Hot Diggity Sog
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The time of year that it is and the climate I have makes it pretty easy to keep my drying room within a very tight range. Using a heater with a digital temperature controller and a humidifier on a humidity controller is allowing me to keep the room between 60-62 degrees F and 59-62% RH. My normal procedure is to target 60% humidity and the temps will be very much determined by what time of the year it is. If it's cold then I can use a heater and if it's summer, there's not much I can do.
At any rate, I generally hang dry for around 10 to 14 days. I don't wet trim. I'll begin selective trimming after maybe 7 or 8 days and then just do a bit more each day. Once they seem about ready, I transfer them to parchment paper lined pizza boxes for a pre-cure. They're usually in here for 5 to 10 days and I visit daily and continue trimming. After that, they would go into jars and don't really need more than 1 or 2 burps over the next few weeks.
My question is this:
If I can keep my room at 60/60, wouldn't it seem reasonable to think that I can just skip the entire pizza box and jar process?
Is there any reason these flowers just can't remain in open air and do their curing that way? They will have a constant supply of fresh oxygen. No build up of carbon dioxide. Is there a compelling reason why a sealed container like a jar is needed? Have any of you done open air curing like this?
In my experience, the 10 to 14 day hang dry plus the 5 to 10 days in boxes plus 14 to 21 days in jars is the minimum time needed to produce a flower that smells and tastes correct. Of course, longer is usually better but now we start getting into a subjective matter.
What if I just open air dry/cure for 40 ish days?
At any rate, I generally hang dry for around 10 to 14 days. I don't wet trim. I'll begin selective trimming after maybe 7 or 8 days and then just do a bit more each day. Once they seem about ready, I transfer them to parchment paper lined pizza boxes for a pre-cure. They're usually in here for 5 to 10 days and I visit daily and continue trimming. After that, they would go into jars and don't really need more than 1 or 2 burps over the next few weeks.
My question is this:
If I can keep my room at 60/60, wouldn't it seem reasonable to think that I can just skip the entire pizza box and jar process?
Is there any reason these flowers just can't remain in open air and do their curing that way? They will have a constant supply of fresh oxygen. No build up of carbon dioxide. Is there a compelling reason why a sealed container like a jar is needed? Have any of you done open air curing like this?
In my experience, the 10 to 14 day hang dry plus the 5 to 10 days in boxes plus 14 to 21 days in jars is the minimum time needed to produce a flower that smells and tastes correct. Of course, longer is usually better but now we start getting into a subjective matter.
What if I just open air dry/cure for 40 ish days?
