Cured bud storage humidity %

Ok I was just listening to "Grow Bud Yourself" podcast episode #110 (1hr mark).

Where he tells listeners that cured bud in a jar should be stored at 15-20% humidity. He tells him even 50% is way too high.

Meanwhile I got 4 month old bud cured in groves & jars sitting at 56-60%.

Is this high times guy stupid high, or did I completely miss something in storage 101?

Idiots abound........

DrDukePHD said:

Ok I was just listening to "Grow Bud Yourself" podcast episode #110 (1hr mark).

Where he tells listeners that cured bud in a jar should be stored at 15-20% humidity. He tells him even 50% is way too high.

Meanwhile I got 4 month old bud cured in groves & jars sitting at 56-60%.

Is this high times guy an idiot, or did I completely miss something in storage 101?

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I think he smoked too much shwag.

I wouldn't want to smoke his idea of good weed I'll say that.

Some High times indeed.

Don't some people measure the moisture content of their material with a wood moisture probe? I've never done it before, but from reading a few articles, it sounds like you get much lower numbers when you measure that way, vs a meter stuck into a jar. I have absolutely no first hand experience with it, but maybe someone else here uses one and will chime in.

Moisture content and relative humidity are not the same thing. Typical podcast/social media poster, so excited to share their “knowledge”, they never checked to see if it was actually correct.

I use in-jar hygrometers..........I jar long term when the moisture is 65%.

MissinThe90’sStrains said:

Moisture content and relative humidity are not the same thing. Typical podcast/social media poster, so excited to share their “knowledge”, they never checked to see if it was actually correct.

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Yea the person asking the Podcaster specifically said "humidity %" & the podcaster replied in humidity. No one mentioned moisture content. The guy who said 15-20% is "Danny Danko" the dude from High Times.

MickFoster said:

I use in-jar hygrometers..........I jar long term when the moisture is 65%.
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Yup same here, I bet 90%+ of people do.
My first cure I went 56% & 60%. Guess I need to get my #'s up on this next dry?

When I put in buckets, I try to get the humidity down to 62% within a few days. Then hold steady 60%-62% with daily burps for a few weeks. Then let it float down to 58%-60% with weekly burps for the next few months. Then go to 55%-58% with monthly burps for longer term. It's still plenty smokable a year after harvest.

By the time the next outdoor harvest has cured for a month (about 14 months after the previous year's harvest) I use some of what is left to make coconut oil, and put the rest in the compost.

The exterior surface moisture of the bud should be like 15-20% if you're going to process it in a TrimBag, for example.

Is THAT what they were talking about?? Or did they straight up say to store flower at such a low humidity?

PopAndSonGrows said:

Or did they straight up say to store flower at such a low humidity?

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Yes

Maybe they don't like using grinders & prefer their weed just crumbles to dust. It's easier to roll, lol

Jarring at 65% seems really high. We shoot for 55-58%. We are trying grove bags for this harvest.

last couple ive been jarring to get a stable 60% -ish then vacuum sealing and freezing ounces if its going to be a few months or more before I smoke it.
excellent results so far, taste is a little smoother if anything.

The podcaster likely mis-spoke, confusing 2 different but still related things. Someone above mentioned moisture meters - the kind used to measure moisture content in things like firewood. Serious meat-smokers use them to check on their seasoned firewood, and make sure moisture content is just right. Firewood is “cured” for optimum moisture content, because you don’t want to burn “green” wood. Wood also has volatile oils and flavor compounds that evaporate over time, like weed . Moisture content does affect relative humidity, but environment matters here as well. Moisture has to evaporate and come to an equilibrium within that space before you can accurately measure the humidity. Moisture meters would tell you most accurately how much water is in the bud, while a humidity gauge would help you predict you how that environment will affect the buds (Will they keep drying more, will they mold, will they stay the same). The most accurate method would be to cure to a certain measurable moisture level and then store at the appropriate humidity to ensure it stays that way.

Right on @MissinThe90’sStrains great username btw!

Thanks. I heartily agree with your sig as well. Fuck it, indeed.

MissinThe90’sStrains said:

Thanks. I heartily agree with your sig as well. Fuck it, indeed.

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Yes sir, It's a real evil, sneaky, out of nowhere b*stard.