Issue #604 - Sunday, November 19, 2023 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Have you ever heard that you can create diamonds by exposing coal to extreme heat and pressure? Weirdly enough, you can do the same thing with your homegrown cannabis! Except instead of
overpriced, easily lost diamonds that lose value as soon as they touch your hands, you get delicious, sticky Rosin which is definitely more fun. It's one of the most pure cannabis concentrates you can enjoy, and you can learn to make it today!
- I bet it would be great to have powers like Superman. Specifically, I bet he's able to to use his heat vision and super-strength to literally make rosin by hand. I'm sure there are other benefits to his
powers, but I can't think of any right now. So, until we all acquire super powers, a sturdy rosin press is the best way to make this decadent cannabis concentrate for connoisseurs.
- Purple Ghost Candy. It's a strain with a fantastic name and now that you've read it, I'm sure you're curious if the strain lives up to its awesome name. In short, yes. I was expecting decent weed with a silly name, and instead I got a dense, potent,
smelly powerhouse...with a silly name. You won't ever catch me complaining about a strain being better than anticipated, so...I won't. Check out PGC below!
- The "Trophy Pics of the Week" section has returned to it's original form and we're once again featuring pics from multiple growers. As great as last week's feature was, seeing different styles of growing reminds me that variety is the spice of life. So take a peep below and
enjoy the variety of styles employed by our readers, then marvel at how they all still got fantastic looking bud!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." ~Voltaire by Sirius Fourside What Is Rosin?
If you’re thinking about making rosin, it’s a good idea to know what you’re getting into! Rosin is a solventless cannabis concentrate that you can make at home. Since it’s solventless, it’s a lot safer than concentrates that involve the use of chemicals, like BHO or Shatter. Rosin is
versatile; you can place it on flowers as a “topper”, or you can smoke it as a “dab” if you have the appropriate equipment. In fact, if you’re looking to turn your weed into a dab-able concentrate, rosin is a great way to go.
Freshly made rosin on a wax tool. Rosin vs. Resin vs. Live Resin
If you’ve been to a dispensary, or if you’re active in the cannabis community online, you’ve probably heard of these three similar-sounding things. They’re pretty different from each other, but it’s not as complicated as people make it
seem.
Rosin (today's tutorial)
Rosin is the result of putting cannabis under intense heat and pressure. If you stick some weed between two hot plates and press the plates together as hard as you can, a golden/golden-brown substance will spill out. In other words, if you "squish" weed really hard, goo comes out. That substance is rosin! Resin
When you hear the word resin, it can refer to one of two very different things. One usage refers to “the sticky stuff” on your plants, aka the trichomes. This is the stuff you can collect in a grinder as “kief”. You could also use cold water to agitate resin off your weed (bubble hash) or freeze the trichomes off your weed (dry-ice hash). Resin also refers to the black sludge leftover in bongs and pipes after extended
use. This type of resin is also called “reclaim”, and many people smoke this leftover gunk so they don’t waste weed. Although this can be effective in a pinch, it’s about as gross as it sounds, and we don’t recommend doing it. The stuff is sticky, stinky (not in a good way) and it stains everything it touches. A ball of black “reclaim”; the gross kind of resin. Live Resin
As the newest kid on the block, Live Resin is one of the most sought-after concentrates available. Live Resin is made from freezing a newly harvested plant then using additional means to extract the trichomes from the plant. This is usually done with a solvent
and it takes some sophisticated equipment to do. Wait, I’ve heard these names before…
If you think you’ve heard the terms “rosin” or “resin” before, it’s because you probably have! The lack of legal legitimacy makes it so that many of the terms we use as cannabis growers are repurposed from other stuff. - Rosin refers to a substance used on the bows of cellos and violins.
Rosin makes it easier for the bows to grip the strings of their respective instrument.
- Resin is a thick substance made by plants that is usually composed of terpenes. This definition is perfect for what we’re talking about, except that resin can refer to the sticky stuff from any plant.
Rosin vs. Bubble Hash/Kief/Dry Ice Hash
There are already a ton of cannabis
concentrates, so it might be hard to remember what the difference is between them. Here’s a really quick breakdown of some differences between some of the heavy-hitters: (from left) Rosin, Dry-Ice hash, Bubble hash, Kief Rosin - Made with high-heat and intense pressure. "Squish" the weed under heat and rosin comes out.
- Makes a strong, sticky substance that you can dab or put on flowers
Bubble
Hash
- Combine weed, ice-cold water, agitate and filter to make Bubble Hash.
- After drying, you’ll have a crumbly pile of tiny, super-potent pebbles and dust.
- Learn how to make Bubble Hash
Kief
- This
stuff just falls right off of dry cannabis if it’s moved around enough.
- Makes a golden-green powder that can be sprinkled on flowers.
Dry-Ice Hash
- Like Bubble Hash, but uses Dry-Ice instead of cold water.
- Dry-Ice Hash is essentially Kief, but using dry-ice makes the process more efficient with huge yields.
- Learn How to make Dry-Ice Hash
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🤜🌳🤛 Give Your Weed the Squeeze with a Rosin Press!
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This is the Dabpress 4-ton Rosin press; it's the one we use and we love it. I won't lie, I'd love to own one of those expensive hydraulic presses, but this is a sweet compromise in the meantime. All the close-up pics of rosin you see in the article above were taken by us, and the rosin itself was made with this device.
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In fact, we pulled out our press (the same one from above) and made some brand-new, fresh, November 2023 rosin just for
the picture below. Well, I guess it was also for smoking, but that's beside the point. Isn't it beautiful? Note: GrowWeedEasy.com is an Amazon associate and may receive a small commission for items purchased through our links. That means you help support this newsletter any time you click an Amazon link!
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💜👻🍬 Purple Ghost Candy: 9/10 Strain Name, 10/10 Bud Quality
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You might have seen the pictures of Sirius' most recent harvest out of a 4x4 tent. There were two strains, but to be honest, one of them ended up being the star of the show. Purple Ghost Candy is a strain by Seedsman, and I'll admit that I grew it primarily so I could laugh about the name while
I smoked it. However, the crazy dark purple, high yields, stanky smell, and fantastic smoke make me think that the fun name is just icing on the cake. Here's a picture of PGC utterly dominating the 4x4 we grew it in. The other plant looks tiny by comparison, but it was actually quite large!
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And here's a shot of the tight, super-dense buds it creates. They're so tightly packed, it looks like they've been grown with PGRs (which we would never do)!
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👨🎓 Registration for Our Online Course Opens Wednesday... with new, improved AI!
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Sirius and Nebula here! We're the founders of GrowWeedEasy.com and creators of this newsletter, and we're just as proud as we are excited to let you know that registration for our well-loved online course, Home Grow Masterclass, will be opening soon! Every iteration of our class has been met with
enthusiastic reviews, but we honestly believe that this next release is going to take the cake. Because in addition to our already fantastic course material (including video, step-by-step instructions, checklists, quizzes, and more), our AI chatbot has undergone significant changes and it's so much better it makes the previous models look quaint! If you're interested in learning more, simply
click here and you'll automatically get added to the notification list. Expect an email with more information and a video tomorrow! Get on the notification list! (and learn how you can help tune the AI to your particular grow questions!) Our AI chatbot is like a 24/7 helper
for your garden!
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"Hi thank you for all the helpful information. I'm sure it took years to figure it out. I've been growing since 2018. We would love too meet you both someday. Thank you again from eastern Ohio." ~Jaymz Ohio just legalized, so I bet it's an exciting time in your state. Congrats on legalization and your grows! ~Sirius "Thank you. I like your articles." ~DJ Short and to the point! Thanks, DJ. We appreciate that you like them. 👍 ~Sirius "Hey Nebula and Sirius I'm in San Diego too. I would give you some of my bud except I bet you guys have a ton lol" ~Mando Yup, we're in San Diego, and yup, we have way too much bud. We appreciate the thought, though! 🙏 ~Sirius
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📸 Trophy Pics of the Week
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"Outdoor grow. I learned this year that the type of fertilizer really makes a difference as far as yield and bud density! Thank you guys for all your help. Love your site! This is Liberty Haze at about 6 weeks in bud. All
planter plants Vanilla kush, northern lights, and gorilla glue #4." ~Rick You've grown beautiful plants in a beautiful yard. A+ for both! ~Sirius "All one plant, one of the best looking plants Ive grown! Spritzer X the pedigree by Dark Horse Seeds" ~MrsSpacely That looks like a bountiful harvest you've raised, cut down and trimmed. The next step is to make a strain called "Mrs. Spacely's Sprockets", am I right? ~Sirius "Please can you let me know if the pictures are to big for your for the website" ~Paul They're perfect! How did you know I love trophy pics? 💍😍 ~Sirius
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📞🤬 "Fed Up with Scammers?"
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Even the USS Enterprise Isn't Safe from Scam Calls.
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"Captains Log, Stardate: 4.21234. I still haven't received my lottery winnings..." In the Star Trek series, humans have discovered the ability to "replicate" most items. That means that food, water, and many other valuable things are suddenly available to everyone and money is essentially worthless. This always seemed like a cool idea to me: we all live in a universe where humans are doing so well that
they don't even fight each other anymore. Seems like paradise, except... Star Trek still had criminals. Even in a world where money is useless, they still had thieves. So it's possible that there were futuristic scammers in that universe. That means that the heroes of that show could have possibly had one of their adventures interrupted by a spammer calling them on the bridge intercom to sell starship warranties. Or maybe they listen to a distress call from
a ship that needs help only to find that the aliens on board need access to your banking information to save their lives. Judging by how frequently Captain Kirk got angry in the show, I think we may have stumbled onto hidden lore. Anyway, don't be like Captain Kirk. Keep your personal information private, especially from beautiful space creatures that are asking for your SSN. Give out your info and you'll look as mad as the cap' in the picture
above. Make sure to watch out for seed scams! Remember: Real seed businesses don't contact you. They let you contact them. If anyone messages you to sell you seeds on social media, look out! It's possible they will take your payment and send nothing. Always take a second to think before sending money to anyone, especially if they contact you (whether by DM, text message, phone call, email, etc.). Recommended Cannabis
Seed Sources
These sources have gotten great reviews from our readers:
- Seed Supreme – California, United States
- ILGM (I Love Growing
Marijuana) – California, United States
- MSNL – Netherlands bank with shipping centers in the US, Canada, and UK.
GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out some articles you may not have seen... How To Make Dry Ice Hash from
Buds/Trim - If you see this link here, you can guess that I've been making some Dry-Ice Hash. When you're making Dry-Ice hash, there's one part of the process that never disappoints: the yields! I'm always shocked by the amount of hash that comes out and I can pretty much guarantee that you'll feel the same. Make sure you have a large clean container ready, because you're going to be doing a lot more hash scraping than you initially anticipated. How to Make Fantastic Bubble Hash from Bud or Trim - Although I just made enough Dry-Ice hash to form a small mountain, I'm not too proud to admit that it's not my favorite type of hash. Dry Ice hash is fantastic, especially because it's so easy to make and you get so much. Bubble Hash is a lot harder to make, but believe me when I say
this: Bubble Hash is an absolute monster when it comes to potency. You should definitely try it, but don't say I didn't warn you! How to Make Cannabis Tinctures - Tinctures are all business. If you want something that works quickly and could be considered no-frills, this is the concentrate
you're looking for. Heck, if you don't mid bad taste, you can start a tincture that slowly makes itself (the infamous Green Dragon). But if you want something quicker that works just as well and doesn't taste like death itself, check out some of the recipes on the page linked above. Make sure to let us know how your tincture journey turns out! If you love our newsletter, check out 5 Free Ways to Support GrowWeedEasy.com!
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🧙♀️🧙♂️ Who Runs This Newsletter?
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Nebula Haze: When I first started growing, I struggled. Now, it is my mission to make it easy for new growers to get started while helping advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. We update/add articles every week. Anyone and everyone can grow if they want to! Learn which seed sources are recommended by Nebula Haze Sirius Fourside: Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium (deep water culture, bubbleponics). "Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!" Copyright (c) 2023 GrowWeedEasy.com NOTE: If links aren't working or if pictures are not showing up properly, please view the full newsletter here: http://archive.aweber.com/gwe-updates Disclaimer: Grow Weed Easy only recommends products that we've either personally checked out ourselves, or that come from people we know and trust. For doing so, we may receive a commission. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized Financial, Legal, or Medical Advice. The contributors to this magazine grow legally under their local laws but are not lawyers or medical professionals. Any decision to grow
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