DonBrennons 'Unconventional' organic gardens

calliandra

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Hahaha, you're spot on. Tried painting it with a one coat last night..........it's peeling off this morning. gonna have to strip it again and use a primer.......arrrrrgh!!!
hm, peeeling off sure doesn't sound good :-( maybe the wall is just too wet, and needs to be left open for a while to allow it to dry up first... :roll:
Were you planning to build something essential into that corner?
 

pop22

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its a lot easier to find people's threads when they don't block their profile

As long as you scrog them with netting all is good. Have a look at my autopot grow or Arjans haze on this site managed to pull 828g out a single plant in an autopot xl just kept her on a leash.
 

pop22

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You can extract by oil or alcohol with a Magical Butter machine. Its the best money I've spend for doing this. Its a bread machine for weed! dump in the weed, ad oil or alcohol, set the temp and run time.........done! You don't even have to chop your buds or trim, it does that too! I recently made both WISO and QWET using my machine to make the solution. I make coconut oil for capsules with it regularly. I wouldn't go back to the hand method for anything!

Also, THC is usable by the body whether decarbed or not. IMO, the best oil will be a blend of both.

And here's a decarb chart based on science. Most people are doing it wrong. THIS will help you make POTENT oil, believe me!

if your decarbing in an oven, 27 minutes at 250F is all you need. And look at the chart, below 200F it would take days to decarb, so no, cooking at 170-190F won't decarb enough to say so.

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I'll look into that, qwizo looks very time consuming
 

DonBrennon

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You can extract by oil or alcohol with a Magical Butter machine. Its the best money I've spend for doing this. Its a bread machine for weed! dump in the weed, ad oil or alcohol, set the temp and run time.........done! You don't even have to chop your buds or trim, it does that too! I recently made both WISO and QWET using my machine to make the solution. I make coconut oil for capsules with it regularly. I wouldn't go back to the hand method for anything!

Also, THC is usable by the body whether decarbed or not. IMO, the best oil will be a blend of both.

And here's a decarb chart based on science. Most people are doing it wrong. THIS will help you make POTENT oil, believe me!

if your decarbing in an oven, 27 minutes at 250F is all you need. And look at the chart, below 200F it would take days to decarb, so no, cooking at 170-190F won't decarb enough to say so.

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I've a little story about my coconut oil...................turns out it's quite potent

'Trying' to keep a long story short..........gave a mate some chocolate made with the oil. Gave him strict warning only to take small amounts, until he get's used to the dosing. Well, him and his missus tried a little bit each, really enjoyed it and later crashed out for an 'amazing' nights sleep. The chocolate was forgotten about for a few weeks, till they found it in the fridge after an afternoons drinking at the pub. They ate half of the remaining bar each, had some 'fun', then fell asleep. My mate was woken by his wife a couple of hours later, she was on her hands and knee's in the bed asking why it was floating and what all the flashin lights were...................she was tripping her box off. He tried to calm her down and explained that it was the chocolate. She wouldn't be calmed and started having a bad trip, believing she was gonna die. By this time my mate was feelin the full effects of it too and didn't know what to do, so phoned an ambulance. The girl on the other end of the line asked what was wrong and after an explanation, told them she'd be ok and it would wear off in 4 hours, they wouldn't be sending an ambulance. His wife was still in a panic though and was demanding to go to hospital, so they got in the car to make their own way. While driving there, my mate started to hallucinate too and had to pull the car over for 20mins to get his head together a bit. Anyway, when they got to the hospital, they put her on a drip to try and flush her system a little quicker and kept her in overnight for monitoring.

My mate was laughing when he told me about it, but it's scary when you think about it...........ok, you may not be able to over-dose on cannabis, but that doesn't stop you having a heart attack or doing something totally irrational whilst off your head.
 

DonBrennon

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Also made another batch of chocolates recently and took them to a friends party, the host is a total balloon and one of my best muckers. He's the type of guy who's got to get as far off his head as fast as possible though and although I warned him to go easy on the chocolates, he ate 4 straigh off, then drank a quadrouple vodka and lemonade. An hour later he was grey, he looked awful and could hardly talk, LOL. He did come round a bit after another hour, but he was in bed for 10pm.
 

calliandra

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Also made another batch of chocolates recently and took them to a friends party, the host is a total balloon and one of my best muckers. He's the type of guy who's got to get as far off his head as fast as possible though and although I warned him to go easy on the chocolates, he ate 4 straigh off, then drank a quadrouple vodka and lemonade. An hour later he was grey, he looked awful and could hardly talk, LOL. He did come round a bit after another hour, but he was in bed for 10pm.
LOL
yeah dosage, and I find it tricky when cooking too. Which is why I haven't done much of it to now. Just my son, he makes brownies to take on his school trips haha
I do keep forgetting that for some people, the effects aren't all positive though - what happened to your other friend was scary. It does make me think about how I am giving pretty strong weed out into the world, stronger than what people are used to - YOU warned your folks lol maybe I should begin doing that too!

Concentrate extraction methods - QWISO - Quick Wash Isopropyl - QWET - Quick wash ethanol :bigjoint:
and ewwww -- I'm sooo sorry I asked!! :P
 

DonBrennon

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LOL
yeah dosage, and I find it tricky when cooking too. Which is why I haven't done much of it to now. Just my son, he makes brownies to take on his school trips haha
I do keep forgetting that for some people, the effects aren't all positive though - what happened to your other friend was scary. It does make me think about how I am giving pretty strong weed out into the world, stronger than what people are used to - YOU warned your folks lol maybe I should begin doing that too!


and ewwww -- I'm sooo sorry I asked!! :P
Yeah, I think you gotta be extra careful with edibles, especially if there's the possibility of children being around.

I've done the QWISO once and used the oil to make vape juice, not quite perfected getting a good mix that doesn't separate in the bottle yet, but it doesn't seem to be an issue when I get it in the vape pen, cos it's constantly moving and occasionally getting heated up.

Edit, The taste from the vape pen seems totally clean, can't taste any ISO in it.
 

calliandra

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Yeah, I think you gotta be extra careful with edibles, especially if there's the possibility of children being around.

I've done the QWISO once and used the oil to make vape juice, not quite perfected getting a good mix that doesn't separate in the bottle yet, but it doesn't seem to be an issue when I get it in the vape pen, cos it's constantly moving and occasionally getting heated up.

Edit, The taste from the vape pen seems totally clean, can't taste any ISO in it.
Ah you've opened the heavy oak door to the dungeons, I see the bubbly bottles and all!
Vape juice!? I'd have to be there, even with you assuring me it's clean :razz:

Speaking of oak doors! I never thanked you for the tip on that Oak Tree film! it's wonderful, I just rewatched it the other day. I do wish they could make laser images of that oak's roots too, though seeing the ones of the younger oak propped up in the air was also spectacular! And the chattering in the canopy of the tree talking to itself, ah the way that woman talked about it was worth seeing in itself! :D
 

DonBrennon

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Ah you've opened the heavy oak door to the dungeons, I see the bubbly bottles and all!
Vape juice!? I'd have to be there, even with you assuring me it's clean :razz:

Speaking of oak doors! I never thanked you for the tip on that Oak Tree film! it's wonderful, I just rewatched it the other day. I do wish they could make laser images of that oak's roots too, though seeing the ones of the younger oak propped up in the air was also spectacular! And the chattering in the canopy of the tree talking to itself, ah the way that woman talked about it was worth seeing in itself! :D
Can't remember the name of that doctor now, who presents them. But any documentary that he's involved with is top quality. I think he's one of the world's highest regarded entomologist
 

calliandra

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Can't remember the name of that doctor now, who presents them. But any documentary that he's involved with is top quality. I think he's one of the world's highest regarded entomologist
McGavin (ok I checked :P), yeah I wanted to remember that name too, will keep an eye open :)
Ah, there is just soo much to discover!
 

DonBrennon

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IMG_7352.jpg IMG_7342.jpg IMG_7358.JPG 'Nearly' got the new room fully functional, just having problems with the front left light which keeps blowing a mono every time I plug it in. I think I've got a short circuit to my heatsink, but only when I screw the covers back on, everything works and tests clear without them on, might just have to leave the mono's bare........
 

calliandra

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View attachment 3848894 View attachment 3848895 View attachment 3848889 'Nearly' got the new room fully functional, just having problems with the front left light which keeps blowing a mono every time I plug it in. I think I've got a short circuit to my heatsink, but only when I screw the covers back on, everything works and tests clear without them on, might just have to leave the mono's bare........
Ahhh! Awesome!! :mrgreen: I was just thinking of your wet wall yesterday.
The garden's beautiful!!!
And of course there's ONE thing that has to be finicky and difficult, there always is? :-P

What about the heating on the left wall, are you using it? Do you think you'll have to shield the plants from the direct heat?

I get the keys for my new place today... can you imagine what I'll be checking out FIRST? haha! :bigjoint:
 

DonBrennon

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Ahhh! Awesome!! :mrgreen: I was just thinking of your wet wall yesterday.
The garden's beautiful!!!
And of course there's ONE thing that has to be finicky and difficult, there always is? :-P

What about the heating on the left wall, are you using it? Do you think you'll have to shield the plants from the direct heat?

I get the keys for my new place today... can you imagine what I'll be checking out FIRST? haha! :bigjoint:
Sorry for the late reply, been a busy couple of weeks:bigjoint:

You must be so excited about the new place, hope you've found you're new 'space' suitable and setting up ain't too much hassle...............that sour D you just done looked great and you must be desperate to get something going again.

I've had another light's mono's give up on me now and not had time to sort it, but finished work for 2 weeks today, so can concentrate on the room again.
 
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