[kraiz]

Originally Posted by aes-one

from a scientific standpoint, what exactly does it mean to us THC-lovers when our bud has a lot of hairs? does having a high density of hairs on your bud directly correlate with high THC levels?


the reason why I ask is this...

to my knowledge, female cannabis plants that are grown optimally will obviously have very high THC/trichome levels. why? simply because females need to collect pollen from male plants in order to reproduce. so the most fit and healthiest female plants will be able to collect pollen the easiest. how? by developing the ability to have things stick to them easily! how does the cannabis plant do this? by having a very large amount of STICKY trichomes on them! the more sticky trichomes the female produces, the more likely it is for passing pollen to get stuck onto her. once a female plant does in fact get pollenated by a male, they begin to develop SEEDS. now that the female has been pollenated, there is no longer a need to produce THC/trichomes, as they have already effectively served their purpose in the reproduction process. this is a deeper explanation of WHY good weed will have a lot of THC/trichomes, and WHY seeds can be a good indicator that your weed doesn't have optimal thc levels.

now correct me if my science is wrong, but to me, this makes sense. so back to the original question, What significance, if any, do the hairs on the female plant have? does the significance of the hairs have anything to do with the reproduction process? does it have anything to do with THC content at all? my guess is that the hairs are the actual female reproductive ORGANS. however, shouldnt the trichomes ONLY be present on the hairs then? instead, the trichomes are all over the plant leaf, stem, hairs, etc. this doesnt really support my hypothesis, so i'm a little confused about the hair thing.

what do you guys think?

peace!

thrichomes are the hairs.... other plants have trichomes, even non weed plkants. its jsut little hairs on the plants.