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Hey Buddha I've done cold and hot extractions using Navy Rum and Bacardi 151 proof. Tasted awful, I'm going to do a water cure on my next bud to see if it helps. I've had poor results but I had poor bud and inexperience. I'm going to pick up some chemistry test tubes and flasks before my...

"sugar leafs?" The small ones growing with/in the buds - they look like they've been sprinkled in sugar because they have a lot of trichnomes on them. Snip a bit of leaf and a bit of bud from the same area and check them under a 60X-100X scope. The trichnomes on the leaf will almost always...

I say go for it, just don't strip the plant bare unless you're out of bud and don't mind sacrificing yield and potency for saving the cost of an ounce. If you just want to try some you could be better off clipping some sugar leaf from around the buds - if the leaves have trichnomes the...

I've used it on plants that I think had genetics that caused hermieing - one breeder's strains hermied while other strains grown side by side did not. In my case it would slow down banana production for 2 or 3 days, then they'd grow back in force. Reverse may work better on plants hermied from...

Shit! I got the cannabis seeds, I think I should have ordered the marijuana!!

I'm trying Red Diesel, suppose to be fairly short, reasonable flowering, trippy. Barneys Farm Red Diesel Feminized Bred to increase potency and weight while keeping the distinctive taste of Diesel. This plant will grow to medium height with very strong side branches of resin filled colas...

I don't have a lot of experience with good strains yet, but one that stands out is Dr Greenthumb's Big Laughing. Really does produce fits of laughter, potent and tastey. Easy to grow, 9 weeks flower. Everything is funny.

Herb Press something else that may make it a bit better would be using a herb press. it's that last little bit of tincture in the herbs that have the most concentration of the herb's compounds you want. Alishabree

Glycerine-based Tincture You need to use food grade U.S.P glycerine, this can be relatively hard to find inexpensively but a gallon lasts a LONG time. Glycerines have a shorter shelf life than alcohol based tinctures and while they can sit on the shelf I refrigerate mine. Vegetable glycerine...

Distilling Alcohol If you get into tinctures and eventually want to use more potent alcohol, without tracking down Everclear, you can distill regular vodka to have nearly as high an alcohol content as Everclear. Take a look at the Smartstill, like using a coffee maker. If you want to stay away...

Traditional or Warm Method The old fashioned (and effective) way to make tincture from trim, leaf or "shake" is to grind the plant material to expose surface area. A fine grind is not needed and will just make the tincture cloudy. A rough chop will do. Most folks can’t afford to use kief or bud...

Cold Method with Ethanol Making tincture cold preserves the integrity of cannabinoids. To be potent, this method requires starting material high in cannabinoid content such as flowers or kief made from trim and leaf. The material must be mold free and dry. Drying can be accomplished in the...

I found good recepies for three methods: Hot Extraction, the quickest extraction of cannaboids (20 minutes); suprisingly the Cold Extraction next (2-3 days); and the Warm Extraction longest (30-60 days). -- Hot Extraction: This is a simple and efficient 4 Step process. Ingredients: 1/8oz...

Science and Medical Jay R. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. AAMC, National Director Many patients who utilize and benefit from medical cannabis do not wish to smoke due to the perceived health hazards of smoking or for other personal reasons. These patients are in something of a bind. Smoking cannabis...

Yes, you could let it mature and make oil from it. The bud will be seeded and fairly weak but the oil should be as good or better than you'd get from leaf. I made oil from 4 males that I chopped as soon as they showed balls, weak oil but I got a buzz from something that imature. If you...