Age/maturity of plant = potency?

mistaphuck said:

ok your just going by "common consensus" so I wouldn't call that debunked just not a popular option.

I've had this discussion with some others who had failed to produce one shred of evidence other than they're word and insults that I am wrong in believing in this.

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obijohn said:

This is one reason that the same questions are asked repeatedly. It seems for every question there are multiple answers. Not saying you're wrong

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3lions said:

Not many people grow on a large enough scale with enough laboratory control to truly make comparisons of growth patterns in their own environment. For example, there certainly will be strains that do better in your own environment, either indoors or outdoors but how many people actually go through these traits when buying seeds in the first place? Not many percentage wise.

Unless strict controls and measuring is done then it is always a guess in reality to the potency. With yields then that is again largely dependant on strains suiting that environment but influenced by the style of grow and the growers experience and yields will almost always improve with experience.

There have been some studies recently where it has seemed initially that there is a point of diminished returns once they reach a certain size. This seems to be when plants are actually 'exceeding' their 'natural' growth potential. I find that interesting as it has been said for years that the largest buds, that seem to be a craze in some countries (advanced nutrients followers?) seem to have a lower thc content than its smaller siblings.

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gobbly said:

I think a lot of us grow to our conditions and target yields more than to every fine point of potency improvement. I personally weigh how much I think potency might be increased by how much trouble it takes to implement or how it might effect yields.

Mel Frank (who seems to be where rosenthal gets a lot of this sort of info) is a source for this. He has spent a decent amount of time testing THC/CBD levels throughout growing cycles, and certainly found some interesting things. He basically claims that final THC quantities in flowering will raise slightly with maturity up to 6-12 months at which time the final quantities will start to decline. The largest difference was between flowering an immature plant vs mature. Seemed to me that the difference (assuming you allow the plant to hit maturity which usually takes 6-8 weeks) was minimal, and not worth the 3-4 extra months you have to veg to hit that 6 month target...

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Man172 said:

I completely agree normally growing indoors I only do a 6-8 week veg and this current run I have 2 smaller 4wk 1gals flowering quite well I've only ever seen a difference in yields not potency whatsoever even running same strain at different ages in the same tent a 1gal with 4wks of veg might only drop 1/2 a zip a 3gal at 6wks I can hit 3-4 zips and a 5gal at 8-10wks can hit 6-8 zip easy on one stem they just stay small which can be exactly what you need

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Man172 said:

I completely agree normally growing indoors I only do a 6-8 week veg and this current run I have 2 smaller 4wk 1gals flowering quite well I've only ever seen a difference in yields not potency whatsoever even running same strain at different ages in the same tent a 1gal with 4wks of veg might only drop 1/2 a zip a 3gal at 6wks I can hit 3-4 zips and a 5gal at 8-10wks can hit 6-8 zip easy on one stem they just stay small which can be exactly what you need

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VincenzioVonHook said:

My question is this....how deep in a forum do you need to be to come across a 10 year old thread in the first place? I've gone back page after page over hours and threads are only a few months old.

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Creature1969 said:

Heres the thing.
Half the forum complains about the same questions being asked over and over, "search feature exists, bro"..
The other half complains about resurrected threads by people who actually do use the search feature.
Potheads.

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Star Dog said:

It's a new member still finding their way around.
Welcome to Rui @Man172

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VincenzioVonHook said:

My question is this....how deep in a forum do you need to be to come across a 10 year old thread in the first place? I've gone back page after page over hours and threads are only a few months old.

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Man172 said:

I completely agree normally growing indoors I only do a 6-8 week veg and this current run I have 2 smaller 4wk 1gals flowering quite well I've only ever seen a difference in yields not potency whatsoever even running same strain at different ages in the same tent a 1gal with 4wks of veg might only drop 1/2 a zip a 3gal at 6wks I can hit 3-4 zips and a 5gal at 8-10wks can hit 6-8 zip easy on one stem they just stay small which can be exactly what you need

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Spanishfly said:

The problem with MJ forums is they are populated by naive kids who have never grown anything else, have no gardening and certainly no botanical knowledge, and just repeat all the BS they read, however ludicrous it may be.

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