Drying and Curing Help

[cock roach]

I don't understand the process I guess? I hung up my girl to dry after cutting her down 3 or 4 days. The buds were very dry. I put them in qt. jars, now the humidity in the jars is 50%.
I don't understand the process here ...Why do I dry them so much, if the correct humidity for curing is in 62%. How to get the weed back to 62% …?

 

[Hugo Phurst]

Take a small piece of paper towel dampen it (not soaking wet) and put it in the jar with the weed.

 

[ss nimrod]

Get a Boveda 62% pack (Amazon) and put it in the jar, good to go

 

[cock roach]

If everyone dried their plants until the branch snaps, how do they get curing humidity back to 62%. From what I read Boveda packs will not bring humidity back up …?

 

[70's natureboy]

How does it smell? I would rather have them too dry than too wet. 3-4 days is a little fast to dry them. Technically you already missed the cure window at 50% humidity (I don't really buy into the common curing methods). I would just leave them sealed up and try to do better next time.

 

[cock roach]

How does it smell? I would rather have them too dry than too wet. 3-4 days is a little fast to dry them. Technically you already missed the cure window at 50% humidity (I don't really buy into the common curing methods). I would just leave them sealed up and try to do better next time.

I don't understand that I missed the window when I only dried 3 days. How dry do you think a bud will be if the stem snaps? My stem almost snapped when I bent it. Three days later it's dry as cornbread. This method is crazy ...

 

[macsnax]

If everyone dried their plants until the branch snaps, how do they get curing humidity back to 62%. From what I read Boveda packs will not bring humidity back up …?

I don't wait until they snap to jar buds. Imo much better to get them in jars a touch too wet and burp/sweat them until until they're around 62%..... Boveda packs will get them back to 62, but if your buds are at 50% you have lost the cure and its not coming back. Start researching curing methods now, and by next harvest you'll be ready.

 

[70's natureboy]

Drying time varies with humidity. There is tons of reading material in the drying and curing section with a sticky at the top.

 

[promedz]

@cockroach listen if your stems didnt snap and it felt super dry it dont mean they are done or over dry... the stem holds tons of moisture so after snapping if you can wait that long then you jar them and dont open for 24 hrs and you should be right around 62 with a perfect snap and sticky ass buds... if you do it too early and your bud wasnt snapping then the moisture will come back faster so if i jared them without snapping i leave them shut for 12 hrs then take them out of jar for 12 hrs depending on how moisture came back! its all about catching it at the right timing for your style! and you can achieve best by controlling the humidity in your room! so you can have them dry as long or as short as you want tbh.. i dry mine for 5-6 days most and have sticky buds with a snap!

 

[cock roach]

Dam ...I screwed that one up. I have one more ready to chop, and I will wait til the stem snaps this time ..ha

 

[promedz]

dont put no wet paper towel if they arent dry enough

Dam ...I screwed that one up. I have one more ready to chop, and I will wait til the stem snaps this time ..ha

dont have to wait for every stem to snap i wait for most of the smaller stems to snap and it evens out with the bigger stems that are almost there

 

[Kingrow1]

I don't understand that I missed the window when I only dried 3 days. How dry do you think a bud will be if the stem snaps? My stem almost snapped when I bent it. Three days later it's dry as cornbread. This method is crazy ...

Ive no idea when a whole load of growers started WAY overcomplicating drying and curing but i have a better method for new growers that will teach you everything and require little guess work.

Drying is an art sorely missed by the new click on boards.

So to dry you simply leave until its smokable in a joint. I mean dry that it smokes like normal dank not half wet bud.

This might seem overdry considering the new clicks info but i assure you without all that fancy humidity shite you have reached the point of jarring and this is the point commercial weed is sold.

Sounds logical so far right...

So now its smokable and dry you can jar for storage.

The art of burping - if after 24hours your weed gets any moisture rise and goes even slightly damp you simply jumped the gun and jarred to early.

This will see you right and expunge all the hype and technical bs and you dont need to monitor humidity or some complex un-needed method.

Ya i do things different and better

 

[T macc]

Ive no idea when a whole load of growers started WAY overcomplicating drying and curing but i have a better method for new growers that will teach you everything and require little guess work.

Drying is an art sorely missed by the new click on boards.

So to dry you simply leave until its smokable in a joint. I mean dry that it smokes like normal dank not half wet bud.

This might seem overdry considering the new clicks info but i assure you without all that fancy humidity shite you have reached the point of jarring and this is the point commercial weed is sold.

Sounds logical so far right...

So now its smokable and dry you can jar for storage.

The art of burping - if after 24hours your weed gets any moisture rise and goes even slightly damp you simply jumped the gun and jarred to early.

This will see you right and expunge all the hype and technical bs and you dont need to monitor humidity or some complex un-needed method.

Ya i do things different and better

Just this. Small stems will snap between buds
It's better to have a longer dry, but if it's dried in 4 days, then so be it. Jar em up

 

[Kingrow1]

Just this. Small stems will snap between buds
It's better to have a longer dry, but if it's dried in 4 days, then so be it. Jar em up

No do not overcomplicate my info, it has been tried and tested by over 10,000 growers here and is the way to dry and cure for new growers who are sick of listening to a bunch of guys who have no idea what dry actually means and overcomplicate the easiest process in the world.

 

[macsnax]

No do not overcomplicate my info, it has been tried and tested by over 10,000 growers here and is the way to dry and cure for new growers who are sick of listening to a bunch of guys who have no idea what dry actually means and overcomplicate the easiest process in the world.

I'll give you that, the method you suggest is hard to mess up. You should make a thread and have it stickied. I see this problem a lot with new growers. It would help simplify for them, and they can spread their wings once they're feet are on the ground so to speak.

 

[Kingrow1]

I'll give you that, the method you suggest is hard to mess up. You should make a thread and have it stickied. I see this problem a lot with new growers. It would help simplify for them, and they can spread their wings once they're feet are on the ground so to speak.

Or the guys here who are trolling the jarring wet weed rubbish on everyone could maybe take a step back and let some better growers shape the site info.

 

[Beachwalker]

If everyone dried their plants until the branch snaps, how do they get curing humidity back to 62%. From what I read Boveda packs will not bring humidity back up …?

Check this out, not exactly on topic but in the long run it might have something you can use, all sizes shapes and types of drying set-ups from paper bags to controlled rooms, one may work for you and will give you a lot of information too, good luck

https://www.rollitup.org/t/show-me-your-drying-set-ups.961151/

 

[xtsho]

I just hang/put on trays until dry. Then it goes into jars. No burping required. The curing, boveda packs, hygrometers, is too much work for me. I have better things to do than burp a bunch of jars several times a day. I also know people that do and many times they end up with moldy funky weed. Mine tastes and smokes just fine. That's the way I do it an I'm never going to change. I know a bunch of people that grow and they all comment on how tasty my weed is compared to theirs. I've even been asked how long it was cured. When I tell them it just finished drying they look at me in disbelief.

 

[grayeyes]

It is very easy to overdry your harvest. I tried hanging and it dried way too fast. Slow is what you want. I laid mine out in a cardboard box top in a dark closet. When I thought it was drying too fast I put it in a baggie and sealed it. A friend who has cured many many pounds told me to not put it in jars as he has always had it mold that way.

When I found mine was a little too dry, I got a tip to take a cotton ball and spray it with water once or twice. Then put it in the baggie in the middle with the harvest pushed away from the middle. In the first 6 hours or so the harvest was more to the humidity I wanted.

 

[Thundercat]

I just hang/put on trays until dry. Then it goes into jars. No burping required. The curing, boveda packs, hygrometers, is too much work for me. I have better things to do than burp a bunch of jars several times a day. I also know people that do and many times they end up with moldy funky weed. Mine tastes and smokes just fine. That's the way I do it an I'm never going to change. I know a bunch of people that grow and they all comment on how tasty my weed is compared to theirs. I've even been asked how long it was cured. When I tell them it just finished drying they look at me in disbelief.

Yep this is it. K.I.S.S.!

Over they years I've tried a bunch of methods to see what maxed flavor and minimized labor.

As I learned to grow better and learned how to dry right I ditched all the gimmicks. My plants get broken down at harvest into manageable buds and have the big stems and fans removed but I leave the sugar leaves. I have a net drying rack I toss the buds on and they usually take 5-7 days to nice and evenly dry depending in the humidity of the season.

I will keep an eye on them to make sure they don't get to crispy on the outside and wet inside. If they feel real crispy on the edges I might toss them all in a paper bag for a couple days to even out and finish up.

Once you get it right they go straight into jars until ready to smoke. I never burp jars any more or fuck with humidity packs. I never have it long enough to bother.