CBN acid while CBD acid is being converted to THC acid.