The Evolution of the Trichome

All good theory's. I agree with your justice but are you saying that this is something that is not being researched today? Im sure there are most people who have your opinion and experience. Its a good one I agree with the trichome theory too. Are these facts? I dont know. Maybe not yet or myabe it already is, I'll have to look into it.

Trichromes are also known within some strains to produce an aboundance of trichome count due to genetics which is due to its natural invironment in which originated. In low humidity plants tend to produce trichomes to protect it from the dry air. It produce this crytal to keep the plant in a more lush state and from further drying out. Like any plant, if you were to leave marijuana to grow through many seasons it will produce flowers, die off and produce more. And like most plants, Marijuana produces flowers and leaves according to its light schedule( whether its the sun or artifical light), spring, fall, winter, summer. Thus, Resin is formed due to increase in heat or light schedule. Carbohydrates are produced through photosynthesis and stored in the plant as a starch. This starch is converted into sucrose or sugar. This is why people refer to trichs as suger crystals.

wow this thread is really interesting!! I been trying to do some research about the trichomes (if we know how they work and why they grow, we can encourage the trichomes production in a plant).


about the UV light, I came with this idea...
Has anyone ever tried to grow a plant in a UV free environment?? (using something like a big UV filter on the HID's)


would be nice to try that experiment and compare it w/ a normal plant getting uv light

skunkushybrid said:

Did you know that outdoor plants can actually see each other? Green is not the only part of the spectrum reflected off the plants... but also light from the far red end is also reflected. Plants use this information to gleen how much competition they have for light.

Click to expand...

this thread is old and forgotten...
at last i get what you mean with your avatar pic.
and thankyou skunkushybrid for this thread.

Thank you for the awesome read.. just got done...time for dreams of monstrous marijuana plants feasting the bodies of whatever was interested in its intoxicating smell!!

The Stig said:

wow this thread is really interesting!! I been trying to do some research about the trichomes (if we know how they work and why they grow, we can encourage the trichomes production in a plant).


about the UV light, I came with this idea...
Has anyone ever tried to grow a plant in a UV free environment?? (using something like a big UV filter on the HID's)


would be nice to try that experiment and compare it w/ a normal plant getting uv light

Click to expand...

Well, flowering with cfl's doesn't produce much uv and the difference can easily be seen when compared to a hps at relative wattage.

hi, interesting and entertaining discussion!

my take on it is that resin production in cannabis is a relic from the ancestors of cannabis that would have been pollinated by insects. Most wind pollinated plants have evolved from insect pollinated plants. the resin is there to attract insects - thats why it smells, and it doubles as a protection against the elements.