official extraction help thread

[psilocybin]

Any questions or problems you may run into during an extraction can be asked to get other members input in this thread.

 

[IKilledSanta]

Congrats you got a yield of 1 percent, which is very average. now go and enjoy the fruits of your labor

Thanks.
The tek mentioned a 2% yield, so I got worried

Anyway, how can I improve my future yields?

 

[Varallo]

Thanks.
The tek mentioned a 2% yield, so I got worried

Anyway, how can I improve my future yields?

You probably can’t, I mean if the third and fourth pull combined only resulted in 50 mg you’re pretty sure you’re not getting much more. The one variable that might still have some influence is how fine you powder the mhrb.

 

[IKilledSanta]

You probably can’t, I mean if the third and fourth pull combined only resulted in 50 mg you’re pretty sure you’re not getting much more. The one variable that might still have some influence is how fine you powder the mhrb.

Ok thanks.
I am shredding it using an electronic coffee grinder. The result is fine dust with some little fibers.

I thought that maybe my solvent isn't good enough.
But thanks for the info! At least I'll know what to expect on the next extraction.

Btw, this thread is gold

 

[Voidmatrix]

Thanks.
The tek mentioned a 2% yield, so I got worried

Anyway, how can I improve my future yields?

2% is often an upper limit. Variables that will impact this aside from the extraction process are going to be the health of the mimosa the root bark was harvested from, time of year it was harvested, and storage after harvesting.

One love

 

[DK_one]

Happy New Year and best wishes for your health!

The following photos show two different results from same extraction - STB MHRB extraction. The difference in work steps was only the recrystall step. After water washing and freeze-precipitation I recrystallized half of the product with 100/140°C the other half with 40/65°C NPS


Final product #1 The petroleum ether 100/140 charged / used in the extraction bofre yielded the following very elongated crystals in the glass, however with a great deal of dark orange deposits. The crystals naturally cracked/broke when removed from the glass to be placed in the current container.




2) This half was recrystallized with rapidly evaporating naptha, which was uncharged and therefore unused. The result is completely different: small, compact crystals with almost no yellow-orange deposits, very whitish to transparent.




Both smell distinctly like a wonderful, fresh flower meadow, somehow pure and delightful. They are also practically identical except for the intensity. The 40/65 crystals are weak, and the 100/140 crystals smell extremely strong. Do you have any ideas or knowledge about what this could mean? Or is the intensity of the smell negligible?


My other questions
a) Was it a bad idea to use the charged naphtha, Was that a mistake?
b) What else could be the cause of the increased orange deposits compared to the other result? [No oil got into the glass during pipetting; it must somehow be related to the naphtha?]

 

[blig-blug]

Do you have any ideas or knowledge about what this could mean? Or is the intensity of the smell negligible?

I don't know what it may mean, but in my experience, polymerized DMT tends to smell stronger. I had heavily polymerized DMT that looked like a chunk of plastic, and it's the strongest smelling I have extracted. I have noticed no differences either vaping it or orally.

 

[DK_one]

Uh ok.
Means the 100/140°C NPS tends to Polymere more? But by what reason?

In case of that is correct, does the polymerized got a shorter lifetime? Or should I use it before the other?