Making brick weed

Spelljunkie

Spelljunkie

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Just for my own personal knowledge, was wondering how brick weed is made... Obviously its not manicured, dried, and jarred like the rest of us would do (or similar). I'm thinking it gets hung and dried for the first few days, then compressed into bricks; but, is that all there is to it? I've smoked some killer smelling/tasing brick weed and just wondering if all you have to do is compressess it, what's the point of jars, etc, for curing... I assume they are doing it in the fastest and most idiot proof way possible to prepare it for market. I'd like to make a small brick for long term storage for those dry spells, or if nothing else, make it just for the fun of it - but don't want to waste that much weed experimenting...

Thanks for any insight bongsmilie
 
donutpunched

donutpunched

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I saw a video on it once... They just hang dry that shit... Then put it in this modified ammo can that has a handle and a plate, they line it with cloth, plastic or whatever they have... press the shit out of it, wrap it up.. done....
 
PIPBoy2000

PIPBoy2000

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From my experience with the old timers that prefer the brick weed: the shit comes out of Mexico and the decent/sometimes very good stuff comes from the Caribbean.
I'll never forget this one kilo that smelled straight hashish. Spice, pine, and musk with a touch of earth. That stuff was on a whole other level than the regular chronic going around. The seeds were awesome too. Best grow evar.

But yeah, brick weed is mainly for transport space. It is really neat how it cures tho' 'cause the inside of the bricks were almost gooey. If I had the option to get a brick of that stuff, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
 
Spelljunkie

Spelljunkie

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Yeah I was just thinking that I could press a couple ounces and put it away, then it would be ready by the time I got to it a couple months later. Skip the whole burping the jars for weeks, etc. The quality of the weed you put into the brick should be what you get back out...unless the quality will somehow be affected, which is partly why I asked here. So it sounds like you hang it til the outside is dry, then press it instead of jarring...? Then quessing the lack of oxygen in the brick prevents mold, etc.
 
Unnk

Unnk

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400 a qp of the midies that comes bricked and is actually jsut as good as most of the bud youll get out their now adays just doesnt smell as good and takes a little more to get you there

and a easy 100 a qp on the dirty brick
 
Corbat420

Corbat420

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jsut as good as most of the bud youll get out their now adays
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knowing from experience.... most of the commercial weed in north America and Europe is trimmed on the stem, hanged to dry untill its mostly dry, then packed tight to make the buds look as dense as possible..... you would be surprised how dense a vacuum sealer can make a bud look :D

grown in a field mowed down and compressed, get that shit for 300 a pound sutimes 250
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thats usually "bail-a-weed". they literally move it in bails and process it in the tonnes... i usualy buy shake over bail-a-weed.
 
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justadude420

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After my harvest I took all the BS fluff AFTER it hanged dryed and vacuum sealed a hp of fluff 2x.....it turned it into a nice brick, almost like that mexican brick weed cept mine was killer green sour D.....my brother said I ruined it and fluff was better but I disagree because it kept the inside so fresh and stored better than fluff that would just crisp and flake off IMO.

I stored it for about 3-4 months and recently just opened, Ahhhh stuff is as good as the dense stuff was, cept now its just a brick....
 
Spelljunkie

Spelljunkie

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Thanks, that's sounds pretty much what I was looking for. I may have to look in to a vacuum sealer, I would trust that more than just compressing it (I have no equipment on hand to press it anyway). If that works well, screw the jars. I don't care if they look a little different. Would beat losing a jar by forgetting to burp it regularly, lol.
 
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richinweed

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donut punch is correct ,i saw that same vid...it wasnt about making it better smoke , it was about smuggling and the obvious logistics, squeez it smaller for transport...its not evan fully dry when they place it in the tins....(a good thing)...the brown gold color is inharent when sun dried, light breaks down cloraphyl....(sp)...sorry bout the (sp)
 
SocialistSeeds

SocialistSeeds

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Glad to see some reasonable people on here...too many times the youth just hear the term "brickweed" and the Pavlovian response is "Man, that stuffs garbage"..Brickweed can be great weed at times...some of the best I have ever had was bricked up from Oaxaca and Acapulco from Mexico back in the day. I'd give a left nut for some of those seeds I threw away like trash...remember using the double album and a playing card to seed it out? I'm with the member who wanted to brick up a little for long term storage...I'm in...
 
SocialistSeeds

SocialistSeeds

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By the way...I grew out a columbian gold x Jamaican lambsbread Haze that I started last December, grew most of the year in a tent, then greenhouse, then in the ground and I cut the entire plant to hang last week. I just pinched a popcorn bud and smoked it and it is really smooth, expansive and nice....the high surprised me...at first, I got nothing...nothing....5 minutes later warmth and now a nice clear, relaxing upward glide into a high...body and muscles relaxed...the EXACT opposite of what I figured the high from this long flowering 100% Sativa would have given me..no raciness, no heart palpitations just a real smooth deeply warming high..really nice. Ya just never know for sure.
 
vostok

vostok

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The Mexicans grow it out, and often harvest when its not ready
this is due to the weather more than anything, quality is rock bottom
to harvest its very much like the Spanish way of fro-plucking corn
the plant, male or female 3-5ft is ripped from the ground or cut with a machete
thrown to the cleared ground and left to dry for 6-18 hours, if left overnight will stay another day

often in Mexico it rains at night, and by morning light Pm mold is on the exposed buds
Once the farmer has got the tractor and cart ready, often another 24 hours has gone by,
one of his sons piles the plants onto the trailer, and takes the load to the packing shed,
by now in most cases the plants have been ripped up
and have been lying on the ground from 18-36 hours

many Blades have been curious as to how many of the buds are so wonderfully colored
like Acapulco Gold and other strains, this is due to the sun bleaching many of the bud sights and water leaves
post harvest, once in the packing shed, they remove the stems, sticks and twigs, and toss anything usable to a 3rd world press
often the press is but 2, .. 2x4 wood and an car jack ...lol
or as Donut above says an old ammo can

The only guys I have met who have actually liked this weed
has been guys with EXTREMELY low tolerance to THC
....lucky fuckers!​
 
jimmer6577

jimmer6577

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Interesting thread. There's 1 step that has been missing with the way they brick it up. They don't use vacuum sealers so if you just press it, it's not going to stay pressed enough to form bricks once pressure is released. They mix up a mild(pot) tea solution and spray between layers so the whole brick will stay together. This is the reason for moisture found in center of brick and also another reason for molded product when it reaches it's destination.
 
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