Natural Cannabis Death Cycle. (An imperfect test)

.Smoke

.Smoke

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I'm not perfect.
Not the best grower.
I have 11 months experience and don't have the best equipment.

But,
If you check the link in my signature, you'll see what I am currently running. (3.2kW HPS for 2 tents. 2.6kW dedicated to flower)

None of my equipment matters for this really. What does is my (luckily) available space, and my patience (thanks U.S. Airforce).

Long and short now.

I'm going to grow a plant out. (Don't know which yet...) but I will be taking a clone from her.

First plant will be harvested when we most would do so. (Aka... when she's "done").

The clone..

[Sacrificial Clone #1]
(SC1)

will be grown out...
FULL CYCLE/NO HARVEST.

I've seen a lot of comments about how no one has seen someone "wait to long " to harvest..aka...."another week", so I figured I'd give it a shot and murder some of these for the sake of science to see what happens to trichome and overall plant breakdown during the death cycle. I don't know anything about this part of the life cycle process, so I figured there's only one way to find out...

I guess let the games begin.

I will update the post when the first clone is up for sacrifice... and will be utilizing the best of my abilities to make this a somewhat "sterile" test as much as my abilities allow me too.

I'm going to try to keep this as "clinical" from this point as possible.

All questions/suggestions/comments are welcomed! Let's just try to keep it research based.
 
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4ftRoots

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Super interesting idea. How are you going to simulate the death cycle? Just let it go until it is brown?

It might be cool to have ever decreasing light on cycles and maybe drop temp as well.

I don't know for sure, but I don't think cannabis will just up and die. Will plants will grow forever as long as conditions are favorable? I mean i've had a tomato plant that I transplant indoor and out each year and it is still kicking.
 
weedstoner420

weedstoner420

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There was a journal on here a few years ago you might want to check out - https://www.rollitup.org/t/pure-shoreline-acapulco-grow-and-seeding.943663/

It's a winding road to say the least, but there's some discussion about the effects of letting a plant actually finish its life cycle. @OLD MOTHER SATIVA posted some pics and a smoke report around page 37 or 38.

This is something I'd like to try as well at some point, but for now I'm just trying to master keeping plants alive long enough to harvest, before I try to keep them going for an extra three months...
 
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LinguaPeel

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Prediction:

A plant grown in hydro will embody the Hollywood trope seen in The Last Crusade when the dude drinks from the wrong cup.

A plant grown biologically will take on a godlike character, youll be afraid to consume it because it might reveal universal secrets.
 
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Alabamasf

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I think this is a great idea. Im going to keep up with this because id really like to know just how much "better" your bud will be if you let it go "just one more week". Once you've made your mind up that its in its prime ready to chop....??? Wait a minute would it be better in just a couple more days? Youll never know.
Try to keep us informed periodically with pics as to compare health, size and over all growing conditions and quality being somewhat equal .
 
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Alabamasf

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4ftRoots said:
Super interesting idea. How are you going to simulate the death cycle? Just let it go until it is brown?

It might be cool to have ever decreasing light on cycles and maybe drop temp as well.

I don't know for sure, but I don't think cannabis will just up and die. Will plants will grow forever as long as conditions are favorable? I mean i've had a tomato plant that I transplant indoor and out each year and it is still kicking.
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As far as i know a marijuana plant wont keep going on forever, like your tomato plant. Once you turn the lights to 12/12 ( even in the most favorable conditions) its days are surely numbered. Now i have heard of nurseries keeping a mother plant for many years ( 4 or more, never seen it myself though so im not sure) but i dont know how long it really would last
 
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conor c

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Alabamasf said:
As far as i know a marijuana plant wont keep going on forever, like your tomato plant. Once you turn the lights to 12/12 ( even in the most favorable conditions) its days are surely numbered. Now i have heard of nurseries keeping a mother plant for many years ( 4 or more, never seen it myself though so im not sure) but i dont know how long it really would last
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I predict high cbn so a nice sleepy high in the finished product
 
DankWilliamsSr

DankWilliamsSr

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So your going to keep the light cycle at 12/12? Or do what nature does and extend the light come spring, I could imagine an outdoor plant in a mild climate(none or mild freezes) eventually re-vegging the next spring.
 
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T macc

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Rhodelization is something you might witness. Leaving a plant on 12/12, I suspect it would just slowly die. If rhodelization comes, then you may get some fem seeds

A plant can be cloned and kept alive for a very long time. Chemdawg has been around since the early 90s. "The one" has been around since the 70s. There's another one that I think is older than that, I cant remember the name but I was thinking of it the other day. Maybe the romulan clone (Joe's cut).
 
TreeFarmerCharlie

TreeFarmerCharlie

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DankWilliamsSr said:
So your going to keep the light cycle at 12/12? Or do what nature does and extend the light come spring, I could imagine an outdoor plant in a mild climate(none or mild freezes) eventually re-vegging the next spring.
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Ed Rosenthal (and other growers) have kept plants alive, post harvest, to reveg and flower a second time. It does work, but Ed wrote in his latest book that the yield of the second harvest is smaller, and the quality isn't as high as the first harvest.
 
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hexthat

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I let the majority of my wedding cake finish up and die. It was not as good as weed I pulled early from the same plant. I do this every year on outdoor crops. One year I didnt harvest a sativa until february, it didn't make it any better but in most cases if you can't trim everything then just leave it on the plant until you can.
 
DankWilliamsSr

DankWilliamsSr

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hexthat said:
I let the majority of my wedding cake finish up and die. It was not as good as weed I pulled early from the same plant. I do this every year on outdoor crops. One year I didnt harvest a sativa until february, it didn't make it any better but in most cases if you can't trim everything then just leave it on the plant until you can.
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Yeah, the cake I grew last year didn't Finnish until December. Ill never do that strain again, super good weed, just took so long to finish
 
DankWilliamsSr

DankWilliamsSr

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TreeFarmerCharlie said:
Ed Rosenthal (and other growers) have kept plants alive, post harvest, to reveg and flower a second time. It does work, but Ed wrote in his latest book that the yield of the second harvest is smaller, and the quality isn't as high as the first harvest.
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Was he doing that outside or in?
 
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P10p

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weedstoner420 said:
There was a journal on here a few years ago you might want to check out - https://www.rollitup.org/t/pure-shoreline-acapulco-grow-and-seeding.943663/

It's a winding road to say the least, but there's some discussion about the effects of letting a plant actually finish its life cycle. @OLD MOTHER SATIVA posted some pics and a smoke report around page 37 or 38.

This is something I'd like to try as well at some point, but for now I'm just trying to master keeping plants alive long enough to harvest, before I try to keep them going for an extra three months...
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Had to stop reading, this guy rambles non stop lol
 
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