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ShotGunBob ShotGunBob
5 years ago
This plant is a beast! Her trichomes changed quickly all milky and therefore I started to flush her. I'm so hyped because this plant is just 11 weeks old and has huge amounts of buds. At first she didn't had alot of trichomes, only the little ones but now she is getting frosty.She is almost done and i definitely grow her again. The Knowledge Grow! Every week i'm going to add 1 interesting fact about plants, growing, or scientists that helped us to understand the flora. Plant Talk Plants communicate and interact with each other, both aboveground and below, in surprisingly subtle and sophisticated ways. It’s every plant’s worst nightmare. In the fall of 2009, in a Victorian greenhouse at the Cruickshank Botanic Garden at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Zdenka Babikova sprinkled vegetation-devouring aphids on eight broad bean plants and sealed each plant’s leaves and stems inside a clear plastic bag. This was no act of malice, though; it was all in the name of science. Babikova, a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen, knew that aphid-infested bean plants release odorous chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air to warn their neighbors, which respond by emitting different VOCs that repel aphids and attract aphid-hunting wasps. What she didn’t know was whether the plants were also sounding the alarm beneath the soil surface. Five weeks earlier, Babikova filled eight 30 cm–diameter pots with soil containing Glomus intraradices, a mycorrhizal fungus that connects the roots of plants with its hyphae, the branching filaments that make up the fungal mycelium. Like a subterranean swap meet, these hyphal networks facilitate the trade of nutrients between fungi and plants. In each pot, Babikova planted five broad bean plants: a “donor” plant surrounded by four “receiver” plants. One of the receivers was allowed to form root and mycorrhizal contact with the donor; another formed mycorrhizal contact only, and two more had neither root nor mycorrhizal contact. Once the mycorrhizal networks were well established, Babikova infested the donor plants with aphids and sealed each plant in a separate plastic bag that allowed for the passage of carbon dioxide, water, and water vapor but blocked larger molecules, such as the VOCs used for airborne communication. Four days later, Babikova placed individual aphids or parasitoid wasps in spherical choice chambers to see how they reacted to the VOC bouquets collected from receiver plants. Sure enough, only plants that had mycorrhizal connections to the infested plant were repellent to aphids and attractive to wasps, an indication that the plants were in fact using their fungal symbionts to send warnings. The remarkable conclusions from this study, published last May, are the latest shoots in a growing thicket of data revealing the unexpectedly complex ways that plants exchange information with one another. Researchers are unearthing evidence that, far from being unresponsive and uncommunicative organisms, plants engage in regular conversation. In addition to warning neighbors of herbivore attacks, they alert each other to threatening pathogens and impending droughts, and even recognize kin, continually adapting to the information they receive from plants growing around them. Moreover, plants can “talk” in several different ways: via airborne chemicals, soluble compounds exchanged by roots and networks of threadlike fungi, and perhaps even ultrasonic sounds. Plants, it seems, have a social life that scientists are just beginning to understand
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Silky_smooth
Silky_smoothweek 13
Beautifull....congrats on your win.....🙏❤️
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Silky_smooth, i appreciate that💚 thank you 😊
Kushlove420
Kushlove420week 5
Excited to see how she develops in bloom phase
Professor_Chaos
Professor_Chaosweek 11
Nice grow, ShotGunBob! I like the knowledge! That shit is crazy that they can communicate with each other! Damn, I learn something new every day.. Thanks growmie
JP148
JP148
@Professor_Chaos, I thought that was great when I was in my thirties. Now that I’m in my 60’s not so much.
Professor_Chaos
Professor_Chaos
@@JP148, thanks for reminding me that I'm in my 30's, single, with no kids... That SOUNDS alot better than it actually is hahaha
JP148
JP148
@Professor_Chaos, yeah so don’t say anything you don’t want your wife to know. Girls talk! Lol🤪
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JP148
JP148week 9
One healthy bushy beast. When I first saw post I thought Defoliation Defoliation Defoliation. Forgot it was an auto. 👌🏻
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@@JP148,me too😂
JP148
JP148
@@@@ShotGunBob, she is pretty. I love autos have come so far, with quality, variety and speed. Unreal the bud colas produced by some strains of autos. I just like to play with my plants too much.
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@@JP148, i definitely grow her again. She is crazy.
SimpleDiaries
SimpleDiariesweek 12
Nice! How do you keep her so small?
SimpleDiaries
SimpleDiaries
@@ShotGunBob, Excellent job at it. I try the same thing sometimes but doesn't work that good. 👍
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@SimpleDiaries, look at the third picture in week 5. I start to bend my girls down and let the branches grow up. When the branches are big enough I bend them down too.
JP148
JP148week 13
Congrats bud 🌱👏👏
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@@JP148, thanks💚
OGgrows
OGgrowsweek 13
Nice Harvest 🌱💚🙌 Happy Growings!
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
BipolarHellas
BipolarHellasweek 12
Thanks for the flushing info mate!!Great job
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@BipolarHellas, you're welcome 💚
ChrisC
ChrisCweek 12
Very nice Bob. Thanks for sharing your knowledge as well. Cheers
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@ChrisC, you're welcome
JasonX
JasonXweek 12
Very nice !
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@JasonX, thank you🤙
Professor_Chaos
Professor_Chaosweek 12
I ALWAYS check my runoff to make sure there is no buildup of any kind.. My first 2 grows I did not check and I always ran into some problems.. Ever since Ive ALWAYS checked runoff.. At least 2 times a week if not EVERY watering.. Buds are looking gorgeous.. Im harvesting my Bloody Skunk Auto from Sweet Seeds tomo.. Day 107!!! I cant wait!!! Thanks for the knowledge growmie!!
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Professor_Chaos, you're welcome growbro. I hope you enjoy your harvest💚
smoking_hills9
smoking_hills9week 11
Nice one Bud👍
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
Bouleuss
Bouleussweek 11
Congratulations on the new baby. She looks good at first. Choose a good variety. For a treat. Keep doing what you are doing and have the growing ganja gods protect your women until the growth is complete.
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Bouleuss,thx bless
Buddboy
Buddboyweek 11
Beautiful buds Bob
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Buddboy,thx🤙 leave a like if you want😊
Castafunk
Castafunkweek 11
C'est très intéressant à suivre et tu as un bonne technique. Good growing 😃👍🔥🔥🔥
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Castafunk, thank you😊
Steeze_McQueen
Steeze_McQueenweek 10
Really dig the knowledge add-ons, and the grows look fantastic, man!
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@Steeze_McQueen,thanks dude
Debutant_dream23
Debutant_dream23week 10
Good job 👍😉
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
MadeInGermany
MadeInGermanyweek 10
Looks so great 👍
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
mageman314
mageman314week 6
Shotgun Bob, That's some kick-but veg growth going there!! Looks like you just flipped the girls, can't wait to see how she progresses. My first attempt at using soil very nearly turned into a disaster - was able to just pull some out at the end, but I'd love to give it another whirl sometime in the near future - I'll have to study your diaries to get some pointers. Have a good one!!
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@mageman314, thanks dude! Happy growing💚
MrJones
MrJonesweek 3
Looking good brother - I have been seeing this breeder a lot more lately Original Sensible Seeds - have a great weekend!
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBob
@MrJones, thx dude! Y3s, a really good seedbank with alot strains. Have a great weekend too.