Quote Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer
Also as these metabolic process take place, the plant needs energy which leads it to consume the sugars, starches, nitrates, and minerals. Many of these compounds are metabolized and released as water and carbon dioxide, therefore removing what is essentially inert material from the pot increasing the concentration of cannabinoids therefore making it more potent.


...As pot ages, some of the terpenoids go through polycyclic aromatization in the process of decomposition.
Let me start by saying a nicely cured bud, like the basic two week cure you get in an Amsterdam coffeeshop DOES make the bud taste and burn better, but...

I think you've seriously confused "metabolism" with "decomposition". Minerals certainly won't be metabolized, or released from the vegetable matter. Starches aren't going to be hydrolyzed without lots of water

So, a good cure makes the weed more potent just because other stuff is "released". Potency increases on a per weight scale?... that's like saying if I take the ice cube out of my scotch and water, the drink will get me more drunk.

About that "polycyclic aromatization"... NOT necessarily a "good thing", if it is indeed even true. Check a few health and medical articles on the wonders of PAHs. They're usually considered pollution, and are one of the reasons why burning carbon-based "stuff" is thought to be detrimental to one's health.

But in the end, I do agree that cured bud does taste better, and is more enjoyable to smoke, and better to buy, for lack of self-production.