How to make Hash 3

2009.05.05

Hashish (more commonly called hash) is a potent form of cannabis produced by collecting and processing the most potent material found in marijuana plants. After being collected, the material (mainly trichomes) is usually pressed into solid mass called hashish.

Plant trichomes are fine outgrowths or appendages that can produce sticky resin. Hashish is primarily a compressed collection of certain trichomes that are found on the female marijuana plant. They are a rich source of THC, a type of cannabinoid.

Due to the low quality of hashish being sold in most parts of the world, the only way to get high quality hashish for some smokers is to make hashish themselves (by growing marijuana and converting some or all of the crop into hashish).

Other people, with access to smaller amounts of marijuana, use a pollenator to collect hashish powder. When enough powder is collected in the pollenator, it is pressed into hashish with a pollen press.

Using a Pollenator to Make Hashish

A pollenator is a type of herb grinder with an added section that allows it to collect hashish powder from dry marijuana. When enough hashish powder has accumulated in the pollenator, it is pressed into hashish with a pollen press or by some other means.

The main function of a pollenator is to break up marijuana buds into smaller sized particles that can be rolled into a joint or used in some other way (like in a pipe or vaporizer). In addition, there is a screen that allows hashish powder to be collected.

The screen a pollenator uses is based on the same principles as the sieving process. But instead of collecting most of the active material in the marijuana, a pollenator extracts a small amount.

Because most of the THC and other active chemicals are not removed from the marijuana, there is almost no decrease in potency. So the marijuana that remains can still be consumed as it normally would be.

If marijuana were sieved, there would be very little active material remaining. What did remain would not be suitable for smoking. By using a pollenator you are able to both prepare marijuana for consumption, and collect a small amount of potent hashish powder at the same time. When enough powder has accumulated it is pressed into hashish.

For someone with access to small amounts of marijuana, a pollenator and pollen press are the easiest and most cost effective means of producing real hashish. After the production of a few grams, the pollenator and pollen press will pay for themselves. Find out more about pollenators here and pollen presses here.

For a marijuana grower or someone with access to large amounts of marijuana, there are methods of producing hashish on a larger scale. If you do have a large amount of marijuana and wish to make your own hashish, you can try one of the following methods.

• Sieving Process to Make Hashish

• Hand Rubbing to Make Hashish

• Cold Water Extraction to Make Hashish etc...