I continue to see brothers posting that they are extracting both open blast and closed loop indoors without an engineered ventilation system. Some arguing that […]
8.13 How much LPG mixture can I safely load in my tank?
The question of how much LPG can I safely put in my tank continues to arise. You are of course limited to an 80% fill […]
8.12 Butane/Propane Mystery oil
In August of 2013, a brother posted on Facebook that he had discovered residuals left behind after evaporating away butane, that he described as “smelling […]
8.11 Dr Justin Fischedick On Plant Terpenes
Perhaps the best opening question to start the article on sweet Mary’s charms, would be why are we so interested in these volatile compounds. Our […]
8.10 FDA Residual Solvent Standards
Follow this link for the current FDA residual solvent standards for food and pharmaceuticals: https://www.fda.gov/media/71737/download
8.9 Guide to buying Delta-8-THC, by Erich Berkovitz
For what feels like the last few weeks, the federally legal US hemp market seems to have had a huge spike in demand for Delta-8-THC, […]
8.8 Characterizing the smell of Marijuana by odor impact of volatile compounds
Here is an interest LEO study on the impact of volatile constituents on the odor detection of marijuana by humans and drug sniffing dogs. It […]
8.7 Vaping illnesses and deaths
Old news, amidst the current Corvid-19 pandemic, but a rash of pneumonia like vaping related illnesses and deaths drew international attention in 2019 and resulted […]
8.6 Where does all the color come from?
In my research for articles included in our TAR blog site launch, I found errors in my previous understanding of what was being extracted in […]
8.5 Oh Sweet Mary, What is that perfume you’re wearing?
When discussing either cannabis flowers or concentrates in detail, the subject of odor comes up, leading to a discussion of the entourage effect of Sweet […]
8.4 Sweet Mary’s Charms II
A summary of the extensive work done on the paper Constituents of Cannabis Sativa L XVII, A Review of the Natural Constituents, by Turner, Elsohly, and […]
8.3 Salvaging Moldy Material
Sometimes things go poorly and you end with moldy material and wonder what you can do with it. The answer is it depends on what […]
8.2 Plant Waxes
Plant waxes are the protective cover between the plant cells and their environment, by which they regulate their water loss, and protect themselves from the […]
8.1 Sweet Mary’s Charms
Sweet Mary’s Charms by JD Ellis and Rob Brown Wowza! Because of the rapidly growing popularity for vaporizing cannabis concentrates, as well adding additional terpenes […]