I just caught up. Excellent looking flowers, Sir. But, your oil - I don't haz the words! I can honestly say I've never seen oil crystallized like that before. What kind of filter did you finish with? Were you using a special press or anything? Trim must of been crazy frosty.
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Thanks bro, that's really kind of you to say. I've definitely noticed that if you use trim, you'll end up with alot of unwanted chlorophyll in your end product. If you want your oil to crystallize like you've seen here, you almost have to use straight flowers only. All the oil that looks like honey, or amber that I've made has been with flowers exclusively. Not to say you can't get clear oil from trim, but you have to take some time and trim out alot of the leaf that's not covered in trichs, and pretty much just gonna flood the end product with it's chlorophyll. I know that sounds like a pain in the butt, but I think it's worth it really. If you can end up with something that will shatter instead of something that oozes, you'll be like "Ya it was worth the time!" Oil from heavy trim is good, and can probably be refined in ways I'm not even aware of, but i like to start with something so pure it guarantees quality from the beginning. I'll prolly start to keep my trim, and stockpile it some, and just do really large runs of B grade oil to mix in with my bowls that I smoke during the day to up the dose so to speak when needed. Otherwise I like to cut my colas up when they're dry to make putting them into the jars, and curing them easier. When i do this I take the lesser ones from the bottoms, and put them aside for my oil. The rest of the grade A'ers go into jars for meds later with boveda paks for the cure. This way I'm not taking the cream of the crop later, and wanting to blast it for oil, just the larf in the beginning. I really didn't get any larf the last couple of girls, I ended up using some pretty nice flowers that otherwise would have been some nice meds really. I've just been really caught up in the oil making lately, and enjoy the process very much, and find it rather calming to scrape up gobs of pure T.H.C. and work with it for my medicine. I got my mother in laws scuba gear, and use it when I make the oil so I'm not breathing in any butane at all! I'm sure I look goofey as all get out, but I'm not looking for an audience anyways , so I couldn't care less. I do know it's alot safer to do it with the scuba gear so it's staying, and i only have to use it a very short amount of time so it's cool. I don't have $ for an elaborate chem suit or anything, or an expensive full face respirator so, what I have will do for now. I blast the oil outside in the first place, I'm just trying to be as safe as possible, and save my lungs for the end product. The filter I use is a plain metal mesh coffee filter that you can get at any grocery store. I find the cone ones are nice as you get two patches out of one filter, and as long as you keep it clean, they last for ever almost. I also use a single paper coffee filter over the outside of the metal one to catch any debris that might get through. I use to use 3, and they were under the metal filter, but I found the single on the outside to work better. I like to start with really good butane as well, as this has a large effect on the end products quality. I've been using the Power 5X, they make a 7X, but I think this works great, and if it's not broken don't fix it, you know.
Enough about oil for now, I have pics of the ladies! They look so good, and are frosting up quite insanely. The Green Poison is finally starting to look like she knows what she's doing now in the tent. This is suppose to be a super fast strain, but we'll see. I know it's been less than a week so I'll be patient with her. She is a beautiful plant, with alot of grace to her, and flow. Very much a hybrid looking plant though, I don't see a heavy indica dominance to her really. Not like Sweet Seeds says. Not calling them wrong or liars, I just think I might have a more sativa leaning plant is all. I love sativa's though so it's all good folks, very happy with her. I was reading through some of my old grow logs, and noticed that sativas seem to be heavier Mg feeders than indies. It always seemed i was feeding my sativas cal/mag, and or epsoms more than my indicas, and they were always in the same soil. I really think I need to boost my Mg levels in my soils in the future. My next batch of soil will be a recycled load from outside I think so I'll try it on that so I won't be messing up fresh soil starting off. Ok, I swear some pictures finally!
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These are my Sour Blueberry. They smell great, they're dense, and they're frosty. You can't ask for more than that really, but she has yet more to offer I think. She has this greasy quality to her like the Menage a trois had, and I think she's gonna be potent as all get out like the Mat is. Oh, I sampled a tiny bit of oil I made from her, and wow, it's out of sight, it really is. The taste she has it extraordinary, and the potency is the best so far I think. Anyways, like i was saying the Sour blueberry has the same greasy quality to her so I'll keep a close on on her. Not that I wouldn't have anyways. Very nice lady!
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This lady is my Blue O.G. Nice, and frosty, and a good structure to her as well I think. She's been a pretty nice all around plant so far, and i hope she keeps that going with her potency. It's so frustrating when you can't get the website to work with you on posts. This will be an auto restore so I don't know if the pics will survive. Good grief! Anyways, Again, The Blue O.G. is happier now, and is receiving her cal/mag doses regularly, with epsoms. What a stinky girl when I give her a stalk rubbin, Woooo.
This is my Green Poison that's just been introduced into the tent. I think she'll make a nice addition to the family. Can't say much about her yet, other than she's a great vegger, and not the least bit needy. Her canopy also has a very strong smell to it when I move her around, almost peppery right now.
This last one is a group shot of my happy girls. Have a great day everyone. Peace and love.