The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return

[SweetSue]

So, I haven't been through your yard for a few days. I often walk through and only wave with a "like" or "thank you". This saddens me because you're such an important figure in my life with your wisdom and tenacity. I've said it before and I'll say it many times: I'm thankful for your friendship.

I think it's awesome that you're using bottle nutrients to work with. I don't have a clue as to why but that's my ignorance and has nothing to do with what you're willing to attempt. And of course, in the true spirit of this magazine, I feel it's only appropriate to commend you for your willingness to try something new (that probably isn't incredibly new, just not understood by the masses). I do wish for you to enlighten me on what their for. And more importantly, what drove you to try General Hydroponics?

There's more to come from this conversation but of course, in true stoner fashion, I started this and never finished at the same time. I'm gonna head to bed now but I wish you a peaceful night and sweet dreams!

Your virtual voice sounds like it was a good weekend.

General Hydroponics because they were relatively inexpensive for a small quantity and because I'm joining Tead in the exploration of the hempy grow. I have two small pots of perlite that I'm attempting to learn to maintain, with Tead's oversight. The idea is to try something new, something I have no exposure or experience at and thereby gain some perspective on gardening practices I'm unfamiliar with, as well as play in perlite with friends. Good times to be had.

I'm off to a questionable start. I've already killed one.

Don't beat yourself up for not being more active here. You have a life and an active following of your own. I take no offense at it, so you can relax.

 

[SweetSue]

Nice to see real food on the plate Good Job Sue
Healing process take time, and yes cooking for one is a bummer since the joy is to see the other person/s like what you make.
But, think of it like this.. WE here are your virtual family and we all want you to be well and since there are MANY miles separating us... I can't be there to cook and eat with you only in your mind. SO I am glad you eat more healthy. And THIS looks nice too Welcome everyone to Cooking with Cannabis - Recipes below


Have a good night My day has just begun

It's nice that we have this period of time where our days overlap. I realize it's because I keep rediculous hours, but it's still nice to be able to catch you so close to real time. Thank you for the link. + Reps for that.

So far the snack food I've been choosing is mostly highly nutritious. I pay for that luxury, but I'm healthy and losing weight and I have good energy, so I don't stress about it like I did in the beginning. I'm feeling really good right now, having just finished a Callanetics session. I'm always surprised they don't knock me right out, but I finish at 3 AM energized and hungry. Let me take care of hungry.

I've noticed that my cue that the capsules are wearing off is a sense of fatigue on the edges. Hmmmm..... interesting.

 

[SweetSue]

Jack Herer Tincture: How effective is it?

When I started playing around with tinctures it was to see if this might be a primary delivery system for my own protocol. So, what I'm looking for is something that'll do exactly what the 5:1 BioBomb capsules are pulling off. Unfortunately for the tinctures, there's no way for them to compete with the effects of the capsules. I'm wondering if I heat them a little and add lecithin.....???? Another project for later.

I took a dropperful at 11:06 and another at 11:18. I am buzzed. First off, I'm extremely impressed with the taste. It's got the full terpene expression of the Jack Herer. I have a sweet head high going right now with a bit of spacial distortion when I turn my head, always a nice touch.

It's been two hours since the second dose. I'm starting to get some tingly body rushes. It's a clear-headed high, and I'm getting ready to go to the post office, so I'll see how that trip pans out from the perspective of being high when I hit the streets. On a scale of 1-10 I'd give this a solid 8. It's a fairly decent buzz. When I get back I'll take the 5:1 capsule. They hit at around a 12.

 

[AngryBird]

more testing done I see. Maybe going out is a bad idea?

 

[Duggan]

Hey Sue...don't get up...just cruising thru ...droppin some smiles and cheer!

 

[SweetSue]

New respect for the Jack Herer tincture. It lasted a full 4.5 hours of delightful buzz, easily equilivant to a brownie dose in potency, if not longevity. Not bad at all, and a clear-headed, nicely focused high the entire time. Now I'll take that 5:1 capsule.

 

[Mr. Krip]

Jack Herer Tincture: How effective is it?

When I started playing around with tinctures it was to see if this might be a primary delivery system for my own protocol. So, what I'm looking for is something that'll do exactly what the 5:1 BioBomb capsules are pulling off. Unfortunately for the tinctures, there's no way for them to compete with the effects of the capsules. I'm wondering if I heat them a little and add lecithin.....???? Another project for later.

I took a dropperful at 11:06 and another at 11:18. I am buzzed. First off, I'm extremely impressed with the taste. It's got the full terpene expression of the Jack Herer. I have a sweet head high going right now with a bit of spacial distortion when I turn my head, always a nice touch.

It's been two hours since the second dose. I'm starting to get some tingly body rushes. It's a clear-headed high, and I'm getting ready to go to the post office, so I'll see how that trip pans out from the perspective of being high when I hit the streets. On a scale of 1-10 I'd give this a solid 8. It's a fairly decent buzz. When I get back I'll take the 5:1 capsule. They hit at around a 12.

Sue, Lecithin will definitely help with a tincture, but it's still not going to be the same as the caps. The caps are treated in your body as an edible and absorbed into the blood through the liver (I've seen you discuss the "first pass" many times) and the tincture is absorbed subcutaneously through the blood vessels in the mouth.

So, I think of tinctures as kind of a cross between edibles and smoking/vaping. The tincture hits quicker than edibles (maybe a little slower than smoking/vaping) and lasts longer than smoking/vaping (maybe a couple of hours), but not as long as the edibles (which can last maybe 6-8 hours).

 

[SweetSue]

Sue, Lecithin will definitely help with a tincture, but it's still not going to be the same as the caps. The caps are treated in your body as an edible and absorbed into the blood through the liver (I've seen you discuss the "first pass" many times) and the tincture is absorbed subcutaneously through the blood vessels in the mouth.

So, I think of tinctures as kind of a cross between edibles and smoking/vaping. The tincture hits quicker than edibles (maybe a little slower than smoking/vaping) and lasts longer than smoking/vaping (maybe a couple of hours), but not as long as the edibles (which can last maybe 6-8 hours).

These capsules last 8-10 hours. They have the potential to carry someone with needs lower than mine for an entire day. I'm still amazed that I can get away with just two a day. The reason tinctures are so popular with physicians is that they're so easy to get a consistent dose that hits almost immediately. That's what the capsules do too. The medical profession is apparently unaware of this little tweak to the capsule that makes it immediately available.

 

[SweetSue]

Reposted from the Study Hall.

5:1 BioBomb Capsules


Be aware that these are powerful capsules that will hit your system hard and fast. Onset is typically within 5-10 minutes and, unlike other edibles, it hits at full force and stays that way for up to 10 hours. This is not an exaggeration. I typically take the next capsule somewhere around hours 7-9.


The basic recipe is (1 gr CCO + 5 ml coconut oil) + 15 ml lecithin + 45 ml coconut oil. For medicinal purposes you may want to choose another carrier oil. Olive oil is an excellent choice for just about everything except liver cancer, in which case you want coconut oil. Using olive oil helps the cannabinoids avoid first-pass through the liver. For recreational purposes, go with coconut. It goes right into the liver after the stomach and gets metabolized. Metabolization = great buzz.

If you're using less than a gram of CCO you just adjust the recipe proportionately. I've made capsules with as little as 0.2 ml of CCO.


The Process


1 gram of CCO added to 5 ml of coconut oil. Set the dish in a hot water bath, just at boiling. Turn the fire off when the water gets to boiling.

When the CCO begins to melt into the coconut oil you can begin to stir. Get it completely mixed together before you move to the next step.

I use the end of my teaspoon to stir. It's stainless, has a small but effective surface area and does the job for me.

Add 45 ml of coconut oil and 15 ml of liquid sunflower lecithin.

Stir together until it's all thoroughly mixed. When you think it's mixed enough let it sit for a few seconds to see if anything's trying to separate out. If so, keep mixing.

Seal the mixture securely and refrigerate overnight. This bonds the components together in a way that won't happen without the chill.

After at least 12 hours remove from the refrigerator and let it slowly come to room temperature. Check to be sure it's all well mixed and fill the 00 capsules. This size capsule can also be used as a suppository.

These are my personal protocol. To be honest, I'm not certain many could tolerate this as well as I do, so I caution you to know your own limits. To keep it all in perspective this is level three of a progressively increasing dose schedule.

The ratios are Carrier oil: CCO The only thing that changes is the measurement of carrier oil. Everything else stays the same.

Level one - 20:1
Level two - 10:1
Level three - 5:1
Level four - 1:1
Level five - 0:1

Enjoy. If you make any, let me know how it goes.

 

[SweetSue]

Daily Update: Monday, July 18, 2016

A quiet day in the garden. I drizzled some water around the seed and adjusted the restraints on the Med GOM 1.0. That was it.

Med GOM 1.0 (Day 30)

We have flowers all over the place now.

Dark Devil Auto (Day 28) Not doing a whole lot of anything. *sigh*

The hempy, still awaiting an arrival.

That's my brood. It's been a long, long day and I'm thinking I'd be smart to turn in right now and sleep. We all know that's not going to happen. I'll get a second wind here any moment. I am going to step away from the iPad for a while though and move around a bit.

Alright people. You know the drill. You. Joy. Spread it around. I'll see you around the neighborhood. Thanks for stopping.

 

[Nismo12]

If your DDA does anything like our breeding one she is about to take off! Soon after she started flowering she took off. By the weekend she will be a completely different girl!

 

[weenmeoff]

Plants are looking good! Thanks again for your help with CCO today! I posted in the study hall but will also post what I made here. I started with 1/2 ounce of hash and got about 4 ml of CCO. I should get a bunch of capsules, will let you know how many tomorrow.

Pics.

 

[SweetSue]

Plants are looking good! Thanks again for your help with CCO today! I posted in the study hall but will also post what I made here. I started with 1/2 ounce of hash and got about 4 ml of CCO. I should get a bunch of capsules, will let you know how many tomorrow.

Pics.

Excellent work ween! Thanks for the post. Oooo...... Pretty oil, and a decent pull too. That'll make loads of capsules. Each gram/ml of oil should give you 71 capsules. Well done.

 

[SweetSue]

Good morning everyone

Some fun stuff to share with you. First off, I spent a greater part of yesterday making 1/4 batches of pain cream for friends, each of which I added a BioBomb capsule to, expecting to increase the healing effectiveness. That chewed through my capsule supply, hence the new capsule mix, ready to use this morning. Well, I had three more capsules left and I decided to add those to my own full jar (minus what I'd already used, which was about 1/4 of the original volume).

After emptying the capsules into my melted cream I popped them into my mouth thinking the small amount of oil coating the inside couldn't have much effect, but why waste it? Within five minutes it hit me so hard I physically moved in space as though someone had bumped into me. OMG, I love these things. Lol!

Update on the daughter

The daughter stopped over yesterday to share an update. She'd been taking her first of three doses when she wakes in the morning, or more precisely, when she gets out of bed. She takes melatonin to help her sleep so she tends to sleep later, rolling out around 11 AM or so. Her habit's been take the three capsules at breakfast, late afternoon and evening, then vape some Med GOM 1.0 and take the melatonin at bedtime. This was getting her through her days with little anxiety, but she was waking up feeling anxious, an indication that her bedtime dose wasn't carrying her long enough.

Then two mornings ago she woke to pee around 9-9:30, and on her way back to bed she decided to try taking a capsule. When she woke that morning, instead of the sense of dread that'd been greeting her she was enveloped in that warm and cozy feeling you have after a restful night's sleep, devoid of the aches and pains that she'd also been weathering until the morning dose had taken effect.

Now, her practice is to take that capsule when she makes that daily trip to the bathroom. She'll add that additional capsule into the protocol and schedule the others accordingly. She finds she likes the feeling of life without anxiety. She's been anxious from birth, so this sense of well-being is like a new drug to her. I've advised her to take her time getting used to it. She's had 34 years of anxiety. No one expected her to know how to adjust overnight. Now she gets to learn how to be out there with the rest of us. We can afford to do that transition gently.

You can't imagine what this means to her mother.

 

[SweetSue]

Ended up with 68 capsules instead of 66. The last two were from the bottom and had some bits in that I scraped off the bottom. Mmmmmm..... These will be my next two doses.

 

[photos]

thankyou for the liver metabolisation info about coconut vs olive oil , ive been extremely busy over in my yard but i will be making caps , just as soon as i have time to stop lsting arrrrrrrrgh!

 

[SweetSue]

A clarification on the capsules: As you move from level to level, the amount of carrier oil that changes is the initial mix, the one you melt the CCO into. The second addition of carrier oil with the lecithin stays consistent at 45 ml. Lecithin is always at 15 ml.

The ratios are Carrier oil: CCO The only thing that changes is the measurement of carrier oil. Everything else stays the same.

Level one - 20:1
Level two - 10:1
Level three - 5:1
Level four - 1:1
Level five - 0:1

 

[AngryBird]

I am happy for you about your daughter It is always TRUE joy to see your child (NO MATTER AGE) get better/improve/or manage something new. GOOD JOB

 

[weenmeoff]

Excellent work ween! Thanks for the post. Oooo...... Pretty oil, and a decent pull too. That'll make loads of capsules. Each gram/ml of oil should give you 71 capsules. Well done.

Hmm, I must have done something wrong, I got about 4 ml of CCO but only filled 84 capsules (they were the 000's because that is all I could find locally, am ordering 00's online.) like you said, now that I made them, once, I'll be making more...

Glad to hear it's working out for your daughter! It's alway great to hear MMJ success stories!

 

[weenmeoff]

Dag nab it, I just realized what I did! For 4 ml of CCO I only added 15ml of lecithin and 45 ml of coconut oil. So my GF took one earlier, took a good while to hit then she felt really good almost like being on 2 pain killers, then got munchies hard. So right after I realized my mistake, I told her and she had just taken 2, she can handle her MMJ but I'm a little concerned that in a couple hours she will be really wasted, we will see.

I have not delivered to my friend so am wondering if I should empty and add 45 lecithin and 135 coconut....?