sugar mostly
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Isnāt sugar better though, as in easier to handle and purge? I mean who desnt like big fuckers though
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Itās preferenceā¦but sugar is more nucleation not the same as crystalline formations.
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Idk about all thatā¦
Iām calling in big gunā¦sugar vs diamondsā¦ Only talking if run the EXACT same, just one doesnāt have as much SOLVENT at sealā¦
Sugar equals tiny diamondsā¦ diamonds,same material just grown into larger piecesā¦ Even sugar under magnification would look Crystallize right?
Iām no expert, thatās why Iām askingā¦my sugar clear if run the same
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I read a article about nucleation and is specifically mentioned is was not crystallization. Crystals grow, nucleation is just the separation of thca and terpenes. If you jar of a highly sap extract, the Terps evaporate and crash back down into the extract(kinda like when you sandwich a terpy slab in between parchment paperā¦and you get sugaring
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Maybe we are talking about 2 separate thingsā¦
Follow otss , no cold crash, let all solvent evap(still tons trapped) sealā¦sugarā¦ Not enough solvent for slow evapā¦
Iām not referring to taking shatter and letting it set,bc is terpy sep.
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Itās the terp faction the causes slabs to nucleate! Just like if you evape most solvent and jar upā¦the terps and not evaporated and crash back in cuaseing nucleationā¦the example is why high terp extract s sugar! Youāre not getting what Iām saying I thinkā¦I know otss tek!
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Terpenes are solvents in themselvesā¦
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U think all the solvent is gone once visual solvent gone?..stick it in the vac and find outā¦I know terpenes are it for shatter thatbeen Purged down, and sugars
But in this case itās both, bc the moment visual solevent gone ,let set 24hrs at room temp, the solvent not ALL goneā¦a full vac pull would prove it(but I donāt do that)
Shatter thatās been purged w terps still, yes nucleationā¦
I just think they WAY to much solvent still to factor it outā¦bc technically,itās not all gone at the seal, just visual stuff
Nucleation is essentially the first chain in the crystals growthā¦basically all the suger should chain to form crystal formations! But when they donāt they stay as small particles.
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Iām just trying to understand myself why Iām askingā¦
One guy says one thing, another says anotherā¦
But you get what I mean about all the solvent isnāt gone yet right? So it canāt stack, bc not enough to slow evapā¦
Not talking about shatter setting up, that was purged and just terpyā¦ Talking about not purging just jarring after visual evap
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Like I said terpenes are solvents themselves! Thus why nucleation in slabs happens is my point! They are purged of hydrocarbonsā¦so the nucleation is from the terp faction in said extract! (Generally 6% terpene faction with nucleate quickly) thatās why if you evape to much solventā¦the chain stops!
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U definitely do NOT get what Iām sayingā¦
Once again ,Iām not referring to a slab thatās been purged and left to set and the remaining terps are causing thisā¦
Go back and read just to make sure we are on same page, refer to what Iām saying,
not slab thatās been purged(solvent removed )
If I donāt vac it first and remove all that solvent when itās BUBBLINGā¦
Does this change the game?
Remember Iām just asking donāt get madā¦bc tons solvent left, like itās both doing itā¦my lids Buldge!
Dood! Those are examplesā¦I get what youāre saying! You just donāt see what Iām saying! Yes there is solvent leftā¦
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There you go thanks 
Just that slab donāt have any solvent left, my jar doesā¦the lid buldges, one the reason i THOUGHT it has something to do with the way Iām talking aboutā¦ My sugar really clear too, bc itās same way I run diamonds
Iām wrong
And I already know terps are solvents, not what I was pointing out,
was all the remaining solvent gassing off during the processā¦
It doesnāt matter I guess, I learn something everyday
Terpenes equal solvents, solvents equal nucleation, nucleation is the first link in crystallizationā¦if the solvent faction is not right the chain stops!
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From what im noticing the more solvent i leave in the better and faster my diamonds are forming. Im sure its to a certain extent. But my terp fraction in my green jar is almost a water consistincy still and im on day 16, and its the best growth ive seen yet. It seems like anyone can make sugar, its so simple. The diamonds and figuring out the perfect growth cycles, hot-cold cycles, sounds, frequencies, i think is where the games at 
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Damn that dabber rad af
This run turned out lil large, I thought bc had tons terps, I poured them off alreadyā¦most time they lil smaller but clear as fuck and sep piecesā¦all solvent evap, wait 12-24hrs sealedā¦ Only reason I guess I was thinking like that
Also I was explained like thisā¦
Nucleation is like when a fully process chocolate bar, ready for consumption, is left out , over time gets the white powderā¦ Breaking back downā¦
Also like a fully purged slab thatās terpy , left out ,the more terps ,the faster it nucleatesā¦
I was just thinking bc mine not fully processed,bc never vac, and same thing as otss, just way less solvent , but still tons( bc not fully processed)
Donāt know if itās still nucleation,if Iām wrong I leaned something for sureā¦
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Viscosity has to play in part to the pre crystals moving together to form bigger formationsā¦to thick and they canāt move together. Thus why you raise tempā¦lower viscousity
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