After seeing a video by Pigeon420, I decided to wash the buds to see if it can remove the fibers from cloth, or dust etc, and to take pictures to show to the world. I too, was afraid of degrading the trichomes, and not sure it could remove cloth fibers, etc, but in terms of washing, it works very well.
I used a different method that the one i saw (people, feel free to reply with your own dosage/methods etc to help other people).
Method: wash the buds then pour the dirty water in a filter of 0.25 microns .
1 full plant was washed. It is the Washing Machine strain, the name is her destiny ;-)
Dosage:
- I pressed 2 organic lemons, then I filtered the lemon juice with a tea filter (empty tea bags, to make your own tea bags), to remove the pulp. I got half a glass of filtered lemon juice (15 cl?).
- I added baking soda in the same proportions as filtered lemon juice (a bit less than 2 soup spoons)
- I added that lemon+baking soda mixture to 1 tank of 18 Liters of tap water (nb, it is fizzy and makes foam, don't be afraid, or just put them seperately in the water).
I used 3 tanks of water, 18L each. The 2 last tank are used to wash the baking soda + lemon.
2 first tanks = filled with tap water that i let sit a few hours to have less chlorine.
Last tank= bottled water only, no tap water.
Temp of the water, not measured, but probably around 24°C (slightly warm, not hot, not cold).
I dipped each cutting 5 - 10 second in each bath, a little bit more in the last one. In various motions (up-down, swirl) then up, let a few drops out, then to the next bath.
Then I took the used water (not the last tank that i will use for my balcony) and poured it in the 0.25 micron bubble bag, and grabbed the DSLR:
Here is what i get from the 2 first tanks.
1st thing to note: whatever it is , there is not enough for a joint...may be 1 puff. But what is it really???
Looks like a few amber trichomes and dust
The Purple "bullets" come from the bubble bag, fabric. It is the only thing I have of this color. I did not wash it before use... so, wash your bubble bags before use.
There are a lot of fibers of different colors. I did not expect that much from washing....
The black things are probably old trichome feet. Remember that, between the net and the various manipulations during the 2 month of flowering, the plants trichomes have suffered a bit. this is probably the casualties. Unless it is insect poo, but i don't have insects that i can see with the eyes.
The clear thing is definitely trichome feet. The black stuff could be soil sent on the buds when spraying or watering. And I think there is a small insect (under the "black rock") or at least from this angle, it looks like a small insect skeleton, or it could be something else (young pistil? alien lifeform stuck in my weed? can't tell...)
This is from an indoor grow with filtered tent inputs. It is not filtered when i open the tent's door, which happens often, that's when dust comes in, or fibers from cloth, or other stuff. Imagine that outdoors, it is probably much much worse.
I think I am convinced now that bud washing is beneficial to the cleanliness of the final product... I hope I won't have problem drying it...
I used a different method that the one i saw (people, feel free to reply with your own dosage/methods etc to help other people).
Method: wash the buds then pour the dirty water in a filter of 0.25 microns .
1 full plant was washed. It is the Washing Machine strain, the name is her destiny ;-)
Dosage:
- I pressed 2 organic lemons, then I filtered the lemon juice with a tea filter (empty tea bags, to make your own tea bags), to remove the pulp. I got half a glass of filtered lemon juice (15 cl?).
- I added baking soda in the same proportions as filtered lemon juice (a bit less than 2 soup spoons)
- I added that lemon+baking soda mixture to 1 tank of 18 Liters of tap water (nb, it is fizzy and makes foam, don't be afraid, or just put them seperately in the water).
I used 3 tanks of water, 18L each. The 2 last tank are used to wash the baking soda + lemon.
2 first tanks = filled with tap water that i let sit a few hours to have less chlorine.
Last tank= bottled water only, no tap water.
Temp of the water, not measured, but probably around 24°C (slightly warm, not hot, not cold).
I dipped each cutting 5 - 10 second in each bath, a little bit more in the last one. In various motions (up-down, swirl) then up, let a few drops out, then to the next bath.
Then I took the used water (not the last tank that i will use for my balcony) and poured it in the 0.25 micron bubble bag, and grabbed the DSLR:
Here is what i get from the 2 first tanks.
1st thing to note: whatever it is , there is not enough for a joint...may be 1 puff. But what is it really???
Looks like a few amber trichomes and dust
The Purple "bullets" come from the bubble bag, fabric. It is the only thing I have of this color. I did not wash it before use... so, wash your bubble bags before use.
There are a lot of fibers of different colors. I did not expect that much from washing....
The black things are probably old trichome feet. Remember that, between the net and the various manipulations during the 2 month of flowering, the plants trichomes have suffered a bit. this is probably the casualties. Unless it is insect poo, but i don't have insects that i can see with the eyes.
The clear thing is definitely trichome feet. The black stuff could be soil sent on the buds when spraying or watering. And I think there is a small insect (under the "black rock") or at least from this angle, it looks like a small insect skeleton, or it could be something else (young pistil? alien lifeform stuck in my weed? can't tell...)
This is from an indoor grow with filtered tent inputs. It is not filtered when i open the tent's door, which happens often, that's when dust comes in, or fibers from cloth, or other stuff. Imagine that outdoors, it is probably much much worse.
I think I am convinced now that bud washing is beneficial to the cleanliness of the final product... I hope I won't have problem drying it...
I'm curious as to how the mega buds dried. Our experiences have been smaller buds, for the most part, but the wash actually helps them dry more evenly.
