I hear the orange gogi is a killer I just may need to bump this up a place in the line up
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@BarefootAndBlazed. LOVE this system!! Do you do anything to the ph of your water? Any added cal/mag? Really has piqued my interest. I have an oddball tent that is 4’7” x 4’7”. Sounds like it should fit 6 octopots almost perfectly.
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Hi joker you could use 6 in that space but I feel if would fill the room very quickly
Iv got 4 in my 40in x 40in tent and it filled very fast
Get the 6 pack but maybe try 5 first
Just my 2 cents my friend and
@BarefootAndBlazed sorry if I hi jacked your thread
Peace my brother
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By the time I add my nutes to the water (including Calimagic for cal/mag) the pH is pretty close, though I usually add a few drops of pHdown to get close to 6. I use drops in a vial to measure pH so it’s ballpark, not exact.
No worries at all! Octopot discussion is absolutely relevant here!
I purchased 12 Octopots, figuring I’d run 6 at a time perpetually. So far I’ve been very happy with them. The biggest struggle is packing the soil so the tower doesn’t lean, and that’s just for aesthetics. I really think the hybrid design of the Octopot gives you the best of soil and hydro while reducing many of the concerns/limitations of the two.
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Bro cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon bucket put the bag in with the net pot easy to level the net pot and keep the bag straight i need to make a new one lost it in the fire
Really helps
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Watch out Joker might be upping his game soon!
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Current crop has been in 12/12 for a week now. I’m waiting for the males to announce themselves so they can be removed.
Meanwhile I’m trying to dial in my rosin pressing game. I got the Dabpress 4-ton a month or so ago and have been squishing every now and then. Yesterday I took a 21g bud and split it into 4 mostly equal pressings (the first 3 were 5g each, the last was 6g) with different temperatures:
I didn’t hit 20% return until the heat got to 200°.
I plan to press them all again…
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I ended up with three girls and two boys. I trashed the males and moved the girls into the 5x5 flower tent with net.
#5 is on the left. It’s bigger and branchier. #4 is the little one in back which is lagging behind the others. #1 is a more compact, traditional indica.
I up-potted a clone of each of those three into 1 gallon fabric pots as possible mothers. I also planted two more Mephisto autos: Hubbabubbasmelloscope and Walter White. Those are their takes on Bubblegum and The White, respectively.
I fired up my new Magical Butter Machine for the first time today and made infused coconut oil. The process, including cleanup, was really smooth. I’ll find a recipe to make this weekend to test the potency. Wish me luck! 
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I made White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia cookies with the coconut oil infused by the Magic Butter Machine. They are delicious and reasonably potent. The approximate numbers are 50-60mg THC per cookie.
The GG4 x Black Domina girls are three weeks into 12/12 now.
I’m seeing the first colored pistils and frost.
I transplanted two more GG4xBlackDom clones into Octopots. Those will get a month or so of veg and training, then head into the flower tent.
I gave away a clone which allows me to plant one more seed, so I dropped a CannaCheese (1:1 THC:CBD) a few days after planting the other two Mephisto autos. All three have sprouted. It will be nice to have more activity in the 4x8 tent again!
The Northern Cheese Haze auto is 60 days from planting today. She’s looking good despite my overzealous mite treatment that burned her. The plant has thrown a side branch that recently shot up super fast with long internodal spacing, to surpass the main stem in height. I’ve never seen a plant do that before!
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Those cookies would sound amazing even without the medicine lol
I always make butter with all of my bud leaf trim and lower buds. It is always kind of a guesstimate on potency when I make cookies . I usually do roughly a 1/4lb or so per 2 lbs of butter in the slow cooker.
How do you know the mg per cookie?
Not questioning your method , just would like to use it myself as I have never really found or thought of one.
Cheers
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I used this online calculator:
I started with 90g of decarbed flower (a Northern Lights auto that was crappy to smoke). When I added 4 cups of coconut oil and lecithin I ran out of room in the machine so not all of it went in. I estimated 10% THC content. The recipe called for 1 cup oil and yielded three dozen cookies. The number is far from exact, but it’s ballpark.
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Thank you for the info. I was actually wondering if that was what this magic butter machine you speak of did haha
I have never known how to convert it to mg per cookie other then my guinea pig analysis of I ate half I got really high , I ate a whole one and was high AF and had to come to terms with life, etc etc lol
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Hi bro are those bags the 12 gallon they looks bit bigger then the 6 gallon
Beautiful looking plant
Wish I could get a cookie they look amazing
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They are the 6 gallon size.
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How similar is the high of the edibles to the high of the flower would you say ?
Just asking because I have a bunch of jars that were not winners looking for a purpose. I’ve only made edibles from the trim of keepers before.
Garden is looking great !
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Thanks for stopping by! My initial crop was 6 auto strains. 3 were great but the other three never wanted to finish and ended up with lots of lumber and little to no aroma or visible trichomes. I sampled them and, while they could definitely get you high, consumption was not a pleasurable experience like the others I harvested. Eating, however, is great. These take 60-75 minutes to kick in for me. One quarter of a cookie is enough to bring a smile to your face for several hours. A whole one will cause fits of laughter followed by couch lock and eventually sleep. It’s just what the doctor ordered! My MMJ diagnosis is for insomnia. It helps my gf too. She is not a smoker - just a vape cartridge or edibles for her. She is the main reason (OK, one of the reasons) I invested in a press and the butter machine.
I plan to turn the flower from the other two into edibles at some point. I also have abv and trim/larf to use.
Today I made a dough of peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, and infused oil, then shaped it into balls. They’re sitting in the freezer overnight but will be dipped in melted chocolate tomorrow. I’m using the same oil but only one half cup for 36 balls (1 cup went into 36 cookies), so they’ll be half as strong. I certainly caught a buzz this evening from handling the dough. Should be tasty!
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The infused peanut butter balls were a hit! My gf loves them and feels they aren’t too strong for a week night buzz. I’m glad to hear that because her job has been stressful recently. She doesn’t smoke or dab so I’m pleased to have found a good way for her to enjoy the fruits of my hobby.
I needed to press an ounce of flower into rosin earlier this week. I squished a few strains, but the star of the show was the purple pheno of Joe Fixit. It has been in the jar 7 weeks now and the buds have transformed into something amazing! I’m totally sold on letting the buds cure a while now.
If you can’t read the handwriting, each was 5g going in. 200° for 3 minutes in a 160u bag. I didn’t weigh the results but am SUPER happy with the return.
It’s too bad I don’t have a clone of that pheno. That might be “the one that got away”. I have a few more seeds but am not optimistic I’ll find the purple again…
Edit to add a pic of the plant in flower:
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Those peanut butter balls sound tasty AF I’ll have to get the recipe from you for when I break out my magic butter machine, bought it but haven’t tried it out yet
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I pretty much followed the recipe here:
I used smooth peanut butter and a mix of dark and semi-sweet chocolate chips from Ghirardelli. I knew the potency of 1 cup of my infused oil in 36 cookies was quite strong, so I was shooting for 36 balls using 1/2 cup oil. Next time I’d roll the peanut butter into smaller balls to make twice as many. The dosage would be mild for one, but just about perfect with two. They would be better size for popping into your mouth rather than needing to bite it, plus who’s going to complain about more chocolate??!?!??!
2 cups of peanut butter
½ cup of cannabis coconut oil
2 cups of powdered sugar
2 cups of chocolate chips
Parchment paper
Directions:
Mix peanut butter and cannabis coconut oil into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until it is smooth (approximately 30 secs to 1 min).
Gradually add powdered sugar into the mixture until a dough forms. Gently knead the dough on the parchment paper.
Roll the peanut butter dough into balls. You can make them whatever size you like but start small, remember there is THC in there.
Put the ball on the parchment paper and refrigerate for 1-2 hours until hardened.
Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave. Stirring occasionally to ensure they melt evenly and without burning.
Remove the peanut butter balls from the refrigerator. Using a spoon, place them one at a time into the melted chocolate and roll until thoroughly coated. Place back on to parchment paper.
Refrigerate the chocolate coated cannabis peanut butter balls for around 30 mins. This will harden the chocolate around the cannabis peanut balls.
They are now ready to serve — store in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks.
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Right on, save that post.
Now I just have to figure out how to make some good and strong butter
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