does light really degrade thc

so i had a jar of weed that in left in my germinating room under a light for over 2 months(around 16 h of light a day). their not strong lights but they do the job for seedlings to get them started. so i compared this weed to the same weed that had been curing in the dark. and the only difference was it was a little more sedative but the high was almost the same. maybe even better (same tree). its true that it looked darker and the trichoms were almost all amber but is it true will light really degrade thc and even if it does it seems like it takes so long that it wouldn't matter unless you want to keep it for years (by the way they were some 6 month old cure got us very very high).maybe the sun degrades it faster i don't know

didn't you just answer your own question?

If light degrades Thc should I leave my flowering plants in the dark .

The trichomes a cannabis plant produces start out as THCA, the acidic form of THC that is not psychoactive. This is the clear trichomes you see. Trichomes are the plant's sunblock. Eventually over time, through light and heat, the THCA will turn to the psychoactive THC. This is the cloudy trichomes you see as the "sunblock" starts to lose its effect vs. the sun. When light and heat continue to bombard the plant, the trichomes will begin to turn amber and then eventually "die" The reason you get a more sedated high from amber trichomes is because most of the THC in them is degraded and the CBDs in the plant become more apparent. The reason Sativas have such a higher THC percentage compared to Indicas is because Sativas grow in more arid, hot climates where the sun would be very intense (near the equater), in turn needing more "sunblock" and secondary pigments to protect the plant. So when you're getting high, you're basically smoking what I like to call SPF 420.

Clown Baby said:

didn't you just answer your own question?

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yes it was almost like a rhetorical question

TheSpiderMite said:

If light degrades Thc should I leave my flowering plants in the dark .

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not talking about growing weed its about when it is curing. of course they need light when they are growing

Well if your so sure then dry and cure your crops in a lighted room from now on. Just do it if your so certain that people who have been growing for years and years agree by convention that you should not dry and cure your weed in a lighted room. Strong light destroys biological molecules believe it or not. So if your sooo sure then why argue about and just do what you will?

echlectica said:

Well if your so sure then dry and cure your crops in a lighted room from now on. Just do it if your so certain that people who have been growing for years and years agree by convention that you should not dry and cure your weed in a lighted room. Strong light destroys biological molecules believe it or not. So if your sooo sure then why argue about and just do what you will?

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wow you need to take a chill pill. im just stating a fact that i have observed. i do want peoples opinions but i dont want yours . why? well ill tell you why. because its spiteful. have you even read what you wrote. i never said that people who have Been growing for years were wrong i even stated that if it did degrade it would take a long time from my observations. also i stated that it wasn't strong light. now who am i arguing with im not arguing u dumb fuck im just trying to hear what others have to say. also this is a forum to discuss things to find answers to question theories, question different methods. try different methods and get peoples opinions about different methods. if people didnt experiment or question we would still be in the stone age . again get the fuck out and evolve you retard

cheese platter nailed it

i think people over emphasize the light issue.... sunlight yes, due to uvb and other rays emittted from sun..... but how much of these rays do indoor lights emit?

Once anything organic is off the living plant and in storage, it keeps better in a cool dark place. How much light would it take to lower the potency of buds? There probably is an answer that nobody has bothered to research scientifically because - why bother? Just keep your buds in a cool dark place (unless they are still growing).

Although the study below looked at the photo conversion of CBD to THC on resin from fiber type C. sativa, it did show no change in THC concentration after a week under much stronger light than you would find anywhere on earth. Perhaps long term exposure for several years would show something different. But this study would indicate you could dry your weed in direct sunlight with no effect other than loss of CBD.

PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF CANNABIDIOL IN ITS RESIN BASE
JOHN LYDON* and ALAN H. TERAMURA
Department of Botany, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A.
August 1986

Abstract-Cannabidiol in fiber-type Cannabis saliva resin from floral tissues showed a gradual and consistent decline
over time when irradiated with 1320 kJ/m’/day of UV and visible radiation. The concentration of A9-tetrahydrocannabinol
in the resin was not affected by the treatment. Therefore, the trace amounts of AY-tetrahydrocannabinol
detected in some fiber-type C. sativa are probably not of photochemical origin.

Marijuana for Athletes said:

wow you need to take a chill pill. im just stating a fact that i have observed. i do want peoples opinions but i dont want yours . why? well ill tell you why. because its spiteful. have you even read what you wrote. i never said that people who have Been growing for years were wrong i even stated that if it did degrade it would take a long time from my observations. also i stated that it wasn't strong light. now who am i arguing with im not arguing u dumb fuck im just trying to hear what others have to say. also this is a forum to discuss things to find answers to question theories, question different methods. try different methods and get peoples opinions about different methods. if people didnt experiment or question we would still be in the stone age . again get the fuck out and evolve you retard

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Well said

You just bumped a seven year old thread to give some random dude(from 8 years ago) props.

You suck.