Drying: decarb question

[new grower2342]

Hello everyone, harvested my first crop and I hope to make a CBD type oil out of it using a magical butter machine. Question I have is can I go right to decarbing the crop or should I dry it first? Or do both?

Thanks

 

[JWPcinders]

I believe it needs to be dried first

 

[013]

It can be done both ways but the undried bud becomes what is known as fresh harvest... but yes the large majority are drying it first before processing further. In recipes I would always assume dried plant material unless the recipe calls for untried or fresh harvest. The moisture inside the bud can cause stuff to overflow or cook unevenly any number of problems

but yes start with dried bud and it will have to be decarbed at some point when making oil or butter.

420 member Maritimers has a big project using fresh harvest bud to make FECO as they call it. Here’s link Maritimer FECO and once you back out of that page you should be in the oil thread