How To Make Concentrated Cannabis Oil

[newbieBe]

Dear Motoco,

I was searching via google about cannabis oil and I found ur website. I'm so happy, your explanation about producing oil is very clear.
My husband is diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade III and my mother with breast and liver cancer. I'm really desperate, feeling so afwul that I can't really help my beloved one. I was looking for something natural and when I read about cannabis oil (Rick simpson), i found hope again, i'm so motivated now. I don't have any experiences with bud, smoking, alcohool so I'm really lost. I don't know which strains I have to choose, what are the best ones. I wrote to Rick simpson (found email on phoenixtears.ca), but I think he gets thousands of emails and maybe he won't answer, but I have no time to loose. Last days I'm trying to find all info possible to grow buds indoor and all methods possible to produce hights quality cannabis oil.
Rick Simpson is describing a new method that he descovered to produce more effective cannabis oil (Producing The Highest-Quality Oil « Phoenix Tears | Rick Simpson), but I don't understand this method.
<<How can you produce the most potent oil? Make the oil (preferably according to the Rick Simpson Method), then revaporize it, catch it on the walls of a vaporizer with a glass dome, get it from there using a solvent, evaporate the solvent the same way as when you make the RSO (add a few drops of water, let it all boil off in an electric oven set at 130°C (266 °F), leave it there for about an hour or until there is no activity on the surface of the oil). This is also a good way to improve average quality oils. Revaped RSO is the way to go, I'd say. JB

"All you have to do is take the oil and put it in a heating unit that can catch the cannabinoids as they vaporize off and this will produce oils of higher quality and purity. Although an ordinary vaporizer can accomplish this task, in truth they are not designed properly to fulfill this role, since it would take so long to produce any amount of medication and most vaporizers which are available tend to leak." >>

I don't get this instruction, could u please help me? And about dome, i don't understand how must I do with it and collect cannabinoids, then use solvent again.
My head is turning around. Sorry if I make you confused. Last days I'm sleeping some hours, as soon as I wake up, I'm surfing in the internet looking for more information.
Sorry for my poor english too I'm from Belgium

If you could help me, i'll be so grateful

 

[Lab Rat]

I don't know everyone else's thoughts on this but exposing your cannabinoids to high heat to make them evaporate doesn't sound like such a good idea. Regardless of your method (cold wash or influx), the only thing you want evaporating is ethanol and water while making sure everything else stays in there. There are people condensing alcohol to re-use it but that's a different story.

In my experience, a single strain has different effects on different people so what works for your husband might not work for your mother. Your solvent boils off at 76*C so you wanna use a relatively low temperature to avoid involuntary decarb. I would recommend a tried and tested method such as a cold wash.

 

[420 Motoco]

Dear Motoco,

I was searching via google about cannabis oil and I found ur website. I'm so happy, your explanation about producing oil is very clear.
My husband is diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade III and my mother with breast and liver cancer. I'm really desperate, feeling so afwul that I can't really help my beloved one. I was looking for something natural and when I read about cannabis oil (Rick simpson), i found hope again, i'm so motivated now. I don't have any experiences with bud, smoking, alcohool so I'm really lost. I don't know which strains I have to choose, what are the best ones. I wrote to Rick simpson (found email on phoenixtears.ca), but I think he gets thousands of emails and maybe he won't answer, but I have no time to loose. Last days I'm trying to find all info possible to grow buds indoor and all methods possible to produce hights quality cannabis oil.
Rick Simpson is describing a new method that he descovered to produce more effective cannabis oil (Producing The Highest-Quality Oil « Phoenix Tears | Rick Simpson), but I don't understand this method.
<<How can you produce the most potent oil? Make the oil (preferably according to the Rick Simpson Method), then revaporize it, catch it on the walls of a vaporizer with a glass dome, get it from there using a solvent, evaporate the solvent the same way as when you make the RSO (add a few drops of water, let it all boil off in an electric oven set at 130°C (266 °F), leave it there for about an hour or until there is no activity on the surface of the oil). This is also a good way to improve average quality oils. Revaped RSO is the way to go, I'd say. JB

"All you have to do is take the oil and put it in a heating unit that can catch the cannabinoids as they vaporize off and this will produce oils of higher quality and purity. Although an ordinary vaporizer can accomplish this task, in truth they are not designed properly to fulfill this role, since it would take so long to produce any amount of medication and most vaporizers which are available tend to leak." >>

I don't get this instruction, could u please help me? And about dome, i don't understand how must I do with it and collect cannabinoids, then use solvent again.
My head is turning around. Sorry if I make you confused. Last days I'm sleeping some hours, as soon as I wake up, I'm surfing in the internet looking for more information.
Sorry for my poor english too I'm from Belgium

If you could help me, i'll be so grateful

Hi newbieBe,

Welcome to 420 Magazine, its their website, . I just help out in the 'medical forums'.

I haven't seen Rick Simpson's new method, basically he is doing pretty much like a distilling method to reclaim the 'alcohol' that burns off, turns the vapor back into its original form by going through some kind of condenser. Same applies if any cannabinoids burn off also. When they vaporize they turn back into their original form. So in short, nothings lost. This equipment is usually found on the web and produces much more oil than what is used by the average person. I know a lab guy at a food processing plant that said; 'few know it but when the cannabinoids burn off, vaporize and then condensed back to its natural state they won't burn off again'. Never tried it, so I don't know.

No need for that right now. This method will make quality medicine for healing. I've mastered the quick wash using quality flowers and can tell you from experience caretaking treating many ailments it works fine. Not only need to get the meds made but you also might need this info; Cannabis Oil Dosing Tutorial: Tacking Method

There are many ways to make concentrated oil. The reason why this one was picked in this tutorial was to keep it simple so people in your predicament can make quality medicine in the safest easiest way possible that is conducive to healing through 'gum absorption' and 'tacking' (much safer modified form).

Best regards

Motoco

 

[Lab Rat]

Ok I'm done with all the polishing methods I was going to try; yes there are more but I'm not buying even more equipment or using hexane. I tried 3 methods; increasing the solvent PH, winterizing and UV reacting.

After all the methods the alcohol still looks green while being poured but looks red/burgundy in the light, like dark red wine but with a bit of translucency.

I still need to evaporate and finish the process but going forward I would only winterize since it brought on the most change, although calcium hydroxide is used in water treatment facilities to help with solid separation so perhaps some can be added before sticking your alcohol in the freezer.

Next up is evaporation, yield, color and flavor.

 

[Hiker]

Yeah hexane is toxic, even trace amounts can make you sick; the same with butane so no dice. I'm only using things safe for human consumption

Do you have a link about Butane being bad?

I used to be against all extracts. I thought it was crazy to be using all these chemicals with my natural herb. I think QWET makes awesome oil for tacking. I'll be making it for my wife for the rest of our lives. For vaping though, QWET is not suitable IMHO. BHO is.

BHO is a purer extraction of the cannabis oils. Everything on the MSDS is a gas at room temp and standard pressure. I purge under vacuum and heat. No, I haven't had anything lab tested, yet. I'm sure my oil is clean though. How do I know? You can taste/smell the difference. The consistency also changes.

Anyway, I'm sorry to Motoco for derailing this thread a little. This thread is about making CCO via QWET.


NOTE: Do not make BHO based on my recommendation! Do you homework. Know what you're doing, and please PLEASE, blast outdoors away from buildings and people.

 

[Lab Rat]

Posting links in this forum is frowned upon but google "butane"; the wikipedia page includes a health risks section and there's also quite a lot on the pubchem.ncbi page.

 

[Hiker]

That's about inhaling the gas though. You're not doing that when vaping BHO. Those warnings are based on people getting "high" from inhaling the butane itself.

 

[420 Motoco]

Do you have a link about Butane being bad?

I used to be against all extracts. I thought it was crazy to be using all these chemicals with my natural herb. I think QWET makes awesome oil for tacking. I'll be making it for my wife for the rest of our lives. For vaping though, QWET is not suitable IMHO. BHO is.

BHO is a purer extraction of the cannabis oils. Everything on the MSDS is a gas at room temp and standard pressure. I purge under vacuum and heat. No, I haven't had anything lab tested, yet. I'm sure my oil is clean though. How do I know? You can taste/smell the difference. The consistency also changes.

Anyway, I'm sorry to Motoco for derailing this thread a little. This thread is about making CCO via QWET.


NOTE: Do not make BHO based on my recommendation! Do you homework. Know what you're doing, and please PLEASE, blast outdoors away from buildings and people.

You are 100% correct. However using 100% Organic Corn Ethyl Alcohol to make you're concentrate is much closer to smoking hashish unless you bogart and rip a big hit. QWET is spot on for 'tacking' and for medicinal use and is a perfect healing ailments pretty much from A-Z. Same with BHO for vaping, its in a league of its own. Basically like vaping flower x four. Full taste and all the goodies intact. Finding someone who does it correctly is another story, especially if they don't purge it completely. then most of it is from shake, not saying thats bad but have wondered if they used 'primo' flowers the taste would even be more awesome. A shame people who do it incorrectly do not have a 'brain' but no denying they make it dangerous and give the experts a bad name. People suffering from COPD can gain some welcomed relief from vaping BHO (better than anything vaped for medicinal purposes IMHO). The concentrated oil via 'tacking' does a much better job. I've seen severe COPD heal very fast. In one case the very first day (sampled the concentrate) and it never came back. That was cheap, lol.

How is the Wife doing Brother? Sounds like it is going in 'grand' fashion

Honest, informative post Hiker. Nice!

 

[Gfcollective]

Butane is a huge topic of concern for mAny myself included. To keep it short and not derail this topic any further

I have heard but not researched that butane can cause legions on the brain. So poorly made bho (black market) can cause serious harm.

However, you can clean that oil up including yours with alcohol. As 420motoco mentions corn or grape alcohol can work, I use everclear.

The everclear will strip all butane out and leave the oil behind. it is hands down the cleanest cheep est way to produce good quality extracts.

cannabis oil, Rick Simpson oil, hash oil, bho whatever u wish to call it is the same concept just different practices.

Someone can extract resin with bho and clean it with alcohol (same as a alcohol wash for cannabis oil)

Someone can wash with just alcohol and skip the butane process with practice.

I have dabbed "Rick Simpson oil" as well as tacked it for practice. Now I believe one could tack bho, as long as it's clean it's the same concept.

Or does alcohol strip more cannabinoids then butane? That could be The issue..

Either way, you can clean bho with alcohol

I&I

 

[Hiker]

You are 100% correct. However using 100% Organic Corn Ethyl Alcohol to make you're concentrate is much closer to smoking hashish unless you bogart and rip a big hit. QWET is spot on for 'tacking' and for medicinal use and is a perfect healing ailments pretty much from A-Z. Same with BHO for vaping, its in a league of its own. Basically like vaping flower x four. Full taste and all the goodies intact. Finding someone who does it correctly is another story, especially if they don't purge it completely. then most of it is from shake, not saying thats bad but have wondered if they used 'primo' flowers the taste would even be more awesome. A shame people who do it incorrectly do not have a 'brain' but no denying they make it dangerous and give the experts a bad name. People suffering from COPD can gain some welcomed relief from vaping BHO (better than anything vaped for medicinal purposes IMHO). The concentrated oil via 'tacking' does a much better job. I've seen severe COPD heal very fast. In one case the very first day (sampled the concentrate) and it never came back. That was cheap, lol.

How is the Wife doing Brother? Sounds like it is going in 'grand' fashion

Honest, informative post Hiker. Nice!

She saw a new Dr about her vision issues. Had some more 'pictures' yesterday.

I think right now she is stuck on the idea of wanting to know, first, what's wrong, and second, what fixes it. She's worried if she goes on the oil now, it could heal her, but it might time perfectly with this new Dr finding a diagnosis and then having an effective treatment. I see her perspective, but I just want her better. At least the headaches have been much less frequent. She still doesn't feel comfortable driving though.


Hey gf, what is the purpose of 'cleaning' the bho? Is that the same as winterizing? Are you trying to make a product for tacking?
My concern with any alcohol extraction is the complete removal of the solvent. I just don't see how you will ever get it all out without altering the oil's properties such that it's more suitable for tacking than vaping.

I will concede that my concerns about the 'chemical' nature of extractions are not 100% satisfied. As a result, I've recently been revisiting the topic of flower vaping. Grinding weed was my biggest issue in the past, but that's certainly less work than making bho. Perhaps there will be a Volcano like device in my basement soon.

addition:
oh ya the popcorn/trim vs top nugs. I did try a run of nugs vs trim of the same strain. I could tell no difference. The yield on flower may have been slightly higher, but I'm not 100% sure I missed a couple data points in those tests. As to taste or texture differences, I can't detect any.

OK sorry again Motoco
no more bho talk from me

 

[Gfcollective]

I'm one of the few against the tane. I'm also aware that 90% of the oil out there is made for quanity. The shop I use to work for had the worst of the worst oil and all they cared about was profits so when I made my oil, it was to low of a yield for the shop owner wanting to carry it. I clean mine as far as I can and am constantly looking how to clean it further. There is no test behind this theory but I believe bho, cannabis oil, rso, hash oil is all the same. Different solvents may strip different properties which would be a cool study to see And some solvents are much more harmful.

My beliefs behind alcohol is, we can drink it, and now smoke it in the new powdered alcohol form. it's also the main solvent used back in medieval times for making medicine. So if it's not fully purged, its still healthier the the tane.

Can I take my oil I make and tack it? Yes no problem, the heat from my gums will melt the flakes of oil I purged fully. Will it heal me like "rso" , no clue.. but I do know there isn't any alcohol in my oil as of now. 6 months ago when I joined here I'd say my oil was un clean

I&I



Back to the healing powers of motoco, I have a thread for my extracts in sigmature if anyone wants to continue this

 

[Hiker]

Sorry I lied. One last comment to gf

My beliefs behind alcohol is, we can drink it, and now smoke it in the new powdered alcohol form. it's also the main solvent used back in medieval times for making medicine. So if it's not fully purged, its still healthier the the tane.

Big jump here. Not sure this logic is sound.

You're neglecting to consider the method of absorption, ie lungs vs digestion/gums. I'm not convinced that inhaling heated oil, that has been processed with alcohol, can be as 'clean' as oil extracted with butane.

I'm curious how you got the 10% 'other stuff' from the everclear out, but I'll head over to your thread to ask my follow up question.

I just wanted to point out the distinction of smoking/vaping vs eating/tacking the oils. The later will not hurt your lungs no matter how much of the alcohol solvent you leave in. Since the alcohol is edible, it won't hurt you anymore than the alcohol would when you eat it. I have no idea what those compounds do in the lungs when you burn them. I know they don't taste good.

 

[Gfcollective]

I'm sorry

I did not mean for it to sound like I was advocating smoking alcohol in here. Was simply pointing out that it is a real thing where u can now smoke straight alcohol, Google it.. I personally don't feel it harms me, but the butane I did. I also had one friends lungs collapse a year ago and just 2 month ago a friend was coughing blood up. No idea what that was from but he's one of two guys I know that will smoke any and all oil. The docter said it's all in his mind though, which brings me to the next point of butane. It causes legions on the brain. So I just stay away from others oil. I make my own and do what I feel is healthy. I quit smoking cigs because I felt in my own body it caused harm, same with red meat, and playing video games. I stop what I feel is harmful, I'd rather smoke alcohol then a gas.

This isn't to change minds and specially not to say there is a alternative to motoco magic. I advertise this thread in my signature and tell patients about it at my shop. I believe 100% in what motoco doing here.

I&I

 

[420 Motoco]

@ Hiker, confidence comes in time once you learn how the oil works and things to safeguard against like hydrating and snacking in between meals because you have neglected nutrients and hydration. Things will work out brother. Logic always prevails.

As a worthy mention when making BHO, CO2 or Hexane concentrate; when alcohol is used to clean the butane,co2 or hexane it changes the chemical makeup of the oil...now you have shatter. You won't be 'tacking' shatter unless you warm it up and blend in some grape seed oil. Most BHO, CO2 is cold extract only and hasn't been decarbed so it won't pass the blood brain barrier because it was made for vaping and that does the decarb for smoking. You can still decarb though so it will pass the blood brain barrier but to get it more pliable to 'tack' you will need some grape seed oil (better than anything else including glycerine which by the way using all the time like a PM dosage clogs over your arteries over time). Best oil for tacking and gum absorption is hands down cannabis concentrated oil. I have much respect for Rick Simpson but 'hemp oil' its not and only confuses others. I use it as a reference only but even so I list it like this; Cannabis Concentrated oil/Hash oil/Honey oil/RSO at the end. Sadly people have went to health food stores and bought hemp oil to heal their cancer. Of course we know why he did this; to separated the euphoric crowd from the medicinal crowd. Fact of the matter it is what it is; Cannabis Concentrated Oil. Back in the late 60's and early seventies it was called 'hash oil' (dark amber) and then out came the more refined 'honey oil' and of course its true name cannabis concentrated oil. I think I gave you two links to the 'sweet' carrier. If not let me know and I'll PM the details.

Hiker, you won't tell the difference in smoking/vaping if its made from shake, sugar leaves but can tell when 'tacking', not so much the potency difference but you can tell how long the med last when dosing. A cut down version might last a couple of hours, primo flowers can last much longer (12 hours or longer). If its a CBD strain your not going to be able to tell what the potency is smoking/digesting CBD unless you have it Gas Chronometer lab tested. You can tell however easily tacking. If it is no good it doesn't take care of pain, if its weak (even a 1.5% CBD) can manage normal pain for 3-4 hours. When its full term CBD and you 'tack' it can handle pain up to 72 hours before it wears off (once fully seated in your system). Absolutely no way you can check the flower for potency because its so low in THC content compared to smelling a bud or feeling how sticky the resins are. A customer will go into a dispensary and say 'I heard CBD will relieve pain and inflammation, can you order me some'? So the shop owner will say 'sure'. Orders it, the customer buys some, gets home and smokes it and guess what? They don't get the euphoric feeling like smoking 'chronic' flowers and will not get it again for smoking/vaping. The CBD strain sits under the lights in the dispensary and goes bad. Know one knows until someone comes in, buys it, makes concentrate, takes it and does nothing for pain. Ouch, Mo and I bought two ounces at a dispensary and dumped 600.00 we didn't have and they didn't make it right. Never been back in a dispensary since and really not because of that incident but when you do everything else by yourself you know the quality. Not everyone can grow or make their own oil and there are many reasons why they cannot and rely heavily on dispensaries. For the record, I know there are reputable dispensaries that are on the up and up and are legit so please, you are not included. But honestly few budtenders really know what dominant the strain is and detailed specs that folks looking to make the concentrated it is very important to know so their meds come out correctly.

Peace

That being said this is why I have such respect for I&I dispensary. He has the correct knowledge to help the ill looking for something to improve their health, not just for a sale. This is a role model for changing how dispensaries can turn things around instead of just selling an afterthought of flowers that go to the recreational users (not all..don't hate from the one's that truly use it for medicinal purposes) and the oil is made from shake and sugar leaves. That can be used for a PM dose, but you don't want it for cancer, especially anything past stage 2. For me personally I always strive to make the best potent extract on the theory; the more potent, the less needed and ALL the alcohol is evaporated off, leaving just what the flowers and sugar leaf's offer (which is trimmed different from the flowers going to be smoked/vaped so its a smoother smoke/vape.

 

[Gfcollective]

420motoco, I cant thank you enough. I always ment to supply the healthiest highest quality medicine I possibly could. when I first watched phoenix tears video and hears what he made oil with I didn't believe that was healthy. Using pure naptha seemed unreal and i myself would never ingest this. My very first batch was made with shine and i questioned the quality of the oil, however my friend had liver issues so he begged me to make it. From there I felt an amazing feeling but I wanted to make cleaner oil. I'm one of the only growers I know that won't eat budder that was made with mite infested plants or trim that was sprayed with some fertilizer and wasn't washed.

This is about when I met you motoco. You corrected my advise to patients on just eating the "rso" (I believe I recommended to eat with a pb&j sandwich) to hide the taste, and u Changed my thoughts about taste compared to health. Since then I instantly corrected my advice to several of my patients 2 at the time we're on chemo and wanting to get off.

I happened to have a sour tsunami plant going so I chopped the entire lady down and made the full plant into oil. I used everclear but this time with using your step by step process I felt more trustful in my own oil. I was able to tell them actual advice on properly taking the oil also because of your thread.

My patients that are all about the butane oil, now come to my shop instead of gfc because they know my oil is clean, and they wont/can't pull that garbage I did out of the gfc oil as I posted recently. Which I can also give credit to 420magazine for helping me clean my bho up.

This has rambled on but is more a thank you letter to motoco.

I left gfc December 26 2014, we had several issues between me (manager) and the head volunteer. I had several patients calling and saying the butane oil was poisonous, medicine was shorted, volunteers Snelling like cigs or alcohol, and many more. It was embarrassing to say the least, specially as a guy that prides him self of my work. I was the face of this collective while the owner made hand over fist and didn't care about the quality.

I started my own shop Jan 22 2015 to keep helping my current patients. The overwhelming support I've got from the community, even the city has been unbelievable. 420motoco, again, thank you for guiding me. You planted a seed that will continue to grow.

I&i

(I&I is a term saying "you and I are equal") stating that all men are brother and sisters, we are all one. I&I

 

[Gfcollective]

Have you heard anything about this group of breeders motoco? Excited to see how they test. Can't find this strain on their site now so hopefully it wasn't a high thc. I plan to get more of their cbd strains

I&I

 

[Hiker]

gfc,
Isn't CBD crew in WA? Not sure where/how I got that in my head, but for some reason I want to say the group originated in the Olympia area.

How did that Sour Tsunami test?


Motoco,
I called around to a bunch of dispensaries in Spokane yesterday looking for a CBD clone. No luck.
I found some harlequin seeds on Herbie's, but they are femmed. Sour Tsunami and ACDC are 2 of the other ones I see a lot of tests on Analytical 360s site. They said a lot of the tests are just from patients though, so no clones available.

I know you're always getting asked the same question about which strains, so I don't want to ask that. I have a slightly more specific question... Can anyone direct me to some regular (not femmenized or auto) seeds that are high in CBD? I'd like to buy from a sponsor, but at this point, I just want to find a seed bank that has them. I told myself I would never bring a clone into my garden, but at this point I'm also willing to let this rule slide for the right strain.


FYI, after getting the MRI results back, the doc called my wife 6 times yesterday trying to reach her. At the visit, the Dr was thinking some sort of auto immune issue. I thought cyst/tumor, but she said no. She apologized. They found a tumor behind my wife's left eye. It's "large" so they are scheduling a biopsy asap. I'm 99.99999% sure it's not cancer or the blood tests would have indicated something. All the blood tests are clean.

She's ready to take the oil now. I have a lot of oil from Bubba Kush, and some of my Sativa dom hybrid. The last time she tried them she thought the BK kept her up and the TGA put her to sleep though. That's the opposite of what I thought should happen. She wants to try again, but wants to wait until the weekend in case the daytime oil makes her sleepy or vice versa.

 

[420 Motoco]

420motoco, I cant thank you enough. I always ment to supply the healthiest highest quality medicine I possibly could. when I first watched phoenix tears video and hears what he made oil with I didn't believe that was healthy. Using pure naptha seemed unreal and i myself would never ingest this. My very first batch was made with shine and i questioned the quality of the oil, however my friend had liver issues so he begged me to make it. From there I felt an amazing feeling but I wanted to make cleaner oil. I'm one of the only growers I know that won't eat budder that was made with mite infested plants or trim that was sprayed with some fertilizer and wasn't washed.

This is about when I met you motoco. You corrected my advise to patients on just eating the "rso" (I believe I recommended to eat with a pb&j sandwich) to hide the taste, and u Changed my thoughts about taste compared to health. Since then I instantly corrected my advice to several of my patients 2 at the time we're on chemo and wanting to get off.

I happened to have a sour tsunami plant going so I chopped the entire lady down and made the full plant into oil. I used everclear but this time with using your step by step process I felt more trustful in my own oil. I was able to tell them actual advice on properly taking the oil also because of your thread.

My patients that are all about the butane oil, now come to my shop instead of gfc because they know my oil is clean, and they wont/can't pull that garbage I did out of the gfc oil as I posted recently. Which I can also give credit to 420magazine for helping me clean my bho up.

This has rambled on but is more a thank you letter to motoco.

I left gfc December 26 2014, we had several issues between me (manager) and the head volunteer. I had several patients calling and saying the butane oil was poisonous, medicine was shorted, volunteers Snelling like cigs or alcohol, and many more. It was embarrassing to say the least, specially as a guy that prides him self of my work. I was the face of this collective while the owner made hand over fist and didn't care about the quality.

I started my own shop Jan 22 2015 to keep helping my current patients. The overwhelming support I've got from the community, even the city has been unbelievable. 420motoco, again, thank you for guiding me. You planted a seed that will continue to grow.

I&i

(I&I is a term saying "you and I are equal") stating that all men are brother and sisters, we are all one. I&I

Hey Friend,

I had no idea you had your own dispensary! Congratulations compadre! Keep your 'high standards' and use your 'heart' for you compass and watch your business grow beyond your wildest dreams. So happy for you Brother! Never lose your compassion for people and word of mouth will take your business to the next level. Oh and one other addition, a little at a time of course; get some UV storage jars so the light won't degrade your flowers, keep a small sample jar so the customer can smell, scope the sample . Keep this in the back of your mind; 'when something can be improved- good just isn't good enough Cheers Brother!

Just another example of people who get in the business for profit only and know little to nothing about the 'industry'. Not putting the 'blanket' on all, but we see a lot of this. Greed is why our country is in such a mess.

As far as the group of breeders you mentioned, no, have not heard of them. Unfortunately I do not have time to check out much of anything nowadays including others threads even on 420 (rarely that is). Friends always fill me in who have time to web surf and keep me up to date. No need to order seeds as the community I live in has so many growers/breeders I do 'clones' only and they are excellent cuts and saves me a month and a half in my grow time's. Look for an excellent Sativa dominant CBD strain as well as an Indica dominant CBD strain.
Grow them full term. The Sativa dominant CBD (full term) blends well with a 70/30 Sativa Hybrid and is a perfect blend for not only cancer but for just about anything including a PM regimen. This blend turns out to be about a 50/50 blend with a 'gumby' body and 'alert' brain. Easy to eat and easy to 'nap' when they want. The CBD Indica dominant strain will blend easily with as close to pure Indica as you can get. A little info about CBD strains; too many CBD's will make the THC less effective. In fact the last full term Harlequin I got was so potent on CBD I had to use a 3-1 THC/CBD. Feel like I'm rambling now, lol.

Again, so 'stoked' you have your own show going now. Proud of you Brother!

 

[C Sprite]

Sorry that I've been away from the site for so long. I've been pretty busy over the last 3-4 weeks. The oil is working well for me except that I caught a cold about a week ago that I can't seem to get rid of. I'm still walking, riding my bike and doing more around my house. I finally started my first grow 16 days ago. I have 3 Blue Dream and 2 Purple Wreck clones. The PW were given to me unexpectedly. None of them were in the best of shape when I got them (delivery service) but they are doing better now.

I mentioned before that I was getting some blood work done and I finally got the results. Yippee! My kidney function is the best that it has been in over 3 years and most other values were within normal limits, except that I'm still anemic and have low protein stores. My Dr. asked me what was I doing differently. I reminded him about the oil. He's the same doctor who signed my MMJ paperwork and I had originally told him that I wanted the MMJ card because smoking cannabis relaxed my back and helped with the pain. After I became involved in this thread and realized that I wanted to try the oil, I had mentioned to my Dr. probably 6 months ago that I thought that this was the way to go and he was open to it. The only problem now is that starting next Thursday I will be seeing a separate pain mgmt Dr. for all things pain-related and who knows if he will be on the concentrated cannabis oil wagon. I started on Medicare last October and they have been making my Dr. jump through hoops for every pain med prescription that he wrote for me. By December he didn't want to deal with them anymore and told me that he wanted to refer me to a pain Dr. It's taken this long for the prior auth to go through and for me to get an appt.

Now...if I could only stop coughing and get a good night's sleep.

 

[420 Motoco]

Hi C Sprite, first off it sounds like you have been a busy little bee . We are so happy for you that the test results have been better than 3 years. Some things take longer but you will get there. The bug you have is going around but the cough lingers. Mo had it and for one week she up her dose a half grain of rice after lunch (two separate doses and in one week the cough was completely gone). It was a nasty flu bug.

The good news is things are improving! And they will keep improving. Pay attention however, when you got a bug you have to back off a tad on the exercise until you re-coup. Looking back its pretty amazing compared to when you first started. When you get your CBD strains grown correctly you will not believe what it does for pain management.

Remember to up your dose until your cough is gone. Do you have close to pure Indica for sleep? If not, make it a priority. It is an important part of the healing regimen.

Thank you C Sprite for your update. So glad everything is improving health wise. In one years time you will be amazed at the changes not only the aliments but how you process thoughts. Have a great day!

Warmest regards,

420 Motoco