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Tray Dub · #1 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 10:47 AM

Does quality of weed depend most on growing techniques? Or just what strain is being grown? Why is there such a wide variety of weed quality?

AugustWest · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 02:38 PM

different strains have different THC contents.. so yeah strain has a lot to do with potency, as well as growing techniques.
If you don't harvest when the trichomes are properly ripened it'll effect potency bigtime.
Also a proper cure is a big factor.

HuskyToker · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 02:53 PM

like august said, different strains have different potency and effects. That said, almost any weed can be grown very well and end up being potent(enough). Depending on the length of flowering for the particular strain, near the end the trichomes start turning from crystal clear to milky. Eventually all the trichomes will turn milky and from that point on the plant is near its maximum potency.

Different effects may be had from the same strain if you just wait for the trichomes to again change from that milky color to an amber goldish-brown color. A bud with milky trichs will give you a racier high while buds with amber trichs will give you more of a couchlock indica-like stone

GuerillaGrower · #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 03:12 PM

deffinately growing technique and how well their taken care of.

cantharis · #5 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 03:25 PM

I chop mine when the trichs are about 50% amber. This is very much a matter of personal taste - you see lots of posts in September asking - Is my plant ready yet? And lots of answers usually in the style - Give it another week. (Just looking at the plant - not the trichs.)
But no-one other than you can say.

varyouga · #6 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 03:43 PM

Everything effects the quality. Both genetics and growing skills.

You can try growing some Mexican ditch weed in a cup-worthy grow room and it will only get so potent. A plant can only be as good as its genes.

You can also grow the finest seeds under a crappy lightbulb, without separating the males and with little nutrients. Your G-13 Haze seeds will make seedy, stemy shwag under those conditions.

INS the Rebel · #7 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 04:03 PM

without a doubt the greatest factor affecting thc content/quality is the production of sensimillia buds. if fyou dont remove the male plants the female plants will polinate. they will have seeds. buds without seeds have much higher thc content, and will be much more potent.

remove the male plants from the scene, as they will affect the quality of your females buds more than any other factor

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#1 (permalink) 07-13-2008, 10:47 AM
Tray Dub Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,149	What effects quality the most? Does quality of weed depend most on growing techniques? Or just what strain is being grown? Why is there such a wide variety of weed quality?

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AugustWest It's what plants crave Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,986	different strains have different THC contents.. so yeah strain has a lot to do with potency, as well as growing techniques. If you don't harvest when the trichomes are properly ripened it'll effect potency bigtime. Also a proper cure is a big factor. __________________ The plowman is broad as the back of the land he is sowing As he dances the circular track of the plow ever knowing That the work of his day measures more than the planting and growing Let it grow, let it grow, greatly yield

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HuskyToker Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 265	like august said, different strains have different potency and effects. That said, almost any weed can be grown very well and end up being potent(enough). Depending on the length of flowering for the particular strain, near the end the trichomes start turning from crystal clear to milky. Eventually all the trichomes will turn milky and from that point on the plant is near its maximum potency. Different effects may be had from the same strain if you just wait for the trichomes to again change from that milky color to an amber goldish-brown color. A bud with milky trichs will give you a racier high while buds with amber trichs will give you more of a couchlock indica-like stone __________________ WWW.ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM www.kellerwilliams.net < Check this guy out, your ears will fall in love.

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GuerillaGrower Banned Join Date: May 2008 Location: 585 Posts: 227 Blog Entries: 1	deffinately growing technique and how well their taken care of.

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cantharis Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Costa Blanca, Spain Posts: 1,261	I chop mine when the trichs are about 50% amber. This is very much a matter of personal taste - you see lots of posts in September asking - Is my plant ready yet? And lots of answers usually in the style - Give it another week. (Just looking at the plant - not the trichs.) But no-one other than you can say. __________________ Click on a topic to go to the link Sexing - Magnesium deficiency - Outdoor Flowering - Organic Insect Repellent - Russian Comfrey Fert - Heat Detectors - Setting Seed

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varyouga Bud Saver Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 724	Everything effects the quality. Both genetics and growing skills. You can try growing some Mexican ditch weed in a cup-worthy grow room and it will only get so potent. A plant can only be as good as its genes. You can also grow the finest seeds under a crappy lightbulb, without separating the males and with little nutrients. Your G-13 Haze seeds will make seedy, stemy shwag under those conditions. __________________ Pro engineer stoner. Vaporizer builder. Efficiency is my middle name. Medical MJ saved my life. Death to Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and their DEA thugs.

#7 (permalink) 07-13-2008, 04:03 PM
INS the Rebel Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 690	without a doubt the greatest factor affecting thc content/quality is the production of sensimillia buds. if fyou dont remove the male plants the female plants will polinate. they will have seeds. buds without seeds have much higher thc content, and will be much more potent. remove the male plants from the scene, as they will affect the quality of your females buds more than any other factor

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