How is CBD extract produced?
You've probably heard about CBD extract. But do you know how it's made? What does extracting CBD from medicinal cannabis plants involve? What methods can be used for extraction? Which one is the best? In today's article, we will map out the entire CBD extract journey, from seed to final product. Let's get started...
What Precedes CBD Extraction?
There's quite a lot. Before medicinal cannabis is ready for cannabinoid extraction, it goes through a long journey. You can probably guess, we're talking about cultivation, growing, harvesting, and of course, drying.
1. Growing
During cultivation, plant quality is naturally the top priority. If a particular genetics proves exceptionally high-quality, cloning of medicinal cannabis plants is often used. The goal is to duplicate the best characteristics, as identical as possible to previous plants that were rich in CBD and guaranteed a rich yield in the past.
When growing from seeds, the risk of differences in desired cannabinoid levels increases. Cloning is thus just one of the growing variants, but we can achieve the right properties suitable for quality CBD extraction.
Next comes a period of 10-16 weeks when the cloned part grows into a full plant, matures, and is ready for harvest. This is the flowering phase. The length of this period is influenced by several factors. The most important is the variety of medicinal cannabis being grown.
2. Drying
Now comes drying, which is very important. Plants are hung with their top part pointing towards the ground. The ideal humidity is around 58-60%. This prevents mold formation.
3. Harvesting
After about 30 days, the plants are dried, and it's time to separate buds from seeds and stems. The buds are successfully separated from the unusable parts. The grinding phase into so-called biomass begins. It has a ground coffee-like structure and is ready for extraction using one of four available methods. Each has its pros and cons. Let's take a closer look.
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