Ever seen a grown man cry?
I still can't believe what I have just done. I deserve to be shot at dawn.
In a nutshell:- I started my grow of nine plants last june. After many mistakes I at least managed to get 14 Litre sized jars full of lovely dried and cured buds (4 were trimmings actually but good stuff all the same).
Tonight, I ground in my coffee grinder my much loved and cared for budds ready for the oven as I am making edibles and tintures. 8 months ago I started this and I spent a fortune in the process, not to mention many sleepless nights. So tonight was the big night, tonight I will decarboxylate my precious budds in the oven. ......I have to make this short as I am so pissed off I can hardly think straight. I pre-heated the oven to 230 and when eventually the light went out I slid my four trays of superlative, georgeous, ground weed in, and shut the oven door. 50 minutes at 250 all the good web sights agree on so here we go!
SUDDENLY. Alarm bells and smoke alarms are going off like crazy and I open the kitchen door to be greeted by a solid, thick, wall of smoke! I scrambled to the oven and opened the door and the flames just about fried my hair (what there is of it left). That was an hour ago and I think the entire street must be high as a kite. I am still trying to clear the smoke.
The penny dropped. My oven just has numbers and it goes up to 245 degrees...................CENTIGRADE................NOT...................FARENHEIT ! This has just happened I swear on my Mothers grave. I'm left with a heap of charcoal, pissing useless charcoal.......All my weed burnt to a f*cking cinder. I'm not quite sure how I feel at the moment .....Mad, sad, pissed off, angry, stupid, murderous, shitty, in pain, ....I give up.
I can say thanks to all you on here that helped me along the road and that I will try again. Thanks again, I'm off to my scotch.
Cmoon
I still can't believe what I have just done. I deserve to be shot at dawn.
In a nutshell:- I started my grow of nine plants last june. After many mistakes I at least managed to get 14 Litre sized jars full of lovely dried and cured buds (4 were trimmings actually but good stuff all the same).
Tonight, I ground in my coffee grinder my much loved and cared for budds ready for the oven as I am making edibles and tintures. 8 months ago I started this and I spent a fortune in the process, not to mention many sleepless nights. So tonight was the big night, tonight I will decarboxylate my precious budds in the oven. ......I have to make this short as I am so pissed off I can hardly think straight. I pre-heated the oven to 230 and when eventually the light went out I slid my four trays of superlative, georgeous, ground weed in, and shut the oven door. 50 minutes at 250 all the good web sights agree on so here we go!
SUDDENLY. Alarm bells and smoke alarms are going off like crazy and I open the kitchen door to be greeted by a solid, thick, wall of smoke! I scrambled to the oven and opened the door and the flames just about fried my hair (what there is of it left). That was an hour ago and I think the entire street must be high as a kite. I am still trying to clear the smoke.
The penny dropped. My oven just has numbers and it goes up to 245 degrees...................CENTIGRADE................NOT...................FARENHEIT ! This has just happened I swear on my Mothers grave. I'm left with a heap of charcoal, pissing useless charcoal.......All my weed burnt to a f*cking cinder. I'm not quite sure how I feel at the moment .....Mad, sad, pissed off, angry, stupid, murderous, shitty, in pain, ....I give up.
I can say thanks to all you on here that helped me along the road and that I will try again. Thanks again, I'm off to my scotch.
Cmoon
.. I doubt there is a grower out there who has not killed it's hard work with an easy or obvious mistake. Can't even remember all the plants I murdered by accident. No reason to stress too much now, look if you can process anything that's left, and start over. 
Though next time remember to use a small sample and not everything you have. Peace 
Cmoon, Be angry! Do it and do it for as little time as you can. Then, when your head clears, try to remember you can grow again. I know it is hard eating coin like that, but if you stop now, the only thing you'll think of every time you hear about growing anything is this incident. Dust yourself off, straighten your hat and get back on your horse. We don't want to leave you here but we will if we have to. Get up Boy! LOL! You're not hurt! Plus, like me, after so many mistakes, you'll never miss a problem. In fact, this time around, you'll be more likely to see them before they become problems. Good luck Buddy!
Thanks for sharing. It takes some courage to admit things publicly on here sometimes, especially when you know it was a simple over-site like yours. I am stunned at how rude people can be on the internet at times. Just take encouragement and don't let this, or others get you down. Keep us posted Bro.
