Washing buds

Tracker said:
I imagine the probability of loosing trichs to this method is other than zero...but it makes me feel like a ninja with sweet weed nunchucks!
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Wash yes. Agitate beyond gentle hand rinsing in a bucket? No. Washed about pound for fw now. LOL. Heh.....
 
MICHI-CAN said:
Wash yes. Agitate beyond gentle hand rinsing in a bucket? No. Washed about pound for fw now. LOL. Heh.....
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Joking aside....my wild ass guess instinct tells me that the biggest risk of trick loss comes from too vigorous of agitation in the wash/rinse baths.
 
Tracker said:
Joking aside....my wild ass guess instinct tells me that the biggest risk of trick loss comes from to vigorous of agitation in the wash/rinse baths.
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I'm not chasing my wash pictorial. But yes. I only soak in peroxide/ water at 105F for 10-15 minutes. Then gently do a plunge move till i feels right with a single branch until it feels right. And about 80-90F rinse water in bucket. Heat keeps trichs plyable. Damn I let it out. But yes.
 
MICHI-CAN said:
I'm not chasing my wash pictorial. But yes. I only soak in peroxide/ water at 105F for 10-15 minutes. Then gently do a plunge move till i feels right with a single branch until it feels right. And about 80-90F rinse water in bucket. Heat keeps trichs plyable. Damn I let it out. But yes.
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Mine is at temp it comes out of hose, prob about 70F. I submerge in h2o2 water bath and gently agitate for about 30 seconds to one minute. Then transfer to h2o rinse bath and gently agitate for about 30 seconds. Then I swing my arms around in big circles so the excess moisture flings off like a centrifuge.

I'm not sure that it's a good way to do it, but it does take a lot of dirtiness off the buds.
 
Indfireguy said:
After this stage do you wet trim than dry buds on branches? Or wash, outside dry for 45 min than straight to dry room. Is either method ok? As long as your washing can a guy wet trim than hang to dry? I would guess it’s counter productive to dry trim than wash correct?
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I cut all the leaves off, rough trim around buds while the plants are in the ground.If the plants large I take sections, wash, rinse hang large Branches, remove all insignificant buds for oil.
Final trim after 10-14 days.
 
fskitch said:
I cut all the leaves off, rough trim around buds while the plants are in the ground.If the plants large I take sections, wash, rinse hang large Branches, remove all insignificant buds for oil.
Final trim after 10-14 days.
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That’s perfect. Thanks man. Similar approach I think I’ll take. Plants are tall. Only one ready. I’m taking it tomorrow. It will be nice to have a staggered harvest. But I’ll take all fans and rough trim we’ll still in the ground. Than collect branches. Wash, rinse, hang outside for an hour. Into dry room. 10-14 days later finish the manicure. Tis the plan.
 
Here’s the recipe I used. It worked great.

4 buckets total. (Recipe is for 5 gallon buckets but we use 20 gallon buckets for large stems)
Bucket 1: Filtered lukewarm water with 32 to 64 oz 3% peroxide.
Bucket 2: Filtered lukewarm water with 1/4 cup baking soda, 1/4 cup lemon juice
Bucket 3: Hot filtered water only. (Tap hot – not boiling)
Bucket 4: Cold (not icy) filtered water only.
Fully submerge in bucket 1 with the peroxide for 30 seconds. Submerge for a full minute if you had powdery mildew or bud rot at any time during the grow. Let water drip from buds, and then:
Fully submerge in buckets 2 through 4 for 30 seconds each . . . lightly stirring.
 
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