M4verick
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I use the paper towel "technique" because I'm a bit scared of timing with the glass of water, you basically don't have to let them soak for too long, correct ? 24h max ? I don't see a real difference, as long as you're gentle... Does paper towel means more stress for the plant ? Additional transplant, how ? I put them straight in coco after that. With water I'd still have to take them out of the glass to do the same thing. I don't follow... I might be too tired haha anyways, it works pretty well for me so why not... But I wouldn't say It's better than the cup of water.Too much characters for a single post, here's the rest:
Both are unnecessary and everything a grower does that isn't necessary is something that should be avoided. Cannabis seeds pop relatively easy and fast and pop despite many of the different methods people use, not thanks to. Germinating in paper towels creates requires an additional transplant and unnecessary risk. I've done a seed run earlier this year so had thousands of seeds to play with and found that the most efficient way (besides dropping a seed in soil - I grow hydro) is soaking the seed in a cup warm-ish water for 12-24 hours and than drop them in whatever (rockwool, jiffy, or even hydroton). I don't have a problem with people using paper towels to germinate though, I have a problem with people promoting it as some advanced/better/faster way to germinate (cause it isn't).
As for flushing, you can't flush a plant, you can flush a medium to leach some elements, if you don't over fertilize the medium, there's no need to try and reduce the nutrient concentration in the medium. Because some elements leach much easier than others you always create an imbalance. I run a low ppm NFT setup and measure continuously, the amount of nutrients used by the plant drops together with the water uptake. Less water uptake already means less nutrient uptake. (The use of ) quality nutrients in a proper ratio and level contributes to taste opposed to popular believe of smoking salts or w/e/ nonsense. Starving them near the end isn't going to improve the end product. All you got to do to grow A quality cannabis is provide it with a happy home and let the plant do its thing, which includes a happy home for the roots, which means one that contains nutrients, and does not include starving it. It's a little easier, faster to dry and not get hay/grass if you starve them prematurely (so you end yellow) which gives some the perception that flushing increases taste but the best quality+quantity comes from plants that are kept healthy throughout the entire run and are then properly dried and cured.
Less is more in so many ways. That goes for nutrients, watering, touching the plants, fans, frequency of opening tent/closet door and above all applying grow forum techniques and methods.
You're most welcome. Don't get that many people here willing to learn or at least hear another perspective especially when it comes to hermies and fem beans. Hermaphobia is hard to cure, best to try and not get infected in the first place.
As for flushing, at the end of my previous session, I actually gave them plain water for TWO FUCKING WEEKS (sorry, I needed to emphasize that) before harvest... Damn it... Talk about a waste of potency / smell. I did it because my friends told me to, never really questioned the whole thing until I saw you did. But It's crystal clear to me now (or at least a lot more), lack of nutrients for so long can only cause stress and lack of potency / smell. Now I get why my plant looked good but a bit "dead" during harvest day...
I'll basically reduce the EC during the last 2 weeks but I'll still keep them happy with fertilizers. Since I'm using Metrop in coco, I was worried about the salts but yeah... Now I get it. Not over-fertilizing and a good drying / curing will prevent / take out anything I don't want in my buds, not the illusion created by leaching and starving my plants for 2 weeks before I chop them.
I plan to use Shooting Powder for the last 3 weeks, ever tried it ? It seems to be a Dutch reference. Now I don't know your exact thoughts on "boosters" but l'm asking anyways, even though you said that less is more. Should I just stick to my main stuff until the end without any boost ?
Oh and It's actually my 2nd grow with DNA/RP. 1st one was Kandy Kush... Bam ; hermied. Probably for the same reasons... Ended up with a shitload of seeds, probably 2-3k :/ haha hopefully I'll have something a bit more sinse' with the LAW nonetheless...
Does seeded but loses potency though ? The energy used to mature the seeds could be used to produce more trichomes instead or am I wrong ?
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