trailanimal
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you ready for some farming, lolI shouldn't order seeds for a very long time....did I say I have 3 each of the Mephisto Artisanals in route.It's an addiction and I'm a hoarder. :smoking:
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On this particular day or hurts my head even thinking about thinking about doing that math lol
I understand. i use this particular decarb info when making anything that needs decarbing.I consider it the defacto standard for home use as it gives consistent results as far as efficacy, and thats what a home cook is about! I feel more most of us, a consistanly good final product is what's most important. From what I see, most people way over cook their oils, and spend too much time on decarbing.
By cooking first, then decarbing you could likely reach a higher level of decarb, but for the increase and the effort, i don't feel its worth it. If I were running a commercial op, I'd use this formula
And thanks for the post, and I love Skunkpharm reasearch!
By cooking first, then decarbing you could likely reach a higher level of decarb, but for the increase and the effort, i don't feel its worth it. If I were running a commercial op, I'd use this formula
And thanks for the post, and I love Skunkpharm reasearch!
hey popcongrats on winning the seeds bro
sorry for being so vague, lol. but i don't need any seeds right now and had just got back from being with the extended fam so was maybe being a bit flippant.
Another fly in the ointment, is that we can never know for sure exactly what the starting state of decarboxylation is, so the times at temperature shown on the graphs are an average.
We can’t expect dry material placed in an oven at any given temperature to be that uniform temperature throughout instantly upon placing it in a heated oven, nor know for sure the state of decarboxylation by simple observation.https://skunkpharmresearch.com/decarboxylation/
Home decarboxylation isn't a precise science because most homes don't have lab conditions, just domestic ones.
I haven't yet managed to try n-hexane extract on glass surface in a open reactor, although I bet it does exactly what it says on the tin.
I was talking about flowers (weed), the more you have and depending how much moisture is in the bud.
It will take longer to do a bigger batch of weed with a high RH which has only recently been cut (so high in THCA), compared to a smaller batch of much drier bud that's been sat in a jar for some while.
Also weed dried at 30C will take longer to decarboxylize than weed on 60C, both will decarboxylize, it is just a matter of removing the water molecule and that higher heat will degrade the weed more.
If you have a pure extract and you know all the exact measurements and know your heat source to be accurate, then you can scientifically reproduce the result, as long as you have the lab gear to do it.
In my experience domestic ovens vary in accuracy of the desired heat settings and I don't have any hexane extract
The only home test I know of checking if your weed is decarboxylated, is to try some, is it nicely psychoactive, if yes job done.
This is why it is anecdotal because anyone who decarboxylates their weed at home can not tell you when it is done, they have no way of measuring it but by trying it.
So people just pass on what works for them.
WHAT IS THE PROPER TIME AND TEMPERATURE TO DECARBOXYLATE YOUR WEED IN THE OVEN? was the question.
Didn't mention extract but weed, is it the same? no, they are two different animals so to speak.
Sorry if I am being a pedant but I hope you see my view point
You're sciency type of guy, so I recon you'll find the following experiment interesting just follow the link for full details.
Decarboxylating Cannabis: Turning THCA into THC http://www.marijuanagrowershq.com/decarboxylating-cannabis-turning-thca-into-thc/
The following charts show the results of the 30 minute and 60 minute decarboxylation experiments. Also included are the lab results from testing done prior to any artificial decarboxylation to establish a starting point. Note that because of the age of both the kief and the trim, decarboxylation had begun to take place to some degree naturally. This may not be your starting point, but should not affect the results of the experiment much.
Kief
Compound Before Decarb 30 Min Decarb 60 Min Decarb
THCA 24.5% 2.6% .1%
THC 3.8% 25.4% 25.5%
CBDA .6% .3% .3%
CBD 0% 1% .1%
CBN .4% 1% 1.4%
Moisture 0% 0% 0%
Total Cannabanoids 29.3% 30.3% 27.4%
Cannabis Trim
Compound Before Decarb 30 Min Decarb 60 Min Decarb
THCA 6.5% 2.9% .2%
THC .6% 4.8% 6.9%
CBDA .2% .2% .1%
CBD 0% 0% .1%
CBN 0% 0% 0%
Moisture 3.4% 4.5% 0%
Total Cannabanoids 7.3% 7.9% 7.3%
Testing provided by SC Labs
As you can see from the two charts, 30 minutes was not quite enough to completely decarboxylate either the kief or the trim. At 30 minutes the kief was about 90% decarboxylated but the trim was only about 60% decarboxylated. This difference is likely because the trim had a higher starting moisture content. After 60 minutes however, both keif and trim samples were close enough to 100% decarboxylation .
So there you have it. 240° F for 60 minutes should be enough to decarboxylate any cannabis with a reasonably low moisture content. For material with higher moisture content, the time can be extended but the temperature should not be increased. If you are concerned about losing organic compounds, lower heat can be used but the time should be extended to compensate.
Peace bro and can't wait to see them seeds growing
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trailanimal
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that was a marathon scroll, 420 morning out west. My wife was born during WW2 on 420, Hitler's bday! A stigma. So glad things change(love physics), we raising the morning bowl to all
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