the "grassy" or "green" smell is chlorophil -- it evaporates during curing allowing the flavor to come through.

peak window for harves with highest THC, as I understand, is when the trichomes are mostly cloudy with 5-20% amber.

the amber trichomes are dead or dying. the clear trichomes aren't quite "ripe" yet.

unless I have new bud building on the upper colas, I harvest at about 20% amber.


THC converts to CBN(or D can't remember now) and this is the chemical that helps give you body stone. it is also the chemical that has been found to reduce tumors in breast cancer and other cancers!

some plant strains produce more CBN than others.