Yeht
Member
First off, wasn't sure where to post this but I am new to the thread to I put it in noobie central because I am new to growing and the forum, just did my first harvest.
I tryed making some hash and had a hard time with the extraction process. I tryed the blender method. Heres what I did
I took my trimmings from the plants and grinded them in an electric coffee grinder and then into the blender. I crushed ice and added it to a Jar of coldwater to get it really cold frist then added it to the blender. I blended the mixture really well till it looked like a grass smoothie.
I then dumped the mixture into a large jar and let it sit for about 30 minutes. I had read that the plant material would float to the top and all the trichomes would be left at the bottom. This was not the case.
I was able to scoop a small amount of plant material off the top but the majority of it (about 75%) was still at the bottom. Looked like a mixture of finely ground shake and with a crystal layer on top. I knew something went wrong so I poured off the water and then put it through a metal screen strainer and rinsed some water through it just to try to get more of the plant material out.
After all this I am left with some fine green material I am currently drying. It looks like it will be potent and get me high better then smoking the trimmings but not what I expected.
what i think may have went wrong....
The trimmings/shake were not dry enough, plant had only been drying for 4 days.
Is it possible to grind the shake too fine?
The water was really dark green and juicy looking, I feel like it woudlnt have been that dark if I had completely dryed out the shake. I was thinking that the water had so much weed juice in it from the shake that it became to dense and the plant material was unable to float.
let me know what you guys think...
I tryed making some hash and had a hard time with the extraction process. I tryed the blender method. Heres what I did
I took my trimmings from the plants and grinded them in an electric coffee grinder and then into the blender. I crushed ice and added it to a Jar of coldwater to get it really cold frist then added it to the blender. I blended the mixture really well till it looked like a grass smoothie.
I then dumped the mixture into a large jar and let it sit for about 30 minutes. I had read that the plant material would float to the top and all the trichomes would be left at the bottom. This was not the case.
I was able to scoop a small amount of plant material off the top but the majority of it (about 75%) was still at the bottom. Looked like a mixture of finely ground shake and with a crystal layer on top. I knew something went wrong so I poured off the water and then put it through a metal screen strainer and rinsed some water through it just to try to get more of the plant material out.
After all this I am left with some fine green material I am currently drying. It looks like it will be potent and get me high better then smoking the trimmings but not what I expected.
what i think may have went wrong....
The trimmings/shake were not dry enough, plant had only been drying for 4 days.
Is it possible to grind the shake too fine?
The water was really dark green and juicy looking, I feel like it woudlnt have been that dark if I had completely dryed out the shake. I was thinking that the water had so much weed juice in it from the shake that it became to dense and the plant material was unable to float.
let me know what you guys think...