Cannabis Oil from Stems
I just performed an extraction that flies in the face of current accepted wisdom and which I would like to share.
What would you guess you get if you grind up a bunch of stems to fine granules in a coffee grinder and then extract the resins and oils using hexane?
Current wisdom says almost nothing, because the cannabinoids are in the trichomes on the surface of the plant.
In actuality I got 3.6 grams of honey oil out of 47.7 grams of material, or 7 ½% by weight.
Titration and testing showed it to be highly potent as a pain reliever both orally and topically, though it produces more of a stupor than a high at OD.
After grinding, a great deal of long fibers were produced, which didn’t chop up, and which we sifted out. I also did an extraction of that material and found while there were trace amounts, it was not worth extraction efforts and costs.
See attached photos of the two extractions after flash off:
GW
I just performed an extraction that flies in the face of current accepted wisdom and which I would like to share.
What would you guess you get if you grind up a bunch of stems to fine granules in a coffee grinder and then extract the resins and oils using hexane?
Current wisdom says almost nothing, because the cannabinoids are in the trichomes on the surface of the plant.
In actuality I got 3.6 grams of honey oil out of 47.7 grams of material, or 7 ½% by weight.
Titration and testing showed it to be highly potent as a pain reliever both orally and topically, though it produces more of a stupor than a high at OD.
After grinding, a great deal of long fibers were produced, which didn’t chop up, and which we sifted out. I also did an extraction of that material and found while there were trace amounts, it was not worth extraction efforts and costs.
See attached photos of the two extractions after flash off:
GW