Harvesting Cannabis in the Back Yard

agree, didn't get these clones in the ground until july which was late.

i'll get them in earlier next year for sure!

Amateurs

no, it is illegal here and I need to wait for legalization.

but I have heard that if you try both the ice and dry ice, you will never go back to just ice. way too messy. you can get most out of using a 120 & 220 bag with most strains and dry ice. Make sure you dry the trim thoroughly before starting and freeze it for at least 24 hours. then it only takes about 5-10 minutes.

honestly don't know, i haven't tried this before.
did some digging and found this quote:

"It is believed that the THCA in cannabis begins to decarboxylate at approximately 220° F after around 30-45 minutes of exposure, with full decarboxylation typically taking longer"

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Even with the shitty video i can tell you harvested at least 2vweeks early

post your video showing how you did it better now..

it's because i live in canada, eh?

gotta harvest sooner in the great white north!

there is a graph showing the time vs temperature plot of decarbing. if you are cooking with it you need to research how to decarb.

but I was just wondering if people have better success with a higher temperature and lower time? 250 @ 27 certainly works fine but it seems more of a body buzz where the strain when lit is more of a sativa effect.

so maybe 300 @ 20 or 18 would be more conductive to the thc instead of cbd conversion? or is it better to go 220 for 40 or 45 mins?

those are some great tips.. the resin is insane right now, can't even pick up a bud without getting sticky fingers, i was wondering how it would even get through the bags. i will try the freeze method for sure!

You need to grow right out of the ground.
Make a wire basket so the gophers cannot get them
Plant earlier in the year so they have longer to veg. and get begger.
I grow outdoor in northern california.
My clones were in the ground beginning of april.
I grow 5-7ft plants averaging 1lb per plant.
My record yield was over 2lbs from a 7+ft monster
Your planter box’s are way too small, limiting your potential yield.
And yes, you are pulling too early...those buds are airy and small.

But keep going you’ll only get better

plenty of videos on it. just seems much less messy. you don't have to get the chilled water and create a slush and keep it going for 15-20 minutes, then go through 5-8 bags of diff micron sizes...then drying it out ... then freezing it ...then messaging it into the proper form

with dry ice, just make sure you dry the trim (4-6) days and freeze overnight....get a 5 gal bucket .. or better 2 - 5 gal buckets and start with the smaller sized bag of 120 ..shake and sift/sort/message for a few minutes... that will produce the highest grade ... then dump all of the rest including the ice into the 2nd bag, 220 and repeat. all you really have to do is agitate it and shake it a bit, make sure you have insulated gloves. you could go with more bags say a 90, 140, 180 & 220 but it is usually a waste unless you have a lot of trim. I would just go with a 120 & 220.

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Make sure it’s legal where you live to grow, OP.

Drones and satellites can detect Cannabis very easily by filtering the light wavelength it emits from sunlight. That’s how the Forest Service finds illegal pots crops being grown on public lands.

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by filtering the light wavelength it emits from sunlight.

great tips, thx for sharing!

yep, this is only my second year growing and i have much to learn

agreed, this is why i waited until canada passed the Cannabis Act before i started growing, and then only max four plants for personal consumption only.

i would give you a better reply if i had any idea what you were talking about here?

She uses a small crock pot. Puts the leaf into a stocking, then puts it in the butter that's already melted. 1 pound of unsalted butter for 1/2 ounce of leaf. About 5 hours on low in the crock pot. Every hour it's in there, she'll use a wooden spoon to push it back down into the butter, and gently squish it. It always comes out a bit green looking, but it works really well.

She uses that butter instead of normal butter, equal ratio, in anything she cooks. Cookies, brownies, peanut butter chocolate balls.

I don't eat it, it's WAY too strong for me LOL

that's pretty interesting..

does it stink up the house using this crockpot method?
how does she get the resin out of the crockpot afterward?

or is your next crockpot roast a little.. special..

Everything reflects light in a certain way. It's how we know what things are, color etc ...

If you know the temp of the light, then you can tell exactly what it is shining off of.

It's used also, to measure what chemicals are on planets, nebula's etc.. Because the light source is known.

She pulls the weed out, and gives it a light squeeze, to drain it. Then just pours the butter out into a plastic container, to refrigerate. Tosses the drained leaf.

She then washes the crock pot, best not to leave anything in it, as it will spoil and mold.

Yes it does smell up the place a bit, but not too bad LOL

Last Edited by SomeRandomPerson on 10/10/2020 04:40 PM

I am not a weed smoker (THC does not agree with me, I think I just don't enjoy being high) however I am very interested in the terpines. Just like they've isolated the CBD I think the next big boon will be creating strains of specific terpines & CBD with no THC. It would be legal everywhere.

All that said, I've read the terpines that are most effective for anxiety (like limonnene and linlool) have to be heated beyond 300.

So depending on what profile you're looking for you might go quite a bit higher than 220 or as low as 150...

It is truly a science and there's way more to Marijuana than a high.

it never was illegal, didnt you notice everytime this shit goes to supreme court it gets thrown out on constitutional grounds.

You should read dutch growing forums

If you are super worried about smell just put your crockpot on the back porch. When I make bone both I put it in the well-house because of the stink.

The cook in me wonders if it would be better to clarify the butter first into ghee. It would certainly last longer.

I also wonder if an instapot would draw even more into the ghee (you definitely would not want milk solids in an instapot).

far out.

so these plants must be absorbing purple, red, orange and blue -- since they are reflecting green and yellow

interesting, i might try that.. can from your comment later i think the porch outside might be a good place to do it!

yes, this terpines stuff is brand new to me, only started hearing about it a couple years ago. interesting research to be done, and new benefits to be found, no doubt!

here's part 2, where i trim bud down into glass jars:

The maryjane is ready in the garden!

Big and beautiful!

My wife needs to trim her Bush.