WTF is up with this 'fade"?

obijohn

obijohn

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Never heard it in conjunction with cannabis leaves anywhere but here, and just in the past few months. Wouldn't the usual term 'yellowing' be more accurate?

I dunno, just seems like an odd word to use for yellowing leaves
 
Gotta go with bk on this one

People watching too much YouTube and social media for their grow tips.

For all intents and purposes, "fade" be it occurring naturally thru senescence or prompted by flushing or whatever, is only for bag appeal and IMO has no beneficial impact on anything else.
 
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The fade is something old growers coined.. mainly the oldschool gorilla growers.. they would want some yellowing along with other colors during the early - mid fall so their gardens didnt stand out as much.. but the fade or yellow indoors isnt a desirable thing for most growers .. indoor or out exspecailly now in the legal states.. some new and old growers look for fade as a sign the plant is being flushed which the whole leeching and flushing thing has been put to bed for years now as something thats not necissary ..
 
A small amount of fading due to senescence can be normal and is not necessarily a bad thing, particularly when grown outdoors with cold temps in the fall. But it is not something to strive for. There is no need for flushing in a healthy plant.
 
If the plant doesn't fade it's loaded with nutrients at harvest and you end up with BLACK ash and melted nutrients dripping out of your pipe. The fade removes all traces of fertilizer from the buds leaving you with white ash and crystal clear glass pipes because there are no melted nutrients to coat the glass. In a perfect world all cannabis plants will be completely yellow at harvest with most of the leaves having fallen off.

To achieve a proper fade you need to stop feeding just a few weeks into flower because you don't want anymore nutrients going to the flowers. Let the plant cannibalize itself. Green leaves are bad. Photosynthesis and plant nutrition does not apply to cannabis because cannabis is a super special plant. Cannabis does not need nutrition or photosynthesis to create the best yields. Starving a cannabis plant makes it better.

One should always remember to flush early and often to induce the fade. Without the fade your weed is going to be pure nutrient tasting garbage. Just the other day I was over at an acquaintances residence and they offered me some of their weed to smoke. I took one hit and BAM! I could definitely taste the calcium nitrate. There were hints of monopotassium phosphate but it was subtle. I also got a hint of potassium sulfate. They used a kelp additive so it had the smell of the sea. I closed my eyes and it was like standing on a beach. I could even hear the Seagulls.
 
xtsho said:
If the plant doesn't fade it's loaded with nutrients at harvest and you end up with BLACK ash and melted nutrients dripping out of your pipe. The fade removes all traces of fertilizer from the buds leaving you with white ash and crystal clear glass pipes because there are no melted nutrients to coat the glass. In a perfect world all cannabis plants will be completely yellow at harvest with most of the leaves having fallen off.

To achieve a proper fade you need to stop feeding just a few weeks into flower because you don't want anymore nutrients going to the flowers. Let the plant cannibalize itself. Green leaves are bad. Photosynthesis and plant nutrition does not apply to cannabis because cannabis is a super special plant. Cannabis does not need nutrition or photosynthesis to create the best yields. Starving a cannabis plant makes it better.

One should always remember to flush early and often to induce the fade. Without the fade your weed is going to be pure nutrient tasting garbage. Just the other day I was over at an acquaintances residence and they offered me some of their weed to smoke. I took one hit and BAM! I could definitely taste the calcium nitrate. There were hints of monopotassium phosphate but it was subtle. I also got a hint of potassium sulfate. They used a kelp additive so it had the smell of the sea. I closed my eyes and it was like standing on a beach. I could even hear the Seagulls.
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