Interesting thread, indeed
The older messages bemoan the lack of research but the simple fact is that the only people with the resources to conduct research that can be put through the peer review process (considered the gold standard despite it being rife with flaws) are very much under the control of the Federal Government. Until cannabis is descheduled, research in the US will be very limited. Despite that, Bugbee at Univ of Utah and Chandra et al at U Miss have produced a lot of valid research on light. Those two "beacons of light" (pun intended) are primarily focused on how cannabis reacts to light and temperature so there's been very little research on growing techniques.
Fortunately, some other countries take a different approach and, in my wandering around the Internet seeking research on cannabis, I came across an interesting paper, attached. I did one pass through it some months ago and highlighted some of the items that were pertinent at the time. The paper has to go into quite some detail to describe the different methods of pruning and that section, as well as some of the details in the outcomes, get a bit thick but they are key to the Conclusion. Given that, it's worth slogging through as much as you can because the best approach according to this document is not "do nothing".
The older messages bemoan the lack of research but the simple fact is that the only people with the resources to conduct research that can be put through the peer review process (considered the gold standard despite it being rife with flaws) are very much under the control of the Federal Government. Until cannabis is descheduled, research in the US will be very limited. Despite that, Bugbee at Univ of Utah and Chandra et al at U Miss have produced a lot of valid research on light. Those two "beacons of light" (pun intended) are primarily focused on how cannabis reacts to light and temperature so there's been very little research on growing techniques.
Fortunately, some other countries take a different approach and, in my wandering around the Internet seeking research on cannabis, I came across an interesting paper, attached. I did one pass through it some months ago and highlighted some of the items that were pertinent at the time. The paper has to go into quite some detail to describe the different methods of pruning and that section, as well as some of the details in the outcomes, get a bit thick but they are key to the Conclusion. Given that, it's worth slogging through as much as you can because the best approach according to this document is not "do nothing".
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