My reading says that industrial hemp ("ditchweed") is called that primarily because it has negligible THD levels and high CBD levels.
If that is the case how come industrial hemp is not the panacea for those looking for high CDB strains?
Just curious...
Yes exactly.
Industrial hemp doesent produce that many cannabinoids in its trichromes. While some plants can have decent frost coverage the cannabinoid content is very low and the "high cbd" is only in comparison to the thc content high...
The overall cannabinoid content is around 1-5% with cbd being the most common one.
The Herbal Gardens in Tacoma WA does testing for only 50 dollars. Its a hot test so it differs from analytical 360 and other liquid cold tests because we decarboxylate it and tell you what exactly you are getting when you smoke it.
The CBDA-synthase has the unfortunate habit of giving rise to 5-10% THC with regard to CBD. Any high CBD strain is therefore doomed by nature to fail that stupid low THC law.
It's all about the terpenes! A truly cool part about hemp is the amount of genetic diversity still preserved in today's lines; we're sifting through several hundred thousand seeds this year in search of unique terpene profiles.Industrial hemp has awesome effects. I don't know if it's CBD. It could be something else.