I posted a while back about the work we are doing on the R&D side with very high oil content, type III (CBD) autos that qualify as industrial hemp. We were the first company to develop these, back in 2016. We have run large scale field trials with these and are learning a lot about best practices, including how to plant at an industrial scale. I am still fully committed to the promise of autos as THE answer for thousand-acre grows / harvests.
Last fall, we successfully sifted through thousands of plants in a purposeful project to locate pure CBG varieties (both photo and auto). We are now 3 generations into the inbreeding process to stabilize and further purify the chemotype (i.e. removing as much THC as possible). I'm not easily impressed, but the results speak for themselves this time. This line is pushing the envelope of what is possible in cannabis plants and compliant production under the US Farm Bill for hemp. We are to the point now where we have stabilized lines with CBGa to THCa ratios exceeding 300:1. Yes, that's right: 300:1. There is so little THC that the raw biomass can be extracted for oil and the resulting oil is STILL below the 0.3% legal limit. We're really stoked with the way this line is developing and hope to offer this awesome plant technology to farmers for planting in the 2019 season in a big way.
Last fall, we successfully sifted through thousands of plants in a purposeful project to locate pure CBG varieties (both photo and auto). We are now 3 generations into the inbreeding process to stabilize and further purify the chemotype (i.e. removing as much THC as possible). I'm not easily impressed, but the results speak for themselves this time. This line is pushing the envelope of what is possible in cannabis plants and compliant production under the US Farm Bill for hemp. We are to the point now where we have stabilized lines with CBGa to THCa ratios exceeding 300:1. Yes, that's right: 300:1. There is so little THC that the raw biomass can be extracted for oil and the resulting oil is STILL below the 0.3% legal limit. We're really stoked with the way this line is developing and hope to offer this awesome plant technology to farmers for planting in the 2019 season in a big way.
