Does cola count affect the quality of the cola

JohnDee said:

SC,
Not to worry...a given plant will onl produce so much bud. But also you have to consider strain. some have dominant single cola. So be happy with what you get...
JD

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Ummm..........all cannabis is apically dominant.

The active form is converted by heat. That's it. So, if you ate green ganja it won't do anything.

If you slightly brown it on a cookie sheet, it converts and then you eat it...well, I went through a year of chemo doing just that.

So, say what you know. I find that to be more interesting, don't you?

JohnDee said:

SC,
Not to worry...a given plant will onl produce so much bud. But also you have to consider strain. some have dominant single cola. So be happy with what you get...
JD

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No. It is just a plant and most all plants can be doubled and doubled by pinching the tops, get the double top and pinching that for 4 top. Not strain related, to my knowledge. So, that is a myth as well.

You just need to be careful; you can go over board. My cousin was afraid to top his plant, so I fimmed it for him. It was already at like the 12th node, so it had tons of branches underneath.

It got 6 or 7 tops from the fim, and once he saw how easy it was he started going top/fim crazy. He vegged a dwc plant for almost 2 1/2 months, and by the time he put it in flower, what would've been about 10-15 nice solid tops turned into a hundred little shitty branches. He ran all his credit cards up buying equipment and everything, banking on one huge harvest and he wound up getting like 5-6 ounces of popcorn, not one single cola.

It really broke him, he hasn't been growing since...poor guy. Makes me wanna hug him. This, of course, is one of the horror stories, with a worse case scenario ending.

Also OP, not sure how long they've been drying, but my first run I had a plant with like 15 nice big colas, the plant yielded about 10 ounces. I tried guessing the weight by using the "1/3 of your wet wright will be your dry weight" but the formula didn't really work for me; a branch that weighed like 300 grams wound up drying to about 2 ounces. Fwiw. Great job on the first harvest! Almost feels like cheating, doesn't it? Having god deliver such a miracle

Doer said:

No. You need to provide some facts if you want to make that claim, right? Else, you are just repeating myth.

Why do you think this? I have done experiments. Have you?

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Yes I have

I grew a bunch of good pot (dispensary had no complaints and bought it more than once). I smoked this stuff all day, and of course my tolerance was getting steadily higher. Should make it harder to get high if it's the same but the longer it cured, the higher I got. The cure was outpacing my tolerance. At the 2 1/2 week mark it really took off and my friends thought I was lying when I told them it was the same pot.

I have to quit until I get my next harvest up. Chop date is valentines day, but I won't even think about smoking until 4-20, after the cure, it's a waste of bud to smoke it without a cure, you're losing money like 2 to 1 on every uncured bud you smoke. It's like picking a bud early to get some smoke. Your gram would have grown to be an eighth.

Well, all I can say is that I can find the same article, over and over, that says it does increase "potency."

Word for word I see this everywhere.
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Does curing affect potency?

The very short answer is YES. It does affect potency in a very positive manner. Curing cannabis after harvesting for few days to several months will improve the potency, as well as the taste and texture of the buds.
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But, they cannot provide proof. Proof is an assay, and neither of us has done that. And I can't find anybody that has done that. Weird. Of course, at my clinic I can pay a small about to have my two samples assayed, if I wanted to.

And you said 2x and can't prove that. So much is un-known. Such as, there is a difference between potency and quality? I think so.

But, until I can find an assay experiment, I can't really know.

I can find an equal number of articles that says it does not increase potency only quality.

Drying and curing cannabis properly will yield the most THC-potent smoke. When dried and cured improperly, potency can diminish substantially. The level of THC in a plant is determined by its genetics. Proper drying and curing will keep the THC level as high as genetically possible. It does not increase potency.

i usually take my wet weight if i remove the buds from the stem and then multiply it by .25 or .2 to be safe if i want to be sure i will have x amount for a patient. i usually always end up with a little more than that but thats a good trick to estimate your yield dried. also i have never had complaints about potency with no curing time only taste or how it burns but sometimes people cant wait for cures and still spend the money.

All I know, is when my buds are cured, I get higher than if the aren't and that's really all I need to know.

I just wish Boveda would come out with a 55-58% pack.

ProdigalSun said:

The curing process gives the THC time to convert to a psychoactive form, as well as a myriad of other chemicals. Curing does make it stronger, it nearly doubles the potency.

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I'm interested in this, if you can provide research data that supports or proves your point. Blather from a stoner website does not cut it. Doubling the potency?

Yes, and unfortunately this being a mostly illegal activity for the last 80 years and science on it has been proscribed, as well, it is no wonder there is still so much un-known.

This will change. But, the web is still swamped with Myth and Hype, alas.

My plants been revealed, I just made it up to sound bigger online than I am.

Hey, those terriers are not that big, so if that was true you'd have a Great Dane or something.

Just discussing.

I just knew it!!