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Is Irradiation Causing Inflated THC Percentages and Microseeds?

Delta 9 said:
Thats the good side to it just lowering microbial activity with heavier penetration. Bad side is mold fungi crops having to be irradiated with gamma to clean crops up cos beta couldnt.
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Dont limit yourself i trust beta over non irradiated due to bad couple of bits that had powdery mildew smell. Beta has some good bits and i am sure gamma has but at least look into beta side and try a few , may well could be healthier than some non irradiated and if a strain you really want to get is gamma then maybe give it a try.
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Fair point, and a mate who's quit reckons I've tried some of his last year that had been treated but I don't remember, if the one I saw is still there when I order next month I'll try one then I'll know.
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S.O.H™ said:
I think there's an OU course for studying this topic, surely?
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theres also freeze-dried remediation processes, be warned weary young traveller and set true path to happyness and fruitful lands
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No idea on courses pal, but as it's something I'm interested in I'll keep asking my questions and gauging the opinions in the answers.
 
E-beam & Beta irradiation appear to be the same process which I found quite interesting!
 
Delta 9 said:
Thats the good side to it just lowering microbial activity with heavier penetration. Bad side is mold fungi crops having to be irradiated with gamma to clean crops up cos beta couldnt.
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Dont limit yourself i trust beta over non irradiated due to bad couple of bits that had powdery mildew smell. Beta has some good bits and i am sure gamma has but at least look into beta side and try a few , may well could be healthier than some non irradiated and if a strain you really want to get is gamma then maybe give it a try.
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I'll take gamma irradiated any day. Beta is not such a good source as it can be stopped/blocked by some materials, but gamma rays are not stopped by anything but the densest materials like lead and concrete.

I don't do non irradiated either. My immune system is buggered, so mould is not good in my lungs. So nuke my flower as much as possible please.

S.O.H™ said:
I think there's an OU course for studying this topic, surely?
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Nuclear physics? Biophysics? Biochemistry? They all come to mind.

The other way around it is to dry the fk out of it, which is my secondary preservation method. Toss that silica gel pack in with it. I don't do Boveda, but I do stick mine in a jar full of silica and dry it. Bone dry flower lasts a long time and if you do it right you shouldn't be losing the oils, since you aren't heating the flower, you are simply removing the water from it. Maybe THC will degrade through the process, but I had some flower the other night, 17 months old ,from my first order and sat in a jar with 5 big silica gel packs and it tastes no different and is no less strong, than the day i ordered it.
 
Well as far as it goes I think I've one bag of each type of irradiation, delivered today and I'm not complaining about either, the smalls are gamma done and there's a nice smell straight from the bag.

And I'm not glowing green or anything :P
 
Hazy-Haze said:
I'll take gamma irradiated any day. Beta is not such a good source as it can be stopped/blocked by some materials, but gamma rays are not stopped by anything but the densest materials like lead and concrete.

I don't do non irradiated either. My immune system is buggered, so mould is not good in my lungs. So nuke my flower as much as possible please.


Nuclear physics? Biophysics? Biochemistry? They all come to mind.

The other way around it is to dry the fk out of it, which is my secondary preservation method. Toss that silica gel pack in with it. I don't do Boveda, but I do stick mine in a jar full of silica and dry it. Bone dry flower lasts a long time and if you do it right you shouldn't be losing the oils, since you aren't heating the flower, you are simply removing the water from it. Maybe THC will degrade through the process, but I had some flower the other night, 17 months old ,from my first order and sat in a jar with 5 big silica gel packs and it tastes no different and is no less strong, than the day i ordered it.
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Its possible f**ck ups i look at where flower needs to be nuked as much as possible which can only be done with gamma as beta cant kill what gamma can. If a crop could pass with beta then it doesnt need gamma like really nuked. Im not saying all moldy bud is gamma but beta will not get rid of alot of it or lets just say the worst of it.
 
Used to elminate potential harmful impurities that may be a risk to consumers with particular autoimmune compromised systems and to meet stringent UK backward medical standards for unlicensed medications, however these impurities are integral elememts of the plants biochemistry/bud structure/terp profile etc. and remediating and removing these impurities has a knock on effect to the flowers presentation. Storage management and time frames, also surely have an overall effect. And this is the stuff that they do tell ya!!!

Also used to cover up f ups by boring canadian growers on a reg basis is the general consensus, I'm a been gettin'. Crickey. There cannabis market has been saturated as the influx of new growers/brands flood the market. More people = more twats IMO
 
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