So i was forced to top all my plants this morning!

[Astro84]

This morning mum was a bit fed up with the bushes, and the height i let them reach, about 10 feet tall, basically i could stretch my arm up over my head and touch the top haha, so I was sorta forced to chop the tops of the bushes, it's a shame cos there was some nice pistil development happening on some areas, still it was early in the flowering season.

 

So just now I grabbed all the cuttings and trimmed all the leaf off and are now in 2 zip lock bags in the freezer, weighing in at 8oz or 210 grams, I know that they're pre-harvest so they won't have all the qualities of harvest trim but I am just wondering what i should do with it all..I guess i could make some butter, should i need to freeze it? or will it be fine in there for a little while

 

8oz is a fair bit for butter i presume so i'll just have to make it up and then just use as little as possible and work my way up to the desired ingestion

[Ozzy420]

If it was me i would get the biggest boiler i can get me hands on and turn to butter.

 

Imo 210grams to 400-500 grams of butter will be sweet, u could make some nice cookies from that.

 

It will keep for a wile in the freezer, the trim that is ...

[marching band]

bubble bags

[Astro84]

well since that was just the tops and i still got my harvest ahead of me...i reckon i have more than 1kg but probably less than 2kg of leaf i can still get, i'll take this 8oz as a test batch

[Crunchy]

if u dry the leaf and grind it to powder u'll be able to use a normal-large size slow cooker, i'd go 1kg of butter to 8 oz leaf

[Rose Gardener]

one word: hash

 

two words, or is it also one word too?: canna butter

 

but i'm just going on what i've read in the past few years, not personal experience.

 

best of luck.

having to chop anything at any time when you're not ready or willing too is a bitch. now THAT's from personal experience.

[Astro84]

any preference of what type of butter to use? no way i'm gonna touch homebrand butter hehe

[Ozzy420]

I use western star butter.

 

And as said u could use 1kg of butter but using only 500 will give u a stronger butter...

[thc24]

its going to be weak leaf cosider increasing the ratio.

 

200g leaf 100g butter is about normal-20%,

 

i use bud trim for cakes and cookies, I like the butter to be strong. not many cake mixes ask for 200g+ butter per cake or 12 cookies so you need to eat more than i can stomach some dont mind the taste but i GaG

. For my self im prepared to use all my trim 300g to make one or two cake mixs, butter 300g /120g butter ratio about 15 to 10% of the butter is very hard to extract or it burns down alittle be aware and account for it..

 

a normal 8litre large pot holds that 300g to about 2/3rd mark, fill with water and bring simmer add weed and 1/2 a small block of butter 125g, 6+ hours later start filtering, straining what ever method you choose to get a clean but still hot liquid. Old bubble bags and gloves make the job very easy, stockings will work as the first strainer but coffee or T shirt 2nd filter.

most of the good butter has to be really squeezed from the leaf itself so dont forget about the best bit..

 

it will be very strong if there is some bud trim in there but your leaf would still work, sure to give a good buzz with this mix. If you can stomach eating 2x slices of cake or 4x cookies to get stoned make it weaker, i just like a single slice cookie or 1g cocont rum ball, melting moments is another good mix.. extra vanilla in the butter centre though big tip there.. gaG.

 

You will love it enjoy!

[Astro84]

6 hours simmering time...hmmm i dont know if i even have that timeframe without interruptions, well i'll see how we go