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I wanted to share some tips in live resin hydrocarbon extraction. This procedure is highly technical but will produce the highest quality live resin with just a small home lab setup. The other options are a $20-40k automated extraction system or paying $60/gram at the dispensary :( To make...

I thought this might be useful for people making BHO. Recently, a guy near me blew up a 4-plex making wax, and another dude got arrested with a bho lab because neighbors smelled gas fumes. Point is, not everyone has a private secluded backyard in which to open blast. If you're going to blast...

There are other ways to isolate these compounds (phase transfer catalysts), but an even better option is column chromatography. But first, a word about decarboxylation. Whether to decarb can be debated forever, but if you do, it should be heated under nitrogen at 105C for 1 hour. I like to...

Hi all, wanted to share some learning I've been doing on butane concentrates. DISCLAIMER: Full melt bubble and subcritical CO2 are both better concentrate options. Also, I'm not affiliated with freshlabzz in any way just copied certain aspects of their setup Making BHO is dangerous/illegal in...

I believe the the cannabis industry needs an energy overhaul. Besides your sky high electric bill, power use by cannabis growers (estimated at 2-3% of total US consumption) is highly damaging to the environment due to coal-fired power plants. Why not kill two birds with one stone by producing...

This journal is starting from the very beginning of growroom buildout. I'm getting electrical installed right now-running a 40amp 240v line to my CAP MLC-8 lighting controller. I'll be running 2 1K lights for now with about 30 plants. NEED HELP PICKING A STRAIN! most likely getting clones from...

I'm about to buildout a 10' x 10' room, but I've got brown/black spots of what I think is mold on a 2 foot section of the plywood wall which is preventing me from starting the grow. I realized it was a big problem after I painted over it and the mold is still on the surface. Not sure what the...

Hi all, I'm setting up a lil grow and in the interest of keeping my power bill lower I want to use just 1 fan for all ventilation. I need opinions on whether the one fan would provide adequate airflow. Have 3 1000W in 10' x 10' room, using 8" aircooled hoods. I want to split 12" ducting from...

Man it has been awhile since ive been on MP and it is nice to be back! (looks just like i left it). Kinda got burnt out after growing fulltime for dispensaries and running my own dispensary out here in norcal, even stopped smoking for a whole year. What ive realized is that growing is a...

San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordered To Move SAN JOSE (KCBS) -- The San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective is being forced to relocate from its office across from the Valley Fair Mall after receiving a cease and desist order from the city. The collective was one of seven...

I just had to share this video my buddy sent me-hilarious, the subtitles crack me up. It is of a fight that takes place on AC Transit, the bus system in Oakland, CA. ]hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMceZREcBFA&feature=related[/COLOR][/URL] Disclaimer: I've been around Oakland for a while...

WALNUT CREEK — Last summer, when Walnut Creek city leaders realized a medical marijuana dispensary had popped up in the city, they tried to weed it out. They ordered it to close. They fined it $500 every day it was open — all to no effect.Now a judge has ordered the C3 Collective dispensary, at...

For all folks in Norcal, or those who may be passing through, there is now another option to the 4 medical dispensaries in Oakland, as I have opened the Grasshopper Lounge cannabis club. The Grasshopper is a Measure Z cannabis club. Measure Z is an Oakland city ordinance passed in nov. 2004...

Does anyone know a way to dampen the noise from inline fans well? normally i wouldnt care how loud they run, but im using the carbon scrubber/fan for filtering the air in a smoking lounge, and the white noise is annoying when watching TV etc. THanks

Hey I'd like to start a thread to review the many cannabis clubs and collectives throughout the Bay Area, in particular the ones that have recently opened. C3 Collective - 1291 Oakland Blvd. Walnut Creek Caregiver Compassion Group - 495 Gate 5 Rd. Sausalito Marin Holistic Solutions - 200 Tamal...

yea i have a cold. i hope its not the flu cause that would be wack. how do you go about getting stoned with cold symptoms? bong hits just make my headache worse. im not at all hungry so i dont think i could force down edibles, and tinctures from the dispensary simply dont do anything. But...

Intervention: Intervention In-Depth: Pot City, USA[/COLOR] Monday, October 19 9:00pm EST A lot of people think that Humboldt County in northern California is an American paradise. Small towns in the county like Arcata look like they've been plucked right out of a Norman Rockwell painting...

FONT=Arial Black]*** Long article, but very interesting. Original article here.[/FONT] hXXp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/index.htm[/URL] EDIT: the interesting parts of the article Pioneering canna-businessman Richard Lee, also in Oakland...

Hey folks, could all the Cali residents point me in the right direction of head shops/smokeshops that have an good selection at cheap prices, and if you've purchased something at said store, was it good quality/ and a good deal. I live in the Bay Area, and theres more than a few head shops...