AlphaPhase
Well-Known Member
What do you mean by the trich heads are ripe? Would that mean that Trichomes fall off the bud before harvest? If we harvest when trichs are ripe and full, I don't think there would be any good bud, no? I don't think they fall off from maturity, if that's what you mean, I know they don't fall off when ripe whatsoever by themselves. Do you mean they fall off easier when agitated? Does this mean that premature bud would take more agitation? That statement confused me. I think that agitation by mechanics is not necessary, at least that's what I'm noticing while making alpha tech hash. I believe a flash freeze would be best actually for the alpha tech method, but with just a freezer, a jar, some borderline frozen water with material placed in it, then frozen and thawed, truly is making nice hash and maintaining yield, with no agitation. Easy peasy.
Freezing the stalk of the trichomes to make them brittle so that the heads fall is an illusion at best, the trichomes heads are made to fall by themselves when ripe. Would you freeze the stalk of an apple to make it fall from a tree?
Here is the science
http://www.hempreport.com/issues/17/malbody17.html
Dry sieve is more difficult to master than ice water but the result can be as amazing check my favorite Hashishin couple @cubangrower and @cubanhashqueen they make real BOMB dry sieve.
Check Boldtbags for quality bags, you want lab grade sieve material.
I understand that you are playing around and having fun but studying the basic principles of sieving would bring more fun to the game.