Med-Tek Resin Finish - 1L / 5L / 20L | Improves Terpene Production

Resin Finish is a potent elicitor that maxes outcrop quality (essential oil production) in the last 7 – 14 days of the crop cycle. Resin Finish contains two potent elicitors which, due to their dramatic effect in activating the defence pathways of the plant, would be unsuitable for use at any other point of the crop cycle. The key to Resin Finish is that by the time you reach the last two weeks of the crop cycle, where many growers traditionally flush, cell division is about nil and the plant isn’t producing more biomass (size) per se; therefore, a strong stress response can be invoked without compromising yields. The end result of applying Resin Finish is that the plant packs on oils in the last 7 – 14 days of the crop cycle.

What is an Elicitor?

Many of the medically useful compounds produced by plants are the result of the plant stress response. Stress may be the result of biotic or abiotic sources. Biotic sources of stress are caused by living organisms, such as fungal pathogens or feeding insects. Compounds produced by living organisms, such as fungal wall derivatives or signalling molecules can also be sources of biotic stress. Abiotic stress arises from non-biological stresses, such as nutrient deficiency, shortage of water or salinity. When a plant is exposed to stressors, which are also called elicitors, enzymatic pathways are induced which alter the content of secondary metabolites. This is especially true for compounds that are well known for pharmacological activity, such as terpenoids, alkaloids, and phenylpropanoids.