Anyone have any idea of the what the return would be after pressing kief to wax???
@Hippy1978 depends on the purity of the kief and the heat itās pressed at.
With blonde hash/kief you can get about a 20-30% yield by weight on average. Sometimes more if you dial it in perfect. If youāre new to it though and havenāt dialed in your heat and press times youāll get closer to 10-15% return by weight.
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Alrighty man much appreciated
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@Hippy1978 thatās average for the home operator btw. If you have a good press and dial it in for the cultivar (because literally every single cultivar will require different heats and times) and become āprofessionalā with it you can actually exceed 50% returns with hash/kief. Some professionals report 60-70% yield returns. Thatās pretty huge return for a solventless concentrate.
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@MDBuds nice yeah itās pretty clean I havenāt weighed it all but I bet I have 70, 80 grams of it
these are the 2 Iām looking at
@Hippy1978 does it list the size of the plates? PSI during press is also dependent on the size of the plates for optimal yield.
@Hippy1978 yeah that 7 ton one will work great for a home one for sure. Rectangle plates are better than the square ones and help distribute the rosin through the bags and parchment better. Less likely to get blow outs too. Based on my estimate you can easily achieve a great press with right around the maximum threshold around 1000 psi at the plates.
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@MDBuds cool yeah idk much about them but from what Iāve read they seem to work good, I usually go by reviews so weāll see, thanks for your knowledge sir it is greatly appreciated
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@MDBuds here is my take on my last grow some blueberry, zkittles/Obama kush, WW, AK47, Lemon Haze think I had 13 or 14 plant right around 2 1/2 pounds, a pound or trim or better round 85 grams of kief,
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@Hippy1978 thatās a good haul. Just remember to do a few small test presses to dial things in before you press everything when youāre switching cultivars.
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10/4 thanks man, yeah I did my last dry with the Temps 60-62 an Rh 60 constant an took bout 11 days,
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@Hippy1978 nice. Thatās a damn good dry then. Should be perfect for pressing too if you keep the jars 62% too. Just enough moisture in the buds to protect the cannabinoids as you press so they donāt burn off.
A good starting point will be 220f for 45-60 seconds and adjust from there for flower.
Kief 180f starting point for 45 seconds and adjust from there.
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@MDBuds ok yeah Iāll definitely be in touch when it arrives Iām sure of it, lol, but itās nice to have knowledgeable people around like yall 
thanks man
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couple pic of some blueberry buds I had 2 blueberry plant each were nothing alike both are freaking awesome taste an smooth but the one smells so much like blueberry cheesecake man you burp those jars an the smell alone is just like opening a cake!!! Love my blueberries š«
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@MDBuds hey man, when revegging Iām transplanting from 5 to 15 gallon an to do so I need to prune some roots, but how much do I go as I donāt want to kill err???
@Hippy1978 just a light trim around the outside of the root ball if you have a bound root system. If you donāt have any root binding or root rot a root prune is an unnecessary risk.
For root binding you just lightly break up the soil and just trim back the roots that are tangled together until you have a ālooseā root system that isnāt all twisted up in the shape of the pot so you can transplant into a hole that is slightly raised in the middle so the roots can fall down into it and then gently cover with soil. Very similar to transplanting a root bound tree.
Root rot you just cut off everything that has rot and slime then hope for the best.
Keep as much light off the roots as possible and sanitize them before you plant in new soil. Just a quick rinse for about 30 seconds to 1 minute in a solution of 1 part h202 and 9 parts water. You can use milk too.
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