Quick Drying - The Other Side Of The Coin

fdd2blk

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I'm not sure how the process of freeze drying actually works, but I'm confident there's more to it than chucking something in a freezer. The moisture's got to go somewhere and there's not a lot of air volume in a typical home freezer to take it away and keep it away from the item you're freeze-drying.
i've pulled some meat out of the freezer that was burnt pretty bad. all grey and dry.

you have to leave it open to the air. just hang it from a rack in the freezer.
 

GoodFriend

Lumberjack
oh... we're talking about freeze drying?
yeah no completely different


... my pops works for an herbal remedy company (he's a naturopathic doc), and the companies -big- thing is freeze dried herbs in capsul form... and there's all sorts of neat things about that...

one of the neatest being that they've started making something they call "new water" (or maybe nu-water, but that's just to be fancy i think)... which is basically the water that's extrapolated from whatever it is they are freeze drying... its undamaged, clean water that is left with a small amount of the essence from which it came.... real interesting stuff...

plus i guess there are benefits to imbibing herbs that are freeze dried... something to do with how their chemical makeup remains blah blah blah i dunno i'd really have to research it more to tell ya anything real important about it... but i think freeze dried mj could probably make a fairly large impact on the mmj scene...


maybe
or not

??
 

Seamaiden

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The thing with freeze-drying, and using a home freezer, from what I've read of the links and information both men have provided here, is the removal of water from the tissues before it has a chance to become crystallized and do that damage. I'm afraid to email for a quote on one of those lyophilizing thangs. LIE-oh-FIL-ih-ZAY-shun. That's how I think it's pronounced.
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
Maybe the answer is to not 'freeze' dry but merely 'cool' dry. Perhaps keep temp at 1-2C with a lot of air circ?

Dunno, but I can't test this one. My housemate flatly vetoed the idea of trying to do this in our kitchen fridge! :oops:
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
heh, a decent fridge costs about $1100 around here, more than a couple oz, but I appreciate your thought. ;)
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
Well, we kinds went down the rosy garden path of what causes there are of THC breakdown into isomers CBD & CBN, got on a nitrogen atmosphere bud dryer, then got sidetracked on freeze drying...
 

cHiEf04grwer

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no thank you 20 years of tried and true methods are enough for me.

i'm in no hurry. do they quick dry fine cigars.

i wonder how many people are cooking their hard work right now. hope they get it right the first time.

the bud takes on a whole new appearance. it is totally different. ask my a method i haven't tried.


i will be more than happy to complete any and ALL quotes above. i'll take then one at a time. give me a few minutes. thanks.
I completely agree, i just harvested 4 branches off one plant and got 1.75 Oz on it. So after the curing is over probably around 1 - 1.25 oz. I used the FDD harvestin Method and i noticed after i trimmed the buds off the stalk and Mason Jar'd them, after 4-5 days even they started to take a completely different appearence, in a good way of course...
 

Seamaiden

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wait why are we trying freezdrying??? 3-4 days is too long a wait?:weed::-P

sorry, i forgot how we got to this point in the discussion, i know, good job me!:clap::clap::o
Yes. Immediate gratification is the goal here. And I want some of what you're smoking. My memory actually gets worse when I'm dry (as I am, with the exceptions of the girls I'm sampling so I can decide who gets to be a mom and who gets to die).
Well, we kinds went down the rosy garden path of what causes there are of THC breakdown into isomers CBD & CBN, got on a nitrogen atmosphere bud dryer, then got sidetracked on freeze drying...
ACK! I just had another idea! (I'm worse than Lucille Ball, and get into just as much trouble.)

Those packets of silicon that are used to keep electronics parts and the like dry. I bet those latch onto HELLA water molecules, and could speed drying even more, or....? Yeah? You with me here? Gotta Google.
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
I bet those latch onto HELLA water molecules, and could speed drying even more, or....? Yeah? You with me here? Gotta Google.
You're thinking of silica gel, which you can buy in tins from craft shops for drying flowers etc. It works pretty damn good for drying flowers!

pssssst- small Australianism hint, 'hella' is essentially synonymous with 'amazingly' i.e. 'hella good.' ;)

No, fine cigars cure slowly. Doesn't fine tobacco cure for a couple of years or more?
You growing any tobacco? I'm not.

THC breaks down not just with exposure to light and heat but time post harvest. Drying quicker is better for potency. Fresher weed is better weed. :)
 

fdd2blk

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You're thinking of silica gel, which you can buy in tins from craft shops for drying flowers etc. It works pretty damn good for drying flowers!

pssssst- small Australianism hint, 'hella' is essentially synonymous with 'amazingly' i.e. 'hella good.' ;)



You growing any tobacco? I'm not.

THC breaks down not just with exposure to light and heat but time post harvest. Drying quicker is better for potency. Fresher weed is better weed. :)

you're slipping now. my weed is not any less potent because it hangs for 5 days. :roll:

there is a lot more to it than just THC. what about flavor? the green has to cure to bring out the oils in the plant. the oils, different then THC, are a lot of where your smells come from. there is even new studies showing that the smells alone can be beneficial; ie: aroma therapy. i feel the drying and curing process is more focused on smells and flavors. i've never considered potency when drying. it kinda is what it is. IMO. yes, of course, exposure will degrade THC, but i don't think it reacts like the sun on a vampire. it has to be long term exposure to air or light. or repeated exposure.

:weed:
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
you're slipping now. my weed is not any less potent because it hangs for 5 days.
Of course not, but the previous poster was talking about years for curing tobacco, that's essentially what I was addressing.

yes, of course, exposure will degrade THC, but i don't think it reacts like the sun on a vampire. it has to be long term exposure to air or light. or repeated exposure.
I agree.
 
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