Magnus8's Canna Cream, Body Butter & Canna Lotion Study Hall

Congrats from me, too, Rad. I'm not as observant as Magnus and didn't notice the new title under your name.

I sure hope that they never pick one of our grow journals as journal of the month. It's pretty boring, IMO (in my opinion for those who don't know and to please Magnus :winkyface:).

:laughtwo: about the t-shirt!

Thanks for the congrats.

Every month, since about 6 months ago, they pick a Grow Journal and call it journal of the month. Apparently they allow some swearing and stupidity, so I don't think there is anything I have to do this month or had to do last month to be selected. What happens is that I have a good mix of newbies and HiBrix growers and organic growers and curious growers who come by to talk about growing weed for a dozen pages a month. Makes me happy to keep posting :)

I am a tad suspicious about being the April Fool Grow Journal - but I got even, I lied about my T-shirt size :rofl:
 
Wally World is slang for Walmart, like fleabay for eBay, or cramazon for Amazon. I won't shop Walmart.

How much yield for 4 plants really depends on how big they are, how much light, genetics. A good 4 plant indoor harvest might be 8-12 oz. A small harvest would be 3 oz.

My last plant was 3.2 oz. I once got twice that. The next two plants will probably be about 2 oz each.
 
Thanks for the congrats.

Every month, since about 6 months ago, they pick a Grow Journal and call it journal of the month. Apparently they allow some swearing and stupidity, so I don't think there is anything I have to do this month or had to do last month to be selected. What happens is that I have a good mix of newbies and HiBrix growers and organic growers and curious growers who come by to talk about growing weed for a dozen pages a month. Makes me happy to keep posting :)

I am a tad suspicious about being the April Fool Grow Journal - but I got even, I lied about my T-shirt size :rofl:





Congratulations for getting stuff put together. We finished painting the dining room and a pantry cupboard for the kitchen, so we are doing another round of unpacking this month. I believe the essential oils will make it back into the oil cabinet soon. I plan to order shea butter, use some existing esential oils, maybe do a heat infused oil from some herbs, but really haven't decided on bee's wax or other major ingredients. I hate to touch most creams and oils. I feel the need to wash my hands after applying cold creams, touching olive oil and coconut oil, and even baby powder and honey. Over 10% polyester in a shirt makes my skin crawl, so I need to pay attention to the texture if I plan to use a body butter several times a month. I'm still not clear on the best choice for me. .

Anyway, I'm happy for you that you are on your way !

First off, congrats Rad. I hadn't noticed the contest win. :bravo: Easy to see why they chose you. :battingeyelashes:

You sound just like me. I have to wash my hands as soon as I finish applying anything to the skin, and I have to be careful about the fibers I choose for my clothing. Can't wear makeup or perfumes, nail polish has never been tolerated. To date, I've only been using the pain cream I made for my feet, applied before jamming them into socks and shoes, a practice begun when I almost broke the tie and it was in screaming pain. My feet look better than they have for many winters.

I'm about to make another batch, and before I do I need to read through this thread beginning to end and see what new advances I can apply.

Thank you again Magnus, for starting this invaluable resource.
 
Hey, just wondering...

Is there anyone here who is actually interested in learning how to make a lotion?

Not a body butter. Not a cream. But a lotion?

If so, I'd love to teach you how to do that. But if not, then I'll keep that secret, stealthy knowledge to myself.

Until someone DOES show up who is interested in developing an actual lotion rather than a butter/cream.

Ooooh. Butter/cream. Now that sounds positively yummy, doesn't it?

Teach away there maestro. There's no such such as useless knowledge ...
 
I bought my scale online from herbscales.com. Here is the one I bought:

Micro 2.0

The only thing I don't like about it is the weighing surface because it's curved and not flat so when I want to put a small dish on it filled with pot, I need to choose one that is light enough that a flat surface isn't necessary. Other than that, it's a great little scale.

Thanks for this, HashGirl, I really appreciate your help. I'm sorry, but for some reason I missed this the first time you posted it! I have no idea how, but today I was back on the thread and found your reply to my posting. I'll check out this scale, for sure.
 
I got mine from wally world. Little black one goes to .05g small and can't handle big containers but can hold a Mason jar. In the kitchen area. Quite accurate.

Thanks, New B.

I"m heading to Vegreville tomorrow and will head down to WalMart to check out this scale. Sounds like a good one and, coming from WalMart, inexpensive???

Cheers. Hope you see this and hope it finds you well and enjoying life. Haven't seen you on the journal in a while. I'll be posting new pics in a few minutes and maybe you'll come see them... Either way, hope all is well.

(Your grow must be just about finished, right? I think I'll head down there in a mo and see what's doing...

Cheerio!
 
All caught up on reading. Awesome thread! Great things happening here.

Hey Cyllyra,

Welcome to our thread! I"m sorry I didn't see your posting until now, but I'm afraid I've been busy with another 2 projects on the go right now. But still, welcome to our thread.

If you have any questions relating to cannabis creams/butters or canna lotions and how they are made and how you can make them too, please feel free to ask. Everyone on here is a wealth of info, and we're all at your disposal. Some have more time than others, but we're all here to help. Is that right, folks?

Well, it's right in my case. I don't get to get here every day anymore because there's just too much packed into my days right now (I have a relationship that takes constant work, 2 big dogs who require walking at least twice per day and a 4 plant grow happening in my back bedroom as well as about 18 seeds/clones germinating/rooting in the closet for my outside summer grow. So there's a lot going on for me right now, but I still take time out of my schedule to fit in time for this thread, and I"m looking forward to getting to know you. I"m sure we all are.

So, given that, welcome to our thread!
 
It's close but have not posted much as 2 of 3 not doing very well. :(
But have started a second and will be posting pics on that when first is done. Life is going well dad's still here so can't get better.
Scale was less then 20 and it's better then I expected.
 
Hi All,

Just thought I'd take a moment and let everyone know about my summer outdoor grow journal which I've just begun posting on today. Should be a fun time. I'm growing from seed the following strains:

1 AK47
3 CBD Critical Mass
3 Ice Bomb
1 Northern Lights Mazar

I'm also growing from clones
Up to 4 Big Bud
Up to 6 Pineapple Express

I don't think all the clones will survive, so their numbers might dwindle somewhat.

Regardless, it's going to be a b-i-g grow for me this summer. Up to about 16 plants all together. I've promised 2 Pineapple Express clones to the kid of a friend of mine (the friend has no idea I'm giving his kid a couple of pot plants! But hell, I was 16 once too. I remember what it's like.).

But anyway. I digress.

So feel free to come along and check out the journal. And if you've ever grown outside before, I sure could use you along for the ride. I'll need all the help I can get!

Cheers.
Magnus.

ps. The link is in my signature below.
 
Magnus, forgive me for being so late in getting to you, but I recently watched a Cannabis Health Summit that had a panel of women on cannabis topicals. These were women with the top award-winning topicals on the market in California and Colorado, and one of them offered the formula, in rough form, that they use in their Sweet Cream.

60% THC, 40% THCa, with a tiny bit of CBD added.

This formula heals skin conditions ranging from sunburn to melanoma, and relieves pains up to a level 7 or 8. She has a patient who healed her Glioblastoma by rubbing it on her neck.

I have a blog of a THCa extraction that may come in handy in this case. My plan is to make an extraction and then combine my high THC oil with this one in ratio with a little of the high CBD oil on hand and then use this formulation in Dave Groomer's recipe for a healing pain cream.

My brother-in-law has neuropathy developing in his feet and walking anywhere is painful for him now. The women were unanimous in their praises of the ability of their creams and topicals to heal diabetic neuropathy with consistent daily application of the creams to the feet and legs, morning and night. It may take weeks, but the effects appear to be guaranteed.

I didn't find out what this plant could do for a diabetic until they'd already taken his leg and he was too close to the end to effect positive change. We're eternal creatures, but our time here has limitations, and it was his time to move on. My hope is that I can do for his brother what I couldn't do for him.

I'll keep you all in the loop as his treatment continues.
 
Magnus, forgive me for being so late in getting to you, but I recently watched a Cannabis Health Summit that had a panel of women on cannabis topicals. These were women with the top award-winning topicals on the market in California and Colorado, and one of them offered the formula, in rough form, that they use in their Sweet Cream.

60% THC, 40% THCa, with a tiny bit of CBD added.

This formula heals skin conditions ranging from sunburn to melanoma, and relieves pains up to a level 7 or 8. She has a patient who healed her Glioblastoma by rubbing it on her neck.

I have a blog of a THCa extraction that may come in handy in this case. My plan is to make an extraction and then combine my high THC oil with this one in ratio with a little of the high CBD oil on hand and then use this formulation in Dave Groomer's recipe for a healing pain cream.

My brother-in-law has neuropathy developing in his feet and walking anywhere is painful for him now. The women were unanimous in their praises of the ability of their creams and topicals to heal diabetic neuropathy with consistent daily application of the creams to the feet and legs, morning and night. It may take weeks, but the effects appear to be guaranteed.

I didn't find out what this plant could do for a diabetic until they'd already taken his leg and he was too close to the end to effect positive change. We're eternal creatures, but our time here has limitations, and it was his time to move on. My hope is that I can do for his brother what I couldn't do for him.

I'll keep you all in the loop as his treatment continues.

Thank you for this. This sounds like a very good ratio and recipe for me to follow, also.
 
Magnus, forgive me for being so late in getting to you, but I recently watched a Cannabis Health Summit that had a panel of women on cannabis topicals. These were women with the top award-winning topicals on the market in California and Colorado, and one of them offered the formula, in rough form, that they use in their Sweet Cream.

60% THC, 40% THCa, with a tiny bit of CBD added.

This formula heals skin conditions ranging from sunburn to melanoma, and relieves pains up to a level 7 or 8. She has a patient who healed her Glioblastoma by rubbing it on her neck.

I have a blog of a THCa extraction that may come in handy in this case. My plan is to make an extraction and then combine my high THC oil with this one in ratio with a little of the high CBD oil on hand and then use this formulation in Dave Groomer's recipe for a healing pain cream.

My brother-in-law has neuropathy developing in his feet and walking anywhere is painful for him now. The women were unanimous in their praises of the ability of their creams and topicals to heal diabetic neuropathy with consistent daily application of the creams to the feet and legs, morning and night. It may take weeks, but the effects appear to be guaranteed.

I didn't find out what this plant could do for a diabetic until they'd already taken his leg and he was too close to the end to effect positive change. We're eternal creatures, but our time here has limitations, and it was his time to move on. My hope is that I can do for his brother what I couldn't do for him.

I'll keep you all in the loop as his treatment continues.

Dearest Sue,

You had me in tears by the time I got to the end of your posting. You didn't even have to mention who you were talking about at the end for all of us to know who you were talking about. That's the part that almost made me cry.

I am thrilled with this news and am really interested to learn more about this cream formulation.

I haven't told you this before but I, too, live with diabetes and have for the last 20 or so years. I also suffer from diabetic neuropathy in my feet and hands (it has only recently affected my hands, like within the past week). I've been told by numerous doctors that there was nothing to be done for it, but I believe you more than I believe them.

I will be testing my own cream of this. Maybe you might like to share the recipes you try out as you go along so that we may replicate or adjust as necessary. I'm sure they would help many.

On another note, things have quieted down in my life a bit. Well, not really. I still have my summer grow to get moving. I was supposed to have a friend come and dig holes in my yard for planting today, but it is pissing cats and dogs here right now, so I suppose I won't get my holes dug today. Ah-well. Better luck next time, Charlie (as in Charlie the tuna). I'm scheduled to plant on May long weekend (perfect planting time and weather according to the Farmer's Almanac which everyone lives by out here). Yes, yes -- I know the Almanac is just astrology, but I believe, yes! I BELIEVE! in miracles, I do! Actually, I"m more of follow the Jones kinda guy. Maybe. Anyway, I'll be planting on that long weekend when the frost is surely over in this region (growing region 3b). Then I've got to figure out my watering problem. I've got to haul water from my landlady's home to my own because my water is so terrible. For that, my little brother has secured an old 151 gallon hot water tank that he's going to outfit with proper fittings for me to be able to fill and empty it. I'll empty the hot water tank into barrels where I can make Compost Tea and pH my water (more people say to do it than not and I'm not set on having a completely organic grow so I'm leaning towards pHing my water). I'm also building a greenhouse on the cheap to hide my grow behind it and a shed on my property. I@m not too terribly concerned about flyovers, just drive bys!

I've also got editing on Finding Max to continue working on. My editor and I are on Chapter VIII. I'm also working on writing the sequel, Loving Max and then when finished I'll be writing the last book in the series, Killing Max. I hope to have both books done by the end of this summer, as well as the first book completely edited and on the way to publication.

I'll also be doing an inside grow, but not a scrog this time. I'd like to see what happens with about 8 plants inside my tent if I had an extra LED. My current 2 LEDs are pretty weak. No way they are actually 600w and 1000w like advertised. I'll be lucky to be getting 400w from my 1000w lamp, I'm afraid. So I'd like to pick up another 600w cheap lamp and use the 2 600w lamps in the tent and move the 1000w lamp into the closet. 2 600w LEDs which are actually much lower than that should still be able to feed 8 plants in a tent. Maybe even 10 plants at a time. My prescription (which was just increased last week to 5 g/day of cannabis) allows for me to be growing 25 indoor plants at a time, OR 10 plants outdoors at a time. Well, I'm breaking the law it looks like and going a bit over that with a few more plants than I'm allowed. Why? Because I'm so worried that it won't work out well. I'm still afraid that my grow will rot at the root or get mold in it or some parasite that decimates the whole harvest. That's why I'm growing more than I should be allowed. And only this year, to see what I can do with this grow, will I be growing more than my allotted share.

Why am I going on about all my crap this morning? Probably because it is all so present in my mind. I've so much to do that it's unbelievable, actually. Like, how am I going to get my water tank from Edmonton to where I live? It's a loooong drive and my vehicle is too small. I'll need a trailer to do it. And I've got a trailer coming. My buddy BJ is fixing one up for me to hold the water tank. I'll use the water tank and trailer to haul water from my landlady's farm up the hill to my home and my grow. I've just got to learn how to back up a trailer now... And I've got to get that trailer set up to drive on the highway, too. Legal, that is.

And then there's the writing and all that entails. Jeesh. What a summer this summer is shaping up to be.

As I said above, I have no idea why I'm dumping all this crap on everyone right here and right now. Like I said, I guess I just have too much going on for me right now and I cannot keep it in.

Well, the dog just came in from outside and she's wet as a platypus. I think a platypus would be wet, wouldn't youk? Mind you, I've never seen one outside of photos before, so maybe they don't live wet lives. But Molly, my dog, is living the wet life right now. She just came in and rubbed herself all over my leg and soaked my bathrobe at the same time!

So, I bid you all adieu. Hope everyone following is still well and I hope you're having better weather than we are here today.

Best,
Magnus.
 
Oh My goodness:goodjob:

Great job everyone. I just spent all Morning reading up on this :cheertwo::cheertwo: all 39 pages

Im going to attempt my 1st Batch of Butter/Lotion or whatever it is exactly:thumb:

This is designed for Pain relief and muscle strain. Will be using a few types of Strains I tested that are from local Dispensaries. Most have High THC and some decent CBD

So far I have

Grape seed Oil
Sweet Almond Oil

Tea Tree Oil

Following landing tomorrow
Cocoa Butter
Bees Wax Pellets
Lavender Oil
Peppermint Oil
Vitamin E Oil



I do have a few Questions

Best way to Infuse the Grape Seed oil with the Buds? Sue did hers in a Jar, shaken, then at 170deg for 36hrs. Ive seen the Decarb Method and bake for 8hrs

whats the best/easiest for a rookie like Me???

Cant wait to add another option into this new AGAIN world of MMJ.
 
:welcome: Stavman.

Your ingredients sound good in my opinion but I'm not the expert here on that part of process.

I grind up about 10 grams of pot and then decarb in the oven for 110 minutes at 230F. And, then I have a mini crockpot that I add the oil to (I actually have 2 mini crockpots -- one is for edibles and one is for non-edibles like this cream) plus one tablespoon full of liquid sunflower lecithin, which will increase the bioavailability of the THC, which is what targets the pain. CBD will target any inflammation though so both are important.

When the pot is done decarbing it, mix into the oil for about 3 hours stirring every so often. When it's done, strain the oil using cheesecloth or something like that and your infused oil is ready to go.

Good luck.


Oh My goodness:goodjob:

Great job everyone. I just spent all Morning reading up on this :cheertwo::cheertwo: all 39 pages

Im going to attempt my 1st Batch of Butter/Lotion or whatever it is exactly:thumb:

This is designed for Pain relief and muscle strain. Will be using a few types of Strains I tested that are from local Dispensaries. Most have High THC and some decent CBD

So far I have

Grape seed Oil
Sweet Almond Oil

Tea Tree Oil

Following landing tomorrow
Cocoa Butter
Bees Wax Pellets
Lavender Oil
Peppermint Oil
Vitamin E Oil



I do have a few Questions

Best way to Infuse the Grape Seed oil with the Buds? Sue did hers in a Jar, shaken, then at 170deg for 36hrs. Ive seen the Decarb Method and bake for 8hrs

whats the best/easiest for a rookie like Me???

Cant wait to add another option into this new AGAIN world of MMJ.
 
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