imho this is what zamal should be bred or
zamal is an outdoor beast and should be selectioned on a lot of plants .
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This picture looks so good. Terpene's images and description of the effects of the Thai leaning Zamaldelica pheno make me want these seeds in the worst way. I have been wanting to explore the effects of what Dubi describes as lysergic or expansive. I'm currently testing the dense Golden Tiger.
I've been waiting for another Zamal cross with Bangi Haze, Vietnamese Black x Meao Thai, or possibly Oaxacan79, but since Dubi has gone the pure Malawi route with the feminized version of Zamaldelica, I think I'd better pick up some seeds soon in case I lose my chance at the Thai leaning pheno of Zamaldelica.
Dubi - Are there any plans for an extreme clear or expansive version of an Zamal cross?
Thanks,
ThaiBliss
Here's a few bud shots with about a month to go on the Z that went in first. Man Im excited to try this! Gonna be a crazy summer! She's already falling over from her bud weight, may be the best yield from a single plant for me yet, albeit the longest flowering also.
Leaf curl was early on, she has been smooth sailing in flower production.
This is the one I kept 3 clones of. Thai influence? Ive never grown Thai so I dont know. Hoping for an effect like Terpene's zamal/thai pheno smoke report.
Thanks to everyone at Ace, I really enjoy exploring your interesting lines. Not sure what to try next.
Dubi - Are there any plans for an extreme clear or expansive version of an Zamal cross?
Thanks,
ThaiBliss
Greetings ThaiBliss,
The closest thing we have released to what you have in mind is Zamal/Thai and the Zamaldelica standard version: Zamal x Malawi/Thai.
It shows a remarkable 15.5 % THC / 0,03 % CBD.
This is the kind of chemotype you are looking for.
Only 15%?? lol
I know this sounds ridiculous but I am stunned that Zamaldelica isn't stronger. There has to be a high level of THCV or something as all of the Zamaldelica I ran were not for the faint of heart. Hell, I had to "block out" a section of the day every time I planned to smoke it.
Dubi, do you have sample info for all of your lines?
Amber trichomes were becoming more and more apparent all over the plant and Im looking for a kick, so I felt she was ready at 13 weeks. The creamy pink starbust smell has mellowed into something else, can't pinpoint it yet, but carrots came to mind.
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Lab results, even for the same exact sample, will come back with different results depending on the which lab is doing the work and how they went about testing it. If you look at how these labs are testing samples there really is no standard by which they all do their tests.
The other thing to remember is that the THC % that a lab result gives you does not describe what percentage of the bud is actually THC. People assume that this what the number means but it simple isn't true. There is no bud on earth that is 20% THC by mass. The percentage they give you reflects the percentage of THC in relation to the other cannabanoids and compounds found in the trichomes and resin only. In other words they are only testing the contents of the resin in a sample rather than how much resin is present. Another thing to consider is that those other cannabaniods that are present in the resin and not mentioned in the results are often psychoactive such as THCV.
The number that is much more meaningful and the one which is rarely given by a lab is the percentage of THC in a sample compared to its total mass. This number is always much lower, usually around 5% to 10% for good medical grade, but it is this number that will tell you how strong the bud really is.
Long story made short, standard lab results which do not give you this second number really don't tell you much about the strength of the cannabis. Even if your cannabis has a very high % of THC in its resin it won't be very potent if there isn't much of this resin present in the buds. On the other hand, if you have a sample with a medium % of THC in its resin but which is absolutely covered in it, you will find that it is much stronger than the first sample which looks much better on the one dimensional lab results.
I should add that even when a lab tests for the % of THC present in the sample compared to the total mass, there are so many variables that its still not particularly accurate. For instance you can skew the results simply by cutting out only the most trich rich parts of the bud and adding them to the sample to make it test better or you could just grab the bare tips of some sugar leaves with few trichs and it will skew the results in the other direction.
You really can't learn much from typical lab results except for the type of effects you can expect. High THC% and or THCV% with low CBD% means the bud will have a more sativa like effect. High CBN% will make it more sleepy and sedating as will high CBD%. In the end nothing beats a nice well written and thought out smoke report by another person.