Decarboxylate

[420EVANSTON]

Hey all!
My grow is ready to harvest and I’m just using it only for edibles. Do I need to dry and cure it before I Decarboxylate in oven? Or can I put it straight in oven raw before making CannaButter?

Aslo, any tips on how to decarb In oven and make crockpot canna butter?

Vazzy

 

[derek420colorado]

Hey all!
My grow is ready to harvest and I’m just using it only for edibles. Do I need to dry and cure it before I Decarboxylate in oven? Or can I put it straight in oven raw before making CannaButter?

Aslo, any tips on how to decarb In oven and make crockpot canna butter?

Vazzy

Dry it first don’t put fresh material in the oven

 

[BII]

No, you do not "need to dry and cure it before [you] Decarboxylate in oven." The oven will take care of drying and decarbing, but there will be no cure. It's up to you whether curing is needed. Perhaps, consider how much you prefer properly cured buds. If you have the option, I'd recommend drying, curing, decarb, then prepare your edibles.

Standard drying and even just some token curing will get rid of a lot of chlorophyll and much undesired organic material. Bacteria, fungi and enzymes from dead cells digest dead cell contents; chlorophyll breaks down; etc. -- taste, smell, etc. improve, maybe potency too (if only from terpenes, not somehow more THC).

But then, if you want to orally consume fresh wet (not dried) herb, I see no problem with that. That is as long as it's decarbed, such as heated at >200˚F for >20 minutes, That will pretty much sterilize it too, which can't hurt if going into food that will not be cooked/baked/sterilized before eating.

 

[BigCheezeDog]

I think you may want to dry it first. I would think by cooking fresh plants you could end up with a mess sort of like a pile of steamed greens. Also, it would have to dry out first before the plants will get over 212f and if it turns into a big pile of cooked greens you could do serious damage to the chemistry before you are done.