[mofeta]

I am posting this here instead of the Toker's Den, because I think the members that check this sub-forum would appreciate this document more than the general population. Sorry if you think this is the wrong place.

Here is a link to a pdf of a powerpoint presentation by Dr. David Potter, who works for GW Pharma. It was delivered this last March at a conference in London sponsored by the Society of Chemical Industry.

Cannabis- From Bench to Bedside

(NOTE: Don't confuse this with the subtitle of Grotenhermen's book.)

Here are a few snapshots from this presentation


VEG HOUSE (gotta love the lab coat!)



FLO HOUSE




TRICH



PRODUCT FLOW





PURE CRYSTALLINE CANNABINOIDS


For those of you who are convinced that GW Pharma is Satan, Hitler and the boogie man all rolled into one, eating babies and heralding the apocalypse, PLEASE refrain from clogging this thread up. Make your own thread about how evil they are. Thanks in advance.

[HUGE]

WHat the fuck is winterisation ? And wy does my hash need to be winterized?

[Mia]

Interesting.
They hand water through veg and go 24/0 on the lighting.
It also appears trichomes do age from one of the slides, as I know Gray Wolf and some others were inquiring into such things.
Kind of scary but cool how nice their set ups are, wish I had more money.....

[salamandra]

I think i would be happy working for a company like this :P

[KiefSweat]

Originally Posted by HUGE

WHat the fuck is winterisation ? And wy does my hash need to be winterized?

It allows the waxes and fats to precipitate out of hash oil.


I love when people shit on GWpharm. Yes it may be scary if you don't understand it but the amount of published data that they have put out in the past ten years is mind blowing.

[Chimera]

Another great post mofeta, thanks for sharing.

-Chimera

[mofeta]

Hi Chimera

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was pretty sure it hadn't been posted here before, and I thought it was very entertaining. Did you look at that UN guide to analysis of cannabis that I linked to in the GC standards thread? It is highly entertaining!

[Ichabod Crane]

I like the picture of the aphid glued to cannabis trichomes.

[Ickis]

I guess people can stop worrying how far away their lights are because they seem very far away. However, the buds look great.

[dizzlekush]

Originally Posted by Ickis

I guess people can stop worrying how far away their lights are because they seem very far away. However, the buds look great.

You do realize that they are in a greenhouse and the roof is translucent, right? the plants main source of light is not artificial, its the sun, supplemented with artificial. whole different ball game. in the above pictures all of the HID lighting is turned off and the light you see is from the sun. The DLI in a greenhouse is typically much more than that of an environment with artificial lighting, and plants have a limit on how much light they can use in a day, so less intense artificial light is needed to supplement greenhouses, and is used more to control photoperiod than anything else. in the greenhouse world, the smaller the reflector, the better so it doesn't shade plants from the sun. not quite true in typical indoor applications.