Boiling The Roots Before Chopping The Buds?
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jsgrwn
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hey amcgin. give it up bro. there is no good reason to do this. everyone on here "saying you should" is fucking with you. like when i said i just squeeze the thc right outta the roots into my mouth, i was kidding. roots dont contain thc and if they do it is in trace amounts. this whole fucking concept is fucking retarded. so get you fuckin panties out of a bunch and stop asking for a legit reason to boil you fucking roots.
laserbrn
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Just as worthless as any other explanation. Not founded on anything, no details, not particularly relevant.
laserbrn
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I did however find this interesting read that supports the theory, but still does not go in depth into experiments or the validity of the statement:
Boiling attached Cannabis roots after harvesting whole plants, but before drying, is an interesting technique. Origi nally it was thought by cultivators that boiling the roots would force resins to the floral clusters. In actuality, there are very few resins within the vascular system of the plant and most of the resins have been secreted in the heads of glandular trichomes. Once resins are secreted they are no longer water-soluble and are not part of the vascular system. As a result, neither boiling nor any other process will move resins and cannabinoids around the plant. However, boiling the roots does lengthen the drying time of the whole plant. Boiling the roots shocks the stomata of the leaves and forces them to close immediately; less water vapor is allowed to escape and the floral clusters dry more slowly. If the leaves are left intact when drying, the water evaporates through the leaves instead of through the flowers.
gangjababy
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That sounds like a load of shit, let your soil dry out before harvest and keep your temp in the high 70's and there will be no mold.I Have read before the whole purpose of boiling the roots has nothing to do with thc, The whole purpose of imidiately boiling the roots after you take them out of the ground and please excuse my choice of words for iam still a newb and i was a even greater newb when i came across that article so dont criticize me im just putting in my 2 cents. The process of boiling the roots stresses the pores in the bud to close up only enabling water to exit through the leaves and stems therefor reducing chance of mold longating and producing a nice slow smoth dry ready for cure. IF this was to be so, now that i know more of what i knew then all i have to say is that the appeal of the bud is diminished due to how curing bud highly increases your buds apeal since after curing more resin glands tend to extract themselfs from the bud. But if bud appeal isint your greatest concern there you go
laserbrn
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Jorge Cervantes says it's "crazy" to boil your roots upon harvest.
laserbrn
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Nah, I don't buy any of it. I think it's malarky.I wonder if grape seeds move up from the roots into the grapes
Lazerb, so, would you say it may have advantages for curing in dryer areas?
I was just giving some credit to the statement earlier about the stomato pores and theory that it could help. Personally, I think it's bullshit.
floridasucks
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i wish my parents told me how to grow...
Cannibustible
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i think i did boil the roots of the plants i grew the year my parents told me to do so. never smoked any of it, id have to ask the fahj. as for calling that explanation worthless as any other statement is ignorant as shit. like amc gin said its the only post that gives a non technical explanation which is easy to understand, that DOESNT't have anything to do with thc, its all about the curing process. stop raggin on people for given a valid post. i quote "please excuse my choice of words for iam still a newb and i was a even greater newb when i came across that article so dont criticize me im just putting in my 2 cents", i personally think it makes alot of cents (haha). call me a dumbass, i made this thread
laserbrn
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I didn't rag on it until someone came along and stated that it was a GOOD explanation. It's not a GOOD explanation. The poster never claimed it was good so I wasn't raggin' him. I'm raggin' on someone that believes that the explanation is good or somehow lends merit to the claim that boiling the roots is beneficial. No evidence, hardly a theory, vaguely recollected from an old article is hardly a GOOD explanation.
But this is a pointless topic, if you want to boil your roots for some reason, go for it.
If you want to try it with half your harvest and compare that too is your prerogative, if the results turn out and you post them here that would be considered evidence. Bring forth some information as to WHY it would be beneficial, some information as to WHY the pores would close and proof that this has benefical results would be interesting. Otherwise, I'll go ahead and consider it malarky.
Cannibustible
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i guess ill be doing that for this seasons outdoor, won't be a while til evidence comes from me.
laserbrn
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you guys think this thread is about boiling the roots and the possible benefits of doing so. Really it's just a place for non-delusional people to laugh at those that believe that birth control pills make plants females and all other sorts of nonsense.
I have actually added to this discussion, you are just too stuck in your ways to see it. Rather than sit around and theorize about garbage, try it. If you see a noticeable gain in potency, taste, smoke, overall cure or anything else substantial, by all means I would love to sit and theorize as to WHY this happening.
Right now you are theorizing about something that many have tried and the more experienced have found it's not valuable. If Jorge Cervantes has tried it and it says it doesn't work and if you google it and search you'll find many other discussions, many more threads, and a whole lot of the same garbage. No one has any proof that it does work or that it's beneficial.
Why not work on another area of your growing where others have seen gains rather than try to prove something yer pappy told you that was completely unfounded and based on the myth that you would be "foceing the THC to the buds"
420weedman
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alright, ill boil my roots from now on ... thanks 
Cannibustible
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i've never encouraged the idea that this method forces thc to the buds, this thread just got straight ignorant. it was good while it lasted.
floridasucks
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hahahahahaaha... yes we have finally reached page 30!!!!!
anthony6216
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I knew a older lady who grew medical and with all six of her plants she would boil the roots then hang them to dry and was all outdoor too. I have to say of all the years smoking and growing pot it is still to this day some of the best pot.(not saying boiling the roots is the cause)
Peace and 1love,
anthony
Peace and 1love,
anthony