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Issue #379 - Sunday, July 21, 2019
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- Hash oil is insanely popular, but it's also insanely expensive for what you get. Today, we're going to show you how to make it better, safer and cheaper than what you can buy in a dispensary...or anywhere!
- We made a lot of hash oil while writing this article and it quickly became apparent that there's one way that's vastly easier to do than the other. Check out the device that activates easy-mode for making hash oil (RSO)!
- A grower from Michigan sent in some pics of his outdoor plants growing in a greenhouse. I don't want to worry anyone, but I'm pretty sure the monster plants he's growing are going to eat that greenhouse!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in."
~Sally Ride
How to Make Hash Oil
(aka RSO or Cannabis Extract Oil)
by Sirius Fourside
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What is Hash Oil (Cannabis Extract Oil)?
There are several ways that cannabis growers can turn their homegrown bud into edible extracts. Some of the most popular are canna-caps, cannabutter, and tinctures.
Hash oil – also known as Cannabis Extract Oil or RSO – is a popular cannabis extract that many home-growers are producing themselves using their trim (trichome-covered leaves trimmed off) or bud. Simply put, hash oil is the resin from a cannabis plant mixed in with a tiny amount of a solution. In a perfect case, the solution would be totally removed from the hash oil when it’s done.
Why is hash oil so great?
- Super concentrated form of cannabis that’s edible and smokable
- Easy to make hash oil with typical kitchen items
- Specialized tools can automate the process
- Easy to store and dispense in measured amounts
This hash oil took about 1/2oz of bud! Yikes! (It was worth it)
While some extracts use coconut oil, butter, or even isopropyl alcohol to bind to THC, hash oil is made with food-grade high-proof alcohol. Growers usually use ethanol or Everclear, but Spirytus, high-proof grape alcohol, or anything along those lines, will do the job.
After the alcohol and weed are mixed, the mixture is strained and evaporated leaving a thick, oily substance that is mostly resin. Since this “oil” is so potent, very little needs to be used at a time which means that a small amount of hash oil can go a very long way. Hash oil can be eaten, vaporized, smoked, dabbed, or even used for topical applications.
What’s with the name “RSO”? A guy named Rick Simpson coined the term “Rick Simpson Oil” to refer to his style of hash oil. It turns out that RSO is much easier to say/type than “Cannabis Extract Oil”, so people tend to use RSO more often. We prefer “Hash Oil” as it’s more descriptive, but the two terms can be used interchangeably.
What Type of Alcohol Should You Use?
Any high-proof (190-proof or higher) alcohol that is meant for human consumption will work. Although isopropyl alcohol can be used for topical applications, we recommend using food-grade alcohol even in that case. In other words, please don’t use isopropyl alcohol for this tutorial! You can use any 190-proof (or higher) alcohol such as:
- Ethanol
- Rectified/Neutral spirits:
- Everclear
- Spirytus (high-proof polish vodka)
- Grape Alcohol
You can legally get your hands on at least one of these options in all 50 states in the US, plus Canada, UK, and Australia. Bacardi 151 is available in most places and it has a pretty high alcohol content (151-proof), but it should only be used as a worst-case option.
Do I Need to Decarb My Weed First?
For those who aren’t familiar, decarb is short for “decarboxylation”. Decarboxylating (or decarbing) describes the process of slowly cooking your weed to activate all the good stuff in it by turning THC-A to THC.
Now that we’re all on the same page, do you need to decarb your weed before making hash oil?
The answer to this question can vary based on your reasons for making hash oil. However, in my opinion, the answer is “Yes, you should decarb 100% of the time when making hash oil!”
So, why wouldn’t you decarb? There are two main reasons people don’t decarb their weed before making hash oil:
- They believe THC-A has medicinal properties
- The process of making hash oil on its own doesn’t create enough heat to turn THC-A into the more potent THC. If you don’t decarb, you’ll have oil that’s mostly THC-A.
- They don’t want psychoactive effects
- THC gets you “high”, THC-A does not. Ingesting hash oil without decarbing the weed won’t get you “high” since it will be mostly THC-A. For some people, that’s a plus.
For the rest of us who do want our oil to be psychoactive, decarbing your weed is an absolute necessity. If you don’t decarb, the oil will have a much weaker effect on you. So if you want that “high” feeling, make sure to decarb your weed!
How to Decarb Weed
Supplies:
- Oven
- Baking Sheet
- Foil or Parchment paper (no wax paper!)
- Weed
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 250°F
- Line your baking sheet with foil or parchment paper
- Place your broken-up or ground cannabis on the baking sheet
- Bake cannabis for 30 minutes (your cannabis will turn golden-brown)
Decarbing weed: Before and After. [Click on image for a larger version]
Alright, you're at the good stuff now. You would definitely be missing out if you didn't read:
If you haven't tried hash oil before today, you probably have all the tools you need to test it out!
If you've tried it already, what are you waiting for?!
It's like your own little
Hash Oil Factory!
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I made a few batches of hash oil the oil fashioned way and it worked, but it took some time, effort, and a bunch of fumes in my face.
I made more hash oil using the Source Turbo extractor, and it took longer, but it took almost zero work on my part. Just fill it, start it, and collect your oil when it's done.
It's a pricey piece of machinery, no doubt, but in the end I feel it was worth my hard-earned money!
Think of it like a crockpot that makes amazing hash oil instead of stew. If you already have a crockpot, you can put amazing hash oil IN your stew! 👍
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"Just wanna thank you for all the advice. I am becoming a pro."
~Anthony
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"Just wanted to show off my Michigan grow for this year. Planted may 1st and today is july 18th. I will send some more when they are in flower."
~Herman
Wow, I can't wait to see how these turned out!
~Sirius
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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!"
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