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I keep a pretty pretty clean grow area, but mites, Neem oil and other minor contaminants are always going to be a part of growing. As a hobby grower for about 4 years now and pulled the trigger on bud-washing after kicking the idea around for awhile.
I just harvested a nice crop of Sour Bubba and decided it would be the first batch
All I used for the wash was 1 full lemon, a cap-full of H202 and fresh tap water.
First I filled the bucket with (room temp or cooler) tap water, the lemon and H202. Then I dunked the branches in the water several times. I immediately rinsed in clean tap water and chopped up the branches in manageable sizes so they would easily fit in the salad spinner. I gave it a good spin and put all the branches in the drying rack as usual.
I was pleased to see that after washing 2 5 gal buckets fresh of Sour Bubba buds, the water wasn't too gross. If fact is was much cleaner than I expected.
You can see there are no shortage of trichromes and the bud did appear to be a little brighter in color, even if it was my imagination but I noticed no difference in taste and potency.
In the end, the washing wasn't a whole lot of extra work and the pre-chopping helped a bit in the final manicuring so I will most probably be continuing to wash in the future.
All comments appreciated
I just harvested a nice crop of Sour Bubba and decided it would be the first batch
All I used for the wash was 1 full lemon, a cap-full of H202 and fresh tap water.
First I filled the bucket with (room temp or cooler) tap water, the lemon and H202. Then I dunked the branches in the water several times. I immediately rinsed in clean tap water and chopped up the branches in manageable sizes so they would easily fit in the salad spinner. I gave it a good spin and put all the branches in the drying rack as usual.
I was pleased to see that after washing 2 5 gal buckets fresh of Sour Bubba buds, the water wasn't too gross. If fact is was much cleaner than I expected.
You can see there are no shortage of trichromes and the bud did appear to be a little brighter in color, even if it was my imagination but I noticed no difference in taste and potency.
In the end, the washing wasn't a whole lot of extra work and the pre-chopping helped a bit in the final manicuring so I will most probably be continuing to wash in the future.
All comments appreciated