Another Tincture Thread - Try it, You'll like it

Whoops, glad I asked! xD; Thanks, I'll eventually find something.

 

Will do Thanks Sam

 

So I rolled the dice and grew a bag seed in with my elite stuff, that unfortunatly hermed on me. It also was super airy so I scratched it and just harvested the whole thing. It went 10 weeks so it's def mature. Ended up with 3 ozs of material that leaves much to be desired. Think I can use that 750ml to soak all three ozs. Gotta feeling gonna have to make his as potent as possible because I doubt the potency of the plant as the trich production was a failure lol. I decarbed it all and into the freezer till tomorrow morning anyway. It filled a whole quart jar of material dry. Any suggestions? Should I half the material and do 2 pulls at same time? I know I've read about maximum saturation for a solvent which is why I'm wondering if this is possible with what I have or need more ethanol. I have a total of 950ml (got some left in old bottle). Thanks in advance!

 

By the way I do have 1/2 gallon Mason's as well for flower, if I need a bigger jar

 

Sorry for so many questions, as with finding new things my mind goes an a millions places. I've got an idea if like to bounce off of you. When I make most of my BHO I blast , then evap till almost sludge. Then I add around 100 ml per oz of material used of 190. From there it gets froze for a day then strain all lipids and evap on double boil on stove till scrape shatter. If I don't take it all the way down to scrape consistency, I'm am making GD right. It just kinda dawned on me.

 

Hey, Sam, it's been a little while. Just finished another batch of gummies, and I'm getting a feel for the my medical cannabis outdoor grow. Thought I'd share my experience so far and ask a question about dry ice kief. First, about dry ice kief. I use a single bubble bag and don't even use the bucket, shake over a glass table top. Is 120 micron screen a good size for good quality kief for edibles and tinctures or should I go even larger? I'm not smoking it. I don't want to waste THC, but I don't want to shake it twice, either.

After the 2015 harvest of 6 outdoor plants (2 indica-dom, 4 sativa-dom), I had about 2-3 bushels of trim. Each Sativas was 2-3 X the size of the Indicas, making the trim at least 2/3 Sativa dominant. At first I made GD using trim. The 151 Everclear tincture burned the heck out of my mouth, so I transfered the GD over to honey. Honey elixir made with my mostly sativa-dominant kief and flavored with a little vanilla extract is a hit for daytime recreational use using . Our primary problem with honey elixir is that it's hard to accurately measure to titrate a reasonable dose. My last batch is so potent that just licking the spoon leaves me blasted for 8 hours (no tolerance, but still...).

After looking at the last couple of bushels of trim for too long, I decided to shake it all down to kief. When I was done, instead of a Rubbermaid box, I had a collection of little jars of kief. At first, I used two different bubble bags: 73 micron and then 90 micron. After an hour, I decided that two shakes were a waste of time and energy and settled on the 120 micron bag with a single shake.

I was encouraged by another medical user to make gummy bears cuz they're easy to travel with and easy to cut into the exact size needed. Gummies are used primarily for middle-of-the-night 4AM insomnia made worse by jet lag/time change and back, knee and arthritis pain. Instead of GD, I use dry ice kief from my own indica-dom bud. It's easy to weigh so I get predictable results. I get pelleted dry ice from Praxair or a block from an ice house, and an hour later, using a 120 micron bubble bag, I can shake 18g of bud down to 6g of kief. After a 40 minute decarb and 45 minutes to mix and mold, gummies are on the rack drying. I eat part of a gummy two hours before bed so that I won't still be high the next morning. If I start too early, say mid-afternoon, I tend to wake up too early at 5:30AM.

With the exact same material, three different users have three very different responses. My dope fiend husband gets only a little high from gummies and doesn't notice much for long. A medical user half my age comes on in half the time and gets higher from the same dose. I don't notice any effect from Indica-dom gummies for at least 3 hours, never feel high and yet feel super-relaxed with the slows 16 - 18 hours later. The sativa-dom honey elixir wipes out everyone within 30 or 45 minutes and turns them into zombies.

 

nwags,

If you have lung issues you should switch to vaporizing. More efficient use of your medicine and much easier on the lungs.

 

I'm heading that direction for sure. I can't completely stop smoking. I'm def addicted to it and quite enjoy it. Dabbing is just far too harsh form me now, and I haven't ever capes flower before. Any good recommendations on a certain Vape? Also is there much of a difference between table top capes and handhelds, cause a lot of the hand helps I've seen are cheapo coils that are kinda gross in my opinion. Thanks for any tips!!

 

Boy I hate autocorrect on my phone. Capes = Vaped or vapes....

 

I got three ozs in the half gallon jar with all 950mls Sam. Being that it was the crappy plant I chopped, think it would be wise to just run one wash. Seems I'm gonna have a ton on liquid to reduce as is. Lol this is just a test batch to get my feet wet and for my friends to try. we live in draconian cornfield country! If not for my trade and interests, where I live everyone would still by smoking brick. I've converted a handful to growers and boy it's making life a lot more enjoyable!!

 

Unfortunately, that was not my experience at all. I had a bronco spasm while vaping cannabis. Coughing is one thing but that painful squeeze in the chest is a clear warning to get smarter fast. I'm sorry I spent the money on a vaporizer.

I've read a cannabis advocate (with no medical training at all) claim THC is beneficial to lung function because of a guinea pig study, for example, Cannabis Smoke May Benefit Asthma and Lung Functions Unsound, unscientific, potentially dangerous. As an asthmatic, I think anyone with lung issues should avoid inhaling substances unless they are medically necessary. Even one common inhaled asthma medication can cause severe asthma, even death. Information for Healthcare Professionals - Salmeterol xinafoate (marketed as Serevent Diskus) Take home message: putting stuff in compromised lungs can have severe consequences. Don't.

This entire thread addresses alternative delivery methods for cannabis. Smoking a small amount is probably fine (and effective) for a large part of the population. For that small portion with lung problems, ingesting cannabis extracts is a safer approach. Since I had a reaction, it's my exclusive approach now.

 

Thanks for the help guys! I def know what ya mean about chest tightness. I've went through some scary spells with pulse ox around 80. Been admitted twice, once with EMTs having to extract me from my bedroom. I was sure I was dying. It has scared me into any alternative. I take Advair 500/50(strongest) and am on 40mgs worth of presnisone a day, a lot of days. I had to get rid of my dogs I had for years, and move into a new construction home to get away from irritants. Unfortunatly I have been smoking flower and a lot of oil. I have two children under 5 and have to make a move right now to better myself. I really took breathing for granted until I couldn't...thanks so much for all advice you guys send my way!! can't wait to try this GD in a couple days. If I can get down to just smoking a bowl or two a day, I think I'll be alright. The BHO whether winterized or not just seizes my chest and sends me straight for the nebulizer and albuterol. As well as the realization that any irritant to the lungs is bad, (although I will say I've noticed the bronchodilation effects of flower smoke sometimes when I'm having an off sort of day...very weird to think that a smoke could be good and bad. Haha