"The big secret"

Dan Kone said:

And easy experiment anyone can do...

Go get two of the same edibles.

Go eat a piece of fresh mango (high myrcene) then eat edible #1. Notice the effects.

Then the next day eat twice as many dried mangos (still high in myrcene) then eat edible #2 and notice the lack of effects.

Both are mangos, both are high in myrcene, yet it's only effective when the mangos are fresh.

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thats because myrcene is actually called beta myrcene alpha myrcene is actually synthetic not found in nature.
Terpenes arise naturally from dehydration of terpenol geraniol. if you dried mangos the myrcene has been dehyrdated it changes into an analgesic pain killer. when terpines are distilled fresh they are still in acid form. they convert when drying. kind of like how cbda and thca turn into cbd and thc and cbn.

xkushx said:

thats because myrcene is actually called beta myrcene alpha myrcene is actually synthetic not found in nature.
Terpenes arise naturally from dehydration of terpenol geraniol. if you dried mangos the myrcene has been dehyrdated it changes into an analgesic pain killer. when terpines are distilled fresh they are still in acid form. they convert when drying. kind of like how cbda and thca turn into cbd and thc and cbn.

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I did not know that. Thanks.

another no.....

Daub Marley said:

I personally have a very laissez-faire attitude towards it. I wish the government took the same position. “One on every corner” you mean like Starbucks . It’s a perfect example of demand being much higher than one would logically conceive. When you crack down on the dispensaries they just turn into delivery only operations.

I don't count on my legislators for anything let alone to shield me from the dangers of a free market.

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I hate politics, and don't count on my legislators either, but as has been noted, just because you aren't interested in politics, doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you.

Life does look like a ripe peach at this point, which should be warning that the ever alert monied interests are trying to get in with both feet. I know this for a fact because I have been approached by more than one waving money and looking for partnerships.

I'm old and not interested, but there are tons of younger brothers and sisters out there that are, many of whom are also conversant about extraction. My message is simply that the key to freedom is to keep our eyes open, and make sure the folks writing the laws know why they shouldn't support those counter to our interests.

You know with 100% certitude that the monied interests are doing exactly the same thing, so we don't want to gift them our voice by default.

Boy am I glad I took the time to read this thread start to finish. Very informative. Learned a lot of new information.

I've been fascinated by the concept of terpene isolation since I saw a video on BHO safety from this years emerald cup. Kenny from trichome technology talks about it briefly. I consider myself a BHO-noob, so I'm not sure how you seasoned vet's feel about trichome technologies.

I found an article that more or less sums up what he said in the video:
http://www.medicaljane.com/2013/10/30/terpene-isolation-could-be-the-future-of-cannabis/#

what do you guys think about the cold trap/ terpene accumulator he is talking about? sound promising at all?


Also, thank you to all who contributed to this thread. Great stuff.

Crispy Bacon said:

Boy am I glad I took the time to read this thread start to finish. Very informative. Learned a lot of new information.

I've been fascinated by the concept of terpene isolation since I saw a video on BHO safety from this years emerald cup. Kenny from trichome technology talks about it briefly. I consider myself a BHO-noob, so I'm not sure how you seasoned vet's feel about trichome technologies.

I found an article that more or less sums up what he said in the video:
http://www.medicaljane.com/2013/10/30/terpene-isolation-could-be-the-future-of-cannabis/#

what do you guys think about the cold trap/ terpene accumulator he is talking about? sound promising at all?


Also, thank you to all who contributed to this thread. Great stuff.

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a cold trap is used to keep solvent gases from mixing with the pump oil in your vacuum pump. when you distill cannabis and dont have any solvent being recycled its basically a short path distillation.

so today XTRACTED get on instagram and is crying about how some visitor in his lab photographed some of his "proprietary equipment"

i don't get it....what the hell was photographed? what could they have photographed that upset him so much? His stock pile of enhancements?

unicorn sperm?

but this does really solidify the fact that this guy is a little crooked. Something doesn't smell right...I MEAN if he's just making bho...c'mon man, you're not changing the world here.

i just wonder what was photographed that upset him so much or leaked some of his tech, any fellow RIU weighing in.

CalWax said:

so today XTRACTED get on instagram and is crying about how some visitor in his lab photographed some of his "proprietary equipment"

i don't get it....what the hell was photographed? what could they have photographed that upset him so much? His stock pile of enhancements?

unicorn sperm?

but this does really solidify the fact that this guy is a little crooked. Something doesn't smell right...I MEAN if he's just making bho...c'mon man, you're not changing the world here.

i just wonder what was photographed that upset him so much or leaked some of his tech, any fellow RIU weighing in.

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Please let it be unicorn sperm.

like i thought from the begining.. LOL.. when u pull your buds.. at 75% clear.. 25% cloudy.. or less cloudy.. u get a clear ass concentrate.. and it has very little smell.. people are so into the way something looks they miss out on the best shatters or waxes u can get your hands on based on looks. shit when i tried a stainless steel turkey baster full of nugs of a plant that hermied at week 6. of 9-10 week strain.. an ran bho.. an got this almost CLEAR tiny tiny of yellow to it.. i knew right there.. thats EXACTLY what it was.. no secrets . just adding flavor and taste by reintroducing terpenes.