It's Alive!! Drying and Curing with Allison Justice, PhD

Dr. Justice, my new favorite researcher, on drying and curing

[VIDEO] "Master the Art of Drying and Curing" With Dr. Allison Justice

[YouTube] The Science of Drying and Curing - Allison Justice, PhD

Here are some takeaways:

• Dry at 60F and 60%rh
• Dry 7 to 10 days
• Bud lost 80% weight
• Harvested bud is alive. Respiration for a few days.
• Burping during cure reduces moisture content (depending on room humidity)
• Burping purges ethylene
• Curing evens out water distribution in buds

effexxess said:

Dr. Justice, my new favorite researcher, on drying and curing

[VIDEO] "Master the Art of Drying and Curing" With Dr. Allison Justice

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[YouTube] The Science of Drying and Curing - Allison Justice, PhD

Here are some takeaways:

• Dry at 60F and 60%rh
• Dry 7 to 10 days
• Bud lost 80% weight
• Harvested bud is alive. Respiration for a few days.
• Burping during cure reduces moisture content (depending on room humidity)
• Burping purges ethylene
• Curing evens out water distribution in buds

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Perfect timing! I just chopped, and I'm struggling to keep RH at 60% and temp at 60dF (both are running a bit high). I really needed to know how that would affect the dry - and here we are! Thank you!

effexxess said:

Dr. Justice, my new favorite researcher, on drying and curing

[VIDEO] "Master the Art of Drying and Curing" With Dr. Allison Justice

StackPath

[YouTube] The Science of Drying and Curing - Allison Justice, PhD

Here are some takeaways:

• Dry at 60F and 60%rh
• Dry 7 to 10 days
• Bud lost 80% weight
• Harvested bud is alive. Respiration for a few days.
• Burping during cure reduces moisture content (depending on room humidity)
• Burping purges ethylene
• Curing evens out water distribution in buds

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this is awesome my brother back in the day would always dry at 60F because he said if you made the temps any higher you would loose terpene profiles not sure if he was right or wrong but it makes me happy seeing the pro's say that you should dry at 60F <3 :3 my brothers bs lives on!

It didn't mention anything about drying in the microwave. Odd.

Didn’t mention PEE either …. What a hack

After my first few grows it was obvious that the fresher the weed the tastier it d be for me, just a much more alive taste so to speak, so i started to dry n cure in a faster pace.
I put them hanging in cardboards for a week at at 65F and 50% rh, then in jars and burp accordingly to mushyness of buds. Usually once every 2-3 days and only for like 10 days, always according to the mushynesss of the buds. After a week or so it is a perfect smoke at 55-58% rh! The taste coming out of the chillum is too good. Not to mention vaping

After the 4th- 5th month the taste fades so not a strategy for longer storage like 6+ months. Even though i have kept one for 13 months and it was still at 57%rh. Quick openings of the jar and no losses. Cheers

I was very happy with grove bags on my last and then most recent harvest. No burping needed. Retained nice aromas.

7-10? more like 14-21. Why would you pull down so fast under 60/60?

Oh, she's pushing Boveda packs... Got it...

Just to keep it moving... it ll be gone within 5-6 months anyway. So no substancial humidity loss. I prefer it at ~58%rh burns and heats ideally.

Slower the dry with stabilization = better and smoother results

fuck the bend the stem check, use a wood moisture meter and de-stem once in zone of 12-15% than put boveda/intregrea boost 62% in turkey/bucket and i suggest leaving enough stem so u can hold buds bt stem. Plus some stem makes major diff in keeping shelf life till use. Shoot some of the best growera i knew outdoors would keep em all on stem and when they knew the market needed it or when they wanted to skoke it , trim it than and bam its super dank smelling but also “fresh”

Key is sealed storage but keeping it at 60-62 rh and 60f or under

compassionateExotic said:

Key is sealed storage but keeping it at 60-62 rh and 60f or under

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Yeah defo the lower temperature is better. Just sharing a possible faster alternative that I do lately, all the taste remains. You can try the burning ideally bit at 55-58%. Just leave a bud outside for 20-30 mins in an under 60% environment.
Also its not that fresh after a few months... it fades slowly but still fades.

For my outdoor, I will leave it on the branch untrimmed until I'm ready to smoke. Also keep it on the dryer side and freshen it back up when I'm ready. Seems to stay green and develop way less amber than keeping the nugs moist. Still smells good but at almost 10 months since harvest now, definitely has lost some flavor. It was still really flavorful at the 6 month mark though and doesn't taste bad now, just less flavorful.

Yeah kinda like that. Still good taste but less vibrant. Still a keeper

Nonetheless this was great information. I've been trying to understand the art of drying/curing and it haunts me to think of it sometimes.

Personally, I was doing 65/55% and it was ready in 7 days. Recently, I've changed the method through advice to 60/60%.

So, as soon I chop and hang, I dial in my equipment. Set the AC to 60, and set the dehus to 60%.. In about 2 - 3 days they're maintaining the 60/60%. After this, I adjust to 65/60%, in order to retain some more moisture and not get them over dried.

If memory serves me correctly last time, in 4 days it was dry enough to trim, but I had to hold it for 3 more days so I had to increase the temp or humidity to 'store' the product until trim vs continuing drying.

Not sure if I'm doing it right because I have also heard that you need to gradually lower the AC and Dehu vs starting off where you want it to be.

Thoughts and opinions welcome!