I made dry ice hash for the first time 6 days ago and jarred it up and left it.
The product was super dry that I used and I know with bubble hash you need to let it dry after because you get it wet.
Is there anything I need to do with the dry ice hash after? I was told to stick it in a freezer. Is there any risk of mold? It’s not dusty unless shaken up, but it clumps together like brown sugar. Is this normal?
I’ve got over 9oz of the stuff so definitely don’t want it to lose terps or mold up.
Another thing. The bags were borrowed from a friend of a friend and the kid used them once and packaged them up all wet and most had molded and we’re unusable. My friend cleaned the two that were usuable with isopropyl and soap, I’ve read not to do this but he didn’t consult me. Anyways as I was scooping it up I noticed a strand here and there which I believe to be bits of the bag. I couldn’t find any noticable tears or rips on the bag so it’s possible it’s something else? Though I doubt it cause I kept a clean work area. I obviously don’t want to be subjecting any strands to open flames but I’m thinking these bags are the same material as rosin bags and I could press the hash into rosin without melting any strands?
I’m just worried that there are smaller bag fragments that I can’t see.
In my experience there is going to be a little funk in your hash. Hair, bag pieces, whatever. The question is how much are you ok with? It would be worth setting up a clean room but I’m unlikely to do that.
I leave it out after on a frisbee for a few days. I have very low humidity in general.
If I see a thread strand at the beginning in bags I’ll just clip it off. I haven’t seen any foreign objects in my hash.
You can take a jar with hot water in it and press it out on parchment paper. You get a solid chunk of hash which is easier to carry. The powder is good for edibles.
Ive had bubble bags start to crack and the inside plastic bag material starts to break away from the bags. The extreme temperature swings makes the bags brittle and weak. I learned first hand.
You have to let the hash dry after you run it through dry ice or it will go mouldy. Leave it spread out somewhere to air dry for a day depending how much you ran.
Edit: agree with afore mentioned … dry ice will destroy your bubble bags.
Stored in the freezer it should not mold. But I always dry mine out.
The reason to dry it is that it gets very cold from the dry ice. This causes some amount of water vapor from the air to condense onto the hash.
For ~$15 you can get a small rechargeable dehumidifier. I recommend going to Target and buying a clear Rubbermaid container with a gasket and a cheap humidity sensor. Put the sensor, hash and dehumidifier into the box and wait for the humidity to drop to <15%. You will be left with a sandy texture of hash that will not mold or clump when you break it apart.
Other uses for the dry box are drying pollen or storing for several months, and drying seeds. Very useful tool for the home grower!!
It sat in a box for 3 weeks after it dried fully for a week so yeah it was quite dry.
I’ll keep an eye on it …thanks for making me aware everyone!
Is it worth it now to remove from freezer and try and dry it?
I had a whole jar pretty much stuffed so who knows what inside looks like. I really hope it didn’t mold. If it did oh well it was all buds that were too small and airy to trim and trim.
I’d say it should be fine if it had a few weeks in a box before you froze it,I haven’t tried making it with dry ice but have made lots with ice and with in a couple weeks it can be stored in a jar with no issues .
Mold is inactive at freezer temps, so it won’t be growing or producing toxins in that environment. I think it’s fine.
I also think soap and isopropyl is fine for this situation too. Almost all of the mold spores will have been removed or killed. It’s not really the spores that are the issue either, but the toxic compounds they produce as they grow. Just don’t leave it sitting out of the freezer if you’re really worried. If you take it out, you might want to just go ahead and activate it by baking in the oven. If there were a couple spores transferred from the bag, they die at decarb temps before they can multiply and produce toxins.
See that im not 100% sure on… however dry the working material is… ive found fresh run dry ice hash needs to dry out a bit before being jarred or bagged. But that’s just me. I woukd have dried it oit then jarred it and froze it.
