Trichomes....cloudy to amber ration?

Kite High said:

yeah...let's see this plant

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lol

Kite High said:

what is with all this medical treating crap? I get high and thats all that I seek is to be high, psychedelic...,if I want a sedative I will take valium, if I want an anti inflammatory I will take ibuprofen, I smoke weed to get high...the medical properties are just a bonus...but yeah this medical bs has you all screwed up logically...I know...smoke your medicine and get dumber and go to sleep...I will smoke my herb and get high

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Yes, me and the entire medical community have lost our logic.

NietzscheKeen said:

It doesn't have receptors for it. Just like it doesn't have receptors for THC. That is often misunderstood. There are receptors that thc and cbd can "lock into" and create a signal, but those receptors weren't made to receive thc or cbd. I know this isn't a very good explanation, so if you have questions... please let me know.

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re•cep•tor (rɪˈsɛp tər)
n.
1. a protein molecule, usu. on the surface of a cell, that is capable of binding to a complementary molecule, as a hormone, antibody, or antigen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid_receptor
The cannabinoid receptors are a class of cell membrane receptors under the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP] As is typical of G protein-coupled receptors, the cannabinoid receptors contain seven transmembrane spanning domains.[SUP][4][/SUP] Cannabinoid receptors are activated by three major groups of ligands, endocannabinoids (produced by the mammalian body),


^ Seriously though, quit trolling these new people, they might believe you.

^^^
Look I may not know much about growing, but I have studied neuroscience and you're just not seeing it. They are referred to as cannabinoid receptors, but that is not their purpose. These receptors are basically hoodwinked by the cannabinoids. You don't have receptors for chemicals that do not occur naturally in the body; endocannabinoids ARE naturally occurring. Those that aren't (CBN) will still affect us, but they aren't what the receptors are there for.

GrowinDad said:

Forgettng about "flushing" meaning large amounts of water at any point grow to fix lockout, but rather to mean not adding nutes to your water for hte last week or two before harvest... And I have no opinion but am currently in the boat of "what do I do" as Harvest is about two weeks off for me at most . But I am using Dyna-Gro Their goal is to sell nutes. If there was no purpose in running the last two weeks without nutes, then why would their feednig chart recommend you don't use their product the last two weeks.

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Because they don't the newbs to think they are just trying to sell them their product and to think they don't know what they are talking about since the status quo says to flush the last few weeks.

I know and understand the fundamentals - and I get what you are saying. The receptor serves a dual purpose. And was originaly, evolutionary speaking, responding to other molecules before being introduced to THC, etc.

For the intent and purposes of this conversation and the medicating public, that point is moot. Because, they still serve the purpose and is there for a receptor.

as far as endocanabinoids and plant based canabinoids, I do not know the molecular science here. I know we are still researching this. They could be more similar than we know.

You said endo

[video=youtube;tjJU_wQPpKk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjJU_wQPpKk[/video]

Medical Grade said:

I have chopped one of my plants early with all clear trichome heads, and it was like smoking Diet bud. Just my experience with one of the strains I work with.

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If you chopped them with ALL clear trich heads then you were harvesting a TON of immature trichs.

You need to wait until most of the heads are mature. This means you WILL have some cloudy. You are looking for the middle ground where you have the most mature glands with the minimal ammount of degraded glands.

It depends on the plant... but for me, typically it's almost 50% cloudy. some plants it is less.

It's not that cloudy are more potent than clear... it's that you have the most thc available around that time.

All clear trichs on a bud means you ignored the other key part... SWOLLEN trichs. Clear, swollen mature trichs are the most potent.

I know, i know. You all don't want to believe it... You wan't to argue about it. I'm just going on experience and credible scientific research... that's all.

This is ALL I am saying... Swollen, clear, mature trichs have more THC than cloudy or amber. It's just the damn truth.

Medical Grade said:

Yes, me and the entire medical community have lost our logic.

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I'm not going to say it doesn't work as medicine...
But, I wonder how great of medicine MJ really is.
Now, I don't have MS or anything... but... I've never had any weed that took pain away. I'de fucking love to try some though.

Making a connection to the OP's topic... A grower that I have MUCH respect for here on RIU recently told me that he sees more medicinal benefits from amber trichs than clear. For recreation however, he prefers clear.

I will say that it has helped with an upset stomach... and some psychological benefits.
But yeah, it works better for an upset stomach than any of the over the counter stuff. I'll give it that.
What works even better though is a proper diet. I eat two breakfast tacos and drink a pot of coffee at 6 am and wonder why my stomach feels fucked... haha.

Well im sticking to getting ambers, I find it more potent and flavorful, I harvest when all signs are there and im organic, if you guys believe this then maybe I have the wrong strains for it but I like milky and amber, clears are not my style lol. . Cheers ppl and have a dank day. Im smokin some killer trainwreck, taste like juicy fruit, went 11 weeks total from 12/12 switch and only produced 2 oz per plant , it wasnt a keeper but nice quality bud .

some people like brown bananas

Trousers said:

some people like brown bananas

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There great for making Banana Bread lol

Trousers said:

some people like brown bananas

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I love over ripe bananas.

48 hours of darkness before harvest is pure bullshit. I know firsthand it doesn't do anything except postponing your harvest by two days.