letting your plants die of thirst

[VanLoon]

Hi all

This is an idea I've had which was inspired by a dream in which I discovered all my plants dead through lack of water...

What would happen if you had a plant in an advanced stage of flowering (maybe a week or two before harvest) and cut off all water to it so it died and dried up naturally?

This would be instead of cutting it down and hanging it up to dry. Do any of you think the bud would be affected- either for the better or worse?

I'm only wondering because I ate a tomato off an all-but-dead plant once and it was delicious.

Has this happened to any of you- maybe by accident? how was the bud?

[qubed55]

I think it wouldn't dry properly, and it'd be hard to time it just right. But the plant would be putting all it's energy into growing roots searching for water, and then the plant might take some nourishment by eating up the stored food in the buds. I sure as hell am not going to do that.

[irieluv]

you can let them finish watering them.. and then let them dry out sitting there.. on the plant.. but I would water them til they rippened or else you'll f@#$ 'em up...

[Al B. Fuct]

You could stop watering and allow the plants to dry out, but this will cause the plant to dry rather slowly. If the plant material remains damp-ish for a long time, you invite mould.

I find that the easiest way to work with plants at harvest time is to manicure off all the leaf, cut the buds off the stems and then proceed to dry them by your favourite method.

Once leaves have wilted, they are a pain in the ass to manicure off. They are floppy and sticky and tend to stick to the scissors, slowing the job down a lot.

The job's a little easier once the bud leaves have gone dry & crisp, but then buds tend to be fragile and you won't get all the leaf off when you're trimming.

Be careful with tomato-cannabis parallels. Some work, some don't.

[brokencage]

You must also remember that the life process continues on for quite sometime even after cutting.if you dont cut and let it dry naturally I think youl find that it overripens by quite abit.I would also imagin it would make manicuring quite a pain in the ass as well.

[Old_SSSC_Fart]

Its awful. You will get a harsh, nasty thing filled with dry chlorophyll and brittle leaves which are a sick pain to trim.

Plus you are being horribly mean to your plants. Thats like 'intentional plant cruelty' er some evil shit like that... Be nice to your mature plants, they earned it and can't pass the zen otherwise. Whats next - bud electrocution? Cola lethal injection? Holy hand grenade - that might lead to trichome firing squads or other such manner of depraved lunacy.

Plus its a question of whether you'd like eating a peach from a dried out dead tree - or picking it from a healthy living thing? Hmmmm?

Originally Posted by VanLoon

Hi all

This is an idea I've had which was inspired by a dream in which I discovered all my plants dead through lack of water...

What would happen if you had a plant in an advanced stage of flowering (maybe a week or two before harvest) and cut off all water to it so it died and dried up naturally?

This would be instead of cutting it down and hanging it up to dry. Do any of you think the bud would be affected- either for the better or worse?

I'm only wondering because I ate a tomato off an all-but-dead plant once and it was delicious.

Has this happened to any of you- maybe by accident? how was the bud?

[VanLoon]

Jesus, lighten up, Old Fart. It was only an academic question. I'm not going to intentionally fuck up my plants, but how did all those pre-harvest plant-stressing methods to bump up THC come about unless someone decided to see what happened if, say, they rammed a screw into their plant's main stem?

Or maybe someone neglected a plant in full bloom by accident? A fair number of scientific discoveries have come about through someone screwing up (penicillin, print photography, teflon etc)

[Old_SSSC_Fart]

The heavy stuff was meant as a joke bro... no drama here.

I've had a whole room die from lack of water, loosing 30 healthy plants which were maybe 2 weeks from harvest. The results were not consumable...

Originally Posted by VanLoon

Jesus, lighten up, Old Fart. It was only an academic question. I'm not going to intentionally fuck up my plants, but how did all those pre-harvest plant-stressing methods to bump up THC come about unless someone decided to see what happened if, say, they rammed a screw into their plant's main stem?

Or maybe someone neglected a plant in full bloom by accident? A fair number of scientific discoveries have come about through someone screwing up (penicillin, print photography, teflon etc)

[VanLoon]

Originally Posted by Old_SSSC_Fart

The heavy stuff was meant as a joke bro... no drama here.

I've had a whole room die from lack of water, loosing 30 healthy plants which were maybe 2 weeks from harvest. The results were not consumable...

Bummer! My condolencies. Now I understand the tone of your previous posting. I've left my plants alone for 2 weeks in the past thanks to my 'Tropf Blumat' watering system (for soil). It's a brilliant bit of kit and not too expensive.

http://www.rambridge.com/info/tropf2/blumatqa.html

[waddo]

"Plus you are being horribly mean to your plants. Thats like 'intentional plant cruelty' er some evil shit like that... Be nice to your mature plants, they earned it and can't pass the zen otherwise. Whats next - bud electrocution? Cola lethal injection? Holy hand grenade - that might lead to trichome firing squads or other such manner of depraved lunacy."

HahahahaHHHHAAahahahhahahahahahahhaaaaaaa, bud electrocution ...lol.. man you should be writing books....

Man i could not stop laughing, classic

[dexorated]

Originally Posted by VanLoon

Hi all

This is an idea I've had which was inspired by a dream in which I discovered all my plants dead through lack of water...

What would happen if you had a plant in an advanced stage of flowering (maybe a week or two before harvest) and cut off all water to it so it died and dried up naturally?

This would be instead of cutting it down and hanging it up to dry. Do any of you think the bud would be affected- either for the better or worse?

I'm only wondering because I ate a tomato off an all-but-dead plant once and it was delicious.

Has this happened to any of you- maybe by accident? how was the bud?

You are suppose to let them dry out before harvest, but I don't think to the extreme you're talking about. You're suppose to flush 2 weeks before harvest and not water anymore after that.

[psionblue]

You can bump up the THC with UVB. Get a 10.0 reptile light.

[SteveDave]

Originally Posted by psionblue

You can bump up the THC with UVB. Get a 10.0 reptile light.

Perhaps you could clarify something for me.... when do you actually turn on the light, is it only in flowering and if so does it run all the time or just 12/12? Also how far away would you hang it from the plants?

Peace