Caterpillar damage? Another Fall '21 plague question

[smaccio]

I've only seen this discoloring in one spot. The plant looks generally kinda ratty, but I'm writing that off to it's stage in life. I'm looking kinda ratty myself. The bronze leaves don't pull out easily, so hopefully not the dreaded butt rot...I used a stainless steel toothpick to poke around and pull the bud out a little and it didn't seem nasty on the inside. I've had tons of WPM. (Girl scout cookie outdoor Virginia in grow bags about 55 days into flower) Any ideas? Thanks-

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Are you treating all plants for WPM it spreads quick

 

[smaccio]

Are you treating all plants for WPM it spreads quick

You suggested potassium bicarb to me a while back and it seemed to do the trick. Better than milk, LCPT, and H2O2, to tell you the truth. I honestly haven't seen much, so haven't been spraying. Almost guaranteed I'll do an H2O2 bud wash just in case. I'm planning to go 10 weeks and cut 'em 12 days from now ready or not. You think it's ok to still spray them with potassium bicarbonate?

 

[ROSTERMAN]

You suggested potassium bicarb to me a while back and it seemed to do the trick. Better than milk, LCPT, and H2O2, to tell you the truth. I honestly haven't seen much, so haven't been spraying. Almost guaranteed I'll do an H2O2 bud wash just in case. I'm planning to go 10 weeks and cut 'em 12 days from now ready or not. You think it's ok to still spray them with potassium bicarbonate?

OK cool I have talked with a few members here about it
Did it knock the WPM right out ? But once you have PM you need to keep up with Bi weekly sprays sometimes weekly I watch mine everyday for any white spots or specs.
The grower who turned me onto it sprays right up to a week before harvest
If you do the wash after harvest you will wash any residue off , I just harvest and vape or make oils and tinctures . I am not too concerned about any bugs and such , I smoked so much Brown Brick bad in the day , my bud is green and in clean shape throughout the grow.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

The plant above may very well have it too

 

[smaccio]

When I think of how much mold, how many bugs, how much caterpillar poop, etc etc I must have smoked over the last 4 decades...jeebus.

So big question here...making oils and tinctures...is there a "how-to" resource you can point me to? I'd like to give that a try if it's not too onerous.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

When I think of how much mold, how many bugs, how much caterpillar ****, etc etc I must have smoked over the last 4 decades...jeebus.

So big question here...making oils and tinctures...is there a "how-to" resource you can point me to? I'd like to give that a try if it's not too onerous.

My teachers guide
Works good try a small run and you can up the amounts if you like it

Green/Gold Dragon Recipe

DECARBOXYLATION:

Bake 7g herbs @ 240F for 40 minutes. If using seeded pot, cleaned weight should equal 7 grams.


FREEZE:
Place the decarbed 7g herbs in sealed Mason jar into the freezer for 24 hours.
Also place a pint of Everclear or other 190+ proof alcohol in freezer for 24 hours.
After 24 hours add 90ml/3fl oz to a Mason jar with herbals. Shake aggressively for 5 minutes.
Place back in freezer for 2 hours and then shake again for another 5 minutes.

1. Using a mesh coffee filter or cheesecloth, clean t-shirt, pantyhose or other fine weave, clean material, place in or line a funnel and pour the solution through it into a clean container and press using a silicone spatula or other utensil. Place the pressed plant material back into the jar for a rinse with fresh, cold alcohol. The jar of material does not have to go back into the freezer. After straining through the initial filter, set it aside until the 2nd run, the rinse, is complete.

2). The 2nd run can be done with no further waiting since it is only a rinse but my test studies have shown that you increase your potency by 25-30%. Using 3fl oz of fresh, freezing cold alcohol, pour it into the jar of material and shake for five minutes. Strain your material as well as possible then add the alcohol solution to the first run solution.

If you don't have a mesh coffee filter or a way to press it, place a square of cheesecloth or other material over your fresh container, being sure to allow enough on each side to fold over the ball. After you've strained the weed, you can dispose of the leftovers as you see fit. If you don't have a press, cut the cheesecloth large enough so that you can pull the corners together and use a wooden spoon handle to wrap them around and then twist. You don't have to squeeze like crazy because the alcohol drains well.

3. Place a paper coffee filter in a funnel or other setup. There are examples in the video and picture guides. Pour your solution into the filter until it's full. Keep filling it until it all filters through. You might have to move the filter around to find fresh spots in the filters. Those husks really gum it up but it's worth the time. You'll get a nice clear Green/Gold Dragon. Of course, you can always filter it again if you're a perfectionist.

REDUCE

Now we're ready for the main event, concentrating the extraction by reduction of the alcohol.

1. Set up your double boiler configuration away from flame or other open heat sources. Use a fan for ventilation. If using an electric range, be sure your vent fan is on high. The more ventilation the better. While there won't be the concentration of vapors there would be for larger quantities, there's still enough to cause a flash fire if not careful.

2. Have the heat source for your double boilers at a level that causes a gentle boil in the water. If you're using a crockpot where the water may not boil, just put it as high as you can. If you use an electric rice cooker that only has one temperature, just keep an eye on it so it doesn't go beyond the desired level. If you don't have a double boiler set up, air evaporation will work, just slower

* If at all possible, your upper chamber(bowl) of the double bowler should fit snuggly in the lower portion a few inches above the water line. This is to prevent loss of steam and therefore water. If it's a loose fit, keep an eye on the water level and add more as needed.

3. Measure your combined haul from both runs. If you don't have a measuring device, you can mark a spot halfway down your jar and use that as your guide. As your tincture reduces, you can keep track of the level easier.

4. Add your dilute GD to the upper chamber/water bath and reduce it by half of the recovered volume. Up to 1/2 ounce will be lost with each run due to absorption and loss. Alcohol boils at a much lower temperature than water and thus will not damage the thc. Depending on your heat source, your solution may bubble a little bit, a rolling boil, or just swirls. What you want at minimum are the swirls. That shows there is action.

5. Finally, this recipe is designed to give you approximately 3 fluid ounces of concentrated Green/Gold Dragon tincture. So for the last step, reduce your solution by half, or down to your goal volume, which should be about 3 fl.oz for this size batch for beginners and bottle it. It is now officially ready to sample. There is a reduction guide for potency level a little further along.

And there you have it. I've tried to make the actual steps as simple yet concise as possible. And as stated previously, this recipe is pretty much designed for the novice, the beginner. It does not require a lot of marijuana that could be lost, anything is possible so it could happen. I don't advocate making this or any other cannabis product for the first time with your emergency stash. You don't have to have expensive pot or even buds. I want everyone to be comfortable within themselves with trying this.

Edit: Along the way between this written guide and the video I changed the final reduction from 3oz to 2oz. This increases the strength by about 1/3. When I originally wrote this the only edibles and tinctures were the DIY variety which naturally limited potency levels and just about everyone was a beginner. Once dispensaries started to spread with access to higher concentrated products, those coming to use this guide were wanting, and needing, higher strength products. So, we now reduce to 2oz from this 7g guide instead of 3oz.

This is a long a constant study my Good friend Psychedelic Sam worked long and hard perfecting.
All Credit goes to him, I helped spreading his words.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[smaccio]

Thanks! Very cool.

Imagine...in Virginia you can grow weed legally in your back yard but you have to have a permit to buy Everclear!