Dry & Curing Science

Not drying related but a paper on stressing the plant with a dry cycle,

“At the drought stress threshold, Pn was 42% lower and plant WP was 50% lower in the drought group than the control. Upon harvest, drought-stressed plants had increased concentrations of major cannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) by 12% and 13%, respectively, compared with the control. Further, yield per unit growing area of THCA was 43% higher than the control, CBDA yield was 47% higher, ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) yield was 50% higher, and cannabidiol (CBD) yield was 67% higher. Controlled drought stress may therefore be an effective horticultural management technique to maximize both inflorescence dry weight and cannabinoid yield in cannabis, although results may differ by cannabis cultivar or chemotype.”

Not the current discussion but since there is a limited amount of scientific papers we might as well collect what knowledge we can. Moving on from the paper, bookmarking it for later.

And another.

https://internal-journal.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.00736/full

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