Drying Leaves Before Cannabutter

This has me stumped! I know I might just be a little slow lol but I have some very fresh leaves and stems (just cut today) and want to make cannabutter. Can I dry them in the oven, Ive seen like 350 til they turn brown? Then do grind them or just use them whole? HELP HELP!

haha, i have the same question. I just harvested today as well. I'm snowed in in VA. So i wanna do some fun shit while all cooped up. Id say dry them in the oven at a low temp(only so the THC doesnt evaporate) then yea grid it up and proceed?

dry them first don't dry them in the oven!!!!!!!if you need to learnhow to dry and cure there are threads already for that.Dry /cure then make weed butter.you will waste alot of thc if oven cured

l333t said:

dry them first don't dry them in the oven!!!!!!!if you need to learnhow to dry and cure there are threads already for that.Dry /cure then make weed butter.you will waste alot of thc if oven cured

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Bingo....they should be dried first and either cured for a long time or heated to allow the process of decarboxylization to turn thca into thc. I've never heard of turning new leaves into butter, or good smoke for that matter.

Just use them fresh. I do works great. Rite after I'm done chopping I cook it and then ditch it. I don't have time, room, or care to dry them

resinraider said:

Just use them fresh. I do works great. Rite after I'm done chopping I cook it and then ditch it. I don't have time, room, or care to dry them

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Yeah....I was thinking of tincture which you don't heat up. I can see how that would work with butter.

OK I used them just raw. I just threw them in the food processor, to make them easier to stir in, and It seems to have come our pretty good. I used the crock pot and I cooked them for like 18 hours lol but think I got all the good stuff lol. Ill let you know in a day or so how potent it was!

I cooked them raw and it worked great. I have done them dry now to and I think it is easier to strain when they are raw, dried they were kinda stringy and annoying lol really hard to strain and really get all the product out.