Saving stems

[TheMetal1]

I have had mixed views on the subject of saving stems. I have heard of people saving them to cook with or making a milk based tea. I had seen a video on the interwebs where this guy had a HUGE pile of stems, and placed them into a (microscreen equipped) shaker jar of some sort. He shook them until his arm seemed to give up... then showed the end product... a huuge pile of what looked like kif. He proceeded to pack it into a bong and rip it. Looked real enough to me to give it a try. I saved stems in a small jar for less than 2 days, periodically shaking them up... then put them in the freezer for 30 minutes to loosen the particles from the jar. I gave it one last serious shaking, and used a small paint brush to gather all that I had collected. After screening it multiple times to get out as much plant matter as possible... I came up with what looks like kif. I know people will say that most (or all?) of it is just stem dust, but I did not cut or grind the stems. They are just stems that were leftover from picking apart buds pre-grindage, and I tossed them in the jar. This was obviously just a small scale experiment, and most would see this as too much effort for such a small result. But if it does cause an effect, it will be apparent to me that I have probably thrown away a few pounds of kif in my smoking career. Haha. I will smoke what is in the picture I posted and repost my descision...
Can harvested stem crystals... get you high? I freaking hope so...
Let me know your experiences also....
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This is a simple pic so you can see for yourself.

TheMetal1 Reviewed by TheMetal1 on 02-29-2008. Saving stems I have had mixed views on the subject of saving stems. I have heard of people saving them to cook with or making a milk based tea. I had seen a video on the interwebs where this guy had a HUGE pile of stems, and placed them into a (microscreen equipped) shaker jar of some sort. He shook them until his arm seemed to give up... then showed the end product... a huuge pile of what looked like kif. He proceeded to pack it into a bong and rip it. Looked real enough to me to give it a try. I saved Rating: 5

[melodious fellow]

put an ass of stems in a glass mason jar.

cover it in everclear

let sit in dark place for a few months, add more everclear as needed.

Evaporate for hash, or take shots.

[purplehaze11]

A couple months ago I saved all of my stems- not sure how much it weighed but it wasn't that much, maybe a couple grams, and ground them up to make green dragon. I couldn't get my hands on any everclear so I just used 100 proof vodka. I put the ground stems in there and put it in a dark place for a month or so. My friend and I each had 5 shots and it got us surprisingly baked for the whole night considering it was just stems and not that much.

[TheMetal1]

Although, I do notice the potential... I was slightly disappointed in consuming my collection. However, I did just toss it into a bowl and lightly heat it for cherri-fication. Maybe due to my tolerance, such a small amount would have been ineffective anyway, regardless of it being kif from stems, or pure bud pollen. I guess my true test is going to be focusing on a much larger scale experiment, and processing some kind of hash out of it. True stem trichome hash. If anyone has tried this please comment.
Also, thanks for the replies. I have never heard of making Green Dragon, but after doing some quick research, it seems very interesting. Thanks again.
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[The Dude Of Life]

Im usually too lazy to be saving the stems, they just go out the window or i chew on them, or just leave them in the ashtray. now im gonna start saving them.

[MadSativa]

yes some stolii and stems are the makins for some green dragons

[Trip06]

Butane,
Or
Rubbing alcohol,
Or
or some really potent liqour,

Extract and have relatively 80%+ thc leftovers.
Smoke some and you will be walking like the village drunk.

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Planning to save up my stems for a 151 Green Dragon.

[silkyblue]

stems have somewhat useful purposes

not many but some