Increasing Weight and Cannabinoid Content Using Drought Stress

Thats the main objective to hydroponics keeping your roots dry giving them mass amounts of oxygen with access to enough water and nutrients to continue photosynthesis as needed.
My aquaponic containers are 50 gallon. Theres just enough nutrients / liquid in the container to feed the pump the rest of the roots are suspended in moist air. The tips bathe in the little bit thats on the floor and even thats aerated in a air pump that goes to a pond.

So ive read , Ive never grown in soil. Great product though you can really tell the difference. Unlike some stuff this is noticeable.

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OK, Iā€™ll biteā€¦ :thinking:
How are you using potassium metabisulphite?
Iā€™ve a stash of them because I donā€™t use most of the packs supplied with wine kits.

Cheers
G

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I personally dont, but have seen other people mentioning they use it in hydro water reservoirs for killing mould and bacteria :slight_smile:

Have you tried hyshield?

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Thatā€™s cool, didnā€™t realize that was a pre-formulated chitosan mix.

I have had chitosan powder for time now but havenā€™t even tried that of yet. Also have some Firmenich hedione (jasmonic acid) and havenā€™t tried that either (Iā€™m one of the folk that canā€™t detect the scent, can anyone smell that stuff?).

I forgot who asked for the mixing chart

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Iā€™ve had some of my best quality letting the pots dry out between waterings. My theory is that as the water dissipates the fertilizer concentration increasesā€¦ I was using extremely low doses of fertilizer but the plants were green and healthy. I would allow the pot to dry almost to plant wilt (they were very light when you picked them up) then just moistened the pot back up with the very light fertilizer, no or very little drain off every time.

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I like doing the same thing. Iā€™ve got an extra ā€˜twistā€™ for you.
I found that with a clover cover crop, the clover shows water stress before the cannabis plant does. I also do the ā€˜pot liftā€™ weight check. I think when the clover wilts the pots are about 80~90% dry.

Cheers
G

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I agree potency is a genetic threshold. drought stress may or may not allow the plant to reach its genetic threshold in less time or less optimal growing conditions. but proof i have none.

absolutely man, my ghost og is a chemy gasoline and the flavor is lemon pine my leaf structure is very sativa with one exception where the leaf nodes start at the stem its chubby in comparison to haze sativas. the flower structure and effects are all incredibly indica. so no doubt im working with a hybrid ghost.

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Iā€™ve got a orange sunshine thatā€™s a pig sheā€™s been wilted several times in the last 3 weeks flowering in dirt sheā€™s survived a 12 hr night at least 3 times bone dry where every other strain same pots same feed same everything are well watered . Iā€™ll see if she smokes and looks any different than her sister whoā€™s not been wilted when finished.

I have noticed her buds are bigger than her sister whoā€™s right next to her not sure how scientific it will be? Both plants same size just different feed habits or something ,watering to run off on all plants with 3 quarts per plant every 48 hrs in 3 gal pots 700 ppm.

Miss piggy has been getting a extra quart so far she can make the 2 day watering schedule.

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You know the history behind og is so murky , I posted a link here on a thread about strain history that has alot of good insight and information I know to be true. Iā€™m actually making a 12hr round trip to get a verified ghost og from the source and Iā€™m not even leaving my state. I have a verified 92 og and Iā€™m beyond excited to grow them side by side.

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Cheers :+1:ā€¦

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thats the amazing part of cannabis you could be sitting on the holy grail and never know it.

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