Skybound
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1 cup of each per 5 gallons of water.
Bud Washing
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ForbiddenX711
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I did this for the very first time today due to some unexpected outdoor pests and PM late in my grow. I was amazed at the crud and critters that came out of the this bud bath. I didn't observe any issues so far and everything looks and smells great. I did not do the 120F in the soda/lemon water because I wanted to just see how it went the first run. Based on what I saw I would never not wash outdoor grown plants again. Thanks Doc
Baker1053
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Is the washing of indoor plants . as necessary as outdoor plants?
overlord
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Having just washed some of my own, I was very surprised at all the crap that came off in the wash.
I get a very minimal amount of crap in my wash water from indoor growing, mostly a few hairs.
BUT
I wash my produce from the grocery store to get off incidental whatever
AND
Ever smell burning hair? Why add that to my smoke.
. . .
I don't bud wash because it's necessary. I bud wash because it tastes better.
A comparison of washed to unwashed bud is like a comparison of gas station beer to brew pub beer, or antique furniture to rent-to-own furniture. There is obviously a market for both kinds, but people choose the cheaper beer and furniture mostly because it is cheaper and more convenient.
Bud washing takes me about 1/2 hour of work and 1 hour of drip dry per harvest. In my opinion, it's worth it.
Skybound
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Not to mention that if ya trim when wet, the trimmers don't get gunked up as easy as the wetness coats the blades making the stickies less able to cling onto the blades.
Not surprising that this thread is still running. For anyone not convinced then when you next do a grow keep some buds aside that have not been washed and dry as per normal. See then if washed dries quicker than unwashed. Also do blind tests with your pals to see if they can SEE the difference, and then smoke joints and see which tastes/smokes better but dont tell them which is which (only you will know). That will then give you the information you so require. I did it with me and a couple of pals, we all identified by looks which was washed. With smoking - well with 2 strains we were able to tell but with the 3rd we all got it wrong so we are still slightly on the fence. I will be washing buds in the future as it doesnt take that long and it cant make the weed any worse.
do you have a tent with a scrubber inside or out? the scrubber has a cloth cover /filter....if its inside the tent, that stuff on the filter, is what was in your tent at one time or another
-also try long term storage (yr plus) of both non washed and washed herb.
do you have a tent with a scrubber inside or out? the scrubber has a cloth cover /filter....if its inside the tent, that stuff on the filter, is what was in your tent at one time or another
-also try long term storage (yr plus) of both non washed and washed herb.
Ha ha, lol, try to store buds long term?! Unless you have a perpetual grow going or are able to grow masses of buds then it unlikely anyone here would be able to store bud for more than a few months. That did make me laugh when i read it.
there are several here, yours truly included, that have done so..
almost 3 yrs. for me..
others have longer..
3 years!? You need to smoke more, lol. Does weed not lose potency if stored for lengthy periods of time? I heard somewhere that it actually gets stronger. Not sure how that would be possible. I can understand weed getting weaker over time and also stronger after being cured but not sure how it would get stronger after being left for a long period of time. Hats off to you guys that can hold onto buds for a long period of time though, dont think i could do it even with a massive grow. Would probably make oils or edibles which can last for ages, still got 2 brownies in the freezer which i made from bubble hash a while back.
Yeah, I'm one of those guys that's been smoking 2-3 year old washed produce. 
I doesn't lose potency, and in some cases improves after a few months. I still prefer the terps from fresh weed, but it's amazing how little it loses over time, washed and stored with Bovedas in a sealed jar.
I doesn't lose potency, and in some cases improves after a few months. I still prefer the terps from fresh weed, but it's amazing how little it loses over time, washed and stored with Bovedas in a sealed jar.
I have bud stored over 2+ years also 
I haven't noticed much in drop of potency. Feel is more velvet like and it grinds easier. Some loss of flavor but pretty good smoke still.
I haven't noticed much in drop of potency. Feel is more velvet like and it grinds easier. Some loss of flavor but pretty good smoke still.
+1 - Yeah me too and I run perpetual... still have some big ass colas from my first grow and it's mighty fine now after 4 years I think... Storage method is very important. I use C-Vaults. I have a friend that saves a little of every one of my grows... cant say why tho, maybe kinda like me a seeds ??
On stored weed and potency... 100% it gets stronger with time... I'm one of those "freshie Aficionados" so I know it gets stronger... you'd think it would be the opposite but not true. I've gotten snickered more than a few times from weed that after sitting... kicked my ass. A nice surprise indeed. Also got snickered from the freshies too... Oh wait...
I only wash my buds when I need to... keep my grow space pretty clean, like wipe down the floor and get all the dirt and dust cleaned up. Exhaust out my air from the grow space into the scrubber in another room instead of scrubber in the flower room as the intake.
Last time I washed all I got was the bugs .... oye.
Does help with the drying, believe it or not. That's sorta counter intuitive but its true!
Hi. This thread has gotten very long. I was looking for the reason for the H202 and the lemon juice/baking powder. This is from Gadfly.
True? Wouldn't breaking down oils be counterproductive?
Gaffle
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This has been debunked by too many people here. None of my flower has lost tric or oil/resin (are those the same? I'm too lazy for Google) and I have washed in h2o2 and lemon juice.
Here is one of my washed buds, after cure.
All the good stuff left where it was, any bad stuff washed off.
BTW, after a nice trim job, if your a none glove wearer like I am, when your hands are mega sticky, use olive oil like hand soap and all sticky goes bye bye. Suppose you could use isoP as well, but I love me some olive oil.
Having just bud washed 5 plants I wasn't doubting it. I wanted to know about the science of it. What does lemon do? What does baking soda do? Does the combination add anything? I'm sure it's in the first 100 pages somewhere, but other than gadfly guessing I can't find it.
Gaffle
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Gotcha. I know I read it, yet I cannot remember the specifics. I'm way too lazy to be a Google answering warrior, especially while using my Fing phone. I pass on the answering challenge.
Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck!
Time to burn a cone peops.
Oh man. I already tried google. Not much comes up. I remember reading the specifics in this thread, but I can't remember the answer. 
The H202 is to kill any fungus. I guess it doesn't have any bad properties in such a low dose.
I should have photo'd my wash. I used 1 1/2 gallon for H2O2 bath. Everything else was as per instructions. Not much came off considering the amount of plants. I have no idea if that was really necessary, but
I'm new to growing so,
a) I got to look at every bud, which is instructive for me
b) It actually seemed like a very smart thing to be doing after you've hung up the first couple of branches. I was wondering if 5 gallon buckets wasn't overkill. No. It's actually nice using that size. All in it took about 4 hours. Ran out of clothes pins
I didn't do this for the first two plants that were chopped in the past month. I really wish I had.
The H202 is to kill any fungus. I guess it doesn't have any bad properties in such a low dose. I should have photo'd my wash. I used 1 1/2 gallon for H2O2 bath. Everything else was as per instructions. Not much came off considering the amount of plants. I have no idea if that was really necessary, but
I'm new to growing so,
a) I got to look at every bud, which is instructive for me
b) It actually seemed like a very smart thing to be doing after you've hung up the first couple of branches. I was wondering if 5 gallon buckets wasn't overkill. No. It's actually nice using that size. All in it took about 4 hours. Ran out of clothes pins
I didn't do this for the first two plants that were chopped in the past month. I really wish I had.
Yes H2o2 - aka hydrogen peroxide... kills bacteria, fungus and mold and mold spores.... and also many many insects should you have some!
How it works... well we know H2o is water right? Well Peroxide is also water with an extra molecule of oxygen (o2). That extra molecule is not stable and wants to attach to something else... mold spores and mold cells as well as insects, that extra molecule penetrates the cell wall and explodes that cell from the inside and kills whatever cells it penetrates. It will kill good bacteria as well so not very useful in the soil.
It's an excellent mouth rinse too ... kills all that nasty bacteria that grows in you mouth over night, pour it over a cut or scrape to avoid infection.. lots of good uses.
I think the lemon juice is there to react with the baking soda to act as a foaming agent... similar to the idea behind saponins - that slippery feeling when you wash your hand with soap - releases surface tension so that the dirt etc can "slide" off the surface more readily.
My take on it without doing much reading ... been using baking soda for a cleaner for a long time.. that's a granny oral tradition cleaning method right there.
How it works... well we know H2o is water right? Well Peroxide is also water with an extra molecule of oxygen (o2). That extra molecule is not stable and wants to attach to something else... mold spores and mold cells as well as insects, that extra molecule penetrates the cell wall and explodes that cell from the inside and kills whatever cells it penetrates. It will kill good bacteria as well so not very useful in the soil.
It's an excellent mouth rinse too ... kills all that nasty bacteria that grows in you mouth over night, pour it over a cut or scrape to avoid infection.. lots of good uses.
I think the lemon juice is there to react with the baking soda to act as a foaming agent... similar to the idea behind saponins - that slippery feeling when you wash your hand with soap - releases surface tension so that the dirt etc can "slide" off the surface more readily.
My take on it without doing much reading ... been using baking soda for a cleaner for a long time.. that's a granny oral tradition cleaning method right there.