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Worst drying/curing advice that you still see people going by?
- Thread starter PineMan
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Hiddenjems
Well-known member
Half dry weed getting placed in musical jars for months. Not drying enough is about the only way good weed ends up smelling like hay.
Tomatoesonly
Active member
Worst advice I've ever tried to use was people using their refrigerator to "dry" weed slowly. Total stinky, moldy joke.
I use a Cannatrol now, and haven't looked back at all. This homebrew BS and bro science that still infect the whole cannabis world are terribly confusing, especially when it seems certain web sites do NOT talk about proper drying.
I use a Cannatrol now, and haven't looked back at all. This homebrew BS and bro science that still infect the whole cannabis world are terribly confusing, especially when it seems certain web sites do NOT talk about proper drying.
But once flower gets "too dry", even if you rehydrate it, it cannot continue the curing process. It's stuck at whatever stage it was when the moisture level went too low. It may smoke slightly smoother (less harsh) by rehydrating it, and it helps to keep it from crumbling to dust, but curing is stopped.I was under the impression that a certain amount of moisture in the buds was necessary for the curing and break down of chlorophyl etc. 50-55% RH in the jars which is not bone dry.
Too dry is not great for Terp preservation or other elements relating to potency when you smoke it.
You maybe live somewhere hot and dry? and this plays into what i was saying about it depending on your local environment. Where i live if you left bud out of the jar it would more often than not get wetter rather than drier.... but sometimes it could get bone dry. i won't spend money on controlling the environment in a room when i can simply finish the process in a jar to get it that bit drier or to moisten it a bit. if you're commercial then i guess you can't do that so much but i doubt most big commercial growers worry about curing! - not round my way anyway...
I agree with what you say about genetics. i have a few nice clones myself. You cant make sh1t weed into good weed with curing etc but you can still get the best out of the genetics you have by not f*cking up the dry/cure...
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HI, i don't really understand why that would be ? which reactions involving moisture would stop permanently and not resume once the moisture was there again ?
I'm not educated enough to say anything particularly intelligent about "why". But it's something I have played around with, and sometimes not intentionally. My slightly educated guess is that once the tissue dries fully, chlorophyll and starches become locked in the tissue in their current form...
TrifektaSeeds
Active member
Yep elements need water to move, once water content is too low they just stay locked in their position meaning both reaction position (what or the phase of the process they were in) and also in their physical position (tissue placement)
The stem snap is a good rule when to take your buds off the stem, jar them and check everyday while you smoke if it needs some burping or you can just shut it to slowly continue curing/drying.
Once you have a dedicated drying space you don't need to remove buds and burp
You allow them to reach stem snap in that space, jar them and your done.
If you removed from the stems at the right time you won't need to burp.
The stem snap is a good rule when to take your buds off the stem, jar them and check everyday while you smoke if it needs some burping or you can just shut it to slowly continue curing/drying.
Once you have a dedicated drying space you don't need to remove buds and burp
You allow them to reach stem snap in that space, jar them and your done.
If you removed from the stems at the right time you won't need to burp.
