What's the worst broscience you've heard?

[DonnyDee]

So I think we're all aware that a lot of bullshit broscience gets spewed about growing - from the blurple schtick to sticking copper through stems. I read some stuff today that's just been the straw on the camel's back and I'd love to share it with RIU.

Some pollen chucker is trying to sell seeds locally, this is what he's said when I asked about the lineage of seeds he's trying to sell.

Amnesia Haze. Really tried my best to keep the "base genetics" of the plant but unfortunately with all the grafts, splicing, self-pollination and ultimately stabilizing the pheno through "A-sexual" crossing... however... will post the genetics she's been bred with

So it's an Amnesia Haze S1? Did you induce pollen production or let it occur naturally?

I did induce pollen production with the sub-strains that if spliced with "Amnesia Haze" yes but to stabilize or rather lock in all the genes that you worked into the "base genetics", you will have to make sure you kept the "gene pool" alive cause once you've added which or whatever genetics you wanted from your strains of choice, you will still need a plant that has all of the genetics in order to induce pollination after which you will use this pollen to pollinate your "base genetic" with as well as with your "gene pool"... THEN, germinate the beans when they are ready (making sure you know which genetics are from which plant... proceed with "A-sexual" propagation and select the best male and female from each plant separately then you repeat the graft and splicing like before but this time round you splice together the "base genetic" male with that of a male you selected from the "gene pool genetics" you collected.

Do the same with two females and grow until they matured to be inbred... when you get the seeds from this grow, plant as many as what you can as you will clearly see the only difference that is visible is the sex of the plants... note though, if you are gonna work with genetics which have not been stabilized, your setting yourself up for a lot of shit and hard work for fuck all...

What's the craziest bullshit you've heard, bonus points if the guy was trying to make cash out of it!

 

[mackdx]

bonus points if the guy was trying to make cash outof it!

Three a Light for the win.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

the craziest, most persistent bro science out there is "flushing".....made up by nutrient companies to sell more useless products to suckers....and perpetuated by the ignorant masses.....it's like someone told them that getting herpes was a good idea, and now, it's just common knowledge that getting herpes is a good idea......because....

 

[Observe & Report]

this whole site is broscience, bro

do you even grow?

 

[mackdx]

this whole site is broscience, bro

You win.

 

[Observe & Report]

my current favorite are the winos and tasting room staff who gush about biodynamic vineyards, they actually say "it's more organic than organic" lol

 

[waterproof808]

-white ash = flushed
-"Beyond organic" (whatever TF that means),
-people getting excited about pin mold forming when they put bokashi/oatmeal on top of their soil.
-brewing mycorrhizae in teas.
-growers that talk about flat earth

 

[Observe & Report]

that fade = your plant is starving

 

[youraveragehorticulturist]

Forum fuzzy idea
- keep plants in the dark for 24-72 hours before chop for higher THC % and dankness.

Bro Science B.S.
-in the dark the plants thinks it's dying so it puts all its final energy right into the buds.

Real Talk
- terpenes develop in the night. Some are burned off during the day by hot lights. Time in the dark allows the terps time to develop and pile up without being destroyed by heat.

 

[DonnyDee]

Real Talk
- terpenes develop in the night. Some are burned off during the day by hot lights. Time in the dark allows the terps time to develop and pile up without being destroyed by heat.

So there's actual benefit to lowering temps late in flower?

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Forum fuzzy idea
- keep plants in the dark for 24-72 hours before chop for higher THC % and dankness.

Bro Science B.S.
-in the dark the plants thinks it's dying so it puts all its final energy right into the buds.

Real Talk
- terpenes develop in the night. Some are burned off during the day by hot lights. Time in the dark allows the terps time to develop and pile up without being destroyed by heat.

those are very volatile terps that form, and will "evaporate" as the plant goes through drying and curing. wasted effort for a temporary benefit, imo

 

[youraveragehorticulturist]

That's fun and interesting! I didn't think about that, but it seems pretty legit. Super volatile terpenes, so volatile that they'll evaporate anyway.

How about,

Fuzzy Idea
-Water with epsom salt at the end for extra taste/smell via magnesium and sulfur.

Bro Science
- your healthy plant already has magnesium and sulfur. Adding more will have not have some super potency effect.

Real talk
- I grow in soil and the soil gets sucked out and depleted by the end. Maybe there is no good stuff left so Epsom salt is providing Some Mg/S (not extra) to my poor plants.

 

[DonnyDee]

@youraveragehorticulturist I like your format!!!

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

That's fun and interesting! I didn't think about that, but it seems pretty legit. Super volatile terpenes, so volatile that they'll evaporate anyway.

How about,

Fuzzy Idea
-Water with epsom salt at the end for extra taste/smell via magnesium and sulfur.

Bro Science
- your healthy plant already has magnesium and sulfur. Adding more will have not have some super potency effect.

Real talk
- I grow in soil and the soil gets sucked out and depleted by the end. Maybe there is no good stuff left so Epsom salt is providing Some Mg/S (not extra) to my poor plants.

that's quite possible. you could also periodically top dress lightly with a little epsom salts as you go along, and not be so depleted at the end that you need to foliar feed it. my only concern about foliar feeding in flower is possible overspray on buds.don't imagine it could taste too good

 

[rockethoe]

-brewing mycorrhizae in teas.

what do you see as the problem with teas?

 

[grilledcheese101]

-white ash = flushed
-"Beyond organic" (whatever TF that means),
-people getting excited about pin mold forming when they put bokashi/oatmeal on top of their soil.
-brewing mycorrhizae in teas.
-growers that talk about flat earth

My ciggarettes ash white man they must be organic and well flushed

 

[waterproof808]

what do you see as the problem with teas?

There is no problem with teas, but putting mycorrhizae in a tea is a total waste of money. It will not multiply in a bucket with an airstone and some molasses, it actually would probably be detrimental to the myco. Mycorrhizae needs ROOTS to grow...it forms a symbiotic relationship with the roots of a plant. Other microbes will multiply in teas but not mycorrhizae.

 

[waterproof808]

My ciggarettes ash white man they must be organic and well flushed

I made a meme of this once.

 

[SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe]

the craziest, most persistent bro science out there is "flushing".....made up by nutrient companies to sell more useless products to suckers....and perpetuated by the ignorant masses.....it's like someone told them that getting herpes was a good idea, and now, it's just common knowledge that getting herpes is a good idea......because....

Lmfao, that's some funny shit!

 

[DonnyDee]

Man made nutrients will never be as good as organic!