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HaHaHashish · 02-03-2018, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HASHCAM

i like to let my gear dry a long time, before i make my hash.

Yes, that's what the expert hash makers do, they sift several months after harvest, not weeks after. The plant material is ready to sift after a few weeks of drying, but the resin on it is still gooey and unsuitable for sifting. Sifting too early will let some of the resin become smeared on the plant material and on the mesh resulting in a lower yield. If you check out resin heads under magnification on a live plant, on a plant after several weeks drying and then after several months of cool, dark, dry storage you will notice changes in the trichomes or resin heads. They will go from full "balloons" filled with a semi liquid oil to harder, slightly shrunken "raisins" (well, not as shrunken as a raisin, but smaller and harder as the contents inside the trichome become drier) Magnification is the dry sifter's friend and guide, use it on live plants to the finished sift and all stages in between to know when to go and when to stop.

Happy Sifting!

Mikell · 02-09-2018, 04:27 PM

And some cultivars not good for sift. Check out constantconcentrates or erik nugshots on Instagram for great pictures of various trichome types. Note the variation in head, stalk and joint (can't recall the word).

HaHaHashish · 02-10-2018, 04:41 AM

"not good for dry sift" is a bit tough. It's just that some strains are better (and yield enormously and or the trichomes break off cleanly) but the buzz from all dry sift is far superior to the bud it came from.

Even rough dry sift is two or three times stronger than the starting material (the bud and resiny leaves) it came from and is healthier to smoke as there is a higher resin to plant matter ratio so you don't have to inhale as much smoke to get as high.

Mikell · 02-10-2018, 05:17 PM

Not my intention to give insult.

Some trichomes have a very thin connection to the stalk, others it is the width of the stalk and head. I have not confirmed it but one would expect a larger yield on the former.

Unless it produced an exceptional sift, I don't see why one would bother with the latter.

I prefer flower to most extracts myself, but I don't let my preference determine what I do or my work would become a bore. Testing out a variety of methods on each cultivar keeps it interesting.

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Mikell Dipshit Know-Nothing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Van Isle, BC Posts: 4,971	And some cultivars not good for sift. Check out constantconcentrates or erik nugshots on Instagram for great pictures of various trichome types. Note the variation in head, stalk and joint (can't recall the word).
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02-10-2018, 04:41 AM	#13
HaHaHashish Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 156	"not good for dry sift" is a bit tough. It's just that some strains are better (and yield enormously and or the trichomes break off cleanly) but the buzz from all dry sift is far superior to the bud it came from. Even rough dry sift is two or three times stronger than the starting material (the bud and resiny leaves) it came from and is healthier to smoke as there is a higher resin to plant matter ratio so you don't have to inhale as much smoke to get as high.
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02-10-2018, 05:17 PM	#14
Mikell Dipshit Know-Nothing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Van Isle, BC Posts: 4,971	Not my intention to give insult. Some trichomes have a very thin connection to the stalk, others it is the width of the stalk and head. I have not confirmed it but one would expect a larger yield on the former. Unless it produced an exceptional sift, I don't see why one would bother with the latter. I prefer flower to most extracts myself, but I don't let my preference determine what I do or my work would become a bore. Testing out a variety of methods on each cultivar keeps it interesting.
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