Why Don't Dehydrated Buds get me high?

JanesRain

JanesRain

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The taste was shit, but i threw a big bud in the nesco dehydrator and then put it into my bowl after about 10 hours on low. Was only a super mild high that didn't last long..maybe 30 mins as best. Wasn't even worth bothering for

Shouldn't bud get me high regardless of how it's dried? Obviously I'll dry my other stuff the right way

The trichs were milky. Just wanted to test my shit before harvest\

Maybe I gota wait til they're amber? Idk. Could just be weak bud
 
Hessam

Hessam

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THC degrades by heat, light, and even too much air flow. Using a dehydrator is not a good idea at all! Hang dry your buds very slowly and cure them for at least 2 weeks, then smoke!
 
Mr.Goodtimes

Mr.Goodtimes

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Hessam said:
THC degrades by heat, light, and even too much air flow. Using a dehydrator is not a good idea at all! Hang dry your buds very slowly and cure them for at least 2 weeks, then smoke!
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This

But I like em better fresh off the drying rack best myself lol
 
JanesRain

JanesRain

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Hessam said:
THC degrades by heat, light, and even too much air flow. Using a dehydrator is not a good idea at all! Hang dry your buds very slowly and cure them for at least 2 weeks, then smoke!
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I don't know about the air flow thing. People run fans directly on their plants for months at a time with no potency loss
 
Cx2H

Cx2H

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JanesRain said:
Maybe I gota wait til they're amber? Idk. Could just be weak bud
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Light, heat degrade THC after its cut.
Curing increases potency.
Tastes will come from proper processing or risk smoking hay.
Bud cut during the light cycle will have already loaded N for the day and have shetty taste when cut and speed dried.

Don't use that dehydrator on the crop again.
Next time pick a decent size bud and control dry it for a day or 2.
I pick buds off and never really get faded just get an idea of flavour taking into account of the horror I just committed.

How many dehydrator threads we have going here on RIU? ;-P
 
bgmike8

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b4ds33d said:
i always have wondered how freeze drying cured bud would go. that way i can have weed for the apocalypse. 20 plus year shelf life.
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Dude. I sold commercial brick weed to a Vietnam vet. When he got some he liked he froze some of it.
One day he was going into the hospital and thought he might not make it. He asked me to take all these little numbered sampled out of his freezer so his family wouldn't find it. He said to try some of a certain number that I sold him 8 months earlier. It did indeed get me high.
 
Cyrus420

Cyrus420

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Maybe put some more in your belly button dude.

Sounds to me like your dehydrator degraded your bud somehow.
 
b4ds33d

b4ds33d

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running a fan over harvested bud works the same way running a fan on your plants works- it mobilizes the humid air that is in higher concentrations directly around the leaves/bud and brings in less humid air to in the case of the plant aid in co2 uptake, and in the case of harvested bud to dry the outside of the bud so you can jar it. the air moving over the bud doesn't hurt it unless you over-dry, in which case that bud cannot be cured.
 
Hessam

Hessam

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b4ds33d said:
running a fan over harvested bud works the same way running a fan on your plants works
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Never put a fan directly on your harvested buds, unless you have a VERY humid environment! There is a difference between having a good air flow and putting a fan on buds!

Like I said, buds need oxygen in drying/curing process, but too much exposure to air will degrade THC and other cannabinoids/terpenes.
 
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Cyrus420

Cyrus420

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b4ds33d said:
running a fan over harvested bud works the same way running a fan on your plants works- it mobilizes the humid air that is in higher concentrations directly around the leaves/bud and brings in less humid air to in the case of the plant aid in co2 uptake, and in the case of harvested bud to dry the outside of the bud so you can jar it. the air moving over the bud doesn't hurt it unless you over-dry, in which case that bud cannot be cured.
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I was under the impression most don't have air blowing directly on the buds because it can cause them to dry to fast.

bgmike8 said:
I'm going to train the fan on the tent wall and just let it bounce off. Sound good?
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Having a fan in the same room as your drying buds is fine. I've read that having a fan blowing on your buds will cause them to dry to quick though.
 
bgmike8

bgmike8

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Shit I have negative pressure in my tent so air is exchanging. I don't even need to blow the fan on the wall right?
 
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