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Oh yes, thanks for the reminder.
BeezLuiz & LiquidIntel Outdoor Grow 2019: White Widow, Northern Lights & CBD Lemon Potion
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andIhalped
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I also linked to it in the much more informative 
thread: Why I never spray for pests
thread: Why I never spray for pests
Me too! Beer battered and fried...delish, but you need a lot to fill you up. Luckily it was all you could eat.
If not for alcohol beer would be a nutritional drink.
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About a month ago, I mentioned that I was going to try to make infused oil with the roots of my Lemon Potion:
I saved the small rootball from my CBD Lemon Potion Auto
I chopped it up as fine as I could -- this is some VERY tough and dense material.
I then decarbed it for 2 cycles in my Ardent unit. Just a guess at the time. Maybe 3 or 4 cycles would have been better, but still need to figure that out.
Then I weighed it (3.94 grams) and added it to 2 ounces of grapeseed oil.
Then ran it through my Ardent unit again for the infusion. I ran it for 3 cycles with several hours between cycles. Again, just a guess, but I had to start somewhere.
After the infusion I strained it and bottled it into some small roll-on dispensers. It had very little aroma - mostly just of grapeseed oil. Into one of the bottles, I added a couple drops of eucalyptus essential oil.
So now for the past few weeks I've been trying to test it out on my occasional aches and pains. Fortunately (but unfortunately for the testing) I haven't really had any issues during this time so I've been hesitant to post anything about it. The few times I have tried it, I do believe I got pain relief. Thumb was sore - maybe a little arthritis kicking in. It helped that. My lower back/hip has been chronically sore lately and have added it to that area. Again, I'm pretty sure it's working. Just hard to tell if the oil is doing the work or just the fact that I'm massaging it in is helping, but it sure feels better.
One of these days, I just might drive up to Berkeley or San Francisco to drop off a sample for testing - there's a couple labs there. The one in SF is where Shed sent his sample for testing - only about an hour drive for me.
I'll try to keep everyone updated as I learn more. I've got two more harvested plants that probably have larger root balls that I can work with.
I've delayed posting an update because I hadn't been able to test if it worked. Still not sure, but I think it does work. Here's a review and update:
I saved the small rootball from my CBD Lemon Potion Auto
Then I weighed it (3.94 grams) and added it to 2 ounces of grapeseed oil.
After the infusion I strained it and bottled it into some small roll-on dispensers. It had very little aroma - mostly just of grapeseed oil. Into one of the bottles, I added a couple drops of eucalyptus essential oil.
So now for the past few weeks I've been trying to test it out on my occasional aches and pains. Fortunately (but unfortunately for the testing) I haven't really had any issues during this time so I've been hesitant to post anything about it. The few times I have tried it, I do believe I got pain relief. Thumb was sore - maybe a little arthritis kicking in. It helped that. My lower back/hip has been chronically sore lately and have added it to that area. Again, I'm pretty sure it's working. Just hard to tell if the oil is doing the work or just the fact that I'm massaging it in is helping, but it sure feels better.
One of these days, I just might drive up to Berkeley or San Francisco to drop off a sample for testing - there's a couple labs there. The one in SF is where Shed sent his sample for testing - only about an hour drive for me.
I'll try to keep everyone updated as I learn more. I've got two more harvested plants that probably have larger root balls that I can work with.
Did you keep any out before you added the eucalyptus oil? That might be a better sample to test. Either way, I'm curious!
The testing would be awesome
@CBDNeil posted a thread where he tested the roots of a low-CBD plant and got a high CBD result.
We were all hoping he would repeat the test with another plant but he hasn't been here since January.
Experiment to test the cannabinoid levels in roots & stems
I was reading a really good post by Sweet Sue (Thank you for such an in depth post Sue) about dosing & the subject of CBD in roots came up in the posts. I've read in the past that the roots hold a lot of CBD but I could never find proof. So after reading the excellent post this morning (not all...
www.420magazine.com
We were all hoping he would repeat the test with another plant but he hasn't been here since January.
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I only put the essential oil in one of the bottles. I still have 3 bottles that I can use for sampling.
Yes, indeed. That thread is where I got the idea to try it out myself.
I made some topical from trim per Shed's advice. It works great, I'm not afraid to use a few eyedroppers full on my knee when it's buggin. Stuff works great!!!! Never tried the roots but I am growing a Candida and will try some topical from that whenever I get her to harvest.
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That brings up another question I have: If this root oil really does work, is it because I used a CBD strain (Lemon Potion) or would a THC strain have the same potency?
Doing two identical batches of root-oil from a non-CBD strain and a high-CBD strain would be the only way to test that. If I had money to burn I'd do so much testing!
Couldn't you also test the effectiveness of the medicine too. Just wait for a couple bug bites and...
Hope to avoid the west nile virus!
Hope to avoid the west nile virus!
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That's how I was able to test my first batch of THC balm. Had a bug bite and the itching stopped immediately with the first application.
However, I don't think I'll sit outside this evening in my underwear in hopes I get another bug bite.
However, I don't think I'll sit outside this evening in my underwear in hopes I get another bug bite.
I wasn't saying you should 'hang out' like that...
We have so many mosquitoes you can't spend 5 minutes outside without getting bitten. My salve has just plant parts (leaves/stems/roots) and no buds, and nothing is decarbed (so everything is in acid form i.e. THCa) and it works exceedingly well on bites!
Oh BL... 
on the Photo of the Month place! That pic makes me hungry every time I see it and obviously the judges agreed.
Nicely done!
on the Photo of the Month place! That pic makes me hungry every time I see it and obviously the judges agreed.Nicely done!
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Agreed! I’m glad you did well, I love that photo! 
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Thanks HH & Shed! One of these days I'm gonna get a real camera... and still loose to Cola Monster. LOL.
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Wouldn't you expect that after 4 days in the crockpot there would be some decarboxylation going on?