hey all, i just found out that my garden fungicide supposedly activates the canabis plants systemic acquired resistance. If you are unfamiliar with this term (like i was about 5 minutes ago lol) it basically means that the plant is producing a response to a pathogen, kind of lioke our bodies and with our immune system and white blood cells etc. But my question is, would this triggering of SAR cause my plants to reduce the amount of energy they put into making flowers and put it into fighting off pathogens? in other words, will resin production halt when it is applied? thanks for anyones help, i know its not exactly and easy subject to conquer and borders on medium-advanced botany lol. thanks a bunch
systemic acquired resistance involves the transcriptional activation of pathogen related (PR) genes to defend against the pathogen. A research study some time back made a constitutively active promoter for some of these pr genes. While resistance to pathogenesis increased, the plants (arabidopsis thaliana) were smaller than the control (quite probably due to limited energy). so, if you plan on using that fungicide for a prolonged period of time, i wouldnt be surprised if you had smaller plants and less flowering. Having said that, many fungal infections are ridiculously hard to get rid of, if not impossible.
yeah i usually only use the fungicide in flowering, and usually about the 3rd or 4th week once the buds start to fatten and they are more suceptible to botrytis. let me also say welcome, and let me give you some rep for givin me some quality info. i fiugred the plant would have put most of its energy into fighting the infection and less into flower production. guess ill just have to weigh bud quality, with loosing a great deal of what i already have. what a shitty decision to make . ah well, well see how it goes, thanks a bunch man.
