potency

I have harvested my buds, they were fat and heavy with a good coverage of trich's, amber and cloudy, flowered for 75-92 days, have dried and in process of curing, tried a smoke after a couple of weeks, wasn't very potent at all, can the potency improve in time?

Or is it you? I have just had a break from smoking for a good while. Now I just have the odd one and they knock me for six every time. Before I'd have to smoke loads to get anywhere close to the effect. It could be your have become tolerant to it and the weed is just fine.

Do you have pics of the plant right before harvest?

You should get a good idea how potent the buds are after drying. Yes, the cure will improve potency to some degree, but not that much.

What strain? I'm guessing Sativa because of the long flower time?

singlecoiled said:

You should get a good idea how potent the buds are after drying. Yes, the cure will improve potency to some degree, but not that much.

What strain? I'm guessing Sativa because of the long flower time?

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Yea I don't know that I agree with the cure increases the potency.

Tolerance break time. Personally I find the best potency test is to have a non grower who smokes a normal amount try it. I smoke medically and constantly so my tolerance is up there too.

Curing does not increase potency. Cannabis loses potency as it ages.

The concentration of D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabinol (CBN) in cannabis plant material (marijuana) of different varieties stored at room temperature (20-22o Celsius (C)) over a four-year period was determined. The percentage loss of THC was proportional to the storage time. On average, the concentration of THC in the plant material decreased by 16.6% ±7.4 of its original value after one year and 26.8% ±7.3, 34.5% ±7.6 and 41.4% ±6.5 after two, three and four years, respectively. A relationship between the concentration ratio of CBN to THC and the storage time was developed and could serve as a guide in determining the approximate age of a given marijuana sample stored at room temperature.

Wizzlebiz said:

Do you have pics of the plant right before harvest?

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Sorry already harvested, so no pic's, the strains were 2 of Barney's farm critical kush which i flowered for 75 days and 76 days, the others were 2 of BF laughing buddha which i ran for 86 days and 96 days, the other was a seedsman gorilla glue did 79 days of flower.

speedwell68 said:

Or is it you? I have just had a break from smoking for a good while. Now I just have the odd one and they knock me for six every time. Before I'd have to smoke loads to get anywhere close to the effect. It could be your have become tolerant to it and the weed is just fine.

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Possibly tolerance, but have been smoking less for a while, am growing in coco medium and using coco A+B fertilser for the first time, as i usually use a variety of ferts when growing, could that affect potency?

Could definitely be your tolerance is high, could also just be the buds are mids. All the bag appeal in the world (frosty, dense, dank nugs) does’t always guarantee the potency is there.

MtRainDog said:

Could definitely be your tolerance is high, could also just be the buds are mids. All the bag appeal in the world (frosty, dense, dank nugs) does’t always guarantee the potency is there.

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I agree with you on bag appeal, just may be duds, shame though, put a lot of effort in, pay good coin for seeds, then at the end of 4 months, instead of a good high a very low let down.