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Hydrolife Magazine August/September 2017 [USA Edition]

One of the best parts about a budding industry like the marijuana industry is the personalities that emerge. For more than a year in these pages, we’ve worked hard to bring you the latest information, history, how-to methods, and products surrounding cannabis. In this issue, we’re focusing a little more on people, including Jim McAlpine, founder of the 420 Games and Power Plant Fitness. He graces our cover after working with San Francisco-based photographer Mark Rutherford.

One of the best parts about a budding industry like the marijuana industry is the personalities that emerge. For more than a year in these pages, we’ve worked hard to bring you the latest information, history, how-to methods, and products surrounding cannabis. In this issue, we’re focusing a little more on people, including Jim McAlpine, founder of the 420 Games and Power Plant Fitness. He graces our cover after working with San Francisco-based photographer Mark Rutherford.

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grow<br />

FROM<br />

TRASH<br />

STASH<br />

TO<br />

You know the old cliché: one<br />

person’s trash is another person’s<br />

treasure. Well, here’s how to make<br />

some marketable treasure from<br />

your trimming trash.<br />

by Lee G. Lyzit<br />

After harvesting and trimming a cannabis garden,<br />

a grower is left with two things: well-manicured<br />

buds and a bunch of leftover trim material. The manicured<br />

buds are already marketable and require no<br />

more attention aside from proper curing. The trim material,<br />

on the other hand, is not very marketable;<br />

however, with a little work and creativity, even<br />

trim material can be converted into a number of<br />

valuable cannabis products.<br />

To turn this trash into stash, a grower<br />

must extract the cannabinoids from<br />

the plant material. Thankfully, there is<br />

no shortage of extraction methods for<br />

cannabis trimmings. In fact, it seems<br />

like new methods are continually being<br />

discovered. Before jumping into the<br />

extraction game, however, a grower should<br />

closely examine some of the different<br />

ways to make cannabis extractions. Every<br />

method has different advantages and<br />

disadvantages, but what it really comes<br />

down to is which type of product is desired<br />

and the grower’s personal preference.<br />

50<br />

grow. heal. learn. enjoy.<br />

myhydrolife.com

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