The Best All Around Guide I've Seen. Covers Everything Nubes!

estesj

estesj

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Whats up dude? I have a question. I got busted in march growing some auto white dwarfs in my back yard because my fagot ass so called friend of 10 years snitched me out. I want to do a closet set up with 10 auto bluberrys but I want to use t5 lights to stay low key. since thet only veg for 3 weeks should I use hot tubes with the red spectrum yhe whole time or get the ones with the mixed bulbs. im going to get the 4 ft with 8 bulb t5 system for 400 bucks and one of those co2 boost buckets that last 60 days and give them 24 hrs of light. how do you think that sounds. im hoping to get at least 20 grams to an o per plant. Thanks man.
 
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malzherb

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Amazing, this helped a lot, don't know what I woulda done, just lost my first crop ever and was gonna just start over and do the same stuff, but now I have rethought it and things will definitely ne better this Time
 
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Melizzard

Member
Awesome guide!!! I'm new to growing and am eating all this info up! I was a little confused, however, about THC, CBD, and CBN in your explanation. I am a cancer patient and am interested in strains with decent levels of CBD. I have a couple of comments/question delineated by asterisks below within your quote.

You said:

Cannabinoid production starts with formation of CBG (cannabigerol). From here it is independently processed into either:

1. CBC (cannabichromene), non psycho active "energy-storage" compound which is readily converted back to CBG if needed.

2. CBD (cannabidiol), the body stone effect, which is the precursor of THC. It also affects how the THC hits us, effectively improving on the high. (So high THC low CBD isn't necessarily a good thing). CBD also have some medicinal properties, making a high CDB value good for medicinal strains. CBD is then enzymatically cyclized to THC.

****** In #2, you say that CBD is the precursor of THC. OK, so far, I'm with you.

THC --> CBN, in late flowering and with trichome age, THC starts degrading into CBN (cannabinol). This also means that the THC on buds sitting in a jar will also eventually degrade into CBN and other lesser cannabinoids. It might taste great and be smooth smoke but probably less potent than when it was harvested. This is why we store the buds in air-tight jars and in darkness, we hope to reduce the the rate of THC degradation.

******* Still with you.

Cannabis sativa strains usually have a higher THC content than their indica counterparts. Pure sativas can carry a stratospheric, and sometimes creative, cerebral high so strong that you'll be blown into next dimension. Indicas on the other hand can pack a strong narcotic stone so numbing that you lose the ability to speak, let alone think. That's why they are good pain killers. Indicas also contain higher values of the therapeutic CBD cannabinol ...

****** OK, here's where I start to get confused ... you just said that indicas contain higher values of CBD cannabinol. So then, which is it? Are indicas higher in CBD or CBN? And then, in the drying/curing section, you said, "Over time the THC will degrade to CBD no matter what so you might get a smooth smoke but the bud will not be as potent as the day you harvested the plant."

****** Here you say the THC will degrade to CBD, but above (in #2) you said CBD is a precursor to THC. If CBD is a precursor, then how can THC degrade into it after it's cured?

I'm not trying to be snippy ... I'm trying to understand as I have a really big need for CBD! :)

xxoo
Melissa
 
ian83

ian83

Active Member
that was an amazing read. i actually read the whole thing, it was so friggin' intriguing. i'm going to just print this out and keep it in my grow journal. thanks man!
 
BU5T4

BU5T4

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Fantastic, that is a great post and answered alot of niggling questions.

Thank you OP.
 
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