Just curious what the highest TAC anyone has seen on non infused flower, no moonrocks, sunrocks exc. I swear I seen somewhere the highest was 44% I’ve seen 36-38 few times and my brother got some kush mintz from island flower, total TAC 43.637%
Don’t get me wrong it was strong, but we both had higher expectations I never really care about thc% don’t buy dispensary much and I think the #s are fck’d with. I’ve had outside flower that looks like “mids” not pretty weed that has a WAY better high than some of this “pretty weed” not always the case, and I’ve smoked some really good dispensary weed. Just was surprised to see TAC this high.
Cam has a cut of Kush Mints that regularly tests low 40s. Being a grower and skeptical, bought a jar. Smoked, bought 3 more. Before the inevitable “bro thats not possible”, two points: We use to think 30 was impossible, and you gotta smoke it to believe it. Don’t blame people at all for being skeptical, I was too.
high 20% or low low 30% is believable to me but i look at it like this:
Good bubble hash is 50-60% THC, and is pure trichomes. How can a nug be pushing close to that number with all that biomass?
A lot of the cannabinoid numbers game is just to sell products. Youll find a good amount of potent stuff sold as low THC (<20%) because if they listed it higher, folks wouldnt be buying the high THC top shelf. Also worth noting THC is just a small part of the bigger picture.
There are tricks to get the THC higher. Absolutely bone dry hand trimmed sample with extra kief sprinkled in. And a friendly lab with testing equipment calibrated to read higher THC numbers. And lots of growing methods to get the THC higher. Like genetic selection, crop steering and PGR’s. It’s become a huge money making endeavor to get the highest test results possible. All based on common assumptions that you will get higher with more THC.
Totally agree with this. Variability of moisture content makes a significant difference in terms of resulting analytics as they relate to secondary metabolite values with drier samples showing higher relative numerical representations compared to more moist samples. And I personally prefer to smoke flowers that are more moist than dry, usually around 12% or so, whereas the samples that are being driven to show “high” cannabinoid values are often as low as 8-9% moisture from what I’ve observed. Some even calculate the analysis from what I’ve heard down to absolute zero moisture content which is so incredibly misleading.
Adding to that, there is also sampling error potential as much as 10% or greater in some instances. So to say, the testing and subsequent analysis isn’t totally guaranteed to be accurate. Laboratory procedures make a world of difference.
That said, speaking to the topic of discussion and the original OP question, I think upper limit of total secondary metabolite production on manicured inflorescence (including cannabinoids) is between 25-35%, possibly a touch higher with some extreme breeding and selections. I’d imagine plants with the “string of pearls” type of morphology would be the route to go when seeking those upper echelon type of figures. Basically small trichome laden bracts with maximum field density relative to manicured bracteole surface area. Many blessings and much love
I never really care about thc% don’t buy dispensary much and I think the #s are fck’d with. I’ve had outside flower that looks like “mids” not pretty weed that has a WAY better high than some of this “pretty weed” not always the case, and I’ve smoked some really good dispensary weed. Just was surprised to see TAC this high.
