Extraction Who's on first?

[late]

I am going to make a big jug of canna oil. The plan was to take a jar of Trader Joe's coconut oil and do an extract using Yoda's Dragon Breath. I have a lot of that, and plan on growing more.

I would then take that extract, and do another crockpot extract with it, but using Medgom.

You lose some oil when you extract, and I don't have a lot of Medgom.

But then I realised the other way round might be better, I just don't know. Or it might make sense to combine the two and just do one extract.

I was also wondering if you guys thought some sort of mechanical press would be a good idea to get the last bits of oil out.

As Vinnie Barbarino said, I'm so confused.

 

[Ronin]

When making oils I always do the salad.
Multiple strains. Full spectrum
I'd recommend a Potato Ricer to extract all the good stuff.
That's what I use

 

[late]

I wound up making a Yoda Dragons Breath extract. After that I started experimenting, but on the second try found that a tiny bit of Moonstone added to the YDB was terrific.

Thanks for the potato ricer suggestion, I got one, and it works well.

 

[late]

The failure of my last grow is making me drop back and punt. I've got enough pot if I can come up with a blend that I like. But I have to make this last until 2017.
I've got a little Karma left, less than half an ounce. Less than a half ounce of AKR. A little more than a half of Yoda Dragon Breath.
I have a couple of ounces of DP Auto Blueberry. That had too much THC, but after aging for a year, it might work in a blend. I have a half jar of Moonstone extract, way too much THC for my taste, but that extract has a serious kick.

Blending is a lot trickier than it used to be. First thing I am going to try is a tiny extract of a combo of YDB, Karma and AKR.

wish me luck, the floor is now open to suggestions, wild ass guesses, and hallucinations.

anything.

oh, I almost forgot, I have a tiny vial of CBD extract I can add. I thought I was going to add it to my last batch, but I was so happy with my 2nd try I decided if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Edit: vaguely thinking about getting a cheap led from ebay or China, prob won't, but the temptation is there.

2nd Edit: I just remembered I have a Medgom drying in the closet, it's been there over a month and I just plain forgot about it. That will have to be the backbone of whatever I wind up doing.
But that means I should be able to come up with something decent, and have enough to go the distance.

I haven't got stoned today, yeah, that's my excuse.

 

[late]

I made some extract that was roughly 60% DP Auto Blueberry (aged about a year) and 40% Medgom.

The result was OK, but not quite what I was looking for.

So the next day I cut off a small piece of a brownie that had that in it. And then I cut a small piece off a molasses bar that was mostly YDB.
That worked reasonably well. I could live with that, but since I have some other stuff, I'll see what the mad scientist can't cook up soon.

Come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab.

 

[Ronin]

@late
Are you decarbing before making the oil?

 

[Eyes on Fire]

yeah me too.the mix is always best for my as well.the salad.toss it ALL in there decarbed.

 

[late]

@late

Are you decarbing before making the oil?

No, I prefer lower amounts of thc.

I have tried decarbing, didn't like it. When I was first growing pot, I was doing hybrids that were fairly high in THC. Even without a decarb I was getting a lot more THC than I wanted.

 

[late]

I did a AKR extract last nite, and made some brownies today with a mix of W of S Afghan Kush Ryder and YDB. The way I did it, there was a little too much THC. One easy way for me to tell is that THC loves to get my paranoia going.

But overall, I don't have that much AKR extract, so if I just dump it in the YDB extract, the result might have as little as 1/10th the AKR in it.

Which sounds pretty darn good.

Local plant place had a big sale today, I picked up an Earthbox, a small one. Gonna try it with tomatoes first.