hawse
Well-Known Member
OK, so I have a question for all you guys -- curing -- what does it really do?
Now I've only been on this forum for a few months, and have been growing self-taught for about 2.5 years now. One thing I really like about this forum is it seems to be free from a lot of the bad advice that get tossed all around the internet.
So with that in mind, curing. I read a lot about how a nice slow dry makes the taste come out better, stronger, etc.. And of course there's the whole flushing thing, I don't do that really, I just don't give nutes for a week or 1.5 week before chopping. But here's the thing, I accidentally left one jar open on my super lemony haze (best guess) strain, and closed the others, and so that jar dried out over night, all the way below 57% humidity with the jar closed. So this one jar didn't cure, it just dried up right after being trimmed and cut up. The other jars were fine. Can I tell a difference between the two a month later? Nope not at all. Both taste freaking amazing, and smooth as hell.
Also, I've been slow drying some other unknown stuff that really just doesn't have much smell to it. So I tried the same thing, just left a nug out to dry up. Actually had a really nice taste! No harshness etc... I've also given other stuff a proper cure and it just never got much of a taste or smell.
So what's the deal, does curing really make a difference? From my admittedly limited experience, taste, and to some extent harshness are genetic dependent more so than the cure. Am I crazy? Tell me if you think I'm wrong, I'm open to learning. Just had to ask.
Now I've only been on this forum for a few months, and have been growing self-taught for about 2.5 years now. One thing I really like about this forum is it seems to be free from a lot of the bad advice that get tossed all around the internet.
So with that in mind, curing. I read a lot about how a nice slow dry makes the taste come out better, stronger, etc.. And of course there's the whole flushing thing, I don't do that really, I just don't give nutes for a week or 1.5 week before chopping. But here's the thing, I accidentally left one jar open on my super lemony haze (best guess) strain, and closed the others, and so that jar dried out over night, all the way below 57% humidity with the jar closed. So this one jar didn't cure, it just dried up right after being trimmed and cut up. The other jars were fine. Can I tell a difference between the two a month later? Nope not at all. Both taste freaking amazing, and smooth as hell.
Also, I've been slow drying some other unknown stuff that really just doesn't have much smell to it. So I tried the same thing, just left a nug out to dry up. Actually had a really nice taste! No harshness etc... I've also given other stuff a proper cure and it just never got much of a taste or smell.
So what's the deal, does curing really make a difference? From my admittedly limited experience, taste, and to some extent harshness are genetic dependent more so than the cure. Am I crazy? Tell me if you think I'm wrong, I'm open to learning. Just had to ask.