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    48hrs of darkness before harvest

    Don't let oneself be caught up in all the street mythology and Youtube hype. There are many reasons for the production of trichomes. One of them being the shading of the bud to protect against UV light penetration causing chromosome damage on the cellular level. If you want to produce more...
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    48hrs of darkness before harvest

    As I plant physiologist and biologist specializing in cannabis I can assure you that the "48 hour light depravation" prior to harvest is typical "street" mythology and Youtube bull. One aspect of trichome production in cannabis is protection against chromosomal mutation and DNA damage caused by...
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    Are L.E.D.'s worth it?

    I do believe that there is a place and a circumstance for both HPS an LED. Most home growers would do fine with LED when growing in a grow tent, closet or small room BUT one does not get the photon penetration into the canopy that HPS produces not do LED produce the broader light spectrum wave...
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