Very harsh smoke from fast dried buds and they often get over dry. If you are hard up then just speed dry a small portion of your buds to smoke while the others slow dry. The chlorophyll needs time to break down. Patience is the best thing you can add to a grow especially at the end.

No special reason other than ive never been real impressed with High Times,back in the day before there was internet i read the mag,we all did because it was the only source for info & gear,after the internet the info in high times lost its value to me.

Pluss there is better info to be had right here on RIU

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How funny, I actually typed all this info out in my original post and decided to delete it b4 I posted. Shoulda stuck with my guns.

Here is my most recent harvest and how it was dried and cured: (still curing)




Drying: takes place in the same cab the plant is grown in. The cab has active ventilation with the fan setting on low.

Temp: 71-76
Humidity: 40-45%

- One 4" fan is placed in the middle of the cab aiming upward, no direct airflow onto the haning buds - running 24 hours
- One cool mist humidifier (0% humidity where I live) running full tilt 24 hours because of the active ventilation.

Day 1: Plant is chopped and hung whole and untrimmed upside down for 48 hours in total darkness.

Day 3: Plant gets first trim - All fan leaves and and large bud leaves are trimmed then plant in hung back up in the cab for up to 6-8 days. At the end of this period the stems are very hard but don't quite snap, the edges of the bud are dry and slightly brittle but the center of the bud is soft and sticky.

Day 8-10: Plant gets final trim - I meticulously trim all the leaves I can stand to trim in a single sitting (4-5 hours) and the buds go into air-tight glass mason jars for curing.

Curing: I burp the Jars like every third day (more to check the smell than to release any excess moisture) for a couple weeks then I don't mess them and just let them do their thing. I store the jars in a dark cupboard.

I harvested a few tops 2 days before I harvested the whole plant. Those tops were trimmed and hung in a dark room closet on some hangers and were bone dry in just under 4 days; Like I mentioned, I live in a very arid, hyper-dry climate. This bud was sampled on day 4,5,6 of the dry then eventually jarred with the rest. Even after being in the same jar as the rest of the bud for a couple weeks now... it still doesn't have quite the same aroma or smoke as smooth.

This could very easily be attributed to the conditions of my particular climate, or to the specific strain I'm growing, I'm not really sure. Either way, I'm sold on slow controlled drying followed by atleast a 4 week cure, and I believe it does in fact bring out nuances otherwise unnoticeable. But of course... to each his own.

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HARVESTED JUNE 5, 08 : PURPLE CINDY DWC

If you just gotta have it...but slow and easy is by far the better way..

edro

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+ rep Smoove, great post!

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I am with smoove. One difference is I do not pack my jars so tight.. but to each his own.

Spped drying is for beginners.

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It appears as if most here are simply repeating what they've read & accepted as fact, not tried in person,i also find it odd that you'd challenge the bud dryer method & refuse to show us the bud dryer that failed you & left you with such "skanky buds".

A properly made bud dryer is hardly for beginners,there is a world of difference between using hair dryers & microwave ovens,or even putting your weed in a paper bag then letting it sit over the grow light, there is no comparison between those methods & a well thought out bud dryer.

If you want to let your buds dry & cure for a month thats cool too but dont try to make others look foolish ,over a drying method many here obviously have no experience using,repeating info as fact without backing up your stance with personal experience is bad information & not in the least helpfull.

So if you want to claim "bullshit" then lets get them pics up of your bud dryer & try to find out why it failed you so badly.

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you tell em dude........and hey i remember u saying something about a diy bud dryer in the grow faq sorry dude i had a hard time finding it

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