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Don't put that guy on a pedestal Matt. If you dig you'll see what I mean. Most of us cannanerds have had very sour interactions with the guy and his academic career has been...questionable. Just because you put something on a facebook profile doesn't make it true. If you had heard some of us pressing him on terpene research you would never have made this post.
I know exactly where he said this and I was surprised no one in the group pressed him on it. It just makes ZERO sense. How many males did he test? The cannabinoid ratio isn't even the same between full sib females in a line. Why would it be "stable" between males and females?
Maybe he means stable as in everything is high THC and low CBD but that isn't saying much to me...
I think he was just stating data from a paper he read.
And agree, he was most likely referring to chemotypes, not specific cannabinoids %s. I didn't think that quote proved anything, I just wanted to interject another view. I still think the hormonal changes that occur with fertilization could be changing the high in some way. Nobody is looking at this. This question is not yet answered for certain. We are just beginning to understand what it is in cannabis that creates the wide variety of affects.
Here's an example for Sam so he can see what we talk about...
maybe he'll come join our cannanerd group the level of discourse is much better when folks are using real names (or their chosen industry names!) and are held responsible for their statements... not to mention the actual industry professionals in the group. Shoot me a PM if interested Mr Skunkman, we would love to have you join the discussion.
...Complexing and small chain polymers IMO are the state of these substances in the trichome.During solvent extraction these delicate bonds are broken producing the monomers and single cannabinoids. Some reforming occurs in resin with agitation and air and the solid products of polymerization reform,all be it differently than in the trichome. Main point is a terpene polymer is a perfect match to a phenol terpene to form a resin. In fact in looking at the industry literature that there is significant polymerization within the trichome seems without question.