I Really Need " CURING" Help NOW!!!! PLEASE

I know everyone says wait til the stem snaps when u bend it..? (Right)
What about bigger Buds 6" or so....?, I've been drying a Bud for 5 days
& I just tried to bend it, but it still bends almost 90 Degrees & no snap..
So should I dry longer or put in Jar?
Is this how u determine when ALL buds r ready to cure? Even small buds

Here's some Pics (all other Buds I hung Last night)
What Should I do , Sorry,I'm 1st time grower Just don't wanna F it up !
Thanks u'all
A 10 is all I had,)

hey man, just got done with my first success, best post i read was the sticky up top in the forum about curing broken down into plain english... but basically u want the outer bud or outside of em crispy, not falling off but crisp to the touch. i only dried mine for 4 and half days and put in jars for no longer than 12 hours at a time, burped them/let them air out twice a day, usually before work and after work worked real well.... basically u want to dry out the outside and then by "curing" your actually releasing the moisture as humidity into the jars in order to get a nice sticky texture throughout. and burped for about a week now. all i know is dont over dry from i read u cant revive if its too gone. but def check out that sticky up top, awesome right up.. good luck

Thanks for the info I'm going to put the 1 big bud in jar now & will def read the sticky, Thanks again man!
Great buds

1st of all , if u bent a moist sterm once it want snap until its really bone dry ( meaning too late )

best time to start curing is when u can get a piece of bud crumbled for a joint but this should be really dificult cause of the moisture of it , from that point till the point it crumbles almost effortless( if it does crumble easilly ts too dry ) it should pass about a month or two of curing

u should not drying in contitions of humidity less than 50% and for less than 5-7 days

some places of the earth allow moist to stay on things more than others where they get attacked from rot easier ur area's weather conditions play the most important role on drying/ curing

Check it man, before you put those buds in jars get rid of those big-ass stems or ur weed will mold for sure. Here it is Curing made Simple: 1-chop ur plants and remove only the largest fan leaves. 2-hang your entire plant, I break mine down to the main stems and hang upside down in the dark. 3-Let your plants dry until the large leaves are dried, and -basically crumble to the touch 3-7 days dependent on climate. 4-Remove any large leaf material and manicure sugar-leaves, at this point put ur buds in a jar and do the standard burp for about a week and ur buds will be primo.

If you wait to manicure sugar leaves and large hash-leaf material, your buds will look extra-crystally and sugar coated. You wouldn't believe the amout of trich damage that is done trying to manicure a wet bud. Sissor hash was once trichs that were on the exterior of ur buds, also it definately increases bag appeal if ur going that route.

Good luck man, happy smoking.

Thanks Jolly ,Yes for sure I will take Buds off bigger stems
Question Should I cut the buds off the main cola ? or chop it up, its only 5-6" long

Tstone said:

Thanks Jolly ,Yes for sure I will take Buds off bigger stems
Question Should I cut the buds off the main cola ? or chop it up, its only 5-6" long

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Not usually the main cola, but I might cut it in 1/2 if were too large to fit into my containers. Yours shoud be fine in a standard mason jar whole. If I have a compact bud I cut it where it starts to air out, where you can see the stem.

1 more ?? I have 3) 1gal mason jars (Olives), are those ok to use, or too big ?
I have the main top in a seperate jar,(12oz ). Said before about 2 maybe 3 more days for others
Thanks for info. Just got my MMJ card & hoping to learn from u all, sorry so many ?????

bonjo78 what did u mean about "u should not dry in condition under 50% humidity'?? the target range for drying period is 40%-50%..anyways u gotta dry until the buds are dry like u said and the stem still bends and doesnt snap, when your done curing it should snap..if u dont wanna over dry and are scared of getting mold u can do the bag treatment for a week or so..for instance i just harvested a 3-4ft plant the other day, I LST'd it so i got about 8-10colas and a fair yield (about 6oz) i was drying em at 32%-40% and the temp was 75-80 and it was drying to fast..my temp was the problem though u want ur temp at 68 and RH at 35-50%..so it was drying to fast so i put it in a plastic luckys bag tied it up and double wrapped it..i open the bag a few times a day and the other night i left it open all night..some people even might rehang it but mine didnt get THAT MOIST im keeping a good eye on it..then i jar it in a mason jar for 2-6weeks opening the jar 1hour a day.

Cali .I have them drying in a closet, 70 Deg., 43 Humi. & hanging in a box that is open @ top (should it be?)
I haven't looked @'em since I hung them . Do I still need to watch for mold ??, or just when they go in jar ?
Also is a 1 gal jar ok to use ?

When the bud feels crispy to the "Squeeze", the outer edge should be dry but not fall apart and there should be a little give when you squeeze the largest bud. At this point your safe to clip buds from stem and toss in jars, If you only fill jars 1/2 way you have MUCH less chance of getting any mildew btw. Put the main colas in their own jars or maybe 2 per jar depending on size, they will hold much more moisture than the other nugs. The rest put into jars about 3/4 full. Let all jars sit on their side with buds on bottom and a nice space for air on the top 1/3 of sideways laying jar. When you wake up , put the lid on them and open ever 6-12 hours to check on their moisture, if the moisture from the inside has made all the buds moist and spongey again, just rotate a few times and lay on side OPEN again for a hour or two untill the outside of the buds feel crispy to the touch again. Seal and repeat for a day or two.

Now most of your excess moisture is gone and you can leave the nugs in jars "ever so slightly spongey/springy to the squeeze" for a few days at a time opening to let the old moist air out and new air in for a few minutes. Now your curing and you can open as often as you like depending on the dryness you prefer your herbs =D

BTW + rep for a great grow, your camera doesnt do your resinous trichomes justice, I can tell those girls are super sticky =D
Take a nug out side in the daylight and get us a closeup of that crystaly goodness when you get a chance.

if the air is dry even at 15c it will still dry fast

in the regions where most of the weed originate , the harvest times of the year have elevated humidity , as .,long as u dont face rot issues u should be drying the slowest u can , especially the 1st 1-2 days

when i say u shouldnt drying in conditions lower than 50% is that if u do it , weed will retain some of the "leafy" i call it taste , u need less than 50% when u jaring and not when drying , ofcourse if u cultrivate massive colas that have enormous mass that will retain humidity levels throughout the drying prosces u can dry them in 30% but we speak here about the medium grower

its like the wine curing prosces u can have something to drink and get high hours from vine harvest , the prosces to make the juice wine may have a rule of a thumb it changes though in many aspects throughout the planet and it may take from 1 month to 1 decade

tstone if at 43% u have rot issues u should be looking for falling meteorites on ur house along ( suposungly u have airflow/exchange in the closet ) BUT u should be checking ur buds daily for a thousand of reasons

I just ck'd some of Buds & some r def dry, so I'm going to put some in jar right now
Be back in a bit , w/ PICS

parklax said:

hey man, just got done with my first success, best post i read was the sticky up top in the forum about curing broken down into plain english... but basically u want the outer bud or outside of em crispy, not falling off but crisp to the touch. i only dried mine for 4 and half days and put in jars for no longer than 12 hours at a time, burped them/let them air out twice a day, usually before work and after work worked real well.... basically u want to dry out the outside and then by "curing" your actually releasing the moisture as humidity into the jars in order to get a nice sticky texture throughout. and burped for about a week now. all i know is dont over dry from i read u cant revive if its too gone. but def check out that sticky up top, awesome right up.. good luck
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bonjo78 said:

if the air is dry even at 15c it will still dry fast

in the regions where most of the weed originate , the harvest times of the year have elevated humidity , as .,long as u dont face rot issues u should be drying the slowest u can , especially the 1st 1-2 days

when i say u shouldnt drying in conditions lower than 50% is that if u do it , weed will retain some of the "leafy" i call it taste , u need less than 50% when u jaring and not when drying , ofcourse if u cultrivate massive colas that have enormous mass that will retain humidity levels throughout the drying prosces u can dry them in 30% but we speak here about the medium grower

its like the wine curing prosces u can have something to drink and get high hours from vine harvest , the prosces to make the juice wine may have a rule of a thumb it changes though in many aspects throughout the planet and it may take from 1 month to 1 decade

tstone if at 43% u have rot issues u should be looking for falling meteorites on ur house along ( suposungly u have airflow/exchange in the closet ) BUT u should be checking ur buds daily for a thousand of reasons

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i dont know bro..i think ur thinkig to much..i dry my weed with the RH low the first couple days then up the RH and never have that "leafy" flavor..and RH doesnt matter when u cure lol u got ur bud in a mason jar

Tstone said:

Cali .I have them drying in a closet, 70 Deg., 43 Humi. & hanging in a box that is open @ top (should it be?)
I haven't looked @'em since I hung them . Do I still need to watch for mold ??, or just when they go in jar ?
Also is a 1 gal jar ok to use ?

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yea ur good..u should always check for mold..and dont cramp ur jar, it should be filled 75-90%

u should be considering rh when u open the jars of buds that retain a good amount of moisture and want to keep it that way , u are def right about me thinking over too much though

when u say low humidity on 1st days how low ? and how big are the buds ? and how much does the whole drying proscess last ? u sure u dont detect that leafy smell on the lower / flufier buds ?

if the weed u curing is to be consumed in a matter of weeks all of that i say dont apply , u need moist weed so to keep it fresh for a long period of time ( basically u need weed that never gone bone dry

bonjo78 said:

u should be considering rh when u open the jars of buds that retain a good amount of moisture and want to keep it that way , u are def right about me thinking over too much though

when u say low humidity on 1st days how low ? and how big are the buds ? and how much does the whole drying proscess last ? u sure u dont detect that leafy smell on the lower / flufier buds ?

if the weed u curing is to be consumed in a matter of weeks all of that i say dont apply , u need moist weed so to keep it fresh for a long period of time ( basically u need weed that never gone bone dry

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i just harvested a 3 1/2 - 4 ft.tall 90%sativa plant with long but not really thick buds..about 5-6oz im guessing and had my bud drying at 32-40% RH and 73-78 temp the first 2 days..to me i

thought it was drying a little to fast so i up'd my RH to 50% and couldnt do much with the temp..had it drying for a couple more days and the smallest branches were starting to snap and

some of the buds could snap so i threw it in a plastic luckys bag and double wrapped it for a few days and today i just started curing..the buds have no grass smell at all, had that happen one

time in the summer when temps were like 90-100 when i was drying..I AGREE THAT WEED SHOULD NEVER GO BONE DRY..my bud is pretty dry but the big stems still bend so this curing

process should put some of the moisture from the stem back into the buds

it actual depends how u grow..like hydroponically grown buds usually take a little bit longer and carry more moisture in the buds, plus their usually bigger..and i noticed that when i grew

DWC..those buds took longer to dry and when i cured em it seemed like they would get to moist and i would empty my jar out for half the day or so sometimes..u just gotta be

smart..to moist=mold and to dry=a nasty like harsh smoke