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[Dr Fluff]

 

[Ozone69]

We're all off taking a weed nap...

 

[Ozone69]

What happens when the 1000pt kitty badge comes to life....

 

[trailanimal]

Sure did drink way too much home brew last night, can't believe my posts, I blame running out of smoke, lol. And my glitchy computer quit, borrowing my wife's so my time online is going to be limited. Rain falling river rising, lots of work to keep dogs up on the last of the melting snow drifts and out of the mud. Messy time of year.

 

[trailanimal]

Cannabis Events for Europeans
May onwards



Expo Cáñamo (Sevilla, Spain), 13-15 May 2016
The second edition of Sevilla’s cannabis fair will be held under the Andalucía sun on the 13, 14 and 15 May, 2016. A perfect chance to meet the renowned cannabis activists Marc and Jodie Emery from Canada!

Expocáñamo Sevilla 2016

Website: http://www.expocanamo.com/

Contact: info@expocanamo.com

Indica Sativa Trade (Bologna, Italy), 20-22 May 2016
4th edition of the Italian cannabis fair, held during the 20,21 and 22 May at the Unipol Arena, Bologna. Here you’ll meet lots of professionals and personalities of the marijuana sector, plus plenty of cannabis-based cosmetics and edibles. As one of the main novelties of this year’s edition we have the Medical Cannabis Bike Tour, which will start in Ljubljana and finish in Bologna during the fair.

Indica Sativa Trade 2016

Website: http://www.indicasativatrade.com/

Contact: info@indicasativatrade.com

Cannabis Liberation Day (Amsterdam, Holland), 12 June 2016
The 8th edition of the Cannabis Liberation Day will be organised at Flevopark in Amsterdam on Tuesday, 12th June 2016. You’ll enjoy lots of music concerts and speeches from cannabis activists about the current situation of Dutch laws in regard to marijuana. This event is organised by the VOC Association and quickly became a reference among cannabis events in Holland.


Website: http://www.cannabisliberationday.org/en/

Contact: info@cannabisliberationday.org

Cannabis XXL (Munich, Germany), 8-10 July 2016
The third edition of the Cannabis XXL fair will take place in the Bavarian capital from the 8th to the 10th of July. On the last year edition, the first one, the event gathered more than 2.500 visitors. For further information, visit Cannabis XXL Facebook page.

Cannabis XXL Munich

Hanfparade (Berlin, Germany), 13 August 2016
The 20th edition of this peaceful march in support of cannabis legalisation will take place in the streets of the German capital on Saturday, 13 August 2016 with the motto “Legalisation is in the air“. This march gathers thousands of people and ends with music concerts and other interesting events.

Hanfparade Berlin

Website: http://en.hanfparade.de/

Contact: info@hanfparade.de

Cannatrade (Zurich, Switzerland), 2-4 September 2016
Cannatrade, the Swiss international cannabis fair, is held in Switzerland every two years. Thus, this important event, which hasn’t been held since 2014, will take place this year from the 2nd to the 4th of September in Zurich.

Cannatrade Zurich 2016

Website: http://www.cannatrade.ch/

Contact: contact@cannatrade.ch

Expogrow Irun (Irun, Spain), 16-18 September
The Expogrow fair is the favourite among French growers, since it is held at about 200 metres away from the French-Spanish border. On the last edition – 2015 – two thirds of the total number of visitors (17.000) were French. This fair stands out for its excellent atmosphere and the large number of activities held on the fairground, such as music concerts, sports, speeches, and many more. This year’s edition, the fifth, will be held from the 16th to the 18th September, 2016. See you there!


Website: http://www.expogrow.net/2016/

Contact: zoila@expogrow.net

Cultiva Hanfmesse (Vienna, Austria), 7-9 October 2016
The 9th edition of the marijuana fair held in the Austrian capital will take place from the 7th to the 9th of October, 2016. Among others, some of the novelties of this year’s edition are the Glass Blowing Show and many music concerts.


Website: http://www.cultiva.at/index.php/en/

Contact: info@cultiva.at

Unity Cup (Amsterdam, Holland), 20-23 November 2016
After the disappearance of Amsterdam’s High Times Cannabis Cup in 2014, many coffee shops of the Dutch capital decided to organize a cannabis cup with the following categories: Hashish, Indica, Sativa, Hybrid, Cannabis edibles and Highest THC. This year’s edition will be held at the Melkweg Amsterdam centre.

Amsterdam Unity Cup 2016

Website: http://amsterdam-unity-cup.com/

Contact: contact@amsterdam-unity-cup.com

More cannabis events for 2016
At this moment, we still don’t know if the following events will be held: Cannamed (Valencia, Spain), Canapa (Milan, Italy) andCannafest (Prague, Czech Republic). We’ll update this post as soon as we have more information.

Cannabis Events and Cups for our American friends
May onwards




Lift Cannabis Expo, Toronto, 28-29 May
A perfect place to learn about one of the fastest growing industries of North America, which gathers consumers, professionals, enterpreneurs, job seekers from both America and Europe.

Seed banks, nutrient companies, dispensaries and clinics, hydroponics manufacturers, and many more will gather in Toronto to have a wider knowledge of the cannabis industry.

2016 Lift Cannabis Expo

More info: liftexpo.ca

Cannabis Business Summit, Oakland, 20-22 June
This Californian event describes itself as “the only event where senators, congressional representatives and policy influencers converge with industry leaders and entrepreneurs to shape the cannabis economy.”

As the name suggests, it is mainly focused on business and policy reform.

2016 Cannabis Business Summit and Expo

More info: cannabisbusinesssummit.com

Chalice California, San Bernardino, 9-10 July
An event strickly aimed towards medical marijuana and focused on cannabis concentrates and extracts. Music, glass art, speeches and the awards ceremony for the best concentrates…what else can we ask for?

2016 Chalice California

More info: chalicecalifornia.com

Annual 7/10 events, worldwide, 10 July
A recently established annual event, in which lovers of dabbing and butane honey oil concentrates (BHO) celebrate their passion. Grab your best bubbler and BHO and just dab it!

If you turn 710 upside down it spells out “oil”.

BHO dab (Picture: Andres Rodriguez)

Seattle Hempfest, Seattle, 19-21 August
Seattle Hempfest is probably one of the largest gatherings of cannabis lovers demanding legislation reform of marijuana. This festival is free includes speakers, music bands, business and many more!

This year’s edition will be the 25th, so Seattle Hempfest is a protestival that you can’t miss!

Seattle Hempfest

More info: hempfest.org

Boston Freedom Rally, Boston, 26-27 September
The 27th edition of this classic annual freedom rally will gather once again people asking to end the prohibition on cannabis. An event focused on marijuana reform in which everyone is welcome. Bands, speeches, vendors and lots of cannabis lovers!

2016 Boston Freedom Rally

More info: The Boston Freedom Rally FB

Lift Cannabis Expo Vancouver, Vancouver, Fall 2016
Lift has announced that their first medical cannabis expo will be held this fall in Vancouver.

Lift Cannabis Expo

More info: Lift Cannabis Expo Vancouver

Emerald Cup, Santa Rosa, 10-11 December
A new edition of this prestigious cup will be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California. This cup gathers growers, breeders, extract artists, patients and cannabis enthusiasts who enjoy the good vibes, music concerts, speeches, etc. The cup is focused on outdoor cannabis strains.

It’s not a coincidence that the Rolling Stone magazine calls this event “the Academy Awards of the cannabis industry.”

2016 Emerald Cup

wow, lots of canna festivities

 

[trailanimal]

Fresh Frozen cannabis extractions
What is Fresh Frozen cannabis resin?

Hashish made from fresh frozen buds

Marijuana concentrates are becoming increasingly popular among therapeutical users, especially in the USA, so new techniques are being constantly developed in this field: after the Rosin Tech, we present you here the Fresh Frozen, a high quality solventless concentrate that can be dabbed without problem.

As the name suggests, this hashish is made from fresh frozen plant material, either trim or buds. Right after the harvest – and without drying it – the plant material is frozen for later processing. This technique presents two main advantages: on one hand, the buds/trim are not crumbled as if they were dried, so less plant debris will contaminate our resin. On the other hand, and since we have not dried the buds, trichomes keep more terpenes and their profile is much closer to the live plant.

Drying fresh frozen hashish

How to make Fresh Frozen hashish?
Fresh frozen is a variation on the ice water hash technique, usually performed with collection bags like Ice-O-Lator. We need the same exact materials used for this type of extractions: a bucket, a set of collection bags to isolate and collect the different resin grades, ice cubes, water, and something to stir the mix in case we are not using a washing machine. Since this type of concentrates are extremely sticky, using a silicone skimmer or similar is advised.

Once harvested, put the fresh buds/trim in the freezer for few hours. Removing all fan leaves (those without trichomes) is always recommended. Also, you should try to use small buds; in case you are using large ones, try to break them into smaller pieces.

Fresh frozen plant material ready for the extraction process

Meanwhile, put your bubble hash bags inside the bucket and fill it with water and ice cubes.

Once the plant material is frozen, put it in the bucket and gently stir the mix for a few minutes (3-10 minutes for the first run). As happens with the traditional ice water technique, try not to be too aggressive and do not use electric devices like blenders, since they greatly increase the chances to contaminate our resin with plant debris.

Fresh frozen extraction process

Once done, remove the bag with the ice cubes and the buds. You can keep it for a second run or to make butter and cook these delicious cannabis muffins. Collect your different resin grades and leave them to dry. To make this process easier, you can leave the bag in the freezer for some minutes and use a frozen spoon to collect the resin. In this way, resin is frozen and thus much easier to handle.

Fresh frozen resin ready to dry

The last step is drying our resin for some days, after which it acquires a translucent appearance. To keep the terpenes as intact as possible, drying the resin in a cool and dry place is advised; connoisseurs often dry it and store it in the fridge.

As it dries, the resin changes its colour

Fresh frozen cannabis concentrate

good posts arty, I'll have to come back for a thorough read

 

[trailanimal]

Here you Stoners go!!!

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dang, started up then stopped

 

[Ozone69]

Know this one's not for everyone, but I really like them. If you're looking for something different to toss on the grill one night. Not necessarily for someone looking for a hamburger tasting, leaner substitute. But rather have their own unique, turkey goodness taste to 'em.

Grilled Turkey Burgers:
1-1/2 pounds 93% Lean Ground Turkey
4 whole Green Onions, sliced and chopped
1 clove Fresh Garlic, pressed through a garlic press or minced well
1/2 a 8 ounce brick of Monterrey Jack Cheese, grated
1/4 cup {heaping} Fresh Bread Crumbs, or use your favorite!
1/4 cup coarse grained Dijon Mustard
A couple pinches of Kosher Salt
Lots of fresh ground Black Pepper
Olive Oil for grill grates

I had some time between prepping and throwing on the grill, so I also let a little Worcestershire soak in while they were waiting. Two of them turned out to be too many...usually eyes aren't bigger than my stomach, but couldn't clear the plate tonight.

 

[Dr Fluff]

Good Morning Stoners

Happy Friday, the start of the weekend starts here

Or is that cannaGIF Friday

What's you favorite cannagif?

Why not post your favorite GIF in your post.

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The warmer weather is certainly giving the garden a boost, what's new in yours?
I bet there is an explosion of growth and a those seedling are popping there heads up, we need updates and also show us if your growing any unusual veggies too.
Post us some pictures

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In the past few days, have posted a few articles on Solventless extraction methods, does anyone have any solventless extrations or water extraxtion pics they wanna share(It's gotta be solventless!) dry sift, water hash, dry ice sift, rosin etc are cool. Any BHO's go in the BHO thread



@Elvis hows the RC car coming along ? love to see some more updates, anyone else gotta RC car, boat,plane,copter or drone? Love to see some pics plus video if you gottem.



I've also decided to bite the bullet, although I still need a dimmable driver for my cob and could do with another fan speed controller for my PC server case grow, I have decided to start a grow in it. I still think the COB is too bright so will have to find a way of shading the seedling until I get a new driver.
I am gonna germ a "Amnesia Stone" bean from the "Autoflower Portal" here is some details on this strain.

Amnesia Stone

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Here’s one for the hippie in all of us. Amnesia Stone has an extremely hard hitting high beginning with a strong headband effect which then fades to a beautifully soothing, long lasting stone.
Amnesia Stone is extremely potent complex hybrid between Moby Dick, Jack Herer and Black Stone.

This very special plant is a great strain for washing away the stresses of the day, and relieving pain throughout the body. Amnesia Stone seems to clear your mind of all thought giving you time to truly relax and enjoy being a part of this space.

Aroma may vary in different grow stages: Diesel, Earthy, Floral, Pine, Hash, Skunk, Citrus, Lemon, Incense, Woody, Minty

Medical benefits: pain relief, insomnia, anti-depressant.

Filled with flavour Amnesia Stone has a light blossom aroma reminding one of a summer meadow finishing with a sweet orange and melon bouquet which lingers on the tongue.
Sadly this strain is out of stock, if anyone was interested in trying it. The Autoflower Portal is where Dragons live, so why not give them a go instead!

For anyone who hasn't seen my cab build, it is an old PC server tower 63cm tall by 19cm widw and 39cm deep, modern server towers have quite a bit more space.
The build includes a DIY COB LED, DIY Micro carbon filter, twin 120mm 230v ac fans, intake fan has a carbon screen & Hepa filter, outake fan has the micro carbon filter. Both fans will have fan speed controllers (still need to buy another)and eventually when funds allow a dimmable driver for the COB LED.
Here's some pics

This is the case with the COB lit up and a pic of the COB & Micro carbon filter.
I will be starting a grow journal and detailing the build of the grow case,the cob & the micro carbon filter as well as the grow it's self. Anyone who wants to join me for the ride are more than welcome. This is something totally new for me and will present some challenges as I haven't ever had to go so small.
Does anyone else have any DIY projects, builds etc they wanna share, if you do post em up, we'd sure love to see em.

 

[Ozone69]

Happy Friday!!