Does guano really "mango", or sweeten buds?

[Shape Shifter]

Sniff....sniff.....I smell the beginning of a bro science myth. So glad I could be here!

Can't wait to tell IPA brewers their myrcene heavy hops are mango bombs because a stoner says so. They aren't mango bombs because there is no mango. To achieve mango flavor with terpenes requires a blend of terpenes. There is no singular mango terpene.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Nah. No mango in myrcene. There is myrcene in mango. Big difference. These are facts. Believe whatever you want.

It's not necessarily a mango flavor. It's kinda hard to explain. It was a earthy, but fruity kinda taste that left an aftertaste on my tongue for awhile, especially where the vapor hit my tongue.

I probably should have specified that I was using my SSV desktop vape. You wouldn't get those flavors from smoking it.

 

[Shape Shifter]

It's not necessarily a mango flavor. It's kinda hard to explain. It was a earthy, but fruity kinda taste that left an aftertaste on my tongue for awhile, especially where the vapor hit my tongue.

I probably should have specified that I was using my SSV desktop vape. You wouldn't get those flavors from smoking it.

Myrcene is the most common terp in weed. Does most of the weed you have ever smoked taste like you described?

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Myrcene is the most common terp in weed. Does most of the weed you have ever smoked taste like you described?

No, that was the first time I've ever had any weed that tasted that strong. It did get milder though as it aged. The vaporizer does makes everything taste better, but still. I was almost worried that I did something wrong at first. I kept asking people if it smelled and tasted alright to them, lol.

I actually still have some from that batch that's over 1 1/2 years old, and I don't notice it anymore at all. It's gotta be the mycrene thing, and that the plants were more spoiled the first round. Lots of beneficial shit going on and happy microbes made happy plants. That's my thinking now.

Guano does have beneficial microbes and good stuff in it too, so the guano probably just helps make happy soil microbes, which makes happier plants, which make more terpenes. And the term "mango" is probably just a generic kinda way to describe the funky kinda fruity flavor. It didn't taste like Mangos really, lol.

 

[Shape Shifter]

This combo of terps would result in big mango with dank on top.

Peaks	tR (min)
1.	α-Pinene	7.39
2.	β-Myrcene	8.02
3.	α-Phellandrene	8.40
4.	δ 3-Carene	8.44
5.	Ocimene	8.61
6.	Limonene	8.71

	Peaks	tR (min)
7.	p-Cymene	8.75
8.	Linalool	9.87
9.	dl-Menthol	11.08
10.	Geraniol	11.82
11.	Citral-2	12.24
12.	β-Caryophyllene	13.83
13.	α-Humulene	14.21

 

[Shape Shifter]

Guano does have beneficial microbes and good stuff in it too, so the guano probably just helps make happy soil microbes, which makes happier plants, which make more terpenes.

The problem is myrcene is not very fruity. It's 80% herbaceous, 10% fruit and 10% spice. Pretty hard to get a fruit bomb out of myrcene. How do you know you aren't just tasting bat shit?

 

[PadawanWarrior]

The problem is myrcene is not very fruity. It's 80% herbaceous, 10% fruit and 10% spice. Pretty hard to get a fruit bomb out of myrcene. How do you know you aren't just tasting bat shit?

Got this from Weedmaps.

Myrcene

Learn all about beta-myrcene, a terpene commonly found in cannabis. Discover the potential health benefits of myrcene and strains that have high levels of myrcene.

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What does myrcene taste like?
Cannabis strains with high myrcene levels are often described as tasting spicy, earthy, and musky. Myrcene also carries sweet undertones, which have been compared to ripe mango and other fruity flavors.

 

[Shape Shifter]

Got this from Weedmaps.

There's your problem. Stoner sources are often bogus. This is not an exception. You are using anything to validate your confirmation bias.

The sensory qualities of myrcene are well studied by scientists and brewers. I am very familiar with the taste and aroma of myrcene. I stand behind my previous comments.

 

[Shape Shifter]

Forgot to mention, in addition to being a master horticulturalist, I'm also World Class brewer of IPAs. You don't realize it, but you are messing with a real life terp bro.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Pics or it didn’t happen.

 

[Shape Shifter]

I don't care what you believe. Should I update your bro science thread with your mango bro myth?

 

[Shape Shifter]

LOL. Mango Bro. That's your new nickname.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

There's your problem. Stoner sources are often bogus. This is not an exception. You are using anything to validate your confirmation bias.

The sensory qualities of myrcene are well studied by scientists and brewers. I am very familiar with the taste and aroma of myrcene. I stand behind my previous comments.

Many sources say, earthy, fruity, clove-like smells. And I said the taste was hard to describe. And everybody is gonna describe the taste of something a little different. To me it was a funky kinda earthy fruityness.

Cannabis Terpenes, Part 2: What’s Myrcene and How Does It Work?

Cannabis Terpenes, Part 2: What’s Myrcene and How Does It Work?

www.siranaturals.org

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WHAT IS MYRCENE?
Myrcene (also known as alpha-myrcene or beta-myrcene) is the most common and a particularly potent terpene, with a spicy, earthy, musky scent that gives cannabis strains a mildly sweet flavor profile.

 

[Shape Shifter]

Many sources say, earthy, fruity, clove-like smells. And I said the taste was hard to describe. And everybody is gonna describe the taste of something a little different. To me it was a funky kinda earthy fruityness.

None of them tell you the proportion. I told you the correct proportion. Very low fruit and spice in myrcene. Its mostly herbaceous.

 

[Budzbuddha]

FFS I’m really a scientist that has travelled to the center of the earth ( not flat ) , brewed world class coffee from a Krupp , killed Osama , skinned a cat for no fucking reason .

UNTOUCHABLE

 

[Budzbuddha]

I don't care what you believe. Should I update your bro science thread with your mango bro myth?

If you must , I need the female touch there.

 

[Shape Shifter]

Whatever you say, Mango Bro.

 

[Budzbuddha]

You must have blinked .... I just Shape Shifted right there ..... all up under your schnoz .


Apologies to OP .... sometimes you leave the door open too long flies come in.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I don't care what you believe. Should I update your bro science thread with your mango bro myth?

It's not a myth or bro science. There is actually something to this. Thanks to Buddha's mycrene idea, I'm pretty sure I know what's going on now. I'm pretty sure that the "mango" effect some claim with guano is actually just the plants producing more mycrene. Bat guano is full of nutrients, and loaded with microbes, so it would make sense that it would make happier microbes.

My thought is the extra terpenes developed more because the microbes and soil was happier than normal. Crazy active happy microbes probably made crazier tastier stinkier weed. They made sure the plants were getting everything the needed.

I think that's probably where some get confused and think that molasses is making their weed sweeter. It's probably just making the microbes happier and then they're making the plants happier and put out more terpenes in return.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

You must have blinked .... I just Shape Shifted right there ..... all up under your schnoz .


Apologies to OP .... sometimes you leave the door open too long flies come in.

Don't apologize for shit man. You just opened my eyes. I think I figured out what's going on now. It all makes sense since you mentioned the myrcene. I don't believe it's the guano itself, but more a really active and healthy microherd with enough nutes to feed them. Guano is a good source of microbes and nutrients though. I have microbes now, but I can't have as many as I did when I was brewing a tea every watering.

Thanks Buddha, I learned a lot. Logic would suggest that you're correct.