Do dehumidifiers decrease plant potency?

jungsheezy · Jan 2, 2009

Someone told me that alot of the THC is held in the liquid inside the plant. If this is true, if you put a dehumidifier by the plant, would it decrease potency? I know that the moisture in the air would cause mold and make photosynthesis harder. What is your opinion? Also has anyone found a better low cost dehumidifier than this one which can be payed for with a credit card? :?:

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smppro · Jan 2, 2009

Never listen to anything that person tell you again, he probably also told you to hang the plant upside down so all the THC drains to the buds. Thats a pretty cheap little dehumdifier, never seen that, looks cool

jungsheezy · Jan 3, 2009

HAHAHA, it wasnt one person who told me all the stuff. It was different people. But, thanks for your reply. One person I knew who was a thief and very mean said he hung his plants upside down, I dont know if it was true though because I never saw them.

topfuel29 · Jan 3, 2009

jungsheezy said:
Someone told me that alot of the THC is held in the liquid inside the plant. If this is true, if you put a dehumidifier by the plant, would it decrease potency? I know that the moisture in the air would cause mold and make photosynthesis harder. What is your opinion? Also has anyone found a better low cost dehumidifier than this one which can be payed for with a credit card? http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Mini-Clost-...ryZ79621QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The plant is loaded with cannabinoids. all different compounds of it.
From what I've researched THC is produced in the trichomes. What you get high off of before the plant produces THC is cannabidiol.
The de-humidifier might work for this reason: The trichomes are there to protect the seed brac. The whole purpose of the plant is to reproduce. Thats all. It makes THC to protect it's self. (imo) From what? probly
inscets and animals that like tasty flowering plants. The trichomes have the THC in them. The Trichomes are there to protect the plant too. From what? Tranpiration, UV, Heat... What are the ways to make more trichomes? I've read that a lower humidity makes more potent smoke.
Why? probly because of the tranpiration. It's not accurate to say that Low humidty makes more THC, but Low Humidity makes more Trichomes. That protect the plant from transpiration, and in turn make THC in each of those trichomes. What you have at the end is more THC. You'd have to do some research, and find out what strain to use in the first place.

SlikWiLL13 · Jan 3, 2009

ive read that lower humidity and temps in late flower make the plant protect itself by producing more resin. my plants get frostier in the winter when my rooms temp and humidity is down signifigantly, so my answer is no i think quite the oppisite.

jungsheezy · Jan 3, 2009

topfuel29 said:
The plant is loaded with cannabinoids. all different compounds of it.
From what I've researched THC is produced in the trichomes. What you get high off of before the plant produces THC is cannabidiol.
The de-humidifier might work for this reason: The trichomes are there to protect the seed brac. The whole purpose of the plant is to reproduce. Thats all. It makes THC to protect it's self. (imo) From what? probly
inscets and animals that like tasty flowering plants. The trichomes have the THC in them. The Trichomes are there to protect the plant too. From what? Tranpiration, UV, Heat... What are the ways to make more trichomes? I've read that a lower humidity makes more potent smoke.
Why? probly because of the tranpiration. It's not accurate to say that Low humidty makes more THC, but Low Humidity makes more Trichomes. That protect the plant from transpiration, and in turn make THC in each of those trichomes. What you have at the end is more THC. You'd have to do some research, and find out what strain to use in the first place.

I was going to use Alaskan Ice (greenhouse seeds), and probably Swazi (Nirvana).

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