Thundercat's Groooooooow

Thundercat said:

I wish that I could have kept it lower because it has meant cutting some buds early. I just couldn't afford the dehumidifier this time. Next time it is not going to be an option. I noticed more mold after I made that last post and made the decision to just go ahead and cut the WW and the Kush today. I am trimming it as we speak. I think that I caught it early enough that I will be able to save most of the bud. The Kush looks dank as hell, I'll post up some pics later. Peace TC

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better safe than sorry eh?

Better safe then rotten, lol! I only found one small spot on the Kush, so its fine. The WW I might loose 2-3g dry. Not to bad I guess all things considered. I'm thinking about going over to the craft store and buying a silk screen and making some hash form this kush and WW trim. I was also considering just making some iso-hash cus I have everything here. We'll see what I decide on. Either way I gotta dry the trim so it won't be for a day or two. I'm very glad to say that these Kush nugs are solid as a rock. There isn't a ton of them, but they are dense, and white with resin!!

Hey TC... with the first half of my trim I used the gumby hash method. Cost me $25 for the buckets, mixer, and strainer. Got 3 grams of hash from 1 not so full freezer bag of primo trim (i didn't weigh the trim).

One thing about the method is you don't have to dry the clippings. I might be better to use wet so the plant matter doesn't break up.

I'm sure you have things figured out, but thought I would share what I just did.

Now that looks pretty damn tasty

Well Jigafresh, I don't have it figured out yet, still trimming, lol. I appreciate you mentioning it, I had considered that option. Do you need to dry the trim to make iso hash, I havn't been able to find that info any where. I know you need to freeze it, but I wasn't sure if it had to be dry too?

here is a very quick and easy way to make hash oil. You can remix it with the ground up weed to make hash but i prefer to keep it as oil.

get a large flat glass container. One that will be easy to scrape with a knife. Chop the weed up fine in a blender or equivalent. Pour the weed into a bar shaker or equivalent. Pour the iso (91%) into the container of weed and shake vigorously for 45 seconds. Strain (why I use a bar shaker) the iso out into the glass container and let the iso evaporate. Bingo, hash oil. Don't shake too long because iso will strip the impurities out as well. It only takes a short time to get the trichs off the weed. The greener the oil looks, the WORSE it will be. Done right, it should be brown.

Thats what I had been considering doing. I think I'm gonna look into getting a silk screen, and dry seiving the trim, and then doing a second run with it in ISO. I'll have the very pure dry hash, and also the oil from the ISO. Hmmmm maybe mix those, and have some really gnarly hash putty?

Well guys its been a couple days with the girls drying, and they feel pretty good. So I jarred them up and got a dry weight. This was the WW clones, the kush plant, and a Purple power clone I had just stuck down in the corner. The WW clones came in at 70g dry, with almost no stem weight. The Kush came in at 43g, same deal on the stem weight, and the little sativa clone was just over 7g. All in all I'm pretty happy. I knew the kush wasn't gonna be a big yielder, and I got over an oz, so I can't complain. The WW are awesome, and yielded almost as much as the mother plant. I'm pretty happy anyways, they are all jarred up now, and will get some cure time in.

I went looking for a silk screen, and can't find one anywhere in my town. So I think I'm just gonna ISO the trim. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Let us know how long you mixed it before you pour it out. That guy earlier said 45 seconds is all it should take.....

I read somewhere to shake for 30 sec. the first wash, and you can do a second wash and shake for like 50-60 sec. Thats what I planned on doing. Loading in some crumbled trimming, and do a first wash, and empty into a dish, then do a second wash, and empty into a differant dish. Then repeat with the rest of the trim! I think I should end up with a decent amount of oil from the pile of trim I have.

Thundercat said:

I read somewhere to shake for 30 sec. the first wash, and you can do a second wash and shake for like 50-60 sec. Thats what I planned on doing. Loading in some crumbled trimming, and do a first wash, and empty into a dish, then do a second wash, and empty into a differant dish. Then repeat with the rest of the trim! I think I should end up with a decent amount of oil from the pile of trim I have.

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Well that is an interesting idea. I think you will see a change of color between the two containers.... let me know.

Ya I imagine I'll see a differance in the color. The first wash should be fairly clean I think, so hopefully a nice honey color. The second wash will likely be more brown or green. I didn't get around to doing it yesterday, so I can't tell ya how well it worked yet, lol.

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Ya I imagine I'll see a differance in the color. The first wash should be fairly clean I think, so hopefully a nice honey color. The second wash will likely be more brown or green. I didn't get around to doing it yesterday, so I can't tell ya how well it worked yet, lol.

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If you are going to use iso.....get 90% +......first wash only shake for 5 to 10 seconds and drain.......then go for 20 or 30 seconds on your second wash. First wash will be nice and powdery when it drys....second will be oily dark and tarry.
I saw that you mentioned getting a silk screen.....I have been searching locally for one and finally found one at the craft store.....30 bucks for a small (8 x 6 or so ) framed piece.....no specs on micron. Best bet is order online, will post a link when I find a cheap source for it.

Thanks for the info shipinit! I'm gonna be trying the iso, I've got some 91% I think. I scraped up the kief from under the screen I was drying the trim on, and oooooh my god. I managed to sift out most of the hairs that were in with it, and the kief is beautiful. Completely golden, it looks like raw suger cane powder. So my gf talked me into finding a screen before I iso it all. So I will prolly only do one wash with the ISO since I'm screening it to. Its gonna be tasty either way!! After I harvest the rest of my plants, I might make ice cream with that trim, havn't decided yet. Well I'll catch you guys on the flip side. Peace TC

The 91% works the same as the 70% but there is just more H20 in the 70 and therfore takes longer to dry.

Get a mason jar, chop your trim, then only shake the jar with the alcohol and trim for like 1 minute. Pour it on the plate, burn it and you have hash oil.

If you keep it above a lamp or something hot and dry it will stay like keef, leave it out and it gets really gooey!

Heh, I never thought about burning it...the oil left doesn't ignite from the iso?

lol, burning it sounds dangerous! Not to be a big wimp, but no need to blow anything up on accident.

lol, when i made my iso oil after my first real grow, i burned off any excess alcohol. Didnt blow up in my face or anything, just had like a light blue aura around it for about 5 seconds n went out. But the oil was real bitch to get up off the dish after letting it sit for a bit though, lol.

Also TC, did you go straight from drying them on your screen to jars? No paper bag/Shoebox to sweat them from the inside out? Obviously you know what your doin, lol, but I found out this time around that the paper bag is the key to making them turn out right, even without a sufficient cure time. If you dry them on a rack, or string them up, n then sweat them out in the bags, theres a 100% difference in the end result smokewise.You might not end up with that one of a kind DANK nugget smell to your buds without the cure, but you can definitely smell some fuckin chronic in your pocket from a mile away, thats for fuckin sure!

N camping time is comin up here pretty soon brothaman,lol. I know your checkin out in August, so we'll be out at that place WAY before then man.

Absolutely beautiful in there dude. Lookin like any time now. I bet you fight the urge to grab the fuckin clippers on a daily basis, lol.

King you just let me know about the camping man, you know I'm down. I'm out of town right now looking for a house to buy, or rent or something. I'll let you

I did the paper bag the first batch, but not this batch. I've been a little pressed for time, but they are turning out great so far, and seems like the longer they sit, the better they get. I'm gonna be chopping my girls on wednesday. I turned the lights off today, and left the fans on them, and decided to give them a couple days of full dark and no water to try to really finish them up. We'll see what I get once they are dry. I don't know where the seeds came from but the sativas all have some seeds in them. I never saw any male flowers, but from some where. Well anyway, I'll catch you guys later! Peace TC