How do you cure?

[pahpah-cee]

I tend to not burp things out of laziness. So I’m digging the grove bags. I do wish they were cheaper and I wish they put the velvet zipper on all bags.

 

[Hook Daddy]

Thermoelectric wine cooler, dehumidifier, a slow 3 week dry to a nice long cure. Put them in grove bags when ready for the next batch. Pizza boxes are for pizza, and cereal boxes are for breakfast food, this is the 21st century.

 

[Inkaddict$]

I tend to not burp things out of laziness. So I’m digging the grove bags. I do wish they were cheaper and I wish they put the velvet zipper on all bags.

Best ones....really not expensive if you think about it...2$ a Mason jar cost more and you can reuse Grove bags several times....i buy them offline or at my hydro store...I keep all sizes...they even sent me a some for free around 20 of them...

 

[Inkaddict$]

Thermoelectric wine cooler, dehumidifier, a slow 3 week dry to a nice long cure. Put them in grove bags when ready for the next batch. Pizza boxes are for pizza, and cereal boxes are for breakfast food, this is the 21st century.

Just a way I was taught and like the results....better then brown bagging or hang drying....I use a wine cooler to keep at Grove bags recommended temp....and a moisture meter to know when my buds are done drying....around 12%rh and in the bag they go....

 

[Seanf610]

I'm just going to give my general thoughts on drying/curring...I found cutting a cereal box open and placing buds in there works better then brown bags...I also use Grove bags and use a moisture meter to test when I know it's time to put in bag...I wait till 12% wood moisture...I press the points down to the stem...as Grove bags suggest to keep temp at 60°f I use a wine cooler for this works 1great 60°f all day plus good seed storage...View attachment 5305081View attachment 5305082View attachment 5305083

So for curing I usually dry some place with a fan in the dark enough then put them in a jar and let sit in dark for long periods. Like a few weeks to

I'm just going to give my general thoughts on drying/curring...I found cutting a cereal box open and placing buds in there works better then brown bags...I also use Grove bags and use a moisture meter to test when I know it's time to put in bag...I wait till 12% wood moisture...I press the points down to the stem...as Grove bags suggest to keep temp at 60°f I use a wine cooler for this works 1great 60°f all day plus good seed storage...View attachment 5305081View attachment 5305082View attachment 5305083

I use jars after drying for l

I'm just going to give my general thoughts on drying/curring...I found cutting a cereal box open and placing buds in there works better then brown bags...I also use Grove bags and use a moisture meter to test when I know it's time to put in bag...I wait till 12% wood moisture...I press the points down to the stem...as Grove bags suggest to keep temp at 60°f I use a wine cooler for this works 1great 60°f all day plus good seed storage...View attachment 5305081View attachment 5305082View attachment 5305083

I first dry for about a week I think or a little more, (different buds will take different time I imagine I only grew 5-6 times) I test it and when it gets flakey around the leaves I cure and let the jar burp until all ammonia or possible variants are out of the bud, so burping is like letting the jar sit open next to you for a hour or hour and a half. Being scientific is the key with me I grew some bud that tasted better than cresco from the dispensary. You could take longer to do these things also if it gets to dry consider putting a piece of acacado peel or orange peel any peel in until it gets a little moist then take it out, test it, put it back wait again and test to see if the buds are curing dry to moist ratio properly for smoking without chemicals being present or to wet. Let me know if I am doing something wrong also or if it sounds like it because I’m sure there are better ways to cure. There’s always a better way.

 

[Seanf610]

Also I could be wrong but at 60 degrees I’m not sure if you could hermie by accident if your plant wasn’t in 60 degrees but I could be wrong maybe don’t change temperatures. I know plants can grow at 60 degrees so it’s probably fine

 

[Inkaddict$]

Also I could be wrong but at 60 degrees I’m not sure if you could hermie by accident if your plant wasn’t in 60 degrees but I could be wrong maybe don’t change temperatures. I know plants can grow at 60 degrees so it’s probably fine

I cure my bud at 60°f my tents run between 75-80°f and 55 to 60%rh...

 

[Inkaddict$]

Wine cooler

 

[Seanf610]

I cure my bud at 60°f my tents run between 75-80°f and 55 to 60%rh...

Ok cool I think I remember noticing signs of seed development slightly but not to much, at that phase when it was less warm or cooler was when I noticed. It stopped developing when it was out of the cool. When the temperature shifted is probably why I noticed a little pollen satchel baby beginning satchel that then free leave and bud around or shriveled enough to not notice.

 

[pahpah-cee]

So for curing I usually dry some place with a fan in the dark enough then put them in a jar and let sit in dark for long periods. Like a few weeks to

I use jars after drying for l


I first dry for about a week I think or a little more, (different buds will take different time I imagine I only grew 5-6 times) I test it and when it gets flakey around the leaves I cure and let the jar burp until all ammonia or possible variants are out of the bud, so burping is like letting the jar sit open next to you for a hour or hour and a half. Being scientific is the key with me I grew some bud that tasted better than cresco from the dispensary. You could take longer to do these things also if it gets to dry consider putting a piece of acacado peel or orange peel any peel in until it gets a little moist then take it out, test it, put it back wait again and test to see if the buds are curing dry to moist ratio properly for smoking without chemicals being present or to wet. Let me know if I am doing something wrong also or if it sounds like it because I’m sure there are better ways to cure. There’s always a better way.

I would avoid adding any peels (especially avocado since they’re fatty).

So when you dry, once you dip below 58% RH the “cure” stops. You can add more moisture but that does not start the cure again. I try to bag everything up around 62% just to make sure I have enough RH to get a decent cure in.

 

[Seanf610]

I would avoid adding any peels (especially avocado since they’re fatty).

So when you dry, once you dip below 58% RH the “cure” stops. You can add more moisture but that does not start the cure again. I try to bag everything up around 62% just to make sure I have enough RH to get a decent cure in.

I’ll give it a try with some and experiment the rest of the way with what I learned next grow, thanks

 

[pahpah-cee]

@Hook Daddy

hey dude, do you ever check your nugs after your fridge dry/cure with one of those wood moisture meters? I play around with the “general” brand one. I tend to get around 11% before bagging after 2.5-3 weeks. I don’t drop my inkbird below 62% while in the fridge.

 

[Seanf610]

I would avoid adding any peels (especially avocado since they’re fatty).

So when you dry, once you dip below 58% RH the “cure” stops. You can add more moisture but that does not start the cure again. I try to bag everything up around 62% just to make sure I have enough RH to get a decent cure in.

Also I only used the peels when there seemed to be excess dryness around the edges so I did this to manicure the weed and give a fresh good all around dry it worked but I don’t know if I could’ve dried better or had a easier way to cure maybe not in a jar that would hold more moisture. A 60 degree wine cooler sounds efficient and moisture might drain less idk but it worked and I maintained fair density flavor and aroma.

 

[OGGanjaPatient]

Grove bags, period.

 

[Seanf610]

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Grove bags, period.

Ok I’ll look into that I just searched it looks good.

 

[Hook Daddy]

@Hook Daddy

hey dude, do you ever check your nugs after your fridge dry/cure with one of those wood moisture meters? I play around with the “general” brand one. I tend to get around 11% before bagging after 2.5-3 weeks. I don’t drop my inkbird below 62% while in the fridge.

I don’t have a wood moisture meter, but I keep the rh in the wine fridge between 59 and 62 at the end of drying and during cure, and the temp at 55f. The buds feel, smell, taste, grind and smoke just right, so that’s all I really care about.

 

[Jjgrow420]

Good point, I grew up canning and the flat part of lids should be replaced every canning season/year. However if you aren't actually sealing them you can get a few years use. The rings don't require replacement. I use a Vacuum Sealer for longer term storage for my jars. I love that thing.

I vacuum seal my jars to -29.9hg and toss em in the freezer for long term storage too. When they come out they're exactly as they went in. I made a thread about it somewhere here.

 

[Gemtree]

Best ones....really not expensive if you think about it...2$ a Mason jar cost more and you can reuse Grove bags several times....i buy them offline or at my hydro store...I keep all sizes...they even sent me a some for free around 20 of them...

$1 a jar here

 

[TCH]

$1 a jar here

Have you priced them lately? I just saw a dozen quart jars for $21.97 the other day. Just about shit mah pants!!! I just checked Walmart and they are $14.97. That's better, but still not the $9.99 I've always been used to. Lol

 

[cannabiscrusader]

I just made a 5 gal bucket with an air pump hooked to an inkbird. Check valves at the top and bottom. I have 2 cookies gelato I just pulled out of a 4x4 hanging, so I'll see how it goes in a few days.

Otherwise, I use Mason jars. Burp burp burp