How can weed be 20% thc when the trichomes only make up 15% max ?

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hello
first post .lets make it a good one.lol
Ok so I have grown 30 years .it was my company tibbits air purification that made the first ( as far as I know) carbon filter specifically for the hydroponic industry in 1997 in cobourg Ontario.
we sold them across Canada in every province from 1997 to 2003 .they were a triangular 20 lb refillable unit called the wedge
now there is a lot if myth and misconception in the bus.
today I want to prove or disprove ( am betting on disprove) we3d is 20% ....in my opinion based on math and the laws of physics is it is more like 2 to 3% thc max in bud .
when you do and hplc chromatography test the sample is prepared by removing the leaf matter the trichomes are dissolved in tech grade methanol and 4h test is run that separates substances based on their molar weight ( as far as I know)
so let's do math :
100 grams of weed rated at 20% thc =20 grams pure thc .
if resin is 100% thc and 20% of a bud then 4hjs math works .( not likely)
if there are terpenes and and calcium carbonate ( as per marijuanna botany by robert Connell Clark and several other sources ) then the trichome can not be 100% .( I believe this is the part part that is 20% .)
so if trichome is 20% thc then to get 20 grams thc the bud must be 100% trichome ( nope )
so now this is my belief
100 grams of weed rated at 20% that consists of a max 15% resin = 100 g x 15% ( resin ) x 20% thc = 3 gram thc.
3 gram thc in 100gram bud is 3% thc NOT 20% .
am I missing something 4hst does not CONTRAVENE the law of mass and energy?
 
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believe it or not, male plants contain THC as well
it is throughout the plant not just on the trichomes outside of it
 
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There is still a lot of water content in flower and you need to remove all of it to get an accurate percentage by mass. Also that is a percentage of the total mass tested. Science it matters.
 
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I grew a green bush outdoors UK absolutely no bud just leafs, young and daft we smoked it and it left me and and 4 other people blitzed, the guys house we were at mother come into the room as she did frequently, she looked at him and asked wtf he'd been on?
Time to leave lol, if you doubt it I'm not surprised, everything I've ever read says contrary but in the world of weed I don't expect that was unique to me?

johnsmith1010 said:
yes I agree. if you mean the 20% thc is in relation the the trichome weight not the plant matter
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Yes that's what I mean.
 
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BobThe420Builder said:
So why do u get high off of leaves smoked in veg

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the trichome in veg leaves contains bulbous trichomes on the leaves. ( get s scope )
there are 4 types of trichome

non glandular like know the stalk if the plants also on tomatoes
bulbous trichomes on leaves that generally do not contain thc but precursors like cbd and can
Capitate sessil
AMD And capitate stalled glandular trichome .
thc is made in the head cell which fills up with terpenes and calcium carbonate ( marijuanna botany and many online sources)
 
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buyyouabeer said:
There is still a lot of water content in flower and you need to remove all of it to get an accurate percentage by mass. Also that is a percentage of the total mass tested. Science it matters.
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yes so just tricomes
100 gram bud at 20 % thc does not contain 20 grams thc it's contained 3%
other wise account for it mathematicly please.
100 gram weed =15 gram resin
where is the 20 grams thc ?
 
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www.labmanager.com

Cannabis Testing: Standardizing Methods

Standardizing the methods will improve products for recreational and medicinal applications
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To analyze a sample, extraction is often required. “In analysis and quality control, the THC content is analyzed for quality control of recreational THC products, for quality determination of pharmaceutical THC products, or for the distinction of drug-hemp and fiber-hemp,” explains Kathrin Hielscher, marketing manager at Hielscher Ultrasonics (Teltow, Germany). “The ultrasonic sample preparation is used to release the targeted substances before chromatography.” Traditionally, the analysis includes thin-layer chromatography (TLC), gas chromatography (GC), or
 
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johnsmith1010 said:
yes so just tricomes
100 gram bud at 20 % thc does not contain 20 grams thc it's contained 3%
other wise account for it mathematicly please.
100 gram weed =15 gram resin
where is the 20 grams thc ?
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So you have decided in a stoners fog that you know more than all the science based technicians working in the labs? That all of our cannabis is only 3% THC, who knew?
 
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