shamegame
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Ok, many of you saw my post regarding my little water cure / smoke report. To those of you that took the time to rep me and give positive comments, thank you.Like many of you, I love to learn, to try things for myself even if I don't know what the outcome will be.It makes life interesting.I became very interested in water curing , and after I read Videoman's great how-to on this subject I had decided I must try it.After seeing and smoking the results of the first mini-test, I decided to try it with a whole plant. The plant I used was the smallest little girl of the 8. I harvested her a couple of days short of 8 weeks as she showed ~60% amber trichs.As you can see, I left the buds on the stems to make the water cure easier as you do not want little loose buds floating all over the place.The 263g is with stems , so if I get an oz. after drying and removing stems I will be happy enough.
Ok let's see what's going on here:
First I manicured it like normal, leaving only the sweet leaves covered in crystals.
Then I took a cooler ( no bottom drain unfortunately ) and placed all the buds inside carefully.Remember leaving everything connected to the stems will make this water cure much easier.You can remove stems when it is dry.Then I filled it up most of the way with tap water.I used 2 jugs of water to hold the buds below the waterline.It is very important that you make sure ALL the plant material stays completely submerged to avoid mold.
I just placed the cooler into a corner of the garage.As always, I will empty the water and replace it with fresh water once a day for 6 days.On the 7th day I will empty it out and dry it up.I suggest you gently rotate the buds each time you change the water so that all of the plant material gets evenly cured.
I will update this with some pictures of the drying process I intend on using as well as pics of the finished product .The more I get into this water curing the more I like it.In all honesty I will probably air cure the other 7 plants and will smoke on this one while I wait .However I am officially a fan of the water cure process.If nothing else, it is the perfect way to get some top quality smoke fast while you wait out that air cure time. I am hopeful that I will get a better picture of the effects of water curing by using a large volume of bud instead of a little mini bud.
Ok let's see what's going on here:
First I manicured it like normal, leaving only the sweet leaves covered in crystals.
Then I took a cooler ( no bottom drain unfortunately ) and placed all the buds inside carefully.Remember leaving everything connected to the stems will make this water cure much easier.You can remove stems when it is dry.Then I filled it up most of the way with tap water.I used 2 jugs of water to hold the buds below the waterline.It is very important that you make sure ALL the plant material stays completely submerged to avoid mold.
I just placed the cooler into a corner of the garage.As always, I will empty the water and replace it with fresh water once a day for 6 days.On the 7th day I will empty it out and dry it up.I suggest you gently rotate the buds each time you change the water so that all of the plant material gets evenly cured.
I will update this with some pictures of the drying process I intend on using as well as pics of the finished product .The more I get into this water curing the more I like it.In all honesty I will probably air cure the other 7 plants and will smoke on this one while I wait .However I am officially a fan of the water cure process.If nothing else, it is the perfect way to get some top quality smoke fast while you wait out that air cure time. I am hopeful that I will get a better picture of the effects of water curing by using a large volume of bud instead of a little mini bud.