Bud Washing? Is it really that big of a game changer

tpc_mikey

tpc_mikey

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Lucky Luke said:
mmm..if i bought an apple then yes id wash it. But heres the rub im literally surrounded by apple orchards. If i pick an apply off a tree (which i do atm as its harvest season) then i just eat it. It hasnt been sitting in cold storage for weeks/months or sitting in a supermarket/fruit shop with kids sneezing all over it.

Look at us, comparing Apples to Apples.....hehehe


Ive never tried washing pot nor had bud that has been washed so im useless to this convo..
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I would be happy to vac seal and mail you a nug so you can try it lolIMG_0924.JPG
 
710revolution

710revolution

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tpc_mikey said:
Curious when you buy a nice juicy red apple at the grocery store and bring it home and set it in a bowl and eat it 2 days later whats the first thing you do before you eat it? EXACTLY, i washed my lemon haze harvest mainly because i had a slight issue with PM and im going to tell you this i will do it every time after seeing the shit in that water after washing 127gs of bud lol and i can attest the smoke is so amazingly smoth. I used a peroxide bath then a lemon juice bath the rinsed in 2 diff buckets of clean water. then hung to dry in front of fan for about 3 hrs then into the hanging closet. well worth it.
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Ive eaten many apples without washing them, and have never been sick because of it. Lol. Matter fact, a majority of the time i dont wash them. I get your point though. Im just trying to tell you, a majority of people are not washing buds, at least not that i know of. Seems to have never hurt anyone.
 
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just_me

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710revolution said:
Ive eaten many apples without washing them, and have never been sick because of it. Lol. Matter fact, a majority of the time i dont wash them. I get your point though. Im just trying to tell you, a majority of people are not washing buds, at least not that i know of. Seems to have never hurt anyone.
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I ate an apple off a tree once without washing it, it was fine. Luckily for me, there was only half a worm in it.

I wash my plants periodically with a 5 Gal.wallpaper bottle and literally 5 drops of laundry detergent (great cleaning surfactant) in the rain while still in the pots or ground. Minute amounts of laundry detergent don`t harm them or the wax. It`s biodegradable.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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just_me said:
I ate an apple off a tree once without washing it, it was fine. Luckily for me, there was only half a worm in it.

I wash my plants periodically with a 5 Gal.wallpaper bottle and literally 5 drops of laundry detergent (great cleaning surfactant) in the rain while still in the pots or ground. Minute amounts of laundry detergent don`t harm them or the wax. It`s biodegradable.
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You wash the inside of an apple?
 
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just_me

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Lucky Luke said:
You wash the inside of an apple?
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No, I wash my fruits to get the pesticides off them. It wont get the worms out though. The only thing come close to washing the inside is when I make sauce, I peel the apples and throw them into a pan of water to stop browning before boiling.
 
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sparkygeek

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I have used Cervantes method to wash the bud and it worked fantastic. I've considered doing it on every crop just as a precaution. PM is very difficult to see and the bud comes out awesome! As already discussed it does add considerable time to the harvest though. A small amount of chlorophyll leaches out but I wouldn't bath bud for that reason...
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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I started this on last few runs because of the changes in my local weather ...
Hotter , drier weather has popped up some insect issues. Even after basic control of problems , it made it a no brainer way to CLEAN BUDS of bugs , hair , dust , crap or whatever.

After wet trimming
Simple 3 part dunk process ...

I have done both ways with and without lemon/baking soda.
Its the hot water rinse ( dunk ) that gets the most shit out. Just a couple of spins in the water and you will see the accumalated debris at the bottom of water. Gets all of that foliar shit , leaf spray or whatever you had put on your plants.

I noticed a slightly faster drying time afterwards ....
As far as results ...
Triches looked fine , intact as far i could tell not broken ( even under loupe )
Still frosty as shit .... Still resinous
Smooth smoke , good taste .... Whats not to like ?

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LSD-25

LSD-25

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hello thread!! and fellow growers.. I have always sprayed my plants with plain water.. and water with a lil h2o2 in it.. I am going to try the wash this time around in about 7 weeks. Ive heard that indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air, and house dust has dust mites that live in the house dust.... coupled with the fact that MOST grows have at least some gnats, i know mine does, I think I will try this tech out..
 
Strocat

Strocat

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After sex I always dip my dick in vinegar so maybe this bud washing thing has something to it.

If I can ever grow a plant just for fun .. like a little shit plant ill try and wash buds.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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I just did a hydrogen peroxide wash for some bud rot i had to cut out today and ended up stumbling on this comment when researching. On his thread
http://boards.cannabis.com/threads/bud-washing.208557/



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Thanks TL
I figured I should finish this bud washing thread, but I can't yet. There still curing, but of course I've sampled. None of the washes appeared to damage trichs.
The baking soda/lemon juice washed buds seem slightly darker in color.
The hydrogen peroxide wash buds smoke nice, they were smaller so there more advanced in there cure. I never spell their right.

Early but my verdict? Don't bother with any of them. I like smoking good unwashed weed, it's what I've always done. I never had any weird shit sprayed on my buds to make washing necessary. Good experiment though, and doesn't look like I ruined any of my head stash.
 
Kassiopeija

Kassiopeija

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So you're washing the harvest to remove sand, dust, bacteria and mold spores? But what do you do to prevent said culprits from sitting right on your buds during the week in which the material dries? These things are EVERYWHERE...
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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tpc_mikey said:
Ok I have watched several videos this morning on washing your harvest and must say it seems to make some sense, i had a small PM problem at week 6 of flowering and got it under control. Now im going to harvest today or tomorrow and really considering doing the bud was. One 5gal bucket with H202 and water 2nd bucket with the lemon juice and backing soda followed by the last 2 buckets of warm and cold water for final rinse. Has anyone done this and what was your results versus other harvests you havent done it with?
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Just make sure you got fans on em hard when you hang em back up and run a dehumidifier. You want that water off there quick but yeah it definitely works and I would especially do it if you had PM.
 
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