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whatsgrimace
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Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? *DELETED*
#7996322 - 02/08/08 01:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: whatsgrimace]
#7996330 - 02/08/08 01:44 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hmm I have no knowledge on this, but i think it would only effect the smoke/flavour of the weed.
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THEBats
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: blacksun]
#7996335 - 02/08/08 01:47 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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it's called curing. I doubt it would have that much of a dramatic increase in potency.
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binarycircuit
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: THEBats]
#7996348 - 02/08/08 01:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't think it really works...
That being said one time I found a baggie that was at least a year old and it trashed me. But then there could be a lot of other factors involved too...
I just dont see how it could get better with time... its not like it's wine where you have bacteria involved making it more potent with time
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: binarycircuit]
#7996363 - 02/08/08 01:52 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've heard that a chemical, can't remember exact name, degrades into thc with either heat or over time.
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whatsgrimace
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#7996638 - 02/08/08 03:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: whatsgrimace]
#7996677 - 02/08/08 03:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Curing can cause this. When bud isn't completely cured there is still some moisture which causes the smoke to be blacker (like a smoldering rug) and grosser tasting. Also, since there is more material combusting (and combusting at a slightly higher temperature) thanks to the water presence you don't get as much THC by volume.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: wiggles]
#7996851 - 02/08/08 03:59 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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from my personal experience when the weed gets dry it loose properties, here in my country for example the fresh herb is more expensive than dry ones, in fact, the dry weed only is selled when there`s no more fresh ones, like in this season, january, february. the dry weed gives you a trip, but is not as strong as the new one and the effect is shorter.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: ombo]
#7996870 - 02/08/08 04:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I forgot, dry is not the same as fermented, and I had tried fermented weed too, you store it in a bag with a little water and some orange skin for two weeks, it becomes really ugly, with some green things (i don`t know how to call that green thing in english), but the effect is the same, the only way to absorb more THC than smoking is eating it.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: ombo]
#7996917 - 02/08/08 04:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Theres too many factors involved if you were to simply smoke 1 gram of fresh bud and 1 gram of really old bud to say which is better by gaging the effects. I can say that headies and some KB will tend to get more 'keefey' if it is dryed out, but as for thc volume i think you would have to have a lab test it.
Besides, 'strong effects from shwag' is an oxymoron.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: whatsgrimace]
#7997094 - 02/08/08 05:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Marijuana contains a lot of THC carboxylic acids, which aren't active. However, over time, and especially with heat, they can decarboxylate and become active.
Note that burning weed when you smoke it assists this process, but it happens too quickly and in an environment too rich in CO2 for it to happen to the same extent.
If you wanted to do a legitimate test of this, I'd take some of the same weed, put it into two different mason jars, then store one jar on/near a heater for a week, and the other in the fridge or somewhere else cool. That way you'd have control weed and aged weed.
If you're going to use airtight jars though, you might want to vent the aging one once a day to prevent buildup of CO2 and keep the experiment on track.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: Elfer]
#7998399 - 02/08/08 10:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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certainly curing can increase potency, but i haven't heard it was as dramatic as you described.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: ombo]
#7998512 - 02/08/08 11:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
ombo said: I forgot, dry is not the same as fermented, and I had tried fermented weed too, you store it in a bag with a little water and some orange skin for two weeks, it becomes really ugly, with some green things (i don`t know how to call that green thing in english), but the effect is the same, the only way to absorb more THC than smoking is eating it.
hahaha that green thing is called mold.
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: clover606]
#7998689 - 02/09/08 12:10 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thanks...!!!! ^^
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Re: Possible for Weed to Ferment/Gain Potency Over Time? [Re: ombo]
#7999493 - 02/09/08 09:35 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I found an old amber vial in my dresser last night..it used to have a bunch of really clear BHO....I could see that it still had some residue...so I put some 91% alchy in there...put it on a hot plate an evap'd it....gave my girl and I a bowl each....I smoke everyday all day and this resin put me down 
I made it using 4 ozers of the finest cured blueberry nuggets...god damn that was a nice find...
cheers
edit: yes it cures
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