Drying Outdoor Bud with Dry Ice (La Confidential and Blueberry Gum)

dlag

dlag

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This is an experiment, 9th grade science class style. Let me state my biases right away: I don't predict better taste or smell for the dry ice bud. In fact, I don't really buy that it otherwise preserves potency lost during a slow cure. I'm going to find out by making dry ice dried bud into bubble hash and compare it, in microns, to slow cured hashish from the same plant.

Put a few zips of La Confidential and a handful of Blueberry Gum onto a bed of dry ice. Dry ice is cheap ($1.28 per lb) and readily available. I put the lid, which I had punctured several times, on to the bin and was about to put it back in the freezer when I decided to give it a quick forty second shake over a kitchen screen (pic attached). It produced a pile of shake and resin. I rolled the shake around in the resin and will use it for spliffs after a couple weeks cure.

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catmando

catmando

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im very interested in this exp.

would this work to dry outside even with high humidity and non optimal temps?

i really dont have a place to dry yet and this would be great if it worked outdoors in adverse weather conditions
 
dlag

dlag

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This method is appearing to be crap. One day and ten pounds of dry ice later the buds are still wet. I'm going to replenish. I'm not using a barrier between the ice and buds. Is that a problem? We'll see.
 
Vapekush

Vapekush

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No barrier shouldn't matter since it is DRY ice. You might be getting extra humidity from it being in the freezer as that is not dry air in there.
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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From Google said:
Freeze Drying
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. CO2 changes from its frozen solid to a gas without turning into a liquid, a dry (ice) process that is called sublimation. The atmosphere contains little CO2. Dry ice sublimes (converts) completely into a gas leaving virtually no liquid. It is dry.
When moist marijuana is enclosed with dry ice at virtually zero relative humidity, water molecules migrate from the cannabis to the dry ice. The relative humidity of the CO2 increases and the moisture content of the marijuana decreases. This process occurs below 0 degrees C (32 degrees F), preserving the cannabis.
Place equal amounts of dry ice and bud into a container. Dry ice on the bottom and bud on top. Seal with a lid. Make a few small holes in the lid of the container for excess gas to exit. Place in the freezer. Check the dry ice every 24 hours. When the ice is gone, the buds will be completely dry. If not dry, add more dry ice until cannabis is dry. Conserve dry ice by partially drying buds for a few days before enclosing with dry ice.
This method retains potency, freshness and causes very little degradation of resin glands by the bad guys – heat, light, air and fondling hands. The marijuana tastes ‘minty’ because the chlorophyll does not break down.
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Also from Google said:
Moisture from foods and the outside air which is introduced when the door is opened can raise the RH, especially when that outside air is then chilled, which is why they get frost buildups in some cases. Since the air is cold, it cannot hold much moisture, thus any moisture raises the relative humidity.
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I agree with Vapekush, your dry ice is probably absorbing all the moisture from the freezer itself, how big are the holes in the lid? If they're small the air pressure from the dry ice evaporating should keep the freezer air out, but if they're too big the freezer air will just rush in aswell.

Keep it up tho man, never actually seen someone do this before and excited to see results :)
 
dlag

dlag

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P1040667.jpgOkay. I added ten more pounds of dry ice. Took one bud out and let it sit. It was still quite wet, but had retained its scent.
 
Keefers26

Keefers26

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Thanks for doing this, please keep us updated on how everything turns out.


If anyone has every had any experiences with smoking freeze dried bud, please chime in. Especially if it was done in a professional freeze dryer.

Several time I have though about whipping out the credit card to get a proper machine, and let my buds dry out their buds in it. Maybe someday.
 
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dlagwagon

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Put some 1/4 inch wire mesh between buds and dry ice. I would not want anything in direct contact with those precious trichomes. And since this is kind of a pilot experiment, why risk any ill effects by having in direct contact with the dry ice? Dude, I hate to say it, but if this isn't giving you the desired results, dry it the old fashioned way.
 
whileilaydying

whileilaydying

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wouldnt freezing the buds lock in the moisture content? being that its frozen, meaning in a solid state, the water isnt becoming a vapor and leaving the buds. the only purpose i could see doing this for would be to keep buds fresh and make it to where you didnt have to worry about drying those buds...idk just sounds like a good experiment without any thought put behind it to me.
 
dlag

dlag

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The dry ice ran out again and the buds are still moist. There wasn't any reason to continue; it was getting expensive. I made it all into bubble. You can't beat a slow air cure.
 
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