green thumb

well I just ordered some colchicine and jasmonic acid, this should be interesting

Cannabis

Strangely enough I was reading about Jasmonic acid, about three weeks before this thread started, and lo & behold, here you guys go. I'll be listening in.

Duner

I'm still really anxious to hear any results, if there are any

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BCGuerillaGrowa

well nto that i have any experience with jasmonic acid but on a slightly off topic note.

a member of my family decided it was a good idea to get a new dog of small variety and
he likes to attack plants.

I felt sorry for the guy all caged up so I let him out while i had three fairly vulnerable Kush seedlings in 1 gallons. I came out of the bathroom and the dogg had uprooted one of the seedlings and was attempting to rip it to shreds . gave him a good spanking and put him back in his cage ..

little bastard isn't so cute anymore.

BOOM

HAS THIS STUFF BEEN TESTED FOR SMOKING, just cause it's okay to eat doesn't mean you can safely smoke it . would anouther way interest you , when a plant is in veg you can tear your leaves kind of like when you cut a leave in half for cloning but tear rip simulate catapillar attack. when you flush take off all fully grown leaves , when spider mites attack wait for the nest to start damaging the cola then put a cap of rubbing alcohal in a spay bottle and kill the spidermites in the nest ( soon the plants will get rid of the mites on their own ) a real insect allack . with about a week to go tear all the leaves off of the colas like you would trim at harvest but tear , rip , pinch the leaves between thumb and finger and rub while pressing together works well after i'm done with this i would clean the hash off of my thumb and finger . uvb is most important at time the thc is secreted have you ever sun dried a bud i would put them where the shade is about 30min. away in case i forget then i would flip them and sun the other side .uvb cfl 26w reptile light but a uva light will make a plant sweat resin . i can see you're a thinking man and i hope i have givin you some help .

bryansm

BOOM, mj releases this chemical all the time, if you have ever smoked outdoor herb you have already smoked this stuff and didnt even know it.

colchicine on the other hand is completely different.

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Duner

The problem with letting a bunch of insects near my plants is that it is an uncontrolled situation, that's why I'm looking for an alternative. Jasmonic Acid is already used on alot of different crops, tobacco being one of them. BOOM is absolutely right though, artificial defoliation, as well as insect attacks will acheive the same result, but again it is uncontrolled.

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BOOM

i remember in the 70's and 80's tobacco sciencetist would go to congress and swear under oath that tobacco doesn't cause cancer and they where telling the truth tobacco don't cause cancer it's the shit they put on it ,,, there is a big differance between something happening in nature and made by man . insects with very little help your plants can handle spider mites on their own ,,,,good luck with the good work

Duner

Well I found an online source for Methyl Jasmonate, though it's pricey stuff. Here's the link if you're interested

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CamperDon

Good morning,

I've always noticed that while being an indoor grower the trichs on my indoor plants do not consume the plant as much as the same plant being grown outdoors.
In the years past, i've always grown both in a bedroom under a T5 light on cloudy days and moving them out to the back porch on full sun days for some "Natural" light growing especially during the flower cycle.
For the Ladies who were under the sun all day trich production always seemed much higher as they'd just glaze over and glisten. While the same strain grown under the T5 exclusively just didn't glisten as much.
That gave me the impression that trich production increased as well as resin production to fill those extra trich were used more as a sunscreen protecting the plant from the harmful rays (UVB/UVA) of the sun. Based on that i'd always move my girls to the back porch for natural sunlight over hanging out under the 3000K T5.
According to you guys my thoughts are all wrong .. but, I know what I see in how my Ladies flower and pray to the Sun Gods for more sunny dayz, which those become far and few during the fall here on the PNW Oregon Coast

Have a Great day and good luck with your experiments.. i'll be lurking
don