Good analogy.That's like saying you fermented beer for 6 months or something when it only takes a week or so then it just turns to vinegar.
Whiskey is aged in oak barrels,each different oak gives it a different color,smell and taste, plus oak seals better when it swells . The alcohol takes time to pull out the flavors of the wood and the climate it is stored in effects how long it takes and what degree. Over time the volume in the barrel also decreases ,all of this effects pricing.I wonder why they age whiskey for 20 years lol. Lots of spirits and other products get aged to improve it. There is no such thing as a standard when it comes to cannabis. There's a huge range of what quality is to people. What you like or what I like isn't gonna be what the next guy likes. Forcing an opinion doesn't really do much.
I've grown Sativa that went from mediocre to very good in the smell and potency after a 4-6 month Jar cure. I'm surprised this is even a debate.Necessarily so, at room temperature, the psychoactive compounds are going to break down as soon as the plant is fully cured, likely at a maximum of 3-4 weeks. I like to hang it until dry to the touch, then allow it to cure in a brown doubled bag. Perceived flavor and taste might benefit over time, but not the high. Thus the advantage of freezing.
lol, That was a rhetorical question. I know why all spirits get aged. Aging/Curing is an art. The conditions we use to cure/age matter.Whiskey is aged in oak barrels,each different oak gives it a different color,smell and taste, plus oak seals better when it swells . The alcohol takes time to pull out the flavors of the wood and the climate it is stored in effects how long it takes and what degree. Over time the volume in the barrel also decreases ,all of this effects pricing.
This is my expirience also 30 days from drying time is the best for me...weed degrades through time.The quote from Sam in my sig applies here..
The THC level does matter, in general, the higher the better, but it is the terpenes that make a 10% THC weed with the right terpenes better than a 20 % THC with all the wrong terpenes. It is not the cannabinoids. The terpenes also determine the type of high.
-SamS.
Curing will improve the high and flav but it will not make the THC % higher. Depending on what you start with matters. You cant turn boof into quality by curing it. It will make it better than it was.
Having said that. I don't like a long cure of more than 40 days. All I have done lost more than they gained. I don't know any that do long cures over 60 days max especially the best we grow.
lol, That was a rhetorical question. I know why all spirits get aged. Aging/Curing is an art. The conditions we use to cure/age matter.
Which strains have you dried and left in a sealed jar without opening for several months?This is my expirience also 30 days from drying time is the best for me...weed degrades through time.
And become week and boring...high lost his magic.
O.Haze while I growed before I didnt like outcome It wasnt selable..sealed it for more than year after that I donate all this to a guy who liked it for free.Which strains have you dried and left in a sealed jar without opening for several months?
Burping a jar foe a month and curing are not the same thing.
I have been meaning to try some cobs. I have a bunch of original haze about to harvest. I should set aside an ounce or so.
The Santa Marta was rocket!!!yes ..I agree that people must have still produced it ...upbhere we seldom got it and maybe never got the good stuff
our colombian stopped around 1978..no more imported
nah it was commercial Colombia with more sedation than what they started with..
I was also in colombia in 1977s and smoked the sleepy weed along with the lovely Santa Marta Oro
and teeny tight budded Cali green..and sticky stuff from Manizalles..
the Santa Marta was rocket
I have read a good portion of the thread. Just need to get around to doing it. Thinking by next week this time I'll be chopping most of them.You should try it.. There is a thread about it.
Malawi Style Cob Curing.
Last night was party night! I decided that my contribution to the party would be a special cob smoking mix; For some strange reason some people seem loathed to eat it. It was a small open air Psychedelic Trance Party to celebrate a young friends 50th. Open air dancing, 2 good DJ's, a cool tube...www.icmag.com
Fat smallie! nice! My favorite and most respected fish.