Figuring out potency in mg?

I see a lot of folks on here and (mostly) reddit, posting "here's my dummies/brownies/ice cream/etc "XX"mg.

How are these folks figuring out their strengths? seems to me the only way to know is to get you bud lab tested first for %.
Are they getting their bud tested, are they full of shit, is their something I'm missing, or is there someway of semi-accurately guesstimating your potency?

What I do is use an average % if I don't have tested material with proper numbers. It will give you a pretty close approximation on mg content.
I use an average of 15% for trim and 30% for hash, considering most strains are at least that these days. So...

1 gram = 1000 mg
Multiply 1000 x (grams material) I use 150g trim per 2 lb butter...
1000 x 150= 150,000mg
Now multiply by your %...I am using trim so...
150,000mg x .15 = 22500.00mg
Now divide by cups butter...
22500.00 ÷ 4 = 5625 mg per cup
I get 24 cookies per cup butter so...
5625mg ÷ 24= 235 mg per cookie

fumble said:

What I do is use an average % if I don't have tested material with proper numbers. It will give you a pretty close approximation on mg content.
I use an average of 15% for trim and 30% for hash, considering most strains are at least that these days. So...

1 gram = 1000 mg
Multiply 1000 x (grams material) I use 150g trim per 2 lb butter...
1000 x 150= 150,000mg
Now multiply by your %...I am using trim so...
150,000mg x .15 = 22500.00mg
Now divide by cups butter...
22500.00 ÷ 4 = 5625 mg per cup
I get 24 cookies per cup butter so...
5625mg ÷ 24= 235 mg per cookie

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Thanks for this! I'm about to use a similar recipe. Are those cookies really strong? I'm basing that off the 10mg I see in store bought edibles.

pigpeyn said:

Thanks for this! I'm about to use a similar recipe. Are those cookies really strong? I'm basing that off the 10mg I see in store bought edibles.

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No prob...it is just an estimation, but it is a pretty close approximation of actual mg

I tell ppl to start with 1/4 a cookie. They are strong yes. You would need 15 store bought cookies to equal 1 of these. My Peanut Butter and Jelly bars are 500mg

I also use trim that I have already hashed with dry ice ...so I deduct some mg from 235 to 150mg

fumble said:

What I do is use an average % if I don't have tested material with proper numbers. It will give you a pretty close approximation on mg content.
I use an average of 15% for trim and 30% for hash, considering most strains are at least that these days. So...

1 gram = 1000 mg
Multiply 1000 x (grams material) I use 150g trim per 2 lb butter...
1000 x 150= 150,000mg
Now multiply by your %...I am using trim so...
150,000mg x .15 = 22500.00mg
Now divide by cups butter...
22500.00 ÷ 4 = 5625 mg per cup
I get 24 cookies per cup butter so...
5625mg ÷ 24= 235 mg per cookie

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That is great info! Thank You.

This is the direction my grow is headed.

My goal is complete calibration from nutrients to butter. The cultivar selected for me is supposed to be THC and *CBD* producing. Problem is going to be catching up the butter evaluations with the development of the plants. Space is limited and making every possible combination isn't feasibile, so winter is going to be focused on evaluations.

once calibrated, we will make minor adjustments according to the yearly weather patterns such as "degree days." technically we could get another grow in if we went to South America because it is summer there while it is winter here.

Don_Sequitor said:

That is great info! Thank You.

This is the direction my grow is headed.

My goal is complete calibration from nutrients to butter. The cultivar selected for me is supposed to be THC and *CBD* producing. Problem is going to be catching up the butter evaluations with the development of the plants. Space is limited and making every possible combination isn't feasibile, so winter is going to be focused on evaluations.

once calibrated, we will make minor adjustments according to the yearly weather patterns such as "degree days." technically we could get another grow in if we went to South America because it is summer there while it is winter here.

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For sure. Are you in an area where you can have your material tested? That would give you exactly what you're looking for. This is just a close approximation.
I like your thinking on South America

fumble said:

For sure. Are you in an area where you can have your material tested? That would give you exactly what you're looking for. This is just a close approximation.
I like your thinking on South America

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Yes. I live very close to a laboratory!

fumble said:

No prob...it is just an estimation, but it is a pretty close approximation of actual mg

I tell ppl to start with 1/4 a cookie. They are strong yes. You would need 15 store bought cookies to equal 1 of these. My Peanut Butter and Jelly bars are 500mg

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mmm you make them like me. My jumbo peanut butter cups are anywhere from 5-1k

fumble said:

What I do is use an average % if I don't have tested material with proper numbers. It will give you a pretty close approximation on mg content.
I use an average of 15% for trim and 30% for hash, considering most strains are at least that these days. So...

1 gram = 1000 mg
Multiply 1000 x (grams material) I use 150g trim per 2 lb butter...
1000 x 150= 150,000mg
Now multiply by your %...I am using trim so...
150,000mg x .15 = 22500.00mg
Now divide by cups butter...
22500.00 ÷ 4 = 5625 mg per cup
I get 24 cookies per cup butter so...
5625mg ÷ 24= 235 mg per cookie

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Hey there!
Finally figured out why my edibles never compared to yours, wasn't decarbing w/high enough temps.
Only now I'm doing tincture under the tongue, which of course by-passes the liver. I use a method with grain alcohol, but no heating it like RSO.
Bought some of those syringes for dosing, and filling vaping cartridges; nice to have a dual purpose oil extract.
Hope you are doing well, glad to see you still around!!

reallybigjesusfreak said:

mmm you make them like me. My jumbo peanut butter cups are anywhere from 5-1k

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Sweet! Peanut butter is so easy to medicate...love working with it

Don_Sequitor said:

Yes. I live very close to a laboratory!

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Perfect...if you get it tested, just plug your thc % into the above formula. That should give you an exact calculation

Sunbiz1 said:

Hey there!
Finally figured out why my edibles never compared to yours, wasn't decarbing w/high enough temps.
Only now I'm doing tincture under the tongue, which of course by-passes the liver. I use a method with grain alcohol, but no heating it like RSO.
Bought some of those syringes for dosing, and filling vaping cartridges; nice to have a dual purpose oil extract.
Hope you are doing well, glad to see you still around!!

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Sunbiz! Nice to see you. I am mostly on IG now. @mizzfumble ...
yes, the decarb is important. Glad you got it worked out. Awesome you're doing the syringes now. I haven't done those yet. Since prop64, I haven't really done much with the edibles.

fumble said:

Perfect...if you get it tested, just plug your thc % into the above formula. That should give you an exact calculation

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Hello,

Do you recommend baking cannabis into cookies like raisins or chocolate chips?

Don_Sequitor said:

Hello,

Do you recommend baking cannabis into cookies like raisins or chocolate chips?

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How do you mean? Just adding little buds like you would the chips or raisins? I don't think that will work out very well. I'm prob missing your point. I just make the weed butter and then make cookies with the butter

fumble said:

Sunbiz! Nice to see you. I am mostly on IG now. @mizzfumble ...
yes, the decarb is important. Glad you got it worked out. Awesome you're doing the syringes now. I haven't done those yet. Since prop64, I haven't really done much with the edibles.

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It's much easier to treat patients with a tincture(now renamed vaping juice, lol), as by-passing the GI tract allows for better absorption; plus under the tongue takes effect in 10-15 minutes.
Good to see you!, albeit virtually.

Sunbiz1 said:

It's much easier to treat patients with a tincture(now renamed vaping juice, lol), as by-passing the GI tract allows for better absorption; plus under the tongue takes effect in 10-15 minutes.
Good to see you!, albeit virtually.

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Very true... that's why candy that melts in your mouth works much quicker than a cookie

Sunbiz1 said:

Hey there!
Finally figured out why my edibles never compared to yours, wasn't decarbing w/high enough temps.
Only now I'm doing tincture under the tongue, which of course by-passes the liver. I use a method with grain alcohol, but no heating it like RSO.
Bought some of those syringes for dosing, and filling vaping cartridges; nice to have a dual purpose oil extract.
Hope you are doing well, glad to see you still around!!

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I am curious how you perform a no-heat decarb.

cannabineer said:

I am curious how you perform a no-heat decarb.

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De-carbing is performed prior to tincture creation.

Sunbiz1 said:

De-carbing is performed prior to tincture creation.

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Yes, but you specified no heat. So I remain curious. The way you described it above notionally excludes the classic oven decarboxylation maneuver, which is a heating process