lol! While that would normally be true, these are already sexed as female. I’m gathering data to see if I can tell which plant could be a good producer in veg before I even bloom the plant. Unfortunately I’m not really seeing any patterns in the trichomes… yet.
Trichomes in veg! I’m thinking those flaps might not be working out, and I should get something that resembles a flower.
Ah, okay. Wouldn’t it be better (“better” being relative, of course) if the trichomes were visible to the naked eye and didn’t require a microscope? I honestly don’t know, just asking questions.
I want to see if I can determine the plants quality before I bloom it and actually check the numbers. I’m just taking a bunch of photos of possible target areas during the veg phase. No promises that the idea will work out, but I will learn things along the way. Ahhh it’s all about the journey and not the destination.
For a radical departure from these normal looking veg photos, I’ll slap some OGK and GOG2 up there. Wild shit for veg.
Love what you’re doing here man. Have you ever looked into the relation between stem trichomes and final bud trichome coverage? I am specifically curious about the ratios of trichome types (capitate stalked, non glandular etc) rather than the overall quantity of trichomes, and how that could correlate to final bud trichome coverage / cannabinoid content.
I would say that a bud on the cannabis plant has A) unicellular and D) capitate stalked. You’d be hard pressed to find the other types.
Yeah, after I asked that question and thought about it for a second, I figured out what you were doing and why that’d be beneficial. Or, if not beneficial, at least instructive. Or whatever haha.
Pretty cool, anyway.
The GMOxDHP got all red where I cut off the small bud! Definitely got the dragons blood going on.
That’s cool. Do you think the red “sap” actually means anything? I know it’s supposed to be an indicator of “high brix” or whatever.
One of my C. Gold x Dragon Energy plants “bled” when I topped her, but I never made a note of which one it was. I LOVED the gigantic C. Gold leaner, but didn’t like the DE leaner. I kinda wish I knew now which one it was that had that red “sap” haha…
I think it’s phenolic compounds in the plant sap, and I’m leaning towards flavonoids. Something perhaps water soluble like anthocyanins.
This is an incredibly fascinating and informative topic. I’m grateful for the contributions being made and for being able to lurk these conversations and to see how they morph and evolve along the way. The photography is stunning! Y’all are so rad! Much love
Thanks! You’ll find some real interesting answers here for questions nobody has even asked!
Well I have to say that the color is not water soluble so it can’t be one of those plant colors like anthocyanin. Can’t scrub that shit off once it changes color.
Is it an oxidation reaction of some kind? Does the red just appear or does it just migrate and concentrate on the wound?
heh heh yes exactly! Next stage is I take some plant sap and rub it on the slide. See if that changes color over time.
