sugar plants

[coldme]

hey a guy I know had some kind smoke and the buds looked like they was rolled in sugar it had so much crystals on it I was thinking that he started feeding the plants sweetener thru veg and flower to make them look that way if any one knows please let me know oh another question does the potency weaken if you were to take a clone from each clone you grow u know like from clone to clone

 

[jesus of Cannabis]

some people do roll their buds in sugar to make them look better, but yes you can add any number of OTC nutes to sweeten her up or you can get a $2 bottle of molasses syrup, non sulfured and use 1 tablespoon per gallon.
some say potency decreases with every generation while others say that it stays the same. I have gone to 3 generations and gotten exactly what i expected

 

[coldme]

i think olasses make the leaves fall offi use a sweet necter gh sweetner

some people do roll their buds in sugar to make them look better, but yes you can add any number of OTC nutes to sweeten her up or you can get a $2 bottle of molasses syrup, non sulfured and use 1 tablespoon per gallon.
some say potency decreases with every generation while others say that it stays the same. I have gone to 3 generations and gotten exactly what i expected

 

[cannawizard]

i think olasses make the leaves fall offi use a sweet necter gh sweetner

*eeerrr.. Wrong. molasses does not make your leaves fall off.. just your teeth

 

[Carl Spackler]

*eeerrr.. Wrong. molasses does not make your leaves fall off.. just your teeth

Nor does it make your buds "sweeter", this is a common myth. People often equate what they feed the plant with what it will either taste like or, how "sugary" the bud will be. The truth is the plants do not convert complex carbohydrates in to even more complex carbohydrates in the flowers. There are some indirect benefits to feeding the soil with these products but they largely feed the microorganisms that live in the soil. This simply allows the plants to make more efficient use of the macro/micro nutrients that are either already present or, added as a amendment later. If the flowers did contain large amounts of these carbohydrates it would likely make it difficult, if not impossible to smoke. Anyone that has put a sweet, mollases-based BBQ sauces on their carefully prepared chicken,ribs etc. too early can easily make that association...it burns leaving a charred mess. Don't confuse natural resins (the carrier for THC and CBD's) with something you added that is sticky or sweet.

 

[cannawizard]

Nor does it make your buds "sweeter", this is a common myth. People often equate what they feed the plant with what it will either taste like or, how "sugary" the bud will be. The truth is the plants do not convert complex carbohydrates in to even more complex carbohydrates in the flowers. There are some indirect benefits to feeding the soil with these products but they largely feed the microorganisms that live in the soil. This simply allows the plants to make more efficient use of the macro/micro nutrients that are either already present or, added as a amendment later. If the flowers did contain large amounts of these carbohydrates it would likely make it difficult, if not impossible to smoke. Anyone that has put a sweet, mollases-based BBQ sauces on their carefully prepared chicken,ribs etc. too early can easily make that association...it burns leaving a charred mess. Don't confuse natural resins (the carrier for THC and CBD's) with something you added that is sticky or sweet.

*there goes my dreams of making cannabis taste like chicken.. sigh