Recent content by Mister Greengenes

if it doesn't look resiny, that's not necessarily a sign that it won't be good once it's picked and dried, but it might not be as strong as the weed it came from. That's genetics for you. I'd let it go as long as possible before picking. The leaf curling sounds like overwatering or overfeeding.

The large fan leaves contain lots of sap and should be left on until dry, which will take longer, and that's a good thing. Slower drying makes better tasting and smelling finished bud. The buds are the last part of the plant to dry and you want all the available moisture to pass from the various...

I don't think blue spectrum lighting directly increases resin production, but it definitely does shorten internode lengths and produce a more compact plant with 'harder' more leathery leaves. It also seems to reduce the overall vegetative mass in the finished bud, which is pretty much the same...

Cannabis roots easily without the hormones in rooting gel or powder. I ran out about 15 years ago and only recently started using it again. I made thousands of cuts during the last 15 years without hormones and had the exact same rate of success. Only reason I started using it again is because a...

Sounds like a cut of my Cherry Bomb that's been going around SoCal. It has pink pistils, wine red stems and petiols and a distinctive kind of leaf serration. If you have a picture of it in any stage, I can ID it in a sec.

Mulching is good, but an important point to remember when watering outdoor plants is to encourage deep root growth by timing the waterings better. That means, "As thoroughly as possible, as INfrequently as possible". If we try to get a high energy plant like cannabis to adapt to a regular...

Lots of naysayers, well that's to be expected since there's such an abundance of lore about light leaks causing hermies, bla bla. But, the issue of what exactly are the causes of hermie-ism is FAR from settled. It seems just as likely that we'll find that moonlight eliminates hermies as anything...

Don't know where you live, but here in SoCal, we have to consider chill hours to grow either Apples or Peaches, especially near the coast. Chill hours are calculated in a few different ways, here's a link that explains some; http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/chillcalc/index1.htm If you live where...

Our Oreo cut an F1 of DP and an unknown German strain. It's quickly becoming popular here in SoCal because it has the electrifying up high of DP, but the potency and yield are kicked up about ten notches. Smell is powerful sweet with wild undertones, finishes about 9 weeks. You can probably find...

6' tall plants are probably potbound in those smartpots, they need both more water and nutrients or a repot.

Yes hard water can lock out minerals, mainly Mg (magnesium), Me (manganese) and Fe (iron). A good test to see if the water is causing too high a PH is to temporarily force it down with white vinegar. 1 to 2 Tbs. per gallon will be enough. If lockout is happening, you'll see an immediate...

For best flavor, leave all the leaves on including sunleaves until the buds are almost dry, but not to the point of snapping stems. Leaves slow the drying process which seals in more smell, taste and maybe even weight. Too many people cut off leaves while the plant is still wet, which greatly...

I would remove the fan too, because it's just extra stress, but I don't think that's whats causing the twisting. Here's a theory; They look overwatered, but in a water culture system that's impossible to control. Superthrive has root hormones in it and causes roots to grow more than they...

I don't think it's windburn, but I'd still remove the fan. Cannabis is a tough plant and when it starts showing signs of stress, you can count on more than a single source. Direct wind on the plants forces unnecessary transpiration, it's kind of like making the ladies do pushups. I prefer to...

Too hard to guess without pictures. Sidewards folding and/or 'clawing' sort of sounds like too much P and/or overwatering. If you suspect that the plants are rootbound, which they probably are unless they were repotted right about the time they went into flowering, you should use a runoff tray...