Drying a plant with the roots

Madrigal

Madrigal

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Okay, so as I've explained before, I'm new at this although I've had a couple of big indoor gardens (a few dozen plants). So, new, but not a virgin.

Anyway, I was just hearing from a hippie acquaintance in Bolivia with a grow shop and large basement grow-room, and she says that when it's time to harvest, you should never let the plant know that you're killing it. She says that it will affect the trichomes, that more of them will rust. Like the plant has a "reaction".

So she says you have to pull the plant out of the pot - roots, dirt and all - and just wash the dirt off the roots. once it is clean, you hang it upside down for it to dry with the roots on.

Hippie mumbo-jumbo or is there something to it?
 
Indacouch

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Madrigal said:
Okay, so as I've explained before, I'm new at this although I've had a couple of big indoor gardens (a few dozen plants). So, new, but not a virgin.

Anyway, I was just hearing from a hippie acquaintance in Bolivia with a grow shop and large basement grow-room, and she says that when it's time to harvest, you should never let the plant know that you're killing it. She says that it will affect the trichomes, that more of them will rust. Like the plant has a "reaction".

So she says you have to pull the plant out of the pot - roots, dirt and all - and just wash the dirt off the roots. once it is clean, you hang it upside down for it to dry with the roots on.

Hippie mumbo-jumbo or is there something to it?
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Yeah because yanking the plant out of it's home/soil doesn't say I'm guna kill you like a pair of bolt cutters .......so your hippy friend thinks torturing the plant to death is the way to go Hugh ........if I were you id stay on your hippy friends good side ....and if she's hot,,id try to bone for sure if I were you ......she seems freaky with these ideas......but IMO mumbo jumbo pothead theories at it's finest .....entertaining none the less
 
chemphlegm

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I kill mine at the precise moment she tells me she is ready, she wants me too, its the whole point. She watches for a couple months while weekly several of her room mates are chopped down without warning. They line up for the event, the ones closest to the door, under the MH are so anxious to be chopped they reach out to me every time I enter the room
 
Madrigal

Madrigal

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Indacouch said:
Yeah because yanking the plant out of it's home/soil doesn't say I'm guna kill you like a pair of bolt cutters .......so your hippy friend thinks torturing the plant to death is the way to go Hugh ........if I were you id stay on your hippy friends good side ....and if she's hot,,id try to bone for sure if I were you ......she seems freaky with these ideas......but IMO mumbo jumbo pothead theories at it's finest .....entertaining none the less
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ROFL.

First, I am a straight woman.

Second, all I'm wondering is whether trics change at a different pace when the plant is chopped vs. allowed to dry out with it being "none the wiser", according to my hippie acquaintance. Intuitively this does seem like mumbo-jumbo but if the plant has a strong reaction to being chopped, that doesn't sound too crazy either? It's too bad I don't have two plants right now to test the theory.
 
Tangerine_

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Madrigal said:
ROFL.

First, I am a straight woman.

Second, all I'm wondering is whether trics change at a different pace when the plant is chopped vs. allowed to dry out with it being "none the wiser", according to my hippie acquaintance. Intuitively this does seem like mumbo-jumbo but if the plant has a strong reaction to being chopped, that doesn't sound too crazy either? It's too bad I don't have two plants right now to test the theory.
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Roots left on the plant sound messy. Personally, I chop mine while dark, before lights on. I only trim large fans, chop and hang the whole plant. I find most wet trimmed to have a similar wet hay smell. And I've seen people butcher plants down and they dry too quick leaving them lacking in nose. If you want to get a second opinion on this, hit up @RM3. I believe his theory is, the quicker the roots lose oxygen the better. He has some unorthodox ways but he does back it with science, (the degradations of plant sugars/curing, etc) along with plenty of macro pics, as well as reports from other highly regarded members who endorse him. Personally, I don't have the time to implement his methods in my grows but I do plan to give it a try at some point.
IME, trimchomes degrade...how quickly is often dependent on the growers ability to harvest correctly.
 
Indacouch

Indacouch

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Madrigal said:
ROFL.

First, I am a straight woman.

Second, all I'm wondering is whether trics change at a different pace when the plant is chopped vs. allowed to dry out with it being "none the wiser", according to my hippie acquaintance. Intuitively this does seem like mumbo-jumbo but if the plant has a strong reaction to being chopped, that doesn't sound too crazy either? It's too bad I don't have two plants right now to test the theory.
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Another female member on Riu ....that's even crazier than the leaving roots on thingy ma bob your talking about .......if you did do a side by side and your hippie friends theory was even remotely not mumbo jumbo .....what would you expect the difference to be ......and you can still have sex with her .....lesbians are a real thing these days ......jk


At least your a good sport and didn't get butthurt by a little humor .....further confirming you probably are a women .....because a new dude would most likely take offense to my first response and throw a fit ....which is still ok and very ammusing for the rest of us ....


Welcome to the nut house
 
woodsyn2o

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that would kinda defeat the keeping a dry grow at the end i like to starve them of water at the end. or by then would it be to late any way? i cant see my self washing roots off haha
 
Madrigal

Madrigal

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Tangerine_ said:
Roots left on the plant sound messy. Personally, I chop mine while dark, before lights on. I only trim large fans, chop and hang the whole plant. I find most wet trimmed to have a similar wet hay smell. And I've seen people butcher plants down and they dry too quick leaving them lacking in nose. If you want to get a second opinion on this, hit up @RM3. I believe his theory is, the quicker the roots lose oxygen the better. He has some unorthodox ways but he does back it with science, (the degradations of plant sugars/curing, etc) along with plenty of macro pics, as well as reports from other highly regarded members who endorse him. Personally, I don't have the time to implement his methods in my grows but I do plan to give it a try at some point.
IME, trimchomes degrade...how quickly is often dependent on the growers ability to harvest correctly.
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Thanks. Perhaps I will check RM3's post a bit later, when I'm closer to cutting.

Indacouch said:
Another female member on Riu ....that's even crazier than the leaving roots on thingy ma bob your talking about
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I think you meant to say "another female on the internet".

Yeah, it's a little locker-roomish in here (like, someone actually posted an anus in the hot chicks thread :shock:), but I like this forum more than the other MJ ones I briefly tried.

whitebb2727 said:
Just chop it.

Never heard the rust thing. The normal myth is to hang roots and all upside down so the runs from the roots into the plants. Lol.

Chop right before lights come on. Terpenes (smell) will be at its highest and starches will be in the root zone (smoother smoke).
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So I guess there would be more starch in the plant if I leave the roots on when drying? I am starting to think it would be a less-than-harmless idea.

Thanks for the feedback.
 
whitebb2727

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Madrigal said:
Thanks. Perhaps I will check RM3's post a bit later, when I'm closer to cutting.



I think you meant to say "another female on the internet".



Yeah, it's a little locker-roomish in here (like, someone actually posted an anus in the hot chicks thread :shock:), but I like this forum more than the other MJ ones I briefly tried.



So I guess there would be more starch in the plant if I leave the roots on when drying? I am starting to think it would be a less-than-harmless idea.

Thanks for the feedback.
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It is locker roomish here. The humor can get morbid and strange here. You will get based a bit if people like you.

I would chop unless doing the boiling root thing.

Sever reasons to chop. Its and add to hang a whole plant. If you cut and hang the whole thing you have to trim the whole thing. If you chop half the plant you trim half the plant.

That brings me to my next point, I harvest in stages. I allow the lower buds a bit longer to mature a bit more.

It is easier to handle through the whole process if you chop and hang the limbs separate.
 
Tangerine_

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whitebb2727 said:
It is locker roomish here. The humor can get morbid and strange here. You will get based a bit if people like you.

I would chop unless doing the boiling root thing.

Sever reasons to chop. Its and add to hang a whole plant. If you cut and hang the whole thing you have to trim the whole thing. If you chop half the plant you trim half the plant.

That brings me to my next point, I harvest in stages. I allow the lower buds a bit longer to mature a bit more.

It is easier to handle through the whole process if you chop and hang the limbs separate.
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Thats a good point...especially with really large plants. Most of mine get no larger than 3ft unless grown from seed. I should've added that my process is completely strain and season dependent. Right now, its quite cold here and I'm still burning wood so I hang the whole plant due to extremely low humidity. Come summer, I break them down into branches but still dry trim the final product. At the very most, I'll "tip trim" before hanging.

Have you tried RM3s boiling/ice water method?
 
Tangerine_

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RE: the locker room talk. Its all in good fun...most of the time.

I see more meltdowns from the men here than the women. o_O

IMO, there are 2 types of female growers here. If you've ever worked in a male dominated environment (construction, etc) you'll know what I mean. I'll just leave it at that. :P
 
boilingoil

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Hell. the us old hippies from back in the 60's and 70's used to pull plants whole, wash the dirt off the roots and wrap them in old towels soaked with sugar water and hang to dry for 2 weeks. There is a lot more knowledge today than there was back then.
 
Creature1969

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I wonder how much we'd have to raise in a Kickstarter campaign to get a MythBusters "Cannabis Edition" to dispel all the B.S.?

I saw a question on another forum the other day where a dude was asking if pee from a woman would make female plants because of estrogen in the pee. lmfao for hours at that one.
 
WeedFreak78

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Cutting the plant will form an embolism in the stem stopping fluid transfer, starting drying almost immediately. Leaving the roots, it might take a couple days before it stops moving fluid from the roots through the plant. I could see it maybe being beneficial in dry environments to slow drying, but no other real benefits. Cut a branch, hang the rest with roots, see what happens.
 
vostok

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Madrigal said:
Okay, so as I've explained before, I'm new at this although I've had a couple of big indoor gardens (a few dozen plants). So, new, but not a virgin.

Anyway, I was just hearing from a hippie acquaintance in Bolivia with a grow shop and large basement grow-room, and she says that when it's time to harvest, you should never let the plant know that you're killing it. She says that it will affect the trichomes, that more of them will rust. Like the plant has a "reaction".

So she says you have to pull the plant out of the pot - roots, dirt and all - and just wash the dirt off the roots. once it is clean, you hang it upside down for it to dry with the roots on.

Hippie mumbo-jumbo or is there something to it?
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A similar thread on ICMAG years ago

recommended grinding up the roots to powder form

adding to food

to get really high

it was a very popular post ..

..but

Someone had to just point out that theirs none to zero THC/CBN/CND/etc in the roots


I got booted for that ..facepalm!

I'm anthro-morphic as such I take a sentient approach to life

but draw the line at calling others/objects names

good luck
 
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