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Ur talkin weight percentages vs per percentage of a particular compound present. completely different in my mathematical opinion
Wow. Doesn't matter. Find a strain you like, preferably something a little less sativa, and take 4 bong hits in a row. Then see if you still care. ;)Hello
so this post got me banned from 2 other forms. 700 hate messages. 4 death threats and an offer to fly to northern BC to fight a guy .I am hoping we can do better here.( read into that what you will :)
I would appreciate some ground rules. :
- no emojis
- no name calling
- no indirect name calling by negative comparisons ( ie my dog is smarter than you)
- please post references so we can discuss. Not everyone will be completely familiar with all the terms relating to testing such as hplc ( high pressure liquid chromatography) or the parts of the plants that contain thc such as trichomes.
ok , here is my first question to be explained:
if 100 grams of weed is rated at 20% thc then that should mean 20g thc
but the most resin (trichomes ) I have ever harvested or heard of anyone harvesting
is around 15 % ( my observations have been 10 to 15% trichomes back from seiving or ice water crystal extraction. I have never read of any higher) .
I know that the thc needs to be decarboxylted? to turn the thca to thc .
let's assume that 100 % of all thc analogues are converted successfully for sake of math .
where does the 20grams of thc come from if the trichomes that produce them ( in the head cell according R Clark in Marijuanna Botony ) when those trichomes are NOT 100% thc .they also contain terpenes and calcium carbonate.
the common belief math is
100 grams weed at 20% thc should be 20 grams of thc ,
so where does the 20 grams of thc come from if trichomes are 15% max ? how can that be ? it can't.
the mistake is NO ONE POSTS THE PROCEDURE FOR TAKING SAMPLES FOR HPLC. IT REQUIRES THE SAMPLE TO BE PROCESSED TO REMOVE LEAF AND THE TRICHOMES SEPERATED AND DISSOLVED IN LAB GRADE METHANOL.
The THC content is rated based on the extracted trichomes NOT the weed
it's the trichome that is 20% THC NOT the leaf matter .
so the actual math is :
100 gram weed rated at 20% thc
contains 15% of trichomes that produce the thc as well as terpenes and calcium carbonate. the thc level is 20%
the actual math is .
100 grams weed at thc 20%
15 gram trichomes at 20% thc
100x 0.15 = 15 grams x 20% = 3gram thc
5here is 3 gram thc in 100 gram weed which makes weed 3% thc NOT 20 % .
it is a misrepresentation based on no disclosure of testing procedure .
bottom line..weed is 3% at best thc NOT 20%
how could you get 20grams of thc out of 15 grams trichomes.?
that would contravene the law of physics and the law of CONSERVATION of mass and ENERGY .
let the games begin but try to be polite please:)
Brother it comes a time when good reasoning becomes folly to those who just cannot fathom the idea, In cases like this- twist one up and hit it-BTW there are still those who think the world flat...OOPS- shouldnt have said thatWhat how?
No, I'm more wondering what makes up a trichome.Idk what you are talking about and only kind of care, but I think this might be toward what you are asking...
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The copernicus joke made me laugh though.
(I have no idea why you would be stuck on a rate as opposed to raw measure, if that is what is going on. Again I do not care enough to look more closely and check. sorry i am a bad guy).
Is that not in Clarke? I mean that plus some chemistry should probably satisfy that curiosity. If you don't have enough chemistry then i guess you can pick it up.No, I'm more wondering what makes up a trichome.
No, I'm more wondering what makes up a trichome.
Thankfully, you don't have to believe to get the effects. This sh*t ain't gryffindor.If my 1 gram of flower is 30% THC then almost supposedly 1/3 of it's total mass is just THC molecules. I find that hard to believe, too, and question the validity of THC percentages just based on this. The fact that some bud is better with supposedly lower THC levels doesn't help the confusion. And yeah, I sniff on some terpenes and shit but for the most part I really don't think terpenes are as powerful as people say. Even if they are, they are only like 2-3% of the bud
And obviously you are pointing to the stone cold fact that THC does not equal power of high. It's more complex than that. There are interactions between cannabinoids and terpenes and flavonoids and so on.
There's too much phytochemical inter/action going on for that to be true.I actually personally think that it is just the different types of THC, and maybe CBN, in the bud and almost nothing else giving us the feelings we want. I came to this conclusion from using lots of CBD/CBG buds and oils and finding them, even mixing them with THC, to be nothing like what I was looking for in bud. You're right about most very high THC strains. Very basic feeling and short acting, not my personal choice either.