Washing out buds?

Thanks @ILGM.Stacy for passing by this question, you’re doing a great job :wink::+1:

False, terpenes are not water soluble at room temperature and normal pressure, @mountainman1

Many of the difficult to isolate terpenoid components show solubility minimum in CO2 at 80-90 bar and 60°C (limonene and beta-carophyllene) and their solubility increases in both sub- and supercritical CO2 with both an increase or decrease in temperature (…)

From here :

https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2017/proceeding/paper/179a-solubiltiy-and-phase-equilibria-optimizing-processing-cannabinoids-and-terpenes-cannabis-and

So, like @raustin mentioned, your buds will still smell great, just be gentle when washing, dear fellow grower, for not reaping trichomes with a vigorous wash… You’ll wash out not only powder mildew, but, insects dropping, pesticides residues, bacterias and viruses and pollutants as well…

Just follow this tutorial :wink::sunglasses:

In hope that’s helping you and respond to your questioning…

Truly yours

~Al :v: :innocent:

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