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BigButtMinaj
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Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver)
#21707040 - 05/21/15 04:28 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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So my friend currently has about 6-7 Full grown Tasmanian Purples that total out to approx. 50-70 pods. There are about 3 more flowers that need to bloom and then every pod will be exposed. One question my friend has pondered is what is more worth the while as he is trying to dose himself as well as his friend group.
Should he cut them down live and do a boil for edibles? Should he wait until they are dry and dead to cut down? Should he score them for smoke-able opium? Is there a way to do a boil and still obtain smoke-able opium? (Possibly with a 73u bubble bag?) Should he just cut down now knowing that there are more pods to come? If he wanted seeds for next years crop should he wait until they're are dry?
Sorry about so many questions but he really just wants this to be worth his time and effort as his crop looks beautiful. He wants to have a nice quantity of goodies Thank You
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Re: Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver) [Re: BigButtMinaj]
#21707911 - 05/21/15 08:42 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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If I were them I would score them to collect as much latex as possible then cut the pods off the stems and grind and boil them to make a tea out of whats left over
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Re: Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver) [Re: Connoisseur]
#21708321 - 05/21/15 10:21 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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if he evapped the tea would that leave him with edible grade balls? he does not want to take the risk of tea and would rather have edible or smokable form. would scoring possibly affect the outcome of the boil for edibles?
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Re: Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver) [Re: BigButtMinaj]
#21709364 - 05/22/15 07:08 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ya it would reduce the amount of tar you would yield from evaping a tea significantly but to not score them as much as possible before boiling them and making a tar would kind of be silly imo since you can make pod tar out of dried pods.
The only way to get opium latex is to score fresh still rooted plants so I would take as much advantage of that as possible if I were you.
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Re: Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver) [Re: Connoisseur]
#21712069 - 05/22/15 08:42 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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can he score pods that are about a week or 2 passed when the petals fell off?
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Re: Dried or Live? Boil or Score? (Papaver) [Re: BigButtMinaj]
#21715953 - 05/23/15 10:55 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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There's a simple way to tell when they're ripe,(ready to score, milk) just go by the color and texture of the pod. A ripe pod ready to be scored will be a darker color than unripe pods. It will look grayish- green or even blue-ish. Here's a pic of a ripe on (on the left) and one that needs to stay longer on ther right:
Notice the crown pointed upwards as well, this is a good indication it's ready. The one week mark is usually a good time to start, but go by what your pods are telling you. Google some info too if u need. If the pod is turning brownish, it may be too late for scoring, but is fine for tea. If I want seeds, u will need to let the pod dry until u hear the seeds rattling. This can be done by leaving it on the plant, or cutting it with about a six inch stem then hang it upside down for a few weeks.
If you've never scored a pod before, it's easy enough with a bit of practice. Use a knife or a pin and just drag it across the surface of the pod. If u go to deep it will just drain back into the pod. Which is ok, u can still make tea with it. When scored the latex will ooze out. Do this early in the morning, they bleed slower as it gets hotter. This also allows the latex to dry in the sun for collecting later. U can collect it with a razor or just a butter knife. Pods can be scored again 2 or 3 days later for even more goodies
Once u get a sense for how deep to cut or scrape it will come easily. And once you've collected twice from each pod, you can still use the scored pods for tea. There's still plenty of O left to go around in em
My preference is to consume it rather than smoke. Smoking uses much more O, and is a dif high than just eating it. Very speedy compared to the morphine style high of consuming.
Best of luck to you.
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Edited by Denman (05/23/15 10:58 PM)
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