[jmystro]

Harvest when your plants are mature. The moon doesn’t dictate that. I understand the physics of the moon’s gravity. The plant doesn’t need the moon’s help to pull anything up like water or minerals before or during harvest. The internal system doesn’t need any more pressure. Guttation occurs as the result of too much water pressure in the system and is something to avoid with bud on the plant.

[battlemorph]

Thought so. Thanks for the detail.

[backwoods_mountain_grower]

Guttattion ? Is that the term for when the plant is excreting sap out the stomata?

[jmystro]

No. When the plant’s xylem is full of water and stomata are closed, special pores are needed to release the internal pressure (kPa) like a valve, because roots have a membrane that allows water in but not out. Roots sitting in water during the dark cycle are very prone to this when the stomata are closed in the early morning hours. I use guttation as a way of knowing when a clone is rooted in a humidity dome. I don’t spray anything on my clones in a dome. So when I see what looks like little water drops on the edges of leaves, I know the clone has good roots and not enough leaf (stomata) to transpire everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttation

[havaniceday]

If they just happen to be ripe at the full moon, you might notice a difference compared to other times, when planting outdoors the new moon can be an interesting time, and it is not often possible to get em timed with the moon, so its just a blessing when it happens, but it does happen.

[farmville]

If you are drying try to avoid your dry when it is going to rain. This will make terpenes more volatile.