Drowning Plant Prior To Harvest

mattman said:

Okay let me get this all straight...

Say its getting closet to harvest, say two weeks until harvest, I want to cure the plants before cutting.

I take the Snow, spices, or w/e. Mix with my water (should it be distilled?). I flood the plants in the soil over and over, or place the bucket in a larger bucket with a lid and let it sit for two weeks maybe more?

would changing the water out say every two days help eliminate the terrible smell? Once this is complete, I can directly cut the plant down and trim wet.

any additions subtractions to these statements/questions would be helpful with rep!

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You want to drown until the plant stops wicking. I started the drown when the plants were just about 5-7 days from chop.

I would not replace the water as you want no oxygen in there (stagnant)

I used ro water not ph'ed. You can you tap too, no need for additives just water, and no airstones.

I trimmed all fan leaves and hung, then three days later I completed trimming and re- hung (still on stems) until dry then jar up.

You don't flood you drown. Keep them in water 24/7 at 12/12, up to bottom of stems.

Does this increase weight at all? Has anyone considered drowning with molasses?

Not sure on either, this was my first go at it.

Top off to ensure no roots get oxygen

DankBudzzz said:

Does this increase weight at all? Has anyone considered drowning with molasses?

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One of the posters used a product called snow storm in the drowning process I believe. His pictures looked believable, so I'm guessing that it would help sweeten them up.

Can someone explain how this works? How would drowning the roots force fermentation in the leaves and buds? I thought respiration would happen in the leaves not the roots, so even though you cut off oxygen in the roots the leaves still get plenty?Anyway, not trying to say it doesn't work but I'd like to understand how.

read my truth about flushing thread as it explains it

Ok...So when do you start the drowning? Do you wait untill chop day or do you try to time it so the drowning is done by chop day? Does the plant continue to ripen while this is going on? How do you time the harvest window?

ws23v21g said:

Ok...So when do you start the drowning? Do you wait untill chop day or do you try to time it so the drowning is done by chop day? Does the plant continue to ripen while this is going on? How do you time the harvest window?

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I started when I thought they were done. Took 14 days to finally drown them completely, they ripened and thickened while this was happening. The water was very disgusting at the end.

DankBudzzz said:

Does this increase weight at all? Has anyone considered drowning with molasses?

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Yes, I believe bekindbud tried it above if you read back in the thread, and it was also very disgusting smelling.

mattman said:

One of the posters used a product called snow storm in the drowning process I believe. His pictures looked believable, so I'm guessing that it would help sweeten them up.

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Well, I am that poster, but I did not drown with Snow Storm Ultra, I just used it as a foliar feed during the whole flowering stage, at the end of which, I drowned the plants.

I do not think adding SSU makes bud sweeter, unless you mean like "Dude, sweet!", not this tastes sweet, like oranges. My pictures are 100% real I assure you, although they are so THCrystally I can see how you might be skeptical



Drowning works amazingly, I am redesigning my system to be able to drown better with less mess/smell. Having the equivalent of 4 week cured bud (my opinion) after 2 weeks of cure is amazing...

lol water curing has nothing to do with submerging the roots hah. u flush like normal hrvest nd trim like normal. but than instead of jar curing u jr cure IN water... the thc trichomes are NOT water soluble... but the plant matter does break down in the water.. so after water curing. u than dry the bud out and it will be cured apprently faaster than normal. this is my opinion no one has to tke it seriuosly

I didn't see anything in that thread about whether the roots are needed to get oxygen uptake in the foliage (it seems like leaves could just absorb it directly from the air), which was my question. If I missed it please point it out to me.

Aside from that, if the point of this is to prevent mineral uptake in the roots and/or induce fermentation in the roots causing them to produce alcohol which would then be taken up to the leaves and flowers, why not just cut the plant off at the base and stick the stem in a container with some water to which a little booze has been added?

I really want to try this method, but I am using a 2 gallon smart pot in a pc case. The pc case is barely big enough to fit my smart pot.
Since I can't use a bucket because one wont fit in my pc case, do you think if I use a 3 or 5 gallon grow bag and fill it with water with that work as well?

Here is a video of my plant in a smart pot
Please help.

[video=youtube;-tE0z-1vUII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tE0z-1vUII[/video]

Shadydude said:

I really want to try this method, but I am using a 2 gallon smart pot in a pc case. The pc case is barely big enough to fit my smart pot.
Since I can't use a bucket because one wont fit in my pc case, do you think if I use a 3 or 5 gallon grow bag and fill it with water with that work as well?

Here is a video of my plant in a smart pot
Please help.

[video=youtube;-tE0z-1vUII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tE0z-1vUII[/video]

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You can simply overwater it , ie: water 4 times a day

overwater 4 times a day for 1 or 2 weeks?

idk if that would work the point is to drown the roots no oxygen if you water it 4 times a day it will still breathe?

nickhdsn said:

idk if that would work the point is to drown the roots no oxygen if you water it 4 times a day it will still breathe?

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Mine seemed to be getting air from the fresh RO water I kept topping them up with each day, so I finally boiled the few last top ups before applying them, to prevent any o2 from getting to the roots. I believe buckets with lids for each pot are the way to go, I will experiment this round and let you all know how it compares to drowning in open 3x3 trays.

Sounds good!!

In soil i put the entire pot into a bucket to submerge soil and pot completely. I think just overwatering will still leave some air for the plant which would probably make the process take longer time. After 10 full days in a bucket smoke is sweet (i still cure in jars for some months after, but weed is definitely very smokable after a quick dry).

And for all of those who still asks for a smoke report i can guarantee that this works and smoke turns softer than i have ever tried. I do this every time i harvest a plant. About 10 days before i think plant will be perfekt i submerge the pot - leaving it under the lights (actually i pull the plant a bit in the back, but still under lights). After 10 days plant will be pretty good to smoke after a quick dry (again - don't quick dry if you can help it).

ive seen side by side same strain, plant time and everything and the water cured half wasnt even nearly a third of what the regular dried cured buds were. i mean sure its an interesting idea, but pratical?