How does one make "bubblehash"??:)
Anyone got a FAQ?:D
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How does one make "bubblehash"??:)
Anyone got a FAQ?:D
Don't mean to hijack the thread but...Quote:
Originally Posted by Powder Puff
Bubble hash
The ice-water filtration technique has quickly become a very popular way to make hash. This method combines the best of the screen and blender methods, using ice-water to make the trichomes brittle and agitation to knock the heads off, then straining the mix through filters for increased purity.
Hash made in this fashion is sometimes called "bubble hash" - because it is so pure that it bubbles when heated! Well-made bubble hash is a very potent product â?? a tiny piece will produce enough billows of smoke to get a small crowd high.
The two main commercial ice-water filtration systems available are "Bubble Bags" from Fresh Headies and the Ice-o-lator, another product developed by Mila. Both operate on the same principle of using cold water and filtering bags to isolate trichomes. You can also make your own kit by acquiring mesh of the appropriate sizes and carefully sowing it into bags of strong material.
In order to make bubble hash you'll need a kit with filtering bags, two impeccably clean five gallon pails and a hand mixer. The exact method can vary depending on which system you're using, but the essentials are the same. The Ice-o-lator uses two filters to screen out contaminates, leaving the trichomes caught in the second filter. The bubble bag kits from Fresh Headies contain either three or six colourâ??coded bags, and allow you to simultaneously make different grades of hash.
To start with a bubblebag kit, place your skuff into one of your five gallon buckets. Use up to 100 grams of dry skuff, or double that weight if it's fresh or wet.
Because ice makes the trichomes brittle, add plenty - at least six ice cube trays. Then fill up the bucket with cold water. Leave a few inches at the top so you don't splash too much when mixing.
Use the hand mixer to blend continuously for 15 minutes to one hour or more. Mixing longer will produce a higher yield that will be slightly less potent. The mixture will become green and frothy. You should take breaks every so often to let the mixture settle.
When done mixing, allow the mixture to settle for at least 30 minutes. If the ice has melted, add more. If possible, put the pail in the freezer, or outside if you live in a cold climate â?? you want that water to stay cold!
Now put your "work bag" into your second bucket. This bag should have a screen size between 200 and 250 microns, the one from Fresh Headies is 220. Pour your frothy green mix into the work bag in the second bucket. Slowly lift out the bag and squeeze out the water. Set aside the work bag with the green matter for a second rinse.
Now you have a bucket full of green water which contains many trichomes, as well as other contaminants. Everything that was smaller than 220 microns is in that water.
Arrange the other bags inside of the now empty bucket. Put the bag with the finest mesh in the bucket first, then place the bags with larger screen sizes inside the first one. With the Fresh Headies three bag kit you put the 25 micron bag in first and the 73 micron bag inside of it. You'll get fine hash if you just use one bag with a screen size around 73 microns.
Now you carefully pour the green water into the bucket with the bags. Then you slowly lift out each bag in succession, being sure to give them time to drain. If you're using a 25 micron bag it will drain very slowly â?? be patient. Squeeze out the excess water from each bag after it is drained.
You will now have a brownish sludge at the bottom of the bags. Remove it with a credit card or spoon to a plastic bag. Blot the sludge with a towel to remove excess moisture, and let it dry out for at least 12 hours. You might want to wait up to a week for it to fully dry and cure, if you are that patient! Be sure that your product is entirely dried so as to avoid mold problems later on.
You'll get less product from the 25 micron bag, but it will have a unique and potent affect when consumed. Bubble bag creator "Bubble Man" speculates that these are the smaller trichome heads â?? not immature, but simply the smaller heads associated with Sativa strains. He argues that Indica strains have larger trichome heads, and that Sativa strains have smaller heads on longer stalks. Crosses between these two types doesn't produce medium sized trichomes, but rather a mix of the large and small. This theory seems to be borne out by results, but much more research needs to be done.
Now go back and give the green matter in the work bag a second rinse, to be sure that you get out every last trichome!
The yield from 200 grams of skuff is around 6 to 20 grams, with an average yield around 10 grams. The quantity of hash produced depends in large part upon the quality of your original material.
Hey pPuff, this is from BubbleBags.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Powder Puff
http://www.bubblebag.com/instructions/
They've got a step-by-step instruction set with lots of pictures.
I'm going to read Harvestic's posted info on the bubble hash.
Harv, thanks for the info! No thread hi-jacking at all, thanks for the info!!! :)
-turtle420 :cool:
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Hello guys,
I'm posting cause I'm a little worried.
My clones ain't looking that good.... yeah, yeah, I know you told me not to put them into 12/12, but I'm stupid.
So, working with what I've got, please take a look @ the pics. I've uploaded them in high resolution (sorry to people with dial-up) so you can zoom-in and judge by yourselves. Any takes on their problems?
Nutrients: Half the dose General Hydroponics recommends for clones. I've got the GH 3-part, and I used their chart. I used the ratios for "clones", and I halved them. I mixed everything for 1 gallon, then added 1 more gallon of water. Halved.
The fog times are: 1minON/9minOFF. Again, NutraMist fogger.
2 CFLs turned ON... each is 42Watts, "comparable" to 150W incandescent.
Any takes? Ideas? Suggestions?
More fog? Less fog? More nutes? Less nutes?
Thank you, and may god bless our ... ??? Puppies? Trees!
-turtle420 :cool:
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BTW: Oh yeah, mothers are doing fine.
Sorry turtle I wouldnt know, hope you get some good info
Man I never knew clones were that hard:confused: Now I'm scared to grow them:confused:
Hey turtle glad to find your thread. Clones do not work with foggers. The poor girls are starving. I would get them out of there quick and stick them in a bubble cloner.
DUDE! Don't be scared! C'mon man, your clones will sail much more smoothly than mine... we're learning with my clones... dude, GO FOR THE CLONES!Quote:
Originally Posted by BukDatAss
Thanks Buk :)
Hey Gen, for real!?! Clones a no-no with a fogger?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gen
Why?
Then what am I supposed to do? Clones-->bubbler-->fog?
Gen, please help me out... thanks :)
-turtle420 :cool:
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Yes,clones, bubbler, fogger. Clones do not work in foggers. They don't have roots to absorb the nutrients. Make a bubble cloner. I have a picture of a bubble cloner I made for my seedlings. Get a two line air pump from walmart $10, a container with a plastic lid, punch holes in the lid, 1/8 inch tubing and a flexible bubble tray.
Make the hole large enough to let the stem pass through the hole without pinching it. Put your clones in. Let the bubbles spray the bottom of the stem. Keep the water level below the stems. Run bubbler 24/0. Since your plants are starving put the weak nuts in the bubbler. They should be fine and recover. Don't overfertilize at this stage. Keep it weak. You'll see a change in a day or two. Watch the plants, if after a few days they are still yellow, give them a bit more of nitrogen to green up those leaves. Remember not too much.
After they develop roots, then put them in the fogger. I saw some nice looking pepper plants that were grown with a fogger. good luck.
here's the right picture of the bubble trays.
^^^^ Hey Gen, thanks a million. Nice loom ;)
I can build the bubble right now... Question::: (s) ::::
1. Do I use rooting hormone again on the same part of the stems I'd like to be 'roots'?
2. Should I place a "humidity dome" over them?
3. When I actually do my grow (these are just for 'cloning for sex'), can I go clones-->bubble-->fog without problems? Once the roots are set, they'll be fine uptaking the fog? Thanks, and sorry for the runaround.
Thanks for the help G,
-turtle420 :cool:
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