OK, my turn. I'll mess it all up. My logic always messes everything up. LMAO
I know that science says that the leaves process the light and the buds eat from the leaves and blah blah. And, I don't deny it. How can you, it's science fact.
Still, I have a plant right now (and have had many in the past) that says different.
I will get a pic tomorrow if I can get a nice clear one to show what I mean. But, here's what it is...
My plants often (and have this time) grown higher than the light. Rather than train them, I have always just let them grow past the light. Like we all know, light on the lower leaves will feed the bud on top.
Not so here, or in my past experience.
The part of the cola that is growing directly under the light is definitely plumper, fuller and frostier than the top part of the cola which has grown past the light and does not get direct light.
If I can get a close-up shot you'll clearly see how the portion of the cola that's in direct light is bigger and better than the part of the cola which is not in direct light.
I'll try to get a close-up pic tomorrow but this pic shows a little about what I am saying. You can see how the cola has passed the light hood and is no longer in direct light.
I found this to sometimes be true with the Sativas that I grew for years. The cola top was still good, just not as good as what was right below it and in direct light.
So, buds that get direct light and are not shaded by other leaves (or the light hood) grow bigger, plumper and frostier.
Just coincidence? I don't think so.
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