Joshua BenNun
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I'm sure I'm not the first person to discover this, but it works quite well simply to eat a bud after drying. At least, it does with my Dinafem Diesel. I wanted to sample as it approaches complete maturity (and, in any event, this is obviously a plant that will be harvested in stages anyway). So I clipped one top bud (I do mean a single bud, not a cluster of them; I left the little leaves on), let it dry for three days, and ate it. Within an hour I was feeling effects, within two I was happy, within three having a blast, at four quieting down, and drifted off to sleep during hour number five.
Smoking is out on health grounds. I don't own a vaporizer, so I made a light bulb one; the vapor was too hot to comfortably inhale. (I realize now why better vaporizers have an aeration chamber.) My use being medical (or, at any rate, that's what my certificate says), my original plan was to make cannibutter and do some cooking. But that's scarcely practical with a single bud, and my interest here was to sample, not get creative. So I chopped the bud into tiny pieces, mixed it into a quarter cup of olive oil, stirred it around and let it sit for a while, then chugged it down. There were enough pieces that I ended up chewing some. The taste wasn't great, but not horrible, either--something like alfalfa with a touch of mint. I've heard it said the chlorophyll can upset your stomach, but I had no such symptoms. There was something astringent that left my throat feeling slightly scratchy, but some Perrier relieved that.
A few days later I tried the same thing with a bud right off the plant. It was about the same size as the first one. Nothing--no effects at all. Then I remembered reading somewhere that THC in the living plant is in a non-psychoactive form and that it begins to convert to the active form only when the bud is harvested. So, if you want to try this, let your bud dry for the standard two-three days. Curing may increase the potency; be careful not to overshoot.
It may seem kind of crude, but I like the simplicity of this direct ingestion route. I can't claim to be a pot connoisseur; for me, the overall effect, including relief from muscle spasms, is perhaps 90% of my interest, odor and flavor only 10%. And while I've greatly enjoyed growing my plants, I really don't want to complicate things at the use end. With this method, as with all ingestion, there is a delay in onset, which makes titration necessary--start low and work up. For me, the dosage of the first bud was perfect, but that was mere chance. A bud harvested from the same plant two weeks later might have a lot more kick.
One other thing--I could still feel effects of the bud the next day. Not at all disabling, just a kind of quiet feeling through the first part of the day. My understanding is that such lingering effects are common with ingestion. Whether that's good or bad depends on your circumstances and needs.
Smoking is out on health grounds. I don't own a vaporizer, so I made a light bulb one; the vapor was too hot to comfortably inhale. (I realize now why better vaporizers have an aeration chamber.) My use being medical (or, at any rate, that's what my certificate says), my original plan was to make cannibutter and do some cooking. But that's scarcely practical with a single bud, and my interest here was to sample, not get creative. So I chopped the bud into tiny pieces, mixed it into a quarter cup of olive oil, stirred it around and let it sit for a while, then chugged it down. There were enough pieces that I ended up chewing some. The taste wasn't great, but not horrible, either--something like alfalfa with a touch of mint. I've heard it said the chlorophyll can upset your stomach, but I had no such symptoms. There was something astringent that left my throat feeling slightly scratchy, but some Perrier relieved that.
A few days later I tried the same thing with a bud right off the plant. It was about the same size as the first one. Nothing--no effects at all. Then I remembered reading somewhere that THC in the living plant is in a non-psychoactive form and that it begins to convert to the active form only when the bud is harvested. So, if you want to try this, let your bud dry for the standard two-three days. Curing may increase the potency; be careful not to overshoot.
It may seem kind of crude, but I like the simplicity of this direct ingestion route. I can't claim to be a pot connoisseur; for me, the overall effect, including relief from muscle spasms, is perhaps 90% of my interest, odor and flavor only 10%. And while I've greatly enjoyed growing my plants, I really don't want to complicate things at the use end. With this method, as with all ingestion, there is a delay in onset, which makes titration necessary--start low and work up. For me, the dosage of the first bud was perfect, but that was mere chance. A bud harvested from the same plant two weeks later might have a lot more kick.
One other thing--I could still feel effects of the bud the next day. Not at all disabling, just a kind of quiet feeling through the first part of the day. My understanding is that such lingering effects are common with ingestion. Whether that's good or bad depends on your circumstances and needs.
