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Issue #348 - Sunday, December 16, 2018
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- You emailed us and told us one type of hash was better than the other. The sides were split...so now we have a Hash-Showdown! (A Hash-off?) Which type will end up as #1? Bubble Hash or Dry-Ice Hash?
- Not all cannabis plants are equal. Some are hardy, some are potent, some turn pretty colors, and some are super smelly. But if you want lots of hash, start with a plant that makes lot of resin. Check out our recommendation below!
- Once again, a new grower shows up and smacks one out of the park! We've recolored his already great pictures so you can see them in all their glory! (You can see the originals, too)
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment."
~Kelly Wearstler
Solventless Extraction Showdown – Bubble Hash vs. Dry-Ice Hash!
by Nebula Haze
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Introduction: What’s the Best Way to Make Hash at Home?
Hash is a collection of the extracted resin glands (trichomes) from a cannabis plant. The effects of hash are typically much stronger than straight cannabis flowers because trichomes contain concentrated amounts of THC, CBD and other cannabinoids. The two most common types of hash made at home may be bubble hash and dry-ice hash. After releasing tutorials on how to make your own Bubble
Hash and Dry-Ice Hash, we received quite a few emails on the subject of hash. Everyone seems to love extracts in all forms, but there were two distinct opinions that kept showing up over and over again.
The results of making dry ice hash out of an ounce of cannabis
One group feels the dry-ice hash is the only way to go because bubble hash can be time consuming and doesn’t always get great yields.
The other group thinks bubble hash has the best potency/effects, and that dry-ice hash is an easy-to-make but less valuable extract.
Hash is basically the collection of trichomes from a marijuana plant. It’s much more potent than typical cannabis!
Honestly, I think they’re both great! But today, that’s not enough. Both types of hash are getting judged on certain attributes and we’ll figure out if one really is better than the other! In this experiment, the process of making bubble hash and dry-ice hash will be judged by these criteria:
- Appearance
- How pretty does it turn out?
- Difficulty
- How hard is the technique?
- Yield (per ounce of material used)
- How much extract per ounce of weed?
- Perceived Potency
Alright, let’s get to the comparison!
Dry Ice Hash vs Bubble Hash: The Process
If you’re not familiar with how to make Bubble Hash or Dry-Ice Hash, don’t worry. Here’s the general gist of what you need to know before going any further:
Weed/Trim + Cold + Agitation = Hash
There are ways to make hash that don’t involve cold temperatures (like with dry sift, Gumby hash or hand-rolling) and there are ways to make hash without cold temps or agitation (a rosin press uses pressure and heat), but Bubble Hash and Dry-Ice Hash both use the (cold + agitation) formula to create their respective end products. If you want to learn how to make these types of hash before continuing, check out the following links for the
complete tutorials:
Differences Between the Types of Hash
There are minor differences in the way they’re made, but these solventless extracts are very similar.
Bubble Hash requires you to combine some weed/trim with freezing cold water. The super-cold mixture is then agitated which causes the resin (good stuff) to fall off the weed and into the cold water. That weedy-water is then filtered with a sieve and the hash is left over in the process.
Dry-Ice Hash skips the water altogether but keeps the agitation. Dry ice is made out of frozen CO2, and turns into a dry vapor as it warms (instead of water like regular ice). Dry-ice is so cold that it gets the resin glands to freeze, making them easy to break off. The dry-ice and weed are placed in the same type of sieve you would use for Bubble Hash and agitated until resin falls out onto a surface where it’s collected.
Our Test Process
To make the test fair, I wanted to start with the same weed for each test. I took 2oz of flowers from an Ultimate Auto #1 plant and ground it all up to ensure similar consistency. Next, I mixed up the ground-up weed and split it into 2 containers and weighed them to make sure everything was equal. We got 2 sets of the same Bubble Bags and made both types of hash using 1 ounce of weed for each test. We processed the Bubble Hash by chopping it up and drying it
overnight and put the Dry-Ice Hash in containers since it doesn’t need further processing. Then came the weigh-in!
This is the 2 ounces of bud we used for this test. It was some of the larfiest buds from the harvest, but covered in trichomes. Perfect for hash-making!
And this is the same bud after being ground up before we split it into 2 groups
Note: When making hash, there’s no benefit to grinding your bud/trim this fine. This was done strictly for the test.
This isn’t a super scientific test, but it should give you a good idea of what to expect if you’re thinking of making either of these two hashes. Although there are many other common types of extract (shatter, RSO, etc.), these two are the most common for home growers since they’re the easiest to make and don’t use solvents.
The Results of our Hash Experiment Are Next!
Want a Lot of Hash?
You've Gotta Start With a Hash-y Plant!
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Okay, so I know no one calls a plant "hashy", but you get the point!
When making your own hash - whether it's Dry-Ice, Bubble or both -
it's always better to start with a plant with tons of resin.
Hash is just taking the resin off of a weed plant, so the more you start with the better!
With that in mind...take a look at leaf from an Auto Lemon Haze plant that's finishing this week. Keep in mind this is just a fan leaf!
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Used neem quite extensively last summer, stopped a lot of destruction. I didn't use it in flower stage just dawn and water. Anyway you guys rock out with your growing knowledge and all that info is wonderful. Using your hydro nutrient schedule and am having superior results with auto's. Over 1/4LB per auto plant. Grow two at a time with a 315w 3100k lec lamp, two gallon bubble pot. plants are fat and huge. Thank you again for this wealth of information
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Sean D.
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