Testing the aging VS not aging
-Harvested in February, before spring growth restart.
-6 nice columns of the same clone (trich pachanoi "Monad")
Each column was divided in 25cm chunks from top to bottom, and each chunk was marked in alternance : Age / not age. I was also attent that the head of the columns were age/not age in equal amount.
The not age part was immediatly uncored and dried.
The Age part was stored in a completly dark space for 2 months. Then uncored and dried.
A CIELO extraction was performed, side to side :
This correspond to +23% in the age cactus.
Comments : I lost a couple chunks in the AGED group because of rot, which might have slighly bias the sampling.
The NOT AGED powder congealed very quickly compare to the AGED one, and was therefor much harder to mix. This could have played a significant role in the efficiency of the extraction. This phenomenom has been observed before ; therefor, i would recommend to age before drying to keep a sandy texture during the extraction.
-Harvested in February, before spring growth restart.
-6 nice columns of the same clone (trich pachanoi "Monad")
Each column was divided in 25cm chunks from top to bottom, and each chunk was marked in alternance : Age / not age. I was also attent that the head of the columns were age/not age in equal amount.
The not age part was immediatly uncored and dried.
The Age part was stored in a completly dark space for 2 months. Then uncored and dried.
A CIELO extraction was performed, side to side :
This correspond to +23% in the age cactus.
Comments : I lost a couple chunks in the AGED group because of rot, which might have slighly bias the sampling.
The NOT AGED powder congealed very quickly compare to the AGED one, and was therefor much harder to mix. This could have played a significant role in the efficiency of the extraction. This phenomenom has been observed before ; therefor, i would recommend to age before drying to keep a sandy texture during the extraction.
