A perfect cure every time

Mr.Head

Mr.Head

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
pretty much. i like to let them get pretty crispy on the outside before i jar them, then for the next couple of days i'll pour them out for an hour or two to let them dry, jar them for 4 or 5 hours, repeat for a day or two till it starts to feel like they're not getting wet again that quick when i seal them up. then i go to opening them for about 20 minutes twice a day till they start to feel right. then its once every 3 or 4 days

i cut them off the stems when i jar them, kind of hard to fit 8 and 12 inch long chucks into mason jars
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This is pretty much exactly how I do it. A lot of is based on feels of the buds for me

I also like to use the smaller wide mouth mason jars. A) If mold does happen, if I get distracted by life and don't open jars it's minimal amounts effected B) I got big fucking hands lol. Those small mouth fuckers are no bueno when my hands are always covered in cuts.

I also like to flip my jars so the buds on the bottom have air on top every day.
 
Mr.Head

Mr.Head

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really glad I just stumbled upon this thread, it reminded me to dump my trim jar out lol. that could been BAD.
 
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yosim

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Ive noticed that even when my jars get into the 62-65% range i still have to either open the jars for a while every day or take the buds out altogether for a little while- otherwise i get that kinda chorophyll smell which will go into the buds over time
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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that rh is a little low, if you can get the rh to 65%, it slows it down just a little, then you can put it in the jars and burp it down the last couple of points to 63%
 
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Lemoncandy

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SimonD said:
Heh, it's as if folks would rater argue than grow lots of bud. When I started out, I identified a number of growers I wanted to learn from, shut my mouth and listened for a hell of a long time, while putting in the hours in my own garden. Here, the less experience you have, the louder you are. No thanks.

Simon
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Gospel!
 
Tx-Peanutt

Tx-Peanutt

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I've been drying for 3 days at 71 degrees with 52% humidity it rises to 58 % at the most should I put in jars to c how they do I felt them at lunch and they were dry to the touch but stem didn't snap it bends
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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HydoDan said:
Glad to see I'm not the only one using the old school paper bag method.. What are we gonna use when they do away with them? I've got a rack and jars but I prefer the bags...
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i started using the paper bag method after 25 years of not growing,, i wanted to do everything as EASY as possible , i gravitate to easy,, and the paper bag method is just that,, i have recieved a perfect cure the past 2 years thru 5 crop cycles using it,, and some of my stuff is now approaching 2 years in the jars, and the MJ is perfect,, smokes great,, seems to be better with age,, why would i ever change?,, i dont have to purchase humidity sacks,, its so simple,, a few jar burps after the bags,, but nothing major,, it fits with my working full time too,, the bags take care of my buds if i cant get to them,, i like that,, i could go on and on about Easy,,
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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HydoDan said:
The bags are more forgiving... They absorb the moisture then wick it away. Slowly.. The weed is always breathing so it won't mold as easily.. It's the way I learned back in the 70s
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thankfully here in Oregon they are keeping the paper sacks for now,, but maybe i should stock pile some in the barn,, at least to last till i am dust
 
Tx-Peanutt

Tx-Peanutt

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HydoDan said:
The bags are more forgiving... They absorb the moisture then wick it away. Slowly.. The weed is always breathing so it won't mold as easily.. It's the way I learned back in the 70s
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K kool I will try on my next attempt on the grow train .... Once my beans arrive I will be starting fresh with a lot of stuff I messed up on the last one and all the advise I got on r.i.u.
 
Craigson

Craigson

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budbro18 said:
I have seen this method before and its worked for everyone whos tried it.

But ive figured out a way to speed the cure process up in a way...

Not really speed it up but start it earlier.

So here it is. I start by giving my plants there last watering of SSU then cut the lights for 3 days prior to the harvest.

I have a 6" carbon filter and inline fan with 400+ cfm that runs constantly while in veg/flower as well as those 3 days of dark.

After the 3 days i chop everything, trim everything but keep most buds on there branch so i can hang them in my tent.

at this point i put my carbon filter and all my fans on a timer to go on for 1 hour every 5 hours so 4 times a day for 1 hour.

This basically dries them at a rate like curing where it allows moisture to be released from the stem/middle to the dry outside of the bud over the 5 hours off.

After 3 days of this all the buds are dry enough to come down and are cured in a large tuparware/bucket for you guessed it... 3 days.

and after this three days the bud is perfect to break down perfect smell smooth smoke with no harshness except from potency.

Let me know if anyone has tried this before!
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Whats the rh n temp in your drying tent like?
Mine will be around 21degrees and 60%rh. I have 500cfm exhaust and cpl oscilating fans.
Just wondering if I should run exhaust 24/7 or every 5hrs.
I do have a mini dehumidifier I can have come on when the exhaust is off to keep the rh in check
 
cuddlesthesheep

cuddlesthesheep

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Just did a great hang dry on my SinMintCookies. Hung for 9 days @ 60-65% in 68-72°. Smell is great going into the jars. Gonna burp less that I normally do. Maybe once a day for a week then once every 3-4 days after that.
 
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churchhaze

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Tim Fox said:
i started using the paper bag method after 25 years of not growing,, i wanted to do everything as EASY as possible , i gravitate to easy,, and the paper bag method is just that,, i have recieved a perfect cure the past 2 years thru 5 crop cycles using it,, and some of my stuff is now approaching 2 years in the jars, and the MJ is perfect,, smokes great,, seems to be better with age,, why would i ever change?,, i dont have to purchase humidity sacks,, its so simple,, a few jar burps after the bags,, but nothing major,, it fits with my working full time too,, the bags take care of my buds if i cant get to them,, i like that,, i could go on and on about Easy,,
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This exactly. Most Growers are obsessed with getting their stuff in a curing jar at 60% humidity, etc etc, "the perfect cure". It's to a point where people will suggest to make extracts because "it was ruined by drying too much".

You could leave your stuff out to dry for months and it will come out just fine. Hell yeah it will dry out too much. Crumbly dry weed is THE BEST.
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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churchhaze said:
This exactly. Most Growers are obsessed with getting their stuff in a curing jar at 60% humidity, etc etc, "the perfect cure". It's to a point where people will suggest to make extracts because "it was ruined by drying too much".

You could leave your stuff out to dry for months and it will come out just fine. Hell yeah it will dry out too much. Crumbly dry weed is THE BEST.
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it still comes out of the jars pretty darn nice,, but when left out in a baggie in the summer here,, it can turn crumbly fast,, but that stuff makes great joints, for around the campfire
 
Tx-Peanutt

Tx-Peanutt

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I have been curing some bud for almost a month and it is getting way better the flavor has changed also .. it had a citrus smell to it that was loud and a hay smell kinda..(It was a swag seed no genetics) now it smells pretty good for being swag.... I'm about to start a short rider and Northern lights auto from nirvana ... I can't wait to see what there gonna do
 
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