Rosin Press, Bubble Hash, et al.

Amended -- didn't want this to impact harvest statistics and such. It's not a harvest for one reason. If you recently looked at this, that is the only thing that is different. Everything else was cut and paste. This is GGxWW buds, larf and a small amount of trim. The entirity of the previous harvest was added. It was a lot. 4-5 cycles and no discoloration, but i was pooped. ---------------------- Biggest tip - Soak it. Longer than you think, then walk away and let it soak longer. If dried buds do at least 45 minutes. Fossilized dried something or other? Give it an hour. Keep it ice cold durin gthat time too. A nice thick layer of ice will keep it submerged, and by the time you are read for a cycle, the ice should be at a nice low level. You don't want to agitate the material. The swirling water is what knocks the brittle, partially frozen trichomes off the plant material. Ice should not be jagged or cut up the plant material. Some swirling aound to help keep the temperature down is a good idea, of course. The same reason as soaking it -- avoid beating up the material. It'll break down gently as it swirls, but you want to avoid excess internal oils and other liquids easily seaping out. Bubble hash is a water-sieve and the goal is what is on the exterior of the plant, not the interior. Weight is only for the A portion only (25u-120u). Another 10-12grams from the B portion, but I expect both to lose another ~10% of that weight. I left a lot on the plate this time. It was hot out, and I didn't feel like running to buy 22lbs of ice for another 3-4 runs. So, I probably left 20-40grams on the table. It was good to test out a larger run like this. I will find a happy medium where ~6 cycles is the point at which i don't want to do it anymore for the amount returned from "one more" cycle. Staying 100g-300g worth of material may be wiser in future, if i am going to be lazy, or if i cannot easily keep the water cold for a long enough period of time. The picture is labeled well. The last wash is heavy because i rinse down the buds more and run a lot more water through the sives - 8-9gallons. The third wash I ran for 30minutes, because i realized how low on ice i was. Fourth wash i was worried i'd get chlorophyl if i did that again. Overall, it came out a nice color. That picture is quite a while from scraping. Gently patted through 25u pressing screen but will still lose some water-weight. ------ August Update ----- I will just add weeks when i do a bubble run. Week 2 will go more indepth on the steps I take with pictures. Plan on using less material. Once i hit 200-300grams in the freezer, I'll do another run. 40-60 grams will be worth it. Think a full pound or more that i did this time was a bit too much for the equipment and it would have required significant added effort (plus, no ice). The goal is to find the amount i can get *most* of the yield in 4 washes. Or, i have to be gentler with my wash cycle and run it more often and invest more effort for only a negligible-to-modest gain in grams of the higher quality results. After 4 washes, i can start to taste a difference in my bubble hash. It retains the honey-blonde color for many more cycles, but it is harsher for sure. Anyway, once it builds up and the weather gets cooler outside, i'll do another run and try to map it out better -- explain different options and the cost/benefit of those choices. I have strong preferences, and you'll have different preferences. Apply a little deductive reasoning and shorten the learning curve to get there.