I'm not impressed with the way this GG#4 grows so may drop it from the lineup but will sample the buds first and do have a small plant from a cutting for backup in case it's killer smoke.
Try eating something with fats in it an hour before taking an edible. This ties up your liver working on something so the THC can circulate and do it's thang. A cheese or peanut butter sammi would do the trick. I can tell when my nightly dose of RSO kicks in. My mouth gets super dry as do my eyes and I already have that dry eye syndrome so it sux.
I've made lots of BHO but now just QWISO and will be doing fresh bud extractions using naphtha. You could smoke the oil from these but it would taste nasty as it's made for eating so has all the cannabinoids and other plant goodies to make the best meds. I use stills to purify and reclaim my solvents and collect the oil.