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Hey Braddah,
There are a thousand recipes for making iso hash.
I start with a quart jar of trim and fill it about 1/2 way with 91% isopropyl and shake it for about 45 seconds. I then strain the mix through a metal coffee filter into a measuring cup collecting the liquid and discarding the plant matter. You can squeeze the plant matter to get all the iso out before tossing it.
I then pour the liquid through a paper coffee filter and let it drain into another container.
Once the liquid has drained through the paper filter (takes about 1/2 an hour), I pour the liquid into a pyrex dish to evaporate. You can speed up the evap process by putting the pyrex on top of a pot of hot water letting the steam heat the pyrex. If you use the double boiler method, keep the heat low so you dont toast the cannabinoids. I dont turn the heat over 3 on the stove dial. I also use a laser infrared thermometer to keep track of the liquid temp. I try to keep the liquid below 160F.
Once all the alcohol and water have evaporated, take a razor blade and scrape up the resin in the bottom of the container.
Sticky heaven.
Chomp,
Last night was a different story. I had popcorn, a frozen pizza and a bowl of icecream after midnight. Nothing like waking up all bloated and greasy.
another way i find easier is to get some denatured alcohol its 100% well 99% pure alcohol, they add something in it so you don't drink it.
anyway take your trim and what not and put it into a jar/bowl etc, pour in some alcohol to cover most of it. cover the jar or whatever and shake for like 20-30 seconds then pour the alcohol onto a plate and wait for it to evaporate. shouldnt take more than 20 minutes or so. scrape and enjoy.
Last night I took a few sample sugar leaves and put them under the 30x loupe. Probably 10-20% amber. Decided today was the day and eagerly woke up to perform the dreaded trim.
I thanked my lady for her lovely work and got busy.
Before we go there, here's some pics from last night before the chop.
And now on to the show.
Root Porn
Chopped
Trimmed
Weighed
Colorful
Drying
As I said, not a great yielder but over 4x the yield when I grew her in soil. Total wet weight was 155.6g with another 41g of trim and popcorn.
Since I'm a glutton for low yield punishment, here's another clone of her after about 20 days of veg ready for round 2 in the cab. I'm gonna veg another week to see what that does for yield. Hopefully I can avoid the nute burn from last time for some prettier buds.
Thanks to all who stopped by to watch my first full run at hydro. I learned a lot from your input. Hope you enjoyed my little grow.
FUCKING AWESOME JOB! the color and tric coverage is sweet. that should be some absolutely dank ass herb. i cant wait to see what this next one will do!
As I said, not a great yielder but over 4x the yield when I grew her in soil. Total wet weight was 155.6g with another 41g of trim and popcorn.
there is plenty more locked up in there bud. not burning them will give you probably 15% more. IMHO, try to get the HPS closer earlier in flower for tighter inter node spacing and less stretch. i would also attempt to top them early on in veg to get them to grow a bit more laterally with the benefit of a few more shoots and cram as many primary shoots in there as possible.
I hate the dreaded trim, man....you spend all that time taking care of them and worrying about every different little change in color on a leaf, and then hack the crap out of it....and besides that it's a pain in the ass