Hey, I'm too lazy to read all the pages. Can anyone give me a rundown? Are there guides or methods based on the info in this thread? Thanks in advance.
A legitimate question deserving of a legitimate answer. Unfortunately, as evidenced by the lack of a substantive response, I’ll have to agree with InTheShed; the holy grail is of yet still elusive.
Despite the noble efforts of many participants here, there’s little more than educated hypothesis at this point. In many cases, even comparison lab reports are inconsistent I.E. higher terpene content contained in processed samples than non processed samples. There is, however, a tremendous amount of food for thought here and well worth the read.
Here’s a couple of opinions I’ll offer (and we all know about opinions so proceed with caution):
1. The parameters for proficient decarb are far wider than we are led to believe. There are just too many variables to say a single time or temp can be attached to all decarb circumstances. Atmospheric conditions such as ambient temps, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc. can induce variables in the utopian decarb formula. Also, moisture content, varying cannabinoids in different strains and age of flower can cause inconsistencies. I’ve seen far too many lab reports showing excellent results using vastly diverse procedures to accept that there’s a single formula that is the ultimate procedure for all circumstances. So, are we chasing something that doesn’t exist?!? Hmmmmm.
2. I’m a firm believer that the more we manipulate this plant through thermal and chemical procedures involved in extractions and infusions, the more of the “goodness” we’re probably losing. I can only imagine what we’re throwing out with the “trash” when we discard the byproducts from these procedures. There are still mysteries to be discovered about cannabis. Just last week, the University of Salento in Italy announced the discovery of 2 new cannabinoids; THCP and CBDP I think. They’re touting THCP is 30X more potent than THC but I’d like to look past simple headlines prior to buying into this.
Following this train of thought, for the past few months, I’ve been using a K.I.S.S. procedure of preparation that has resulted in a surprisingly effective product for oral ingestion.
Just decarb, grind to a fine powder and eat a tad! It offers a gentle onset in 15-45 minutes (variables actually seem to be sometimes strain related) with a linear ramp up to an enjoyable peak at about the 5 hour mark with noticeable positive effects as long as 8 hours after ingestion. The strain personalities seem much more prevalent with this modality than previous experiences with tinctures and infusions. And an amazingly small amount is required for my needs.
Just mindless ramblings from an ol’ fat man FWIW!!
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For a while I was carefully weighing out 0.2 grams on the scale. As the cobs cure linger they become more and more potent, so I went to the wet finger approach and stopped weighing, and like you, I get very inconsistent response.
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