Do you have to smoke pot to be a good grower?

[colagal]

Would you eat something a chef says he doesn't but has prepared for you??? Kinda the same....

But if it's good and people come back then I wouldn't put too much thought into it.... Many people have a hard time growing med grade cannabis for themselves and some cannot grow it at all, for whatever reason....so if you can provide what others can and will benefit from, who is to say it's wrong to make a living doing it???

Just my :twocents:....

CGI::::::

I certainly understand your concern, but taking that analogy further, I don't imagine your everyday doctor uses most of the medicines they prescribe? At least I hope they don't. I am not saying caregivers are even close to doctors, but you know what I mean? We do however sample the edibles and lotions before we serve them up.

[colagal]

there is no universal bud. not even for one person. it will be the hardest part of cannabis to recreate for big pharma. if you are growing good buds, and helping people on the low end of the price spectrum, don't worry. jesus loves you.

Thanks for the reassurance.

[colagal]

To CDS. How often do you test? Do you test the same strain periodically (say, after each harvest) to see if you get the same values? And, are they the same?

[copobo]

your same strain should yield similar results with resin content. What you control each time is taste, aroma, density, and weight.

I'd be curious about submissions of same strain over different grows to FSL. (or even same strain, same grow, different names for the sake of the test, to test the consistency of the lab)

[CDS]

To CDS. How often do you test? Do you test the same strain periodically (say, after each harvest) to see if you get the same values? And, are they the same?

Great questions! We test every harvest, some strains twice in the same crop if we have areas that may have come under stress, plants that simply thrived more than others, etc. I have a book three inches thick at the shop with various tests.

One thing we learned early on is that if you're looking for tests to come out identically, you're going to be unhappy with the process. Most test consistently within a range and we're comfortable with that. For example, I have three tests for our Sour D I'm looking at right now between 18.57% THC and 21.76%.

The biggest advantage I see for a caregiver is being able to try different cultivation methods small-batch style and using testing to see which had the most dramatic effect. :thumbsup:

[CDS]

your same strain should yield similar results with resin content. What you control each time is taste, aroma, density, and weight.

I'd be curious about submissions of same strain over different grows to FSL. (or even same strain, same grow, different names for the sake of the test, to test the consistency of the lab)

When the pre-98 bubba took the highest CBD award at the medical cup, we were shocked because we thought we had the same cut and they had perhaps just flipped the results. Another example is the banana kush cut that has been floating around. The biggest problem with FSL is that they don't let you see all test results for a certain strain. Maybe they average the tests they get in?

[copobo]

I would like to see them publish aggregate data related to strains...the distribution of results for a given strain?

I can see that customers would want private info private, but including just the numbers could really help patients make better choices.

[colagal]

Great questions! We test every harvest, some strains twice in the same crop if we have areas that may have come under stress, plants that simply thrived more than others, etc. I have a book three inches thick at the shop with various tests.

One thing we learned early on is that if you're looking for tests to come out identically, you're going to be unhappy with the process. Most test consistently within a range and we're comfortable with that. For example, I have three tests for our Sour D I'm looking at right now between 18.57% THC and 21.76%.

The biggest advantage I see for a caregiver is being able to try different cultivation methods small-batch style and using testing to see which had the most dramatic effect. :thumbsup:

What exactly does the percentage THC mean? That in every crystal there is 18.57% THC and other various cannabinoids? If so, then is it possible that if one strain had, say, 12% THC, but had a lot of crystals, and another strain had 19% THC but not a lot of crystals, then the lower THC strain may be more potent because there were more crystals on the bud? If so, then a density of crystals value (the DOC value ) would also be a good number to have, eh?

[Dutch Pimp]

wow...y'all like to split hairs

[CDS]

What exactly does the percentage THC mean? That in every crystal there is 18.57% THC and other various cannabinoids? If so, then is it possible that if one strain had, say, 12% THC, but had a lot of crystals, and another strain had 19% THC but not a lot of crystals, then the lower THC strain may be more potent because there were more crystals on the bud? If so, then a density of crystals value (the DOC value ) would also be a good number to have, eh?

It means the percentage of THC in the raw product. For example, if you tested at 10%, you'd have one gram of THC in 10 grams of plant material. Hope that helps clarify.