I also follow this process and will never divert. If some people think the trichomes will fall off, all I ask is try it on 1 bud to see the outcome.
Ill add that I do use some fresh lemon juice as a natural cleanser in 1 bucket of mine
Cheers
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washing cannabis
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I also follow this process and will never divert. If some people think the trichomes will fall off, all I ask is try it on 1 bud to see the outcome.
Ill add that I do use some fresh lemon juice as a natural cleanser in 1 bucket of mine
Cheers
I also follow this process and will never divert. If some people think the trichomes will fall off, all I ask is try it on 1 bud to see the outcome.
Ill add that I do use some fresh lemon juice as a natural cleanser in 1 bucket of mine
Cheers
That's a good idea, and I will definitely try it on one bud next time around.
Maybe I'm thinking of after the product is dried/cured, but I don't think I'm the first person ever to think it was important to handle buds carefully. This is really kind of shocking to me, but like I said, I will try it, because if it can make better buds, then I'm all about it.
Ruskointhehouse
Member
I could see doing it for some outdoor with some distilled water/or RO (gross you guys do it in tap that's just gross) - but the lemon juice/ baking powered would be a no-go for me. I am sure I would get moldy buds if I did it - and grow indoors so I have never tried it. I have grown outdoor years ago and never did they and I always remember the buds tasting sweet and yummy. Outdoor could provide good reason to do it - but I don't see it as a necessity
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Gr33nSanta
First you would have to test my tap water, then you can say it's gross, or not.
So this has been discussed a few times, the last ocasions were here as far as search function leads:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=7905592
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=334899
Someone was asking for a reason to do this indoors... If you don't have filtered air intakes indoors your flower is full of "things", sorry man it's a fact, take your nice scope and inspect your flowers for fibers, hair and dirt they're there, more or less, the less you bad handle flowers them the more you start to realize how dirty a cannabis plant can get after 2-4 months life cycle. I am a brother who does it organic and doesn't spray after I see the slight resemblance of an apical flower developing and have been battling with this question for some time now and still reached the conclusion that I would prefer to wash and loose some water solubles if I was on the cheap. If you got the wants/needs, then it seems you've got two ways --> HEPA (intuitive, but I still have yet to try) and clean resin. Pics don't explain the full subject here, testing the differences between non-wash/ washed smoke is key, I would imagine that lab results would help a long way too on this one too, so hoping someone steps up on that one as this corner doesn't have acess to those yet
And again as others have stated before, hope this opens up the debate instead of "you're crazy bothsided attitude", let's discuss the known facts, 'cause we all need to start looking at these kind of questions intead of looking away at them, specially with enough educated/legal markets rising in number and more flowers reaching higher % terps...
Cheers
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=7905592
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=334899
Someone was asking for a reason to do this indoors... If you don't have filtered air intakes indoors your flower is full of "things", sorry man it's a fact, take your nice scope and inspect your flowers for fibers, hair and dirt they're there, more or less, the less you bad handle flowers them the more you start to realize how dirty a cannabis plant can get after 2-4 months life cycle. I am a brother who does it organic and doesn't spray after I see the slight resemblance of an apical flower developing and have been battling with this question for some time now and still reached the conclusion that I would prefer to wash and loose some water solubles if I was on the cheap. If you got the wants/needs, then it seems you've got two ways --> HEPA (intuitive, but I still have yet to try) and clean resin. Pics don't explain the full subject here, testing the differences between non-wash/ washed smoke is key, I would imagine that lab results would help a long way too on this one too, so hoping someone steps up on that one as this corner doesn't have acess to those yet
And again as others have stated before, hope this opens up the debate instead of "you're crazy bothsided attitude", let's discuss the known facts, 'cause we all need to start looking at these kind of questions intead of looking away at them, specially with enough educated/legal markets rising in number and more flowers reaching higher % terps...
Cheers
YetiOG
Member
Hell no not unless your grow environment is dusty as a motherfucker... I'm indoor only and I'd never wash weed.
Fuck I wouldn't even wash off pm I would throw the shit. It happened once in flower chucked all the bud for a bho run which was ok but I wouldn't try to wash it off.
Your point of washing off trichrome is why I wouldn't wash it. Fuck I wouldn't be able to grow open air it would need to be in a greenhouse the bugs, dust, bird shit and rain would trip me out too much...
420smokes607
Member
I love the responses on this thread it's been months since I posted it I look a couple days ago and had 26 or something. amazing. I washed half my crop n left the other and I did notice a difference in taste and smoothness even in high I will be doing this process again =]
BakedBandit
Member
Certainly curious enough to try one bud immediately after chop. Slightly worries about it drying properly without mild/rot. Anyone that does this ever have problems of that sort? Seems especially scary for super dense buds.
420smokes607
Member
the trichome wick the water right off the bud it's kinda cool to watch as you too it and take it out but once washed I lay them on a paper towel for a few minutes rotating them ever so often then dry as usual didn't have any issues with mold when I did this
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Gr33nSanta
after spinning and hanging the buds, a gentle breeze will dry the buds very quickly. For the big colas I like to break them apart a bit, inspecting the thickest part of the colas carefully with a magnifying glass. In my opinion, whether you wash them or not if they are going to mold that means they were already starting to mold before harvest anyway. I am a fucking expert at spotting botrytis and I make damn sure no one ever smokes it. I find some cultivars simply grow such dense fat buds that if you wait too long to harvest they can start to mold.
I have found over the years that washing the buds at harvest seems to make dry faster, could be in my head too....
I have found over the years that washing the buds at harvest seems to make dry faster, could be in my head too....
Stardog
Well-known member
I wash indoor flowers all the time. There are more dust mushrooms and scrubbers in my shop than I could count but dust does still accumulate on my ducting over a period of a month or so and a few years back I took some flowers over to the sink and lightly sprayed them with RO water. Looking at the flowers under a scope I couldn't tell the difference in the shape or number of trichomes, the only thing I did notice was that the lightly washed flowers had a shiny , clean look. On that note I don't have time to wash all my flowers but I honestly don't feel it hurts anything unless you were power washing perhaps.
I recently had one of my OG's tested that just happened to have been washed and it came out 28. something % THC. Now whether that means anything or not I have no idea.If you looked into the corners of your grow you'll find spiders of all kinds and flies even if you're constantly cleaning and plenty of people I know would find much more. Washing flowers is probably more related to my OCD nature regarding flowers and quality than it is to any real difference. It's very easy to fool myself.
I recently had one of my OG's tested that just happened to have been washed and it came out 28. something % THC. Now whether that means anything or not I have no idea.If you looked into the corners of your grow you'll find spiders of all kinds and flies even if you're constantly cleaning and plenty of people I know would find much more. Washing flowers is probably more related to my OCD nature regarding flowers and quality than it is to any real difference. It's very easy to fool myself.
Stardog
Well-known member
Yeah you're right. A side by side, I don't have, you'd just have to believe me and what do I know and on top of that it's the internet...
To be honest initially I was very reluctant to spray anything on flowers, even straight water. I certainly can't say the washed flowers were better or worse, I couldn't tell they all smoked great to me. I think to say it's harmless is fine so long as your RH is low.
To be honest initially I was very reluctant to spray anything on flowers, even straight water. I certainly can't say the washed flowers were better or worse, I couldn't tell they all smoked great to me. I think to say it's harmless is fine so long as your RH is low.Lightweight
Member
Can you dry a single bud slow and proper? If you can go for it, otherwise try 1 branch or the end of one branch . I don't dry single buds and they would dry too fast for me to get good results from, but if you have a system to do single buds then it should be a good experiment for you.
And I just hang my branches and have an oscillating fan moving air around like I did before I stared post harvest washing. The first couple times I did it I turned the fan speed up in my dry room for the first few hours or half a day or something because I was worried it might mold, but mold hasn't been a problem with the fan on its normal speed so I don't do anything different now, but I do swing out the excess water like I mentioned in my previous post.
Lightweight
Member
I don't have any comparison photos, but the next time I harvest in about six weeks I can take some pics. The buckets of water would actually be more telling than the buds.
Lightweight
Member
You can try washing one branch after harvest and scope the trichomes. You shouldn't lose any. I scoped mine after the first couple times trying Bud washing and I couldn't see a difference under a scope. Unless you're planning on using ice water or something then that would definitely knock off a lot of trichomes but normal room temperature water hasn't had an effect on my trichomes anyway
Ruskointhehouse
Member
I have a small tray that I use for drying single buds and it works great! takes 8-10 days to dry a bud and every time I use it the buds come out great. I use it a lot for tester nugs, and to pull a bud if I need something to smoke and I know i'll run out in a week or so lol.
These buds cured into this (the big wet one is still drying - can't wait for it
):
EastFortRock
Active member
I decided to grow some outdoor this year next to a very dusty lot. Will rinsing branches in buckets actually get the dust off? Do you take the fan leaves off first ? Does this reduce terpenes?
