"Purpureus" C#3

Majestic alchemical beauty. We are all alchemists, just forgotten—Smiths at the forge of creation. This week we will be removing all red light/warm white, I'm going to oversaturate with the blue wavelength this will send flavinoid/terpene production into overdrive, reflecting the blues in the sky of winter. The plant is hardwired to prepare for the worst, in nature if she was still not pollinated she would increase terpene production in hopes of attracting animals/insects/pollen, she is getting desperate. Naturally, the plant only stores so much, but by dropping the RH% the plant closes its stomata, extreme drought stress will send the plant in a death spiral not only producing a last burst of thc. Without the ability to perspire the plant will store all the flavinoids/terpenes. 3 days of pure blue(replacing all flowering lighting), dropping temp after day 2 of blue and keeping it below 67, terpenes can start to degrade above 67. All drying will be done as cold as possible, curing will be done refrigerated. After 3 days (8)hours/day of blue they will slide right into 72 hours of complete darkness, harvest should be ready after that. Immediately upon harvest Atomic decay chains, no matter how you shake it, cold slows things down, this includes metabolic rates, and rate of cell decay, just like it slows bacteria growth on food/organic biomass. I want to preserve at all costs every last atom of flavor and smell, keeping them below 67 is essential, I am in no hurry with cure/dry. Last harvest I did some personal testing with various dry/cure methods, also I have been reading up on the biological process involved since, the cured buds that spent their life in very cold refrigerators by far the most desirable results, so preserved and smooth, smoked directly from chilled adds a nice touch too. Like smoking a fine perfume, minus the hacking ofc, takes it to the next level in terms of smell/flavor. Plants with more direct UV showed much more purple across all 3 plants. The data shows that the number of terpenes in dried Cannabis flowers increase with a “No Red” light treatment for the final three days of production. Based upon these findings, we feel confident in recommending a spectrum control program that eliminates red light output from grow space for the final 72 hours of the Cannabis flowering cycle. Terpenes are aromatic compounds that give cannabis some of its most distinct aromas from citrus and berry to more earthy tones. Many species of plants produce and emit terpenes in a diurnal, or daily cycle that is regulated by a complex web of signaling. There are also many plants that emit terpenes at night to attract nocturnal pollinators (Marinho et al., 2014346). Regardless of when the terpenes are produced or emitted, these processes are often dependent upon cues derived from natural light/dark cycles via a native circadian clock (Dudareva et al., 2004). Several light-sensitive pigments are involved in these processes of production and emission, and the different photoreceptors are dependent upon different wavelengths of light to be activated or deactivated. The emission of terpenes is a process that is entirely dependent upon phytochromes and red/far-red light cues in most plant species (Flores and Doskey, 2015). For example, repeated light/dark phytochrome signaling is necessary for the emission of terpenes in tobacco plants (Roeder et al., 2007). Based on previous findings, we hypothesized that a lack of red light and phytochrome-mediated light/dark signaling on the part of the plant is responsible for an increase in terpene content in cannabis. The plant continues to synthesize terpenes, but a lack of red light to trigger the Pr-Pfr shift results in a lack of terpene emission by the plant, thus causing the terpenes to accumulate in the maturing flowers. REFERENCES Dudareva N, Pichersky E, Gershenzon J. Biochemistry of Plant Volatiles. Plant Physiology. 2004;135(4):1893- 1902. Flores, R.M., Doskey, P.V., Estimating Terpene and Terpenoid Emissions from Conifer Oleoresin Composition. Atmospheric Environment. 2015. 113, 32-40. Marinho, C.R.; Souza, C.D.; Barros, T.C.; Teixeira, S.P.; Dafni, A. Scent glands in legume flowers. Plant Biology , Volume 16 (1) – Jan 1, 2014 Roeder S, Hartmann AM, Effmert U, Piechulla B (2007) Regulation of simultaneous synthesis of floral scent terpenoids by the 1,8-cineole synthase of Nicotiana suaveolens. Plant Mol Biol 65: 107-12