What is the N content of dried Buds? - Cannabis Botany and Advanced Growing Science - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

HighDesertJoe · 04-24-2011, 02:22 PM

I was told 30+ years ago that dried cannabis is 90-95% Nitrogen.Is this right?

HighDesertJoe · 04-24-2011, 07:47 PM

I guess 3:00am Sunday's not the best time to ask this question. lol

trichrider · 04-24-2011, 07:53 PM

i been asking this forever...check spurrs threads for hints.

GuerrillaG · 04-25-2011, 08:50 PM

interesting.

that doesn't sound right tho. I would think the compounds that make up the structure of the plant would be primarily cellulose, which is made up of glucose (C6H12O6).

but I'm not too sure. This is a tissue sample analysis done on white rhino. the samples were not dried AFAIK and not of the bud itself.

But I doubt that chart even applies here; seems its more of a just a nutrient analysis. Maybe that's where the confusion comes in. I dunno

trichrider · 04-25-2011, 11:16 PM

this is what i thought...
nutrient ion accepted, transformed into sugars (photosynthesis) and the many other constituents (amino acids, lignan, cellulose, ADP, ATP, etc.).
primarily these constituents are the molecules of the many different nutrients plants require, but are combined and attached to each other in different ways to produce plant pulp.
the amount of nutrients contained in these constituents will always be less than what the plant accepted; hydrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen are expelled from the plant...

at any rate, the amount has to be so low as to be insignificant.

humans ingest a LOT of nitrogen without any ill effects, and pass any superfluous, so i really can't understand the alarm...unles you smoke alot!

smoking appears to be the danger here, not elemental compounds.

HighDesertJoe · 04-26-2011, 03:30 AM

So maybe then to grow a pound of dried buds it takes a little under a pound of nitrogen fertilizer, though out the life cycle of the plant to produce the final product.

compost · 04-26-2011, 04:21 AM

I could be wrong but that makes almost no sense to me. We inflate the value of NPK to much.

trichrider · 04-26-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HighDesertJoe

So maybe then to grow a pound of dried buds it takes a little under a pound of nitrogen fertilizer, though out the life cycle of the plant to produce the final product.

nope...not what i meant.
i'm certain it is grams at most, possibly fractions of, to construct the skeleton. remember plants, as well as humans, are mostly water, stacked and racked, in a cellulose membrane.

i meant that very little of what it took to produce that stack of wet cellulose remains to be consumed...

Scrogerman · 04-26-2011, 09:16 AM

I would say thats more than miles out man!90-95%, never! I wonder what that would smoke&taste like, yukkkkkk!

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04-25-2011, 11:16 PM	#5
trichrider THEORETICAL Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: between CB1 and the singularity. Posts: 7,046	this is what i thought... nutrient ion accepted, transformed into sugars (photosynthesis) and the many other constituents (amino acids, lignan, cellulose, ADP, ATP, etc.). primarily these constituents are the molecules of the many different nutrients plants require, but are combined and attached to each other in different ways to produce plant pulp. the amount of nutrients contained in these constituents will always be less than what the plant accepted; hydrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen are expelled from the plant... at any rate, the amount has to be so low as to be insignificant. humans ingest a LOT of nitrogen without any ill effects, and pass any superfluous, so i really can't understand the alarm...unles you smoke alot! smoking appears to be the danger here, not elemental compounds. __________________ "I'm not always a dick...but when I am, I drink cheap beer".
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04-26-2011, 03:30 AM	#6
HighDesertJoe COME ON PEOPLE NOW Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: High Desert Ca Posts: 1,317	So maybe then to grow a pound of dried buds it takes a little under a pound of nitrogen fertilizer, though out the life cycle of the plant to produce the final product. __________________ When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say, well, don't you fret, don't you fear, I will give you good cheer. Life's a long song. Jethro Tull
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04-25-2011, 08:50 PM	#4
GuerrillaG Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 62	interesting. that doesn't sound right tho. I would think the compounds that make up the structure of the plant would be primarily cellulose, which is made up of glucose (C6H12O6). but I'm not too sure. This is a tissue sample analysis done on white rhino. the samples were not dried AFAIK and not of the bud itself. But I doubt that chart even applies here; seems its more of a just a nutrient analysis. Maybe that's where the confusion comes in. I dunno
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04-26-2011, 04:21 AM	#7
compost Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 608	I could be wrong but that makes almost no sense to me. We inflate the value of NPK to much. __________________ You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know. So I give you my eyes and all of their lies, Please help them to learn as well as to see. Capture a glance, and make it a dance, But looking at you is looking at me.
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04-26-2011, 09:16 AM	#9
Scrogerman Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,698	I would say thats more than miles out man!90-95%, never! I wonder what that would smoke&taste like, yukkkkkk! __________________ 'The Lights are on and I'm Always Home'
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