Would like to start a discussion, posted below are 2 recent lab results from Calidior farms. What are you guys chasing in your flowers? Flavor or THC? Would like to get a read on the audience in this forum. Growers and smokers welcome to join in on the convo!
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Both balanced 
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In my farm we try to study the whole chemo types as much as possible and we are limited in knowledge only by the limits of the labs..
The first years the most easy method to testing flowers in my area was with a machine called Gemmacert and with that machine we can test only THC CBD CBG
Also we learn to do chromatography with reagents but again, at home can check only THC CBD CBG CBN (after decarb them in the small oven)
More Later arrived Neo Spectra machine and we was able to check also about Terps
We had also other machines like the Orange Photonics Machine for Chromatography that is more accurate and shows more things
And of course we have sent to the labs of Universities where they even have the molecular microscope , but they are a little lost if you don’t tell before exactly what to look
So when you have access to any of this testing methods you start to be little bit proud when you get “high THC” or some unusual extraordinary results about some compound
I think to make this test is very educational and everybody who can should do many of them for a while to learn about ganja
But after there is the human factor. When you go to test the flowers with your own personal experience you quickly learn that more high percentages of compounds do not necessarily more strong effects. So you begin to doubt about the lab test
I don’t think the lab tests are wrong, I just think that ganja is not like a drug where more THC (for example) is equal to more effect
When it comes to the human experience some flowers of 17% THC they can feel stronger than other with 23% (I have seen higher that 23% with my own eyes only with the PurpL machine but I think she exaggerate)
So why chasing high THC or high Terps if later a local ganja low in THC and low on Terps deliver stronger and better effects?
I’m open to discuss why.
My personal opinion is that there are so many compounds and substances or molecules that they combine together on the so called entourage effect and also there is what I call.. the magic.
What I call the magic for me is the life experience of the plant and can explain why outdoors organic even with lower compounds profile most of time they deliver more effective experiences many time even close to psychedelic.
During her life the plant have experiences. The bugs and other animals, the wind, the rain, the mushrooms underground.. the plant built in her DNA “stories” and those stories she tell later to the consumer
Indoors they have less experiences and they have less to tell. Do you agree? Let me know your point.
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In a perfect world id want balanced buds, Sesquiterpene over mono,high terpenes 3-6+%, 15-20% thc is all i need super high thc does not mean high quality in my eyes
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for me the effect is nr1 and that is made up from so many variables
It’s exiting to see results that high 
I don’t need a lab test to tell me it’s good shit tho
I’ve never had really good shit that doesn’t stink strong so if i only can choose from two i’d have to say terps but not the percentage of terps but measured by my 
If she stinky and funky i wanty
Some of the super high thc cultivars makes me feel uncomfortable like bad energy while others are super medical meditative 
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Terpenes are crucial for achieving the desired effect. THC alone does not produce a satisfactory result; rather, the interplay between terpenes and THC is the decisive factor. Terpenes possess a spectrum of functions even on their own and the specific arrangement of these terpenes is equally critical!
Just as in perfumery, there is a “top note,” a “heart note,” and a “base note.” Here, too, the sequence is paramount! Consider a strain containing:
β-Caryophyllene
β-Myrcene
Limonene
With this specific arrangement, the strain produces a characteristic effect. However, if one were to rearrange these same terpenes differently as follows:
Limonene
β-Caryophyllene
β-Myrcene
One would experience a different effect, despite the terpenes being identical, simply because the arrangement of the top, heart, and base notes has changed. This implies that the individual concentrations of the terpenes and their respective percentages differ, which in turn has a profound impact on the overall effect.
β-Caryophyllene
β-Myrcene
Limonene
When combined with 19% THC, this blend produces effects comparable to those of other strains containing 25–27% THC. It offers a deeply calming and soothing effect. I recommend this combination for daytime use; it can be classified as a potent “Sativa”.
For the evening, I recommend:
β-Caryophyllene
Limonene
Farnesene or Germacrene
This specific arrangement can produce very potent effects even with low THC levels; at 25–33% THC, it induces significant drowsiness and deep sedation qualities typically associated with an “Indica”. It is perfect for treating pain and loss of appetite.
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