THC inflation. What labs can you trust? THC % as a lie.

[PeterMatanzas]

We have considerable discussion about percent THC. Here is an article about "THC inflation" (i.e., labs lying about test results).

I think we all realize though that the percent advertised by a breeder can be a lie, or (conversely) be true as the work of a professional under optimal grow conditions. I know THC is only a part of the entourage affect but there sure is a focus on THC percent. When somebody says they grew Bubba Kush and it's 25% THC, that's a nonsense claim unless a reputable lab confirms your result.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americas-pot-labs-have-a-thc-problem

[Gingerbeard]

PeterMatanzas . Your last five words say it all. If you can't trust the people you buy from, go somewhere else. I check for which lab my product comes from and look to see which producers use which labs. After trying several brands, I'm somewhat confident in the THC content I buy. Live resins and terp crystals are chock full of little THC crystals. Some have much larger, about a BB in size while some have table salt size.

[UndergroundFarmer]

Sheesh. Those labs make seed companies look honest and upright with their claims by comparison. This is what happens when grow ops hit the natural plateau of THC strength and still think they have to go higher or they can't compete. Greed makes people stupid and evil. My staple strain, Purple Haze, isn't advertised by ILGM any higher THC concentration than 20% yet the effects aren't equaled by the dispensary weed claiming 27% on its label that my friend brought me.

I just finished "test driving" some of my latest harvest of Tangie, Kosher Kush and Blueberry from a nearly organic coco grow. None of these breeders (DNA & Dutch Passion) claim THC levels over 20% yet I stayed good and high through the college football games yesterday and didn't come down until this morning! The bowls all burned to a nice white ash with little of it left behind and no harsh effects on my throat. All of these plants had some degree of intentional of accidental pollination too!

[SoOrbudgal]

I'm with you UndergroundFarmer getting the cure down, aceing the harvest time. I'm pretty damn pleased with my rec. grows for personel use.

[Rwise]

Greed explains it all, I dont go running out to buy their buds, I dont trust the system or the folks working within it. A little lie can make a ton of money, and if folks stop buying your product, you just change the name its sold under, or sell the operation to another cheat.

[Rwise]

BTW, what I have seen/tasted from the dispo, I grow better.

[soonboomer]

I've bought quite a bit of dispensary weed over the past two years, and I don't even read the labels when I go to them. I go strictly by appearance and smell......sometimes the ones I choose are "top shelf", and sometimes they are not. A source has told me more than once that many "budtenders" recommend what the facility has the most of in inventory. Not really unlike a lot of businesses.

[PeterMatanzas]

Now that's a bullseye -> "recommend what the facility has the most of in inventory. Not really unlike a lot of businesses."

Hits the nail on the head. "Please buy this weed because we can't sell it."

[Rwise]

Or what they make the most money from.

[cybersmib]

What I trust is the resin on a roach. Says it all to me

[SoOrbudgal]

Damn straight cybersmib

[PeterMatanzas]

My complaint is not about quality of flower so much as it is about intellectual property theft, robbing people or companies of their ideas, inventions, and creative expressions. EDIT: well dammit, I meant to post this under "Fake Seeds".

[Ace1973]

We are all growers here, not large scale growers, still, growers. What i trust in is my skill to grow a plant, if it is bad stock I will know. Going to dispensaries to get quality smoke is pointless when you can grow at home,(and usually better stuff), so grow on!

[PeterMatanzas]

This comment is on point, I agree 100%