T H C is it hype or not?!!?

[kona gold]

I have heard many things these days about how much T H C is in a particular strain, linking this to potency!
Higher T H C the higher the potency?
Also have read some threads about people bashing bc seeds, for claiming high T H C levels, some as high as 50%.
Why is it hard for people to believe a strain could have been bred to reach this level?
Supposedly strains from 70's only were rated around 5 - 7%, now were at 20+ regularly!
Why not 50%, i smoke 50% bubble, it doesn't do anything special.
Now i smoked some stuff growing up in mid 80's and early 90's that got me high for 6+ hours.
Some skunk#1 and top notch hawaiian.
Were those strains only 7%?
I smoke 20% all the time, it only gets me moderatly high for 2 hours max!!
Thats why i think T H C is just a hype to sell seeds, and bud!

Aloha

 

[RawBudzski]

I heard of them being able to make plants have 200+% thc. though I am sure it has only been done in a lab. It is a long name, google it.

 

[Unnk]

you do understand that their are several organic compounds that play a role and affect the high


and 50% ???

cripes not much left for water or plant material

 

[RawBudzski]

thx % cannot be thc:bud ratio >.< is it?

 

[racerboy71]

i always lol when people come on here and ask what strains have the highest thc levels...

first of all, thc is only one of many compounds in weed that get you high.. there are things like cbd's and many others that play a major role in getting you high.. this is why if you've even vaped bud, it's completely different than burning it... when vaping, one usually doesn't get it to a proper temp to release all of the other cannabinoids, so the effects are going to be way different, which is why i'm not a huge vape fan honestly...
secondly, when a breeder says that their gear has say 20% thc, who the hell knows where they're getting this number from.. as far as i'm concerned, they could, and probably are, pulling these numbers out of thin air, after all, i didn't see any form of test results for it..
and lastly, like the op said, they claim that some of the strains from the 60s and 70s only had say 8% thc, yet when you talk to some of the old heads that were around and smoked these buds, they all go on and on and on about how much better the weed was back in that time period.. if this is true, that would show me that thc percentage means nada for potency, right??

just my $.02, take it for what it is, gospel, lol, i kid, i kid...

 

[bostoner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CannabicyclohexanolMaybe you love CBD, with all growers breeding for high thc strains over the years because that was the most known psychoactive chemical, try some CBD strains, heard of one called harlequin or something that has like 10% cbd ... Cannabicyclohexanol is that what your thinking of Rawbudski? How could something be over 100 percent anthing? lol but there is sythetic THC like Cannabicyclohexanol and HU-210 which are more powerful than organic THC. HU-210 is like 500 times more potent than thc. Probably awesome.

 

[ink the world]

Any breeder that makes claims about THC or CBD levels and doesn't have actual lab results to back it up is probably full of shit.

Seriously, if BC Seeds really had strains at 50% don't you think there would be tons of people growing their gear? Think about it, they would dominate the seed industry. They don't and they don't have strains at those insane levels

 

[tip top toker]

Maybe something about BC's legal disclaimer stating that everything written on the site was just bullshit for advertising purposes

 

[morganmack]

Supposedly strains from 70's only were rated around 5 - 7%, now were at 20+ regularly!
Why not 50%, i smoke 50% bubble, it doesn't do anything special.

LOL... So would this weed 'bubble' from being 50% pure... Cause that is why bubble hash bubbles ? I highly doubt the numbers you have presented are correct.

 

[Dr. Kushman]

Does anyone know if true that Bubba is only 6% thc but very high cbd?

 

[kona gold]

My point was.....THC is not a precursor for potency!! Whatever the percentages of THC i said, are irrelevant to the point i was trying to make.
The other compounds, as well as THC, are needed to affect the feeling one gets when one gets high.
So if someone bred a strain that has 50% THC, it might not necessarily blow you away!!!
Depending on the cannabinoidial interactions, made that word up, will determine your affects.

 

[big fatjoint]

Nope if it had 50% thc it would be crazy potent it is the most active cannabinoid there are others like cbd but they are not as strong and are what makes the stone sleepy or dreamy not potent!
Strains with high cbd content are like 1% cbd this is why I have to disagree!

 

[Cannalytics]

Plant material typically maxes out around 25% cannabinoids, I wouldn't be surprised to see a very nice hash test in the 50% range, and we have BHOs that regularly test at 70%. http://www.micannalytics.com/results/index.php

Also the strain names are really irrelevant unless you're dealing with a specifically phenotyped cut that was grown by a great grower who has consistent results. In fact, the cannabinoid ratios produced by each plant in a seed pack of the same strain also widely vary. For instance, we've been helping several caregivers here in Michigan identify CBD-rich strains but the majority of the seeds in the pack are all THC-rich.