Can anyone elaborate on the decrease in water uptake towards harvest time

[Rickypsimer]

With some recent research I've discovered that once a plant is ready for harvest it will stop up taking water if somebody could explain this a little further to me or give me a link where I can research a little further that would be awesome but I have noticed that my power plant from Dutch seeds in northern lights have greatly decreased the amount of water they've uptake and the Coco coir which is usually drying one or two days is remaining wet so I believe I'm close to harvest and I am looking at trichomes I believe I have a few foxtails leading me to leave them a little longer than maybe I should but I'm only on day 50 of flowering gonna wait a week and start my flush now just to remove any built-up salts in the medium and not the buds themselves I've recently learned that flushing is myth in the since that it's not removing anything from the buds them selves but from the leaves and medium

 

[bk78]

Those plants are still weeks away and should be drinking lots at this stage yet.

 

[rkymtnman]

^^^^^ this.

i'm guessing you are feeding too strong at the end causing nute lockout and less water uptake. i generally cut my feeds in half towards the last few weeks.

try a 24 hr flush with much lighter nutes and see if that kick starts them into drinking.

 

[OldMedUser]

Flushing removes nothing from the leaves or buds. It just reduces the amount of nutes in the media.

Coco shouldn't be allowed to dry out and does best with multiple waterings per day which is why I don't bother using coco. Drain to waste seems to be a good method for coco. I'd flush it thru with a medium level of nutes to see if that helps and don't let it get dry like you would with a peat-based media like ProMix HP which is what I use.

Have your humidity levels got higher recently? Plants drink a lot more when the RH is lower and slow down drinking at higher levels.

Looking good otherwise.

 

[kingromano]

its normal that after full flowering period the plants start to drink less often

in fact you can use a few techniques to create a positive stress on the plant to maximise terpenes production, yield ..

"crop steering"

for end bloom you will "positively stress" the plant by simulating

dry climate
colder temps
lack of nutrients ( no yellowing please)
lumens increasing
...
and
lack of water

you want to progressively increase the drybacks .. exemple: 50 % water content in stretch .. 40 % in bloom 25 % end flowering..

with rockwool and a good moisture meter ( i use the delta t sm150 T, its a professional tool) you can let the medium dry until 10 % water content with some strains. remember you never want the plant to wilt, just before you chop eventually

the last watering before chop you want the plant nearly "die on the vine"
this will put the plant in terpenes secretion mode

 

[rkymtnman]

for end bloom you will "positively stress" the plant by simulating

i would disagree. but you do what you do.
plants put on most weight during the last 2 weeks, why stress them?

 

[kingromano]

i would disagree. but you do what you do.
plants put on most weight during the last 2 weeks, why stress them?

please note the difference between postitive stress and negative stress
read what i wrote

 

[rkymtnman]

please note the difference between postitive stress and negative stress
read what i wrote

i read what you wrote. stress is adverse conditions. bro science.

 

[bk78]

please note the difference between postitive stress and negative stress
read what i wrote

Put ice on your root ball bruh and split your stalk.

packs on the trichs

 

[rkymtnman]

Put ice on your root ball bruh and split your stalk.

packs on the trichs

can't remember the dudes name on here but he boiled his root ball. lmao.

and you gotta drive nails in the stalk too, not just split it.

want more terps? sulfur
want more thc? uv

a healthy plant will fulfill it's genetic potential.

 

[kingromano]

2 ignorants that speak of what they dont know ..

 

[kingromano]

broscience sunday growers that you are

 

[bk78]

can't remember the dudes name on here but he boiled his root ball. lmao.

and you gotta drive nails in the stalk too, not just split it.

want more terps? sulfur
want more thc? uv

a healthy plant will fulfill it's genetic potential.

All while flushing 40 gallons of RO water through your medium to get those nutes out bro.

 

[bk78]

the last watering before chop you want the plant nearly "die on the vine"
this will put the plant in terpenes secretion mode

Please post a study done on this.

 

[rkymtnman]

broscience sunday growers that you are

post a link that supports any of your nonsense then. shouldn't be too hard.

 

[bk78]

post a link that supports any of your nonsense then. shouldn't be too hard.

broscience sunday growers that you are

Speaking of bro science, Sunday driver bullshit

“the last watering before chop you want the plant nearly "die on the vine"
this will put the plant in terpenes secretion mode”


Wave that white flag now as France is known for.

 

[Rickypsimer]

I personally have put nails through the stocks of my 2019 grow and I did see a significant increase in crystals/trichomes

 

[rkymtnman]

Does cutting your fan leaves in half help get rid of nute burn? I never thought to try that.

 

[bk78]

I personally have put nails through the stocks of my 2019 grow and I did see a significant increase in crystals/trichomes

Bullshit

 

[Herb & Suds]

Bullshit

Sarcasm