mayan

I'm trying to figure out whether there is anything inopportune about making/sifting hash from plants that have been recently harvested. (I may have nibbled on this question in another thread sometime aways back.)

I have read MANY posts by respected participants here and at other sites that say that potency actually increases as a result of a cure. Would that mean that hash made/smoked, etc. from fresh bud would not be as strong as hash made properly dried cannabis? If so, I'm not sure I get this...I thought that curing was much more involved with the leaf, rather than the trichs. Any thoughts as to what chemistry would be occurring that would actually be improving the THC rather than degrading it? Thanks!

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interesting question.....
here's what my common sense does to it.... go toward other dried herbs... spices, like that.

Dried herbs are more powerful than fresh herbs. It takes much less dried oregano than it does fresh oregano to get the same potent flavor... Taste might be different but the potency is bigger in the dried herb.... it may not be true across the board but most things, parsley, thyme, dill, etc... so...

does this translate to I would say yes, to some degree. not based on anything I can back up with chemistry.

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mayan

Very interesting approach, outdoors...I had not thought about the spice angle...in fact, I didn't realize that fresh was not as strong as dried. Thanks!!

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Swapmeet

I believe that mj gets way stronger when it is properly dried. I don't believe curing makes it any stronger as much as it degrades the chlorophyl and makes the smoke smoother. You know, hash dries and cures too.

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I read something on the chemical reaction that happen during the curing proccess of cannabis, on top of the chlorophyll breaking down, other chemical reactions occur, even though the plant is technically "dead", and increase certain cannibinoids, thus making the pot more potent. I'm sure you could find the article if you searched around on google because it's been awhile since I've read it and I don't remember where I found it.

I would say use properly cured bud to make the best hash, but I'm sure you could just let the hash cure also if you made it from fresh bud.

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If I could just keep my paws off the plant in question without sampling I could tell this difference months latter when the bulk of it becomes properly cured. I do however try to isolate certain plants being cured on a know smoke basis for several weeks and months so as to avoid tolerance issues. If I get in a funk and smoke a bunch of bubble, the buds arnt going to take me there so I resort to having two strains available for smoking and try and leave the other exotics in jars locked away. I have this one hybrid with a very mellow non narcotic high but very tasty and a good smoke if used every ten days or so. Same applys to the kick ass Kush's, I find if I make any one plant my daily smoke I loose the punch of the thc or what have you.

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Boy do I ever hear you...It's remarkable how stuff that can slap ya in the face and make you see God on one day can be rendered nigh unto schwag a week later. I try, to my detriment, to grow as much variety as possible for exactly that reason. It is welcome...though bizarre...to experience how different psychoactive matrices vary from one strain to the next - helping to alleviate the "tolerance" problem.

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waveguide

it's off topic to say it, though i would swear the last bag i bought was freshly cured, flavourful, vibrant, heady...

..then i stuck it in the refridgerator.

24 hours later (in a sealed ziplok!) it had declined in flavour and potency.

i've never noticed that before (having stored in this manner for decades) and i won't do it again. it might be more an 'orgone' sort of thing than temperature... ymmv

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