I use a Sharpie and write the date on the brass base. Sure... you gotta pull it to look, but where else?
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I use a Sharpie and write the date on the brass base. Sure... you gotta pull it to look, but where else?
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Yeah- nowhere else, is the answer. Oh cool. Somehow I thought that would wear or burn off if I did that.
Scrogdawg
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I keep all my MH and HPS bulbs in they're boxes and when I swap from veg to flower I calculate the hours and write it on the boxes. Each time I do it I add the previous hours to it, write it on the box and scratch out the old number. Seems to work good.
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Hey Scrogdawg, nice to see you. I think the sad truth is I’m too disorganized for that. 
Tried it, and it only took a few minutes for me to completely scramble the bulbs and boxes, so there I was - back to normal...
Tried it, and it only took a few minutes for me to completely scramble the bulbs and boxes, so there I was - back to normal...
how bout take a pic of the bulb and the date and post it on here for safe keeping?
MiOutdoorsman
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When I buy a bulb at my local grow store they like lightly engrave date one end. I think for warranty issues
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Yeah the journal actually is my main backup when it comes to remembering stuff like this. Glad the search engine feature has improved a notch since last year.
I’m going to try magic-markering and/or engraving the bases and I’ll report back how that goes.
Cleared out the freezer trimmings and made some more hash. Using 450g of dry trim/failed bud, and 250 of wet.
Rather minuscule results for the huge amount used, but a fair amount of the material was sativa, which doesn’t seem to make much hash. I can’t help but think that I’m leaving a lot of goodies behind in the waste product, but short of running a lot of alcohol or butane through it, I’m not sure what to do about it, so I guess that’s ok.
Oh yeah, rather than run the entire bucket of swill water through the finest mesh bubble bag at the end, I experimented and let it settle for a couple hours, then siphoned off most of it.
Quite a large amount of glop in the bottom. It may not be the right kind of glop but I’m drying it out over the wood stove to see how it looks later. If it’s not too shabby I’ll just mix it with the rest, but I figure it’s probably mostly just greenish plant sludge.
I’m going to try magic-markering and/or engraving the bases and I’ll report back how that goes.
Cleared out the freezer trimmings and made some more hash. Using 450g of dry trim/failed bud, and 250 of wet.
Rather minuscule results for the huge amount used, but a fair amount of the material was sativa, which doesn’t seem to make much hash. I can’t help but think that I’m leaving a lot of goodies behind in the waste product, but short of running a lot of alcohol or butane through it, I’m not sure what to do about it, so I guess that’s ok.
Oh yeah, rather than run the entire bucket of swill water through the finest mesh bubble bag at the end, I experimented and let it settle for a couple hours, then siphoned off most of it.
Quite a large amount of glop in the bottom. It may not be the right kind of glop but I’m drying it out over the wood stove to see how it looks later. If it’s not too shabby I’ll just mix it with the rest, but I figure it’s probably mostly just greenish plant sludge.
Nope. Ur good.
Hmmm... one wonders if the engraver and all that vibrating helps the delicate interior bits of a bulb. Seems like that process itself might lead to shorter bulb life.
Scrogdawg
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Pretty decent looking glop of hash Weasel.
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Thanks dawg. When I got a good look at the siphoned of portion of glop this morning I was happy with how it looked so I mixed it in with the rest.
In fact it looked so good and was soooo easy that I’m tempted to just skip the bags next time and do the hash run with what Nivek calls the weasely method. Mix it, let it sit, and siphon it off.
I haven’t tried that before with such a large batch. But why not? All that straining and rinsing and cleanup is a real pain in a weasel’s rear end.
Thanks Tead I’ll get out the markers. The delicate nature of the bulbs is what kept me from engraving them in the past. Something about those giant light bulbs freaks me out a bit even after so many years of handling them.
Re the alleged light problem you mentioned. I may have discovered something. Two nights ago I went in the room to discover one bulb was out. Switched out the bulb and juggled various cords - no joy. So I took the ballast apart, expecting to find nothing fixable, and found nothing fixable. Then I belatedly figured out that the timer was the actual problem- no power passing through it at all. I switched to a different timer and I swear the light is much brighter, and the fan running off that timer is also a lot more powerful. I guess it was just fizzling slowly over time and I hadn’t noticed. Weird.
At least it didn’t go up in smoke like a couple of my other timers have. A burnt up timer is not a pretty sight at all, believe me.
The problems I mentioned re the lighting still apply, but it seems I may have fixed one I didn't even know about. Cheap and gratifying.
In fact it looked so good and was soooo easy that I’m tempted to just skip the bags next time and do the hash run with what Nivek calls the weasely method. Mix it, let it sit, and siphon it off.
I haven’t tried that before with such a large batch. But why not? All that straining and rinsing and cleanup is a real pain in a weasel’s rear end.
Thanks Tead I’ll get out the markers. The delicate nature of the bulbs is what kept me from engraving them in the past. Something about those giant light bulbs freaks me out a bit even after so many years of handling them.
Re the alleged light problem you mentioned. I may have discovered something. Two nights ago I went in the room to discover one bulb was out. Switched out the bulb and juggled various cords - no joy. So I took the ballast apart, expecting to find nothing fixable, and found nothing fixable. Then I belatedly figured out that the timer was the actual problem- no power passing through it at all. I switched to a different timer and I swear the light is much brighter, and the fan running off that timer is also a lot more powerful. I guess it was just fizzling slowly over time and I hadn’t noticed. Weird.
At least it didn’t go up in smoke like a couple of my other timers have. A burnt up timer is not a pretty sight at all, believe me.
The problems I mentioned re the lighting still apply, but it seems I may have fixed one I didn't even know about. Cheap and gratifying.
lazyfish
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If I understand correctly.... it sounds like it might be hard to keep a lot of the water out. I mean do you let the hash settle in a corner and just try real hard to get hash and not water?
Sounds like a great idea - I hate bubble bags.
Sounds like a great idea - I hate bubble bags.
yep,, the weaseley ice hash method,, perhaps not the most efficient,, but the only way i have ever made hash
re: timers,,
i had recently bot two identical timers to control my lights and fans,, two cheapies like i do
a year and a half later maybe the first one went bad,, just plain stopped. breakers were blowing lately so probably the cause,, imo
not two weeks later my breakers and power bars started tripping again. well,, blow me down,, if it was not the second of the two timers i bot a year and a half ago failing and causing greif ,, sheesh
like they program a death day into everything these days
just a coincidence to your timer woes weas, is all\\cheers
re: timers,,
i had recently bot two identical timers to control my lights and fans,, two cheapies like i do
a year and a half later maybe the first one went bad,, just plain stopped. breakers were blowing lately so probably the cause,, imo
not two weeks later my breakers and power bars started tripping again. well,, blow me down,, if it was not the second of the two timers i bot a year and a half ago failing and causing greif ,, sheesh
like they program a death day into everything these days
just a coincidence to your timer woes weas, is all\\cheers
personally, i strain the mash thru some cheese cloth, into a glass bowl so i can see the settlement,, trichomes settle to the bottom, most of em within several minutes,, but a few hours later all the trichomes will settle
i siphon off most of the water residue with a small surgical hose but not all or one will be siphoning off trichomes as well. the last of the water i actually use a paper towel,, tip the bowl and fold up the paper towel and set near the water pool and the water will soak into the towel, leaving the trichomes behind,, it also holds on to the bits of plant matter in the mix,, i always have a bit that adds a bit of a green glow to the hash
then i dry the trichome mix on very low bun warmer heat mixing it around till it does not stick to ones fingers, then it is dry
then i do this
my volumes are very much smaller than the crackers, his slab there i might make a sandwich out of and eat it all up,, mmmmm
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Funny Nivek, I don’t see the original of that post of Lazyfish’s which you are quoting. I checked that I hadn’t accidentally hit the ‘ignore’ option for him, but no. Maybe you dragged it over from elsewhere?
Yeah I find the wet hash easy enough to dry out. I tilt the plate to let excess water run off, and stick it in a warm place for a while to dry completely. If I want to work it into a more dense, smooth and presentable form I warm it in the oven and work/press it by hand.
EDIT- oh never mind, the post appears now.
Nivek more or less covered it. The trichomes sink nicely and appear as a distinct layer on the bottom. I just siphon off the liquid with a small diameter hose, and dry the remainder.
Yeah I find the wet hash easy enough to dry out. I tilt the plate to let excess water run off, and stick it in a warm place for a while to dry completely. If I want to work it into a more dense, smooth and presentable form I warm it in the oven and work/press it by hand.
EDIT- oh never mind, the post appears now.
Nivek more or less covered it. The trichomes sink nicely and appear as a distinct layer on the bottom. I just siphon off the liquid with a small diameter hose, and dry the remainder.
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Nope. No idea.
A year?
A year?
Whaddaya expect from a half blind grower ehh?
Holy cow lazyfish... u makin UD seeds? Gotta go peek now.
No worries baby... if for one second I thought that Weas would ever feel insulted in some way by my words... well.... it wouldn't happen. Plus... he's half blind now and can't read this I'm sure!
No worries baby... if for one second I thought that Weas would ever feel insulted in some way by my words... well.... it wouldn't happen. Plus... he's half blind now and can't read this I'm sure!