Results are very very unscientific so far. But at least I seem to have ruled out the possibility of the added Recharge actually completely screwing up the cloning process, which seemed a real possibility given that it’s got molasses and some nutrients in it.
That’s great news. I just put that og mack of mine into flowering last night.
I always appreciate the lighting discussions. It’s been a little side hobby of mine the last half year, poking around in the lighting dept. Decreased vision/income means I won’t be pulling the trigger on anything for quite some time, but it’s always an interesting topic to me.
Amazing really, how fast things have changed. At the time I joined the forum a few years back, LED lighting was pretty mediocre and expensive stuff, and there was a whole lot of defensiveness and ‘issues’ around the topic of LED vs HID. I’m glad that’s evolved.
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I’ve been meaning to do a bunch of hash making experiments. I want to refine what Nivek calls the ‘Weaselhead’ hash making technique, and compare it to using bubble bags, with a goal
to eliminate the bags altogether if possible.
I started on that project last night, using 50 grams of Pineapple Chunk buds from the freezer. Dried buds, but stuff that was too scruffy looking for other uses. As all my PC bud has been lately
I mixed the bud/ice/water for 30 minutes on low-medium throttle with a paint mixer, then strained it and let the stuff settle for three hours before siphoning off the watery part. As Nivek mentioned, most of the hash was settled within half an hour. But it doesn’t seem to harm anything to leave it a bit longer and I was busy -so I did.
These are one gallon jars. The one on the left has been settling for about 40 minutes. The one on the right is round two -freshly poured.
I’ve messed around with various variables. Settling times, mixing times, etc. Still working on that a bit but won’t bore you with all the details.
I mixed the first batch for 30 minutes as I said, then added more water and a bit more ice and mixed for another thirty. This is what the goo from batch one looks like- strained off but not yet dried.
The second batch was fairly similar quality, though perhaps very slightly greener. But there was much less of it.
All the debris you see in the pic is not because quality dropped. It’s because unfortunately I failed to clean out the 1 gallon jar properly before dumping the soup in, so it had a bunch of pistils and leaf matter from storing bud in it previously.
Next time I’ll try leaving the paint mixer on for an hour and just do it all in one run if possible.
When I get the chance I will mix a bunch up, strain it, then run half through the bubble bags while leaving half to settle naturally, and see which is better in terms of quality vs workload.
Krip - the link to the vid didn't work please pm me or post again please????
Happy New Year
Congrats and good luck with it. I found cannabis to be a great bridge to freedom from addition. But I've also done a lot of psychedelics. lol... I read somewhere that doing psychedelics helps with the addiction bond thing in our brains. Next up for legalization shrooms.. wait they were always legal, I think right?
Cloning was an issue in the fall for me. Maybe your winter is my fall?
I turned the corner on 0 for 9 and now am at 3 for 9 and a few roots in my water glasses.
My grandmother always took cuts and just put them in a glass and on the window sill.
Worked for her and long run for me its consistent but less % success rate over all than the bucket.
Started spraying cuts with water and changing water every other day when I think about it. Seems to help. Prolly could add some kelp tea foiler. Haven't tried that yet.
I got tired dealing with a cloner bucket. Gotta carry water and shit and then muss and fuss. Glass of water on the window sill @ 30% roots, I'm good with it.
Careful what we wish for. Clones on the window sill with roots and some in the bucket now I have to up-pot into containers in between trimming. My life is grande, I'm dancing a little. <instert dancing GIF>
If shrimp grew roots man, I'd put em in soil and grow more and then go fishing. lol.
I totally agree about the hash process! Dry ice is the only way I'll ever make hash again. The process is sooo much better IMO. Better yeild, equal quality, with no labor. It's like going from a push mower to a zero turnThe problem isn't the bubble bags - it's the bubble hash!!!
Once I tried dry Ice Hash, which uses a single bubble bag with NO water, I've never gone back!
I even bought one of those mini portable washers to make the bubble hash. It's been boxed in the garage for years!
...cheerz...h00k...
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‘Better than Nothing’ - or something like that?? 
But ... not so profound. I was disappointed and told him so, but he just looked back at me like he didn't care. I wrote if off to his grim state of mind. It certainly was ironic, no? 
