October 22’ Member of the Month - @moronnabis AND @Pupparoo Tied for the Win :)

[Killa12345]

I’d like my nomination of @Realterpsmatter acknowledged for his terpene giveaway.

[pdxcanna]

I’ll nominate @pupparoo for the farming threads, one of the more enjoyable things to read on here as of late

[Pupparoo]

Thanks bro! Idk if I’m eligible since I won before but I appreciate the thought.

And as far as those threads go, stoked you like them. I hope to keep them coming. Going to probably start one for dairy cows sometime soon, hoping to get 2 of them next spring. Will also have a bunch more stuff for the pig one next summer.

[pdxcanna]

back to back October MOM time

[Greenleafpro]

@pdxcanna

October MOM

I second @Pupparoo for the second year in a row.

[Sidco_Cat]

I’d like to nominate @moronnabis for his technical posts.

Butane works but no theory! A few dozen hints

2019 Jul;284:108-116. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.04.008. Epub 2019 Apr 12. DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.04.008 Tables are from the supplementary data files. This is an amazing article on its own, but offers a lot of information about “why butane works”. Background: By some mysterious and undefined process, Butane extracts THCA from Trichomes. But once you have purified THCA, most of us know how almost impossible it is to redisolve THCA in either Butane or Pentane, even at room temp, …

Zeolite and polymer resins for THC remediation

Well…yes THCA has its own pKa property…for the carboxylic acid moiety. If it were to interact with an amine …which also has its own pKa. It is all dependent on the pH, what exact complexes can be made. All told, all weak acids and weak bases act together to effect a buffer action with regards to pH of the total solution. But they also act together h-bonded solution networks. Or ion pairs…I have posted paper references on all the different forms of carboxylic acids In both protic and aprot…

[Dukejohnson]

I second @moronnabis
His continual effort to push my understanding has resulted in more learning than anything else I’ve done. He pushes the community be more than it is currently and for that I am thankful.

[Sidco_Cat]

That’s a nice second.

[moronnabis]

@Sidco_Cat @Dukejohnson
thank you both for such kind words…
I admit to being curious about cannabinoic acids in Butane!
However, I should appreciate your attention be directed towards
[“”Photon Noir.”” ] Pure genius and actively working on solving the Medusa problem. I do not see his name on that list…and it should be there.

Best regards,

[Sidco_Cat]

You can nominate anyone you want, friend. I did.

[cyclopath]

Fine. I’ll nominate the wizard.

@Photon_noir for MoM!

Because: (can’t tell you, under NDA )

[Ralf]

August Member of the Month is @Medicine.grower

While I truly appreciate you all for thinking of me, I have previously turned down my nominations and awards for things like this, not because I feel myself or your choices as unworthy at all! I’d just like to see less-known and more active folks receive recognition for their contributions! After all, this is a regularly distributed award to give EVERYONE a chance to be praised for their generosity and thoughtfulness, here! I cannot dismiss or ignore your feelings on the matter, of course, bu…

[Roguelab]

@moronnabis And @Photon_noir
Although @Photon_noir should get a beacker award in my opinion for his efforts

[Dukejohnson]

Completely agree.
I also wouldn’t say @Photon_noir previous statement is applicable currently as he is very involved in figuring out our solvent woes. Both I feel deserve formal recognition for their recent contributions, let alone all of the stuff in the past.

[Ralf]

That was from 49 days ago Pretty sure @Photon_noir was active on that topic in August. I also think he deserves MoM, as does @Graywolf, but I’m not sure anything has changed since Aug 19th. I’m sure he can speak for himself. I can’t speak to @moronnabis because I have him on ignore.

One thing I notice about MoM awards is they tend to go to people focusing on processing/extraction. Not that those people don’t deserve it, but, it’s nice to see that at least a couple of growers have gotten MoM in the past, too.

[BigM]

There’s some great nominations and discourse so far in this month’s thread. Let’s keep it going! Three more days to get those nominations in.

[ky_cbd]

I’d like to nominate @Roguelab the amount of contributions he brings in on so many categories here is fucking wild definitely one of the best of us

[Akoyeh]

I second. Place just wouldn’t be the same without him!

[Sidco_Cat]

Great nomination! Third for @Roguelab

[standardoil]

@SubstituteCreature for putting myself and others on next level hash and rosin game