Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -
I still have most of the herb I grew stored in jars with Bovedas, some as old as 20 months now. I have to get 'em all out (30+ jars) and check 'em one day, but whenever I do pull one out for a sample, it's always especially aromatic and the buzz never disappoints. They're stored in dark or dim light at lower room temp (on the floor, in a cabinet, etc.). I've always taken the espoused wonders of a good cure with a grain of salt, believing that no good can come from long-term storage, but I'm seeing for myself now, and I find the way terpenes change to be pretty darned interesting.
For one thing, as Dutty pointed out, many terpenes act as carriers and enhancers because they have the ability to attach to neural receptor sites themselves. So they can work in concert with cannabinols to create an effect. We know that they mature and change in a cure, and that the character of a high often changes, too. I think some of the claims of a better high after a cure is from the way the terpenes change. Sometimes it makes the high better, even if the total THC measures lower.
I still have most of the herb I grew stored in jars with Bovedas, some as old as 20 months now. I have to get 'em all out (30+ jars) and check 'em one day, but whenever I do pull one out for a sample, it's always especially aromatic and the buzz never disappoints. They're stored in dark or dim light at lower room temp (on the floor, in a cabinet, etc.). I've always taken the espoused wonders of a good cure with a grain of salt, believing that no good can come from long-term storage, but I'm seeing for myself now, and I find the way terpenes change to be pretty darned interesting.
For one thing, as Dutty pointed out, many terpenes act as carriers and enhancers because they have the ability to attach to neural receptor sites themselves. So they can work in concert with cannabinols to create an effect. We know that they mature and change in a cure, and that the character of a high often changes, too. I think some of the claims of a better high after a cure is from the way the terpenes change. Sometimes it makes the high better, even if the total THC measures lower.