How to Wash Cannabis Flower Buds
Growing your own medicine outdoors? Come learn how to wash cannabis buds after harvest using lemon juice and baking soda, or with hydrogen peroxide. It’s easy to do, 100% organic, and removes potentially harmful debris - without reducing the potency or quality of your flower!
Equipment
- 3 five gallon buckets
Ingredients
- cannabis flower
- 1/2 cup lemon juice and
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- OR 1 cup hydrogen peroxide (3% household strength)
Instructions
- Clean three 5-gallon buckets.
- Collect your plant material. Keep the cannabis branches as large as possible, but short enough to fit completely inside the buckets. Optional: remove large fan leaves before washing.
- Fill the first bucket with water (not hot), and the other two with tepid or cool water.
- In the first 5-gallon bucket, add ½ cup of baking soda and ½ cup of lemon juice to the warm water and stir (OR 1 cup hydrogen peroxide and water)
- Dunk, swirl, and rapidly wiggle the cannabis in the first wash bucket for about 30 seconds. Then hold it up over the bucket to drip off excess liquid and give it a few shakes.
- Next, submerge and swirl the branches in the second bucket to rinse, then rinse one final time in the 3rd clean bucket of water. 15 seconds in each rinse bucket is adequate.
- Shake out then hang the washed cannabis branches outdoors to drip dry for a few hours (up to 24 hours). For the best quality, choose a shady well-ventilated location out of direct sunlight. A nearby fan (not blasting right on them) will provide additional airflow and expedite drying, as will trimming off fan leaves. For smaller branches or buds, consider using an herb drying rack.
- Finally, proceed with drying and curing the cannabis as you normally would.
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