Bud Washing? Is it really that big of a game changer

Ok I have watched several videos this morning on washing your harvest and must say it seems to make some sense, i had a small PM problem at week 6 of flowering and got it under control. Now im going to harvest today or tomorrow and really considering doing the bud was. One 5gal bucket with H202 and water 2nd bucket with the lemon juice and backing soda followed by the last 2 buckets of warm and cold water for final rinse. Has anyone done this and what was your results versus other harvests you havent done it with?

yes, it works fantastic,, I did bud washing on my grow before last because I to had some PM, the wash bubbles off any that happens to remain and leaves your buds clean from spores,, that way when they go into jars for curring they are clean and nothing bad grows on them during curring,,, i vote yes

oh here is the video of the proccess i uses

Tim Fox said:

oh here is the video of the proccess i uses

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Yep this is the first one I watched then saw a version after the h202 bath of goin into the juice and soda

i just did the version in the video,,, and it worked like a charm, I still have some of those buds in jars 1 year later and they smoke awesome,, after the bath i hung my buds from a ladder and pointed an fan at them from about 10 feet away , and waited for the bath to dry off,, then hung them in my closet and on into the dry cure process we go,,
its a great trick, because PM can be deep in there,, and the H202 boils it out,, , i held mine under water in the h202 bath until there was no more bubbles,,

I never had PM but peer pressure is causing me to consider washing the dust off my buds at harvest.
anyone know if the outdoor californians squirt their buds down before they chop ?

chemphlegm said:

I never had PM but peer pressure is causing me to consider washing the dust off my buds at harvest.
anyone know if the outdoor californians squirt their buds down before they chop ?

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i was spraying H202 and baking soda mix on my bud right up to harvest 2 grows ago to combat PM,, did not hurt a thing, evaps off completly

What about if you flush your plants a week before harvest? Is a wash still helpful?

Saw zallin said:

What about if you flush your plants a week before harvest? Is a wash still helpful?

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well, flushing is believed to "clean the inside of the plant"
and washing is for cleaning the outside of the plant

Did this today on blue dream and two other strains ...
Lemon and baking soda ... Like a vegetable wash for buds.

Just dunk and drip dry. I do not handle the buds , i ip with stems attached , twisty motion , that's it. Buds look and smell picture perfect.

Unfortunately i cannot post pics ( like everyone else here ) BUT it is a proven method .

Saw zallin said:

What about if you flush your plants a week before harvest? Is a wash still helpful?

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Sure is from what i have researched today the bath basically washes off any mildew,bugs,dust hairs and pollutants i.e. pet and human dander and such. I have decided i will do this tomorrow when my harvest begins, and i also for the last 10 days have flushed her nothing but straight water, wish i could post the pics i just took. lol

Budzbuddha said:

Did this today on blue dream and two other strains ...
Lemon and baking soda ... Like a vegetable wash for buds.

Just dunk and drip dry. I do not handle the buds , i ip with stems attached , twisty motion , that's it. Buds look and smell picture perfect.

Unfortunately i cannot post pics ( like everyone else here ) BUT it is a proven method .

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Do you trim everything off before you wash or leave some of the leaves on, im thinking manicure wash and dry for a few hours in front of fan then into there curing closet for the next 4 to 6 days

Trimmed as usual and dip them. BUT If you are collecting trim then do that and dip the buds after.

I had a small issue with PM , so i wanted to remove affected leaves.

I laid them on a towel to drain excess moisture for an hour or two and the began normal drying routine ( hanging or screen ).

yup, easy and effective,

I wouldn't use baking soda. THCA is soluble in alkaline solutions. Might not be able to get to most of the resin in the trichs but why even risk it? For that reason I also wouldn't use tap water, which is usually alkaline and just plain icky anyway. Best fungicide, citric acid, meaning lemon juice if you can't find the powder. I also wouldn't bother with peroxide, could oxidize some of the compounds and is pretty toxic. Granted it would evaporate but who knows what kind of chemical reactions it would produce with buds in the meantime?

I dont have any issues with molds or pests and i dont use sprays. I keep constant filtration stink socks/cleaned sleeves.

So here is what worked well. seems i do have dust .
In warm weather I'll bring the whole plant outside and hose it down, (with my drinking safe water hose), shake it, and return to the flower room till tomorrow at harvest.
Recently after trimming all the fresh buds down and off I dipped them in a tote of room temp water, shook quickly, and drained.
I put them in a towel and spun em, poured them into my drying nets in the drying room and let them go. Awesome results, like always though.

Findings: my peat dust has little to no taste when burned, but I am going to take steps to be cleaner, with cleaner air, and now rinsing all of my buds year round, fukken peer pressure

BobCajun said:

I wouldn't use baking soda. THCA is soluble in alkaline solutions. Might not be able to get to most of the resin in the trichs but why even risk it? For that reason I also wouldn't use tap water, which is usually alkaline and just plain icky anyway. Best fungicide, citric acid, meaning lemon juice if you can't find the powder. I also wouldn't bother with peroxide, could oxidize some of the compounds and is pretty toxic. Granted it would evaporate but who knows what kind of chemical reactions it would produce with buds in the meantime?

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Whoa

chemphlegm said:

Whoa

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Why even overcomplicate it? Citric acid is effective and relatively non-toxic. But I do think washing buds is a good idea. A lot of air gets moved around them so there's bound to be dust and stuff, bug bodies etc. I'm going to do it next time actually. I'll get a little lettuce spinner to get the water off.

water, nothin but the water for my girlie nugs

BobCajun said:

I wouldn't use baking soda. THCA is soluble in alkaline solutions. Might not be able to get to most of the resin in the trichs but why even risk it? For that reason I also wouldn't use tap water, which is usually alkaline and just plain icky anyway. Best fungicide, citric acid, meaning lemon juice if you can't find the powder. I also wouldn't bother with peroxide, could oxidize some of the compounds and is pretty toxic. Granted it would evaporate but who knows what kind of chemical reactions it would produce with buds in the meantime?

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Well I have already done this and can honestly say the buds turned out amazing and the smoke is the smoothest I've ever had I will post some pics of cured bud when we are able too