Girl Scout Cookies Northern Alberta 2019

Ended up doing a sequential harvest over several weeks. Finally had to harvest it all due to the appearance of what seems to be bud rot. Cool and humid so it makes sense this could happen. Could have gone longer to maximize yield but I would have lost more to rot. This way I can salvage as much as possible. Nice flavour to this strain. I used molasses throughout the grow as suggested on the RQS website and that may have altered the flavour a bit. Anyway very nice smooth taste that is improving further with curing. Really nice. The buds are a bit airy but that might be inevitable when growing outdoor. The timing of the grow was good but I think I would start the plants indoor a couple weeks earlier to avoid some cool nights during flowering. After about 4 weeks of curing decided to try making extracts. 6 g of bud using freezer method with 191 proof Everclear (Alberta is only province that allows this stuff apparently). Plan is for 5 days in freezer shaking daily. Extraction 2 is using liquid coconut oil in a slow cooker for 7 hours. This is being done cuz I can’t stink up the house doing decarboxylation in the oven but the slow cooker in the garage is fine. 16 g of bud in 235 mL of oil, assuming 18% THC should give a final concentration of about 18 mg/mL. You can buy coconut oil tinctures at the retail stores in Canada that max out at 30 mg/mL by law. Stoner math...think it’s right this time 😎. Update: not sure if the liquid coconut oil I used has enough fat content to effectively extract the cannabinoids...doesn’t seem as strong as legal oil. Hmmmm. Update: freezer tincture made using Everclear is very good and the extracted bud makes a good chocolate banana loaf. Freezer tincture is the way to go for easy and efficient use without jeopardizing your lungs.