Any tips Making Cannabis extrats QWISO and Bubble Hash

You can also extract with everclear if you don’t want to use isopropyl. Worked great for me! I decarboxylated first so you can eat or smoke it. Burns clean and has a good terpene profile.

Grain alcohol will pick up more chlorophyll, which I’m not a fan of but otherwise it works and would be better if you plan to use for edibles. Just don’t forget you still have to decarb for that.

For me iso wins because it’s cheap and easy to get, in VA the strongest grain without permit is 151 and that too much water content really.

I’m all in on this, but I still don’t have the confidence to commit most of grow to it. Since I started this I’ve had a supply of hash extract. Just way way better and cleaner buzz and hit. My bubble hash yields and results should help me with that.

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Freezing everything overnight pretty much eliminated the oily stuff in my batches. It not tar it’s more wax like, still fairly dark though.

I will be making my first live bubble hash run next week or so. I opted to hold on the washer and just got the bags and drill paint mixer. I don’t think I have the volume to justify the washer just yet.

Also used that money for Homegrown Cannabis, High THC mix pack, 5 Alive, Hellfire OG and Northern Lights #10, end of getting 6 “bonus” auto seeds Gorilla Glue #4 and DeeLite. Not sure if I will gift those or give a shot outside in the spring.

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Hey, a little off topic but i have a question. Does VA have any recreational dispensaries?
@GoingGreenVirginia

I got a bubble washer and its really just an expensive mini washer machine it helps if got a bunch to wash and want to eliminate a manual wash but drill and mixer should do fine just roll a few joints to smoke thats all lol

No but kind of yes.

Republicans stalled enacting recreational sale and some other things related to cannabis it will likely trigger a legal challenge after the first of the year.

However we do have “medical” dispensaries. Getting card requires spending $50-150 and it’s refunded if for some reason you didn’t qualify, it’s pretty much a sure thing from my understanding. I would shop around for the best price. I think the card is just $50 and whatever else is process services.

You can view VA prices and what they offer online. The delivery option is cool but the prices are sky high, top shelf is $50 for 3.5 grams.

Here is a link with the state laws surrounding cannabis in Virginia, you can check other states too from here. I recommend anyone growing or using to know what their local laws are.

One picture of a Blue Cookie bud with something for perspective, the can is about 7.5" long (19cm)
There are 20 or so of similar size on these two girls.

@anon81552836

Ok thank you. In my state we have stores on pretty much every block we can buy weed at. But, im visiting VA in February or march and was wondering where i was gonna get my weed from. But it sounds like im gonna have to cold turkey for a month that ill be there.

Basically same here in MA theres a few shops in every town to buy bud. The city shops have deals and specials for like $70-$100 for an oz and like $400 oz shit and the smaller towns normally $50 or higher for 3.5g and some shops only sell in incriments of 3.5g ultimately still cheaper to grow ya own up here and get to keep whatever amount your plants yield which i like

Worst case, once you get here ask around.

Did you ever end up buying that machine? Thats the same one i bought except came with 8 bags and machine worked well was a little loud from ice mixing around but pretty powerful and wasnt bouncing around on the counter and plan on using it again after winter grow is done

I held off on the washer, just got the bags and drill mixer, and a “food grade” 5 gal bucket from my local Tractor Supply store. I don’t know that I will have the volume to justify the washer just yet. My local grower network is expanding so that may change.

I’m really excited about giving this a try. My fist run will be live, with the trim and larf. If I mess that up it’s just a lesson learned as I would have toss that out anyway. If that goes well I have some older weed I might use.

I’m think my initial batches will have small yields so drying wont be as tricky. I may see sooner than later this girl is getting floppy, I snapped one about that size that was a 150g wet, it’s close but I was going for the full 65 days this time. I may have too much humidity and a bad thrips issues for this strain. The buds are big and are really dense, not as frosty as like though. I did better with these two but I wish I was growing something else next time, but soon.

Drill and bucket should work just as well. The machine can hold around a QP anything higher gets to heavy for the washer to spin but other than negating a manual wash it doesnt do anything else lol. I made mine then froze it for a day before microplaning it over card board and since you got the grader im guessing your doing same techinque and if so i would recommend doing it in the freezer so it stays cold while grading and then set out to dry once finished. Depending on the heat it unthaws pretty quick becoming super glue sticky type status lol. Also if any gets stuck on grader just put grader back in freezer for an hour an youll be able to scrape it all off no problem

I don’t actually have a new dedicated planer yet, but that is just trip the Food Lion, and one overpriced purchase and I’m good, right?

Only a quarter pound, hmm maybe I will have that kind of volume. No regrets though at this point the paint mixer is the only thing extra.

I may call on some consulting advice during the drying phase if I run into issues.

My Strawberry Cough bean popped, the Bruce Banner is trying but I guess I will know tomorrow for sure. If the Banner does not make it I make put the SC up for adoption and do run on the new stuff.

HomeGrown Seeds turnaround was quick using wire transfer, think I like using Zelle better though still 72hrs but still looks like it be over 5 days total processing. So spoiled by Amazon and Feebay same day service.

Get a Microplane knockoff mate, way cheaper and just as good!

I was just going to buy a hand grater from the grocery store and not use for anything else.

Is that not right?

You want the fine grater, the one that makes really fine shavings like is used for zesting and grating parmesan etc… I think its called the Microplane Fine grater. But the brand is expensive, there’s loads of cheaper versions about, that’s all I was saying.

Thats the one i got just a knockoff and cheaply priced also worked perfect besides a little build up in the corner from hash unthawing to fast do to my own fault but @anon81552836 thats a good one bud

Harvested today!

I have the 220 bag full of trim in freezer. Not really much larf to speak of really but any buds I lost are in there.

Aggressive lollipopping does work well with this Blue Cookies from Amsterdam Company. It wants to make big dense buds but it’s too much for my humid environment. I have two more but man I really wish it was something else. Oh yes did drop new seeds too.

The total weight is about 600g, mostly of stuff I would have tossed out.

Given my source this is more about learning the process. Not fond of the flower but the finger hash and QWISO I’ve made from this is quite tasty.

Oh the QWISO

Freeze the flower 24 hours first, in the jar you plan to use with the lid off. Also freeze the ISO. Not mixing but they both need be cold. I used 4 hours before and I don’t thing it was enough.

Then to speed everything up after the shake use a couple of metal strainers. One is to hold the coffee filter the other so you can fast pour out of the jar. You can then apply pressure to the flower.

Dripping does work better but it would take a long time so you can wring the filter gently. I can’t tell you how long but I’m the type of person who can watch paint dry and I left.

Doing all that eliminated the dark tar like patches, I think it was mostly the 24 freezing though. It is still dark when it condenses after scraping but it’s firmer like a hard taffy. I imagine I could retain the fresh scraped look if it was kept cool but at room temp it turns into blob over few days or so. That is a pale yellowish green

I still love the stuff appearance be damned every hit is special.

So I did a single pass today. It was not much it’s freezer now but I could think I could skip that step with what I’m working working with.

What was on my scraper was dry enough to dab in less than an hour. The blueberry\grape candy flavor comes through strong. It taste better than my QWISO, it has more of a fruity flavor. I don’t think it’s all that strong, again this was trim not bud. Wasn’t ever a good size hit either

I ran into issues with trim getting turning into a ball with the mixer, stuck with it for about 10 minutes switching direction when I cleared the mixer. I don’t think i was getting very good flow.

This run was about learning more than anything and I learned some things. One my drill is on the twitchy side which only makes the knotting issue worse, with some practice I think I can overcome that one.

I believe the freezing part is for grader purposes. When i did mine it was also that sticky dab texture in a few hrs but i dont really do dabs but was nice to see lol. I think the freeze and grade technique is preffered more for people who mix the hash with the bud like myself and actual hash pipes and grading it just helps prevent it from getting moldy over the week it needs to dry but thats just me assuming lol. Ive also heard the bubble has a better flavor than the other proccesses but ive only done bubble style so far so cant speak on it besides saying mine has a nice taste to it and smooth inhale but grabs ahold of your lungs on the exhale and fking chokes them out but all in all im happy with the 1st attempt and happy to hear your doing good as well bud