New Grower First Grow - Mephisto - Jammy Dodgers #2 (4)

[RedWolfDiesel]

I've heard that the sap can cause mold during drying, I haven't ever encountered it myself but I seen it in the pic n thought I would pass that info on.

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll turn up my fan speed and make sure there is plenty of airflow

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

I've heard that the sap can cause mold during drying, I haven't ever encountered it myself but I seen it in the pic n thought I would pass that info on.

What causes the sap? I had it on my last grow.

 

[Zaaboot]

Hey there @RedWolfDiesel - lovely harvest!
on the sappy stuff, I had it a few grows ago on a CDLC from Mephisto, I was so chuffed I thought it was pure goodness ooozing out of the plant, but alas after some research I found it is essentially sugars and waters that are being squeezed out of the plant late in flower, mainly down to environmental factors.

Either Way, I dried it and smoked it as normal and it ruined the weed for me, my partner did not notice - but it kept getting hints of burning sugar so ended up putting the lot through bubble bags.

I was just looking to remind myself of the name and Dutch Passion have an article about it now which was not there when I had it - here is a small excerpt

Is cannabis xylem sap psychoactive?
If cannabis xylem sap produced by guttation was great to smoke, then there would already be a cult following by now! Unfortunately, the xylem sap is primarily composed of simple sugars, water and minerals, not cannabinoids and terpenes. The cannabinoids/terpenes are produced in the cannabis trichomes via completely different biochemical processes.

The cannabis resin produced by the trichomes tends to be in relatively small resin gland heads. The gland heads are often just 50-60 microns in diameter (or less), visible to the human eye but nothing like the size of droplets of cannabis xylem sap which may be several millimetres in diameter. Once the xylem sap has fully dried out, it will often leave a white residue of sugars and salts.

If you taste the cannabis xylem sap, you may notice a pleasant sweetish taste. However, because of the high sugar/salt content few would seriously recommend smoking it. Anyone that enthusiastically tries to dab a globule of cannabis xylem sap would feel seriously underwhelmed by the experience!

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Here is the link for the full article

I decided that if I had it again, I would just clip the little areas with the Xylem on and carry on as normal - hope that helps.

Z


p.s that purple writing is so hard for me to see - my old eyes dont make any of it out

 

[Jean-O]

What causes the sap? I had it on my last grow.

I believe it comes from not cutting out watering at the end of flower before you harvest you will want to give a 4 or 5 day dry back period before you chop

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

I believe it comes from not cutting out watering at the end of flower before you harvest you will want to give a 4 or 5 day dry back period before you chop

Thanks Jean-O

 

[Zaaboot]

What causes the sap

Here you go
What Does Guttation Mean?
In botany, guttation refers to a biological process during which excess water and nutrients are expelled from the plant through microscopic openings located on the stems and leaves. The process of guttation has been shown to help plants balance out water and nutrient content.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

Here you go
What Does Guttation Mean?
In botany, guttation refers to a biological process during which excess water and nutrients are expelled from the plant through microscopic openings located on the stems and leaves. The process of guttation has been shown to help plants balance out water and nutrient content.

Thanks Zaaboot

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

I believe it comes from not cutting out watering at the end of flower before you harvest you will want to give a 4 or 5 day dry back period before you chop

Damn I didn't know that I was supposed to let my plants dry out for 5 days before cutting it. I hope this doesn't ruin the taste or potency.

 

[RedWolfDiesel]

Hey there @RedWolfDiesel - lovely harvest!
on the sappy stuff, I had it a few grows ago on a CDLC from Mephisto, I was so chuffed I thought it was pure goodness ooozing out of the plant, but alas after some research I found it is essentially sugars and waters that are being squeezed out of the plant late in flower, mainly down to environmental factors.

Either Way, I dried it and smoked it as normal and it ruined the weed for me, my partner did not notice - but it kept getting hints of burning sugar so ended up putting the lot through bubble bags.

I was just looking to remind myself of the name and Dutch Passion have an article about it now which was not there when I had it - here is a small excerpt

Is cannabis xylem sap psychoactive?
If cannabis xylem sap produced by guttation was great to smoke, then there would already be a cult following by now! Unfortunately, the xylem sap is primarily composed of simple sugars, water and minerals, not cannabinoids and terpenes. The cannabinoids/terpenes are produced in the cannabis trichomes via completely different biochemical processes.

The cannabis resin produced by the trichomes tends to be in relatively small resin gland heads. The gland heads are often just 50-60 microns in diameter (or less), visible to the human eye but nothing like the size of droplets of cannabis xylem sap which may be several millimetres in diameter. Once the xylem sap has fully dried out, it will often leave a white residue of sugars and salts.

If you taste the cannabis xylem sap, you may notice a pleasant sweetish taste. However, because of the high sugar/salt content few would seriously recommend smoking it. Anyone that enthusiastically tries to dab a globule of cannabis xylem sap would feel seriously underwhelmed by the experience!

--------
Here is the link for the full article

I decided that if I had it again, I would just clip the little areas with the Xylem on and carry on as normal - hope that helps.

Z


p.s that purple writing is so hard for me to see - my old eyes dont make any of it out

Thanks for the link to the article, currently reading it and it's very interesting. I had never seen this amber sap on any grow journals so I was quite surprised and just like you I felt excited, kinda disappointed that it's just sugar and mineral water leaking out and not thc. I'll be sure to change the font color

 

[Zaaboot]

font color

how cool - I just went to page one and I can see it al, right then, back to the start