Olifant
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Assuming CBNA is a natural product and what you had read or heard wasn't a mistake either in the analytical technique or in their conveyance of the message, I would say that it is most likely not a direct result of the plant's biosynthesis but rather a minor product produced in trace quantities from degradation of THCA under certain conditions. I wouldnt be terribly surprised that in some conditions which foster degradation of THC to CBN, ruptured or senescent glandular trichomes combined with heat and oxygen, a very small amount of THCA would desaturate into CBNA. Although cannabis does produce desturase enzymes which are fairly indescriminate in their desaturation of fatty acids so I suppose it is unlikely but possible that in seeded cannabis the enzymes may desaturate a small amount of THCA. In this case it would be a direct result of the plant's metabolism as opposed to a product resulting from the action of environment on a secondary metabolite
Stoxx, I totally disagree about Californian cannabis. I've been here three years in the bay area and 99% of what I've seen was garbage. A ton of super dense rock hard resin covered garbage. People here tend to equate density with quality because that miniscule fraction of the gene pool which Sam bred here 30 years ago (not knocking sam by any means) is work that out of laziness and stupidity noone here has really been able to improve upon. They just tap the resource of his work by finding individuals the are increasingly more able to fit their commodity definition of quality. If all you know is that tiny fraction of the gene pool then yes density is indicative of better plants, yes grapey scented purples are often sedating, but for the species that is very far from the case. I have some urkle GSC and cherry pie mom's that people here love and I only grow them because I'm forced to but would never smoke their product. It's just a buzzy high that produces a vague sense of tiredness. They call anything a sativa, chem D for example. It's the only place I've been where people prefer that you don't cure because they don't like the darker more olive and brownish coloration of thoroughly cured produce, simply because theyre so used to overproduced brite colored herb where everyone is so concerned about a buck theyre scared to risk mold by doing a proper cure. Anything over 11 weeks is a pure sativa here, hell, I have a 12 week broad leafed afghan. Personally there's very little under 14 weeks I'd call a sativa, most of the keepers are in the 16-24 week range. In Cali cannabis is a commodity and I really feel it's the center for the destruction of the species if we're being honest.
Stoxx, I totally disagree about Californian cannabis. I've been here three years in the bay area and 99% of what I've seen was garbage. A ton of super dense rock hard resin covered garbage. People here tend to equate density with quality because that miniscule fraction of the gene pool which Sam bred here 30 years ago (not knocking sam by any means) is work that out of laziness and stupidity noone here has really been able to improve upon. They just tap the resource of his work by finding individuals the are increasingly more able to fit their commodity definition of quality. If all you know is that tiny fraction of the gene pool then yes density is indicative of better plants, yes grapey scented purples are often sedating, but for the species that is very far from the case. I have some urkle GSC and cherry pie mom's that people here love and I only grow them because I'm forced to but would never smoke their product. It's just a buzzy high that produces a vague sense of tiredness. They call anything a sativa, chem D for example. It's the only place I've been where people prefer that you don't cure because they don't like the darker more olive and brownish coloration of thoroughly cured produce, simply because theyre so used to overproduced brite colored herb where everyone is so concerned about a buck theyre scared to risk mold by doing a proper cure. Anything over 11 weeks is a pure sativa here, hell, I have a 12 week broad leafed afghan. Personally there's very little under 14 weeks I'd call a sativa, most of the keepers are in the 16-24 week range. In Cali cannabis is a commodity and I really feel it's the center for the destruction of the species if we're being honest.