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DoubleAtotheRON

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... and we're ready to go to market with these. We hit 22+% THC and 3.64 Terps on our Dosi Whoa! (personal).... so I think we'll run it again. Maybe even the whole room. These came out at 15-18% THC, and around 2% terps, so I wasn't impressed. Water content was pretty spot on at 11-13%. Great burn, grey ash, good high.... but the market demands higher THC levels.





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DoubleAtotheRON

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Do you use one of those "moisture content" meters to check that parameter yourself, too? If so, which one do you use?
I do check it with my meter as we are drying. I try to hit that 11-13% mark because the State limit is 15%.. if you are over, you have to re-dry and re-test ( and re-pay for it).... and as far as meters... I use this one....
https://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-MMD4E-Moisture-High-Medium-Low/dp/B00275F5O2/ref=sr_1_6?adgrpid=1333708169672611&dchild=1&hvadid=83356831605029&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=75937&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-83357107839574:loc-190&hydadcr=1615_10488456&keywords=moisture+meter+wood&qid=1626391251&sr=8-6
 

2com

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I do check it with my meter as we are drying. I try to hit that 11-13% mark because the State limit is 15%.. if you are over, you have to re-dry and re-test ( and re-pay for it).... and as far as meters... I use this one....
https://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-MMD4E-Moisture-High-Medium-Low/dp/B00275F5O2/ref=sr_1_6?adgrpid=1333708169672611&dchild=1&hvadid=83356831605029&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=75937&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-83357107839574:loc-190&hydadcr=1615_10488456&keywords=moisture+meter+wood&qid=1626391251&sr=8-6
Thanks. I was just looking through'em and saw a lot of that brand.
So, you need a bud long enough to span a bit further than the distance between those two probes? How far apart are they?
How far do you sink them into the bud, if at all? They show images of wood being test, just touching the probes off the wood/other material.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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Thanks. I was just looking through'em and saw a lot of that brand.
So, you need a bud long enough to span a bit further than the distance between those two probes? How far apart are they?
How far do you sink them into the bud, if at all? They show images of wood being test, just touching the probes off the wood/other material.
I'd say the spear probes are about 1 and a half inches apart from each other. I bury the probes all the way into the bud..... with just a little bit of force.
 

2com

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I'd say the spear probes are about 1 and a half inches apart from each other. I bury the probes all the way into the bud..... with just a little bit of force.
Cool man. Thank you.
Do you find this method consistent? And is 11-15% a level of moisture that is consistently a proper level at which a bud tends to "grind" or break up nicely, and more importantly burn/smoke properly?
 

2com

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I heard wolverinegrown mention this and even show which meter he uses, just a while back. I think I recall a mention of using these meters over a year before that, I think. I wonder what they use to test samples of yours, similar tool but lab grade?

Interesting.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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Cool man. Thank you.
Do you find this method consistent? And is 11-15% a level of moisture that is consistently a proper level at which a bud tends to "grind" or break up nicely, and more importantly burn/smoke properly?
I've found it to be very consistent with the labs. And yes 11 to 13% is good and cured. It will burn nicely, and not be harsh. I imagine they use something way more expensive, but still pretty accurate.
 

cancerkiller

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... and we're ready to go to market with these. We hit 22+% THC and 3.64 Terps on our Dosi Whoa! (personal).... so I think we'll run it again. Maybe even the whole room. These came out at 15-18% THC, and around 2% terps, so I wasn't impressed. Water content was pretty spot on at 11-13%. Great burn, grey ash, good high.... but the market demands higher THC levels.





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can u explain if one is 22% thc and the lower one is 11%, what makes up the 11% difference?
i think the higher the thc-a, the higher my yield be for my solventless decarboxylated cannabis flower extract.
if i had to buy rosin from a dispensary, i'd have to buy two grams to make 1600mg of medicine, because decarbing rosin steams off terpenes and moisture.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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can u explain if one is 22% thc and the lower one is 11%, what makes up the 11% difference?
i think the higher the thc-a, the higher my yield be for my solventless decarboxylated cannabis flower extract.
if i had to buy rosin from a dispensary, i'd have to buy two grams to make 1600mg of medicine, because decarbing rosin steams off terpenes and moisture.
The difference is 2 different strains. Dosi came in at just over 22%, and Crescendo came in at 11%. You can take samples to 10 different labs and get 10 different results. BUT!.. Dosi has always been consistently over 20% using 3 different labs. .. and of course, these were from seeds (except the Dosi), so you're going to have 28 different phenos in the bunch. Our next run will be clones only.
 

cancerkiller

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The difference is 2 different strains. Dosi came in at just over 22%, and Crescendo came in at 11%. You can take samples to 10 different labs and get 10 different results. BUT!.. Dosi has always been consistently over 20% using 3 different labs. .. and of course, these were from seeds, so you're going to have 28 different phenos in the bunch. Our next run will be clones only.
i mean ur sample is 22% thc. logically that means 78% is something else. does the lab break that down?
ur 11% thc plant must have 89% of other stuff, right?
that other thread says there's 40% thc cannabis, so 60% of it is other.
i guess, idk.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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i mean ur sample is 22% thc. logically that means 78% is something else. does the lab break that down?
ur 11% thc plant must have 89% of other stuff, right?
that other thread says there's 40% thc cannabis, so 60% of it is other.
i guess, idk.
The "rest" of it is terpenes, and plant matter..... mostly plant material... and 40% THC is unheard of, unless someone is making a concentrate. And even then, 40 would be low. Most concentrates are like 85-95% THC depending on how good of a processor you are, and method of extraction.
 
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cancerkiller

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The "rest" of it is terpenes, and plant matter..... mostly plant material... and 40% THC is unheard of, unless someone is making a concentrate. And even then, 40 would be low. Most concentrates are like 85-95% THC depending on how good of a processor you are, and method of extraction.
is that company legit u think offering fatso seeds?
 
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DoubleAtotheRON

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so, if i squash a high thc flower, i should get more rosin than a low thc flower?
Ideally... yes. Because the low THC is not fully developed, or that particular strain is just not capable of those higher numbers. Once the tricombes reach peak THC, thats the ideal time to squish. After they start turning amber, you'll get the same volume (roughly), but!, that THC in the amber tricombes have converted to CBN, CBG, etc... same volume, but they have degraded, and the trich's have altered chemically.
 

cancerkiller

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Ideally... yes. Because the low THC is not fully developed, or that particular strain is just not capable of those higher numbers. Once the tricombes reach peak THC, thats the ideal time to squish. After they start turning amber, you'll get the same volume (roughly), but!, that THC in the amber tricombes have converted to CBN, CBG, etc... same volume, but they have degraded.
u know my method, decarb the flowers and then squash out edible medicine.
the idiot politicians were wanting to limit thc in flower to 10% so i'd just have to buy twice as much and pay more taxes on it.
pretty clever.
 
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