Chef De Green Does It All: Reveg, Clones, Autos & Photos

ChefDGreen said:
This is something I want to add to my journal.


Piña colada gummies
  • 1 quart container of fresh frozen trim, decarboxylated
  • 16oz of everclear
  • 1/2c virgin coconut oil
  • 1/2c cold water
  • 1 ea 3oz packet pineapple jello
  • 1 ea 1oz box of Knox gelatin (4 envelopes)
  • 1 tsp liquid sunflower lecithin
  • coconut oil cooking spray
Add the everclear to the trim and shake for 3 minutes, strain through coffee filter and cook off everclear in a hot water bath until the total volume is ~2Tbsp.
Add the lecithin and coconut oil, whisks to combine.
Put the cold water in a mixing bowl and add the jello packet. Then add the Knox gelatin packets one by one until everything is incorporated.
Add the coconut oil and put the mixing bowl on a double boiler. Once the mixture reaches 140F, you’re ready to fill your molds.
Spray lightly with cooking spray and fill your molds. Makes about 150 1/2tsp size gummies and they’re nicely potent.
Piña colada gummies!

Piña colada gummies!



I’m currently working on the next recipe. I want to be able to have some idea of my potency markers as well, so I’m weighing my material, before and after drying/decarboxylation. These next ones will be coconut and lime. I’m going to be lowering the water content and replacing it with a combination of sugar and corn syrup.

This recipe will be something along the lines of;
1 3oz jello packet
2 Envelopes of knox gelatin (14g)
100g sugar
100g corn syrup
1/4c coconut oil infused with tincture
1tsp liquid sunflower lecithin
1/3c cold water
180g defoliation material, mid flower fresh frozen
85g sugar trim, fresh frozen

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Amazing will follow ur recipe for my first run on Xmas gummies
 
Add the everclear to the trim and shake for 3 minutes, strain through coffee filter and cook off everclear in a hot water bath until the total volume is ~2Tbsp.

Am I understanding correctly from the above that you start with a quart of fresh frozen decarboxylated trim and 16oz of Everclear and end up with 2 Tbsp. of infused liquid? What proof is the Everclear? Is it all the same proof? How do you decarb fresh trim? Will dried trim work?

I've never attempted making Gummi edibles partly because I'm wary of the alcohol fumes and second I have a tough time grasping the process. I've never made jello and am not much of a cook.
 
beez0404 said:
Add the everclear to the trim and shake for 3 minutes, strain through coffee filter and cook off everclear in a hot water bath until the total volume is ~2Tbsp.

Am I understanding correctly from the above that you start with a quart of fresh frozen decarboxylated trim and 16oz of Everclear and end up with 2 Tbsp. of infused liquid? What proof is the Everclear? Is it all the same proof? How do you decarb fresh trim? Will dried trim work?

I've never attempted making Gummi edibles partly because I'm wary of the alcohol fumes and second I have a tough time grasping the process. I've never made jello and am not much of a cook.
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You are absolutely understanding that correctly. The everclear is 190 proof, 95% pure ethanol. All everclear will be that same proof.
You decarb fresh trim by spreading it out on a cookie sheet and baking it at 250F until everything is dry. Once the material is dry, lower the temp to 230F and continue to bake for 2 hours. After 2 hours, place the material in a container with a lid.(mason jar, quart container, etc)
After decarboxylation is complete, everything needs to be in the freezer for an hour. Making sure that the everclear is also freezer cold. That’s how you get very clean tincture instead of that nasty green stuff that’s full of chlorophyll. The plant waxes don’t dissolve in the everclear when they’re very very cold.

Dry trim will work very well indeed! Instead of starting at 250F to dry, set your oven to 230F from the get go and let it rock for 2 hours. Then continue on as normal.

it’s very easy as long as you follow the steps in order!

The current batch im working on, as I said above, I put 190g flower foliage and 85g fresh sugar trim into the over. I took out 68g completely dry and decarboxylated material.

As for fumes, when I’m boiling off the ethanol in a water bath, I just ignite the fumes and burn them off as the ethanol reduces. Eventually I will find a thread on making a still and collect my ethanol again.
 
Reave said:
Mmm those look tasty. Weed leaf gummies *insert gif of homer drooling over waffles.

I revegged all my last clones. Not as far along as your plant mind you but they put out strange stuff for a bit.
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Thanks Reave! They’re potent too. One takes the edge off just right, and two makes me like... stoned.
 
I’ll go a little more in depth about my tincture process;

First, the material has been dried and decarboxylated and put into containers to freeze. Everclear out of the freezer.
Let the tincture begin!

Let the tincture begin!

2 containers of material 1/2 container of everclear

I add half of the everclear to each container. Switch off shaking each container for 1 minute, leaving the other container in the freezer. Do this for a total of 6 minutes. Here you see material and everclear ready to be strained.

Everclear + material

Everclear + material

Well shaken!


I strain my everclear once to remove the bulk of the plant matter, then again through a coffee filter for even higher quality.

Strain your tincture

Strain your tincture


filter your tincture!

filter your tincture!


Once the everclear has passed through the coffee filters (more containers makes it go faster), it’s time to reduce the tincture. I use an immersion circulator.

Reduce your tincture!

Reduce your tincture!

Hot water bath
How I deal with the fumes

How I deal with the fumes

Burn them off!
 
Reave said:
Lol we used to burn it off a pie plate back in the day. Damn we were dumb.
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Yeah I really need to make myself a still and capture all of that solvent again. I make a lot of gummies for friends and family.
 
ChefDGreen said:
Yeah I really need to make myself a still and capture all of that solvent again. I make a lot of gummies for friends and family.
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If all you need it for is solvent recovery, you might like the MegaHome EasyStill. Several folks here are using it for that purpose. One source for it is Brewhaus America.

If you also want to produce your own solvent, the four or six plate fluted columns will do that for you. A single pass through the six plate version will get you there, while it might take two passes through the four plate version.

An easy DIY method of building one is to use a pressure cooker as your kettle. Replace the regulator with a condenser, leaving the safety valve intact, and you're good to go.

Here's my take on a low cost condenser. Let me know if you want more details.

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Low Cost ABS Condenser with Copper Coil​
 
Old Salt said:
If all you need it for is solvent recovery, you might like the MegaHome EasyStill. Several folks here are using it for that purpose. One source for it is Brewhaus America.

If you also want to produce your own solvent, the four or six plate fluted columns will do that for you. A single pass through the six plate version will get you there, while it might take two passes through the four plate version.

An easy DIY method of building one is to use a pressure cooker as your kettle. Replace the regulator with a condenser, leaving the safety valve intact, and you're good to go.

Here's my take on a low cost condenser. Let me know if you want more details.

full

Low Cost ABS Condenser with Copper Coil​
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thanks for the direction Old Salt! I might end up investing in an easystill. It would make the extraction process so much easier. I don’t know if I’m handy enough to put together a condenser like that. I could probably figure it out actually. What kind of tools did that require? It looks awesome!
 
All you need is a hacksaw, possibly a drill, and a tubing bender.

The body is a length of ABS with cleanouts at both ends. Four inch allows easier bending of the copper line, but I used three inch. Saw the square nuts off. You may need to expand the opening for the close nipple.

I used the nuts for electrical conduit to hold the top and bottom hardware. They are identical.

From inside the body the assembly is:

nut - 1" washer - cleanout - 1" washer - 3/4" close nipple - 3/4" Tee - bushing - compression fitting

The copper line is continuous through the top and bottom fittings. Sometimes these need to be drilled out to let the copper line pass through.

I put a liberal coat of silicone sealant between the washers, and the cleanouts. Any gaps between the close nipples and cleanouts were also filled with silicone sealant.

Glue the cleanouts to the pipe.
Leave compression fittings loose when assembling the condenser.
With one end assembled insert the coil, and fit the cleanout to the condenser body.
Fit the other cleanout, without the hardware, and mark the cleanout with the location you want the Tee to face.

This was the important stuff. Now it's just assemble the other end, tighten the compression fittings, and add your water lines.
 
Old Salt said:
All you need is a hacksaw, possibly a drill, and a tubing bender.

The body is a length of ABS with cleanouts at both ends. Four inch allows easier bending of the copper line, but I used three inch. Saw the square nuts off. You may need to expand the opening for the close nipple.

I used the nuts for electrical conduit to hold the top and bottom hardware. They are identical.

From inside the body the assembly is:

nut - 1" washer - cleanout - 1" washer - 3/4" close nipple - 3/4" Tee - bushing - compression fitting

The copper line is continuous through the top and bottom fittings. Sometimes these need to be drilled out to let the copper line pass through.

I put a liberal coat of silicone sealant between the washers, and the cleanouts. Any gaps between the close nipples and cleanouts were also filled with silicone sealant.

Glue the cleanouts to the pipe.
Leave compression fittings loose when assembling the condenser.
With one end assembled insert the coil, and fit the cleanout to the condenser body.
Fit the other cleanout, without the hardware, and mark the cleanout with the location you want the Tee to face.

This was the important stuff. Now it's just assemble the other end, tighten the compression fittings, and add your water lines.
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I cannot thank you enough for posting this here for me! I think for my current situation, making my own solvent is unnecessary. But I will absolutely file this away and pull it out when I’ve got more space and material.. which actually might be sooner rather than later!

Id love to make my own gummies with my own home made solvent! That just tickles me.
 
Update November 14, 2019

There’s been some good things happening for me. First, I found something that I think will help the humidity for the clones. I had it the whole time. I also took 2 more cuttings from each mom.


Everybody

Everybody

11/15

it fits all the way over the entire container and sits on the floor. Works just fine.

The Star Pupil is putting out branches everywhere. It’s insane. In a month she’s gonna be unwieldy and big I think. I’ll take a bunch of clones off of her. When they’re ready. Check out how the leaves are smooth! It’s bizarre!

Star Pupil

Star Pupil

11/15

The 2 seedlings are really looking great. After a long, long seedling phase they’re starting to put out upward growth. The Gods Gift is still in sad seeding phase. The Northern Lights and QPXTD are now looking like happy little seedlings.
Northern Lights
NL IBL

NL IBL

11/15
QPxTDa
QPaxTDa

QPaxTDa

11/15
God’s Gift
Gods Gift

Gods Gift


My Cookies n Chem PureGas bonsai mom is looking crazy! Look at all her tops... she’s just in a solo cup still.
Bonsai PG

Bonsai PG

11/15

That’s it for tonight!
 
ChefDGreen said:
I cannot thank you enough for posting this here for me! I think for my current situation, making my own solvent is unnecessary. But I will absolutely file this away and pull it out when I’ve got more space and material.. which actually might be sooner rather than later!

Id love to make my own gummies with my own home made solvent! That just tickles me.
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Im a little confused. My process is much much different. I start with cleardome bubble, then dissolve with 195% ethanol, followed by low and slow 170F controlled temp EVAP. I COMPLETELY SKIP THE DECARB STEP. MY SHIT IS ONE HITTER QUITTER!
 
GreenGenez said:
Im a little confused. My process is much much different. I start with cleardome bubble, then dissolve with 195% ethanol, followed by low and slow 170F controlled temp EVAP. I COMPLETELY SKIP THE DECARB STEP. MY SHIT IS ONE HITTER QUITTER!
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If you smoke it, there's no need to decarb. The heat from smoking does the decarb for you. If you don't apply heat when you take it, edibles for example, you need to decarb it first to get the full effect.
 
Thanks old salt for answering that one.

@GreenGenez yeah you have to decarb for edibles as Old Salt said.. and my gummies are one hitter quitter:cheesygrinsmiley:
 
ChefDGreen said:
Thanks old salt for answering that one.

@GreenGenez yeah you have to decarb for edibles as Old Salt said.. and my gummies are one hitter quitter:cheesygrinsmiley:
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Ok thanks!! Im going to thaw about 3oz from the freezer now just to decarb it for making cereal treats.
Let me ask this tho, ...... if i were to stick to my tek of processing fully dried and cured sugar leaf via bubble bag extraction and then make a ethanol run from the fully dried bubble,...... the finished product isnt suitable for ingestion?

Whwn i make cereal bars i always disolve my canna oil into my palm oil, then into a frying pan.
I do see tiny bubbles when the canna and palm are heating up in the pan, but then theyre gone. Thats when i add the puffed marshmellow and reduce the heat. .......did the tiny bubbles i briefly saw, represent a full decarb?

Ive hosted parties and my bars are alleged fire, a few guests couldnt stand up after full effect set in. Said the room was spinning on them.

Did i decarb in the pan while heating?
 
GreenGenez said:
Ok thanks!! Im going to thaw about 3oz from the freezer now just to decarb it for making cereal treats.
Let me ask this tho, ...... if i were to stick to my tek of processing fully dried and cured sugar leaf via bubble bag extraction and then make a ethanol run from the fully dried bubble,...... the finished product isnt suitable for ingestion?

Whwn i make cereal bars i always disolve my canna oil into my palm oil, then into a frying pan.
I do see tiny bubbles when the canna and palm are heating up in the pan, but then theyre gone. Thats when i add the puffed marshmellow and reduce the heat. .......did the tiny bubbles i briefly saw, represent a full decarb?

Ive hosted parties and my bars are alleged fire, a few guests couldnt stand up after full effect set in. Said the room was spinning on them.

Did i decarb in the pan while heating?
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Yes. Rosin and oil decarb faster than flower. It can take as little as ten minutes. Most folks go by 'when the the bubbles stop, decarb's done.'

To fully decarb flower, the rule is 110 for 110. That's 110°C (230°F) for 110 minutes or one hour 50 minutes. This was the result of a study done by a university in the Netherlands.
 
Old Salt said:
Yes. Rosin and oil decarb faster than flower. It can take as little as ten minutes. Most folks go by 'when the the bubbles stop, decarb's done.'

To fully decarb flower, the rule is 110 for 110. That's 110°C (230°F) for 110 minutes or one hour 50 minutes. This was the result of a study done by a university in the Netherlands.
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@Old Salt
Thank you!!!!!!
 
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I follow the 110 @ 110 method for decarbing my trim and my gummies are great. This last round, the lime in the coconut gummies, one is more than enough to be totally stoned. They’re pretty intense. My friends and grandparents have been loving them.
 
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