Do I need to dry/cure if I will be making butter with my harvest?
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drsaltzman
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Excellent question.
I make butter with a lot of my haul too (and tincture).
I find that you impart a much more grassy flavor if you don't dry and cure.
Best to do it for quality of taste.
In my experience the effects are equal.
You're really just drying/curing the plant material, not the medicine.
I make butter with a lot of my haul too (and tincture).
I find that you impart a much more grassy flavor if you don't dry and cure.
Best to do it for quality of taste.
In my experience the effects are equal.
You're really just drying/curing the plant material, not the medicine.
drsaltzman
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Even though decarbing the weed first (which is also the best way) will dry it, its not the same as a slow dry/cure.
I’ve tried cooking with and without decarbing. I do the boiling/simmering water method. It seems to me either way I get really high and I usually pass out within 3-4 hours but more of a body high no matter the strain. Lol maybe I over do it a little. I’ve also never had any kind of medicinal grade edibles either so I don’t know how to compare
I would say yes, you still should cure no matter what your final product is.
Drying/curing is a 2-part process. Drying removes moisture and curing makes sure your product has universal moisture. You want small buds to be the same as large buds. Without curing we get crispy large buds and damp small buds. I'd guess that curing can't do anything but help your final product. Good question and my answers are educated (I hope) guesses.
Good luck, BigSteve.
Drying/curing is a 2-part process. Drying removes moisture and curing makes sure your product has universal moisture. You want small buds to be the same as large buds. Without curing we get crispy large buds and damp small buds. I'd guess that curing can't do anything but help your final product. Good question and my answers are educated (I hope) guesses.
Good luck, BigSteve.
vostok
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you go straight to the boiling butter with fresh herb
I hope you like that grassy taste and green budder ....lol
you go straight to the butter pot with even fresh dried and cured weed much the same as above, but more brown
you go to the butter pot with water cured weed(4 days)
a slight brown tinge with pratice you get better
harvest the plant soak buds 4 days, dry like socks add to butter
to my blog on the water cure
https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/water-cure.31213/
good luck
Outstanding looking buds sir, good job! If you go ahead and trim off the larger stem parts from the picture you will cut your dry/cure time in half. That is where a lot of the moisture resides and removing those stems will get the job done quicker. I'm not familiar with the butter process so maybe this suggestion is moot.
you go straight to the boiling butter with fresh herb
I hope you like that grassy taste and green budder ....lol
you go straight to the butter pot with even fresh dried and cured weed much the same as above, but more brown
you go to the butter pot with water cured weed(4 days)
a slight brown tinge with pratice you get better
harvest the plant soak buds 4 days, dry like socks add to butter
to my blog on the water cure
https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/water-cure.31213/
good luck
Good luck and keep us posted, BigSteve.