How long do you dry/cure before blasting?

midnitetoak

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I revegged my ladies because I liked the bud so much. Problem is I'm having mold issues. I was f-ing around in my grow tent when I noticed what I thought was nute burn on some leaves...turns out it was mold starting to form. At harvest this time I left some of the smaller popcornette size budlets on the plants in tiny little clusters because they looked way too small to bother drying out to smoke. That was 5 weeks ago and they are already back to 12/12 in preflower & white pistils beginning to form...all the frosty buds and sugar leaves that were left have now expanded to normal size & and are attracting mold deep under thick canopy. The plants grew back ten times more bushy but I was worried that new bud growth could become infested with this mold if allowed to spread.
So I cut off all the small buds & sugar leaves where visible trichomes were present & ended up with maybe 8g of poor quality trim when it's dry. I do not expect a huge yield or great quality because the material is sub-standard- mostly just frosty sugar leaf. How long should I wait to blast with butane? Until it's dry(4-5 days)? or should I jar cure it?(2-3 weeks min) Do you think the long exposures to light has degraded the thc content?
 

Herb Man

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1)Pics.

2) Might as well just give it a long dry (until you can smell it's ripe) rather than going through the bother of a 4/5 day dry then a month curing for so so weed.

So you have a choice of smoking in 10-14 days or 35 days.
 

AllDayToker

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If you plan on blasting it I would just let it get bone dry, don't bother curing it, and then stuff the tube. Same method I use for my trim and get great colored, clear, shatter.
 

midnitetoak

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Not sure how showing pics helps nor did I take any...it's not very pretty shit; & it's not covered in mold either- I have already cut all the mold affected areas away-I want to pull whatever trichs are on there instead of just tossing it all out in the trash....smells good & ripe cuz the buds are way over ripened; so you are saying I can blast it in a matter of days?

I have been blasting only high grade cured bud so far but my stash is quickly dwindling & it will be 8 weeks or more before the next set of buds are done; I figure that really fresh bud/trims would have a lot of moisture which could get into your BHO so I plan to dry it out but not sure for how long. I've read that some oil makers wait till it's all cured & I've also read that others blast right after it's dry enough to smoke
 

AllDayToker

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You get more clear oil the more dry it is. A lot of people will put their trim in dehydrators to get it really dry to get some super clear shatter.

I let mine sit out for however long it takes for me to blow another batch, so it gets pretty dry. I don't cure at all, and get great results.


 

midnitetoak

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Yeah that looks good...I know this strain will make decent clear amber shatter, very similar in color to this. Good to know for my next harvest thanks again
 

Twitch

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You get more clear oil the more dry it is. A lot of people will put their trim in dehydrators to get it really dry to get some super clear shatter.

I let mine sit out for however long it takes for me to blow another batch, so it gets pretty dry. I don't cure at all, and get great results.
qwizo, post up some of your stuff, yours is fresh off the plant right?
 

midnitetoak

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I'll put everything in the freezer & upload before & after pics if I get anything out of it when it's done ...sure won't be much but this oughta be a fun experiment nonetheless thanx everyone for your input
 

midnitetoak

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Yea looked all over to find out how everyone in doing their BHO but only found a few notable posts that pertain...seems everyone's got their own tech & opinion on the subject
 

qwizoking

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Well if you didn't know, my opinion is always right........
Lol....try a side by side...someone else did(I think)....said they couldn't fit as much per tube, and they weren't gonna do it again.....I don't recall finished products

Anyway...fresher the better, can't really dispute...water boils at 210.. some terps (when i say terps i really mean flavortfull stuff overall, esters etc) boil around that temp..waters gone..so'sthe flavor


I do need to get some pics up though....and another run..probly won't be till next weekend thiugh


I lied.......talking bout it is making me want some....gonna just buy some and run it, won't have any plants ready for a week or 2
 

midnitetoak

Active Member
Word....actually just got a brand new really expensive freezer a month ago that goes down to -6
deg, oughta be cold enough to freeze a tauntauns nuts off! Deep nuggets!!
Ya haven't steered me wrong yet qwis
 

midnitetoak

Active Member
Yeah I may end up buying some to run at some point in the not too distant future but I'm staving it off for as long as possible...gonna be another long 8 weeks waiting for buds to grow & mature
 
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