A perfect cure every time

SimonD

SimonD

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grower215 said:
Whats the himidipak to bud ratio in a 32oz Mason jar? How many paks to grams are needed?
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I don't suggest using a humidipak over the course of the cure. There's simply no need, as it's the moisture contained within the product that drives the process. A humidipak does work well for keeping a cured stash at the right humidity. Good luck.

[As a side note, at worst, a humidipak can fool the grower into thinking that his product is curing by maintaining the right environment inside the container with the product being too dry to cure.]

Simon
 
mr. green thumb 01

mr. green thumb 01

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SimonD said:
You don't seem to realize that these factors are not independent. If the plant dries whole well enough to cure, but the bud doesn't cure due to the RH in the room - as you claim above - then such action would be physically impossible. Can't happen. There's oblivious something amiss in this equation.

Please understand there's only one way to air-cure and it's relative to the moisture content in the flowers. You can get there any way you like. Want to dry the plant whole? Fine. Don't want to? OK. It's not like it really matters.



Because, there's no such thing as a bigger container?



Follow the directions. It's pretty self-explanatory. I'd suggest reading the thread on IC, if more involved instruction is required. Lots of folks willing to help. No offense, I just don't have the time or the inclination to deal with this.

Simon
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Because I have a controlled drying room and I dont CURE in my drying room. I cure in my house. The drying room needs to be used for the next plants in 1-2 weeks and can not be used to cure. But when you run such small ops you dont have this problem. ;-) Honestly, I wasn't looking for help on drying as I figured it out myself with out the help of you; obviously. I just wanted to see what your science answer would be... You say once they feel to dry you can just jar them and the moisture redistributes so how does that differ than putting a dry but in a humid room to get it wetter. Is the moisture in the stem the "special cure moisture" I think so... Its all the same moisture-water!! And your statement about curing with bending stems is completely WRONG. Dont you think there is a reason EVERY cannabis book you read says dry the buds until the stem snaps and THEN cure. But I guess all those writers and growers were wrong and the almighty one and only SimonD can clear it up for us after all these years of drying/curing cannabis improperly. :wall:
 
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canbeaver

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I unfortunately left my cut stems in a paper bag and because I had some unexpected things to do, left it in a closed cooler in a warm room for a week. When I opened the cooler I noticed a white mould on the stems. Is there anything I can do to salvage these stems and buds or can I dry and still smoke them? Or, can i ghop them up to try make a kief?
 
SimonD

SimonD

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canbeaver said:
I unfortunately left my cut stems in a paper bag and because I had some unexpected things to do, left it in a closed cooler in a warm room for a week. When I opened the cooler I noticed a white mould on the stems. Is there anything I can do to salvage these stems and buds or can I dry and still smoke them? Or, can i ghop them up to try make a kief?
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Don't smoke the bud. I'd suggest making oil or hash with it. Good luck.

Simon
 
Trousers

Trousers

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mr. green thumb 01 said:
Because I have a controlled drying room and I dont CURE in my drying room. I cure in my house. The drying room needs to be used for the next plants in 1-2 weeks and can not be used to cure. But when you run such small ops you dont have this problem. ;-) Honestly, I wasn't looking for help on drying as I figured it out myself with out the help of you; obviously. I just wanted to see what your science answer would be... You say once they feel to dry you can just jar them and the moisture redistributes so how does that differ than putting a dry but in a humid room to get it wetter. Is the moisture in the stem the "special cure moisture" I think so... Its all the same moisture-water!! And your statement about curing with bending stems is completely WRONG. Dont you think there is a reason EVERY cannabis book you read says dry the buds until the stem snaps and THEN cure. But I guess all those writers and growers were wrong and the almighty one and only SimonD can clear it up for us after all these years of drying/curing cannabis improperly. :wall:
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I put the buds in the jar when they are crispy and the stems don't snap but they break a bit.
I don't give a toss what EVERY cannabis book says.

If you wait until the stems snap, you might have waited too long and you won't get into the zone.
If you you put them in too soon you get hay.

It is not rocket science. I used to do this without hygrometers and it worked.
 
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cadillacetcch

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first time growing and i dont know when to harvest besides the tri need to know the best way to cut down and cure my weed so i dont end up with some garbage please help
 
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msackal

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I live in AZ. the temp in my house with the fans is around 78Deg. I pulled one small plant and let hang dry for 22 hours, when I checked it, it was all brittle and just crushed up, good smell, not sticky and a harsh so-so taste. nice body high though. two taps and your horizontale. why does it dry so fast?
 
Laney

Laney

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My plants were drying too fast when the temps were higher. It's best if the temps stay below 70 (not always possible). The humidity is high so I have to keep unpacking them the last couple of says. Trying to bring them in safe and slow...
 
ASMALLVOICE

ASMALLVOICE

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Thanx for the post, I am looking forward to my first cure using this method. I can remember back about 30+ years ago, we used to dry it in the oven and cure it under lighter fire...lol, whew, I could not deal with a homegrown headache nowadays, might just kill me. Thanx again for the post.

Peace and Big Buds for All!

Asmallvoice
 
budbro18

budbro18

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I have seen this method before and its worked for everyone whos tried it.

But ive figured out a way to speed the cure process up in a way...

Not really speed it up but start it earlier.

So here it is. I start by giving my plants there last watering of SSU then cut the lights for 3 days prior to the harvest.

I have a 6" carbon filter and inline fan with 400+ cfm that runs constantly while in veg/flower as well as those 3 days of dark.

After the 3 days i chop everything, trim everything but keep most buds on there branch so i can hang them in my tent.

at this point i put my carbon filter and all my fans on a timer to go on for 1 hour every 5 hours so 4 times a day for 1 hour.

This basically dries them at a rate like curing where it allows moisture to be released from the stem/middle to the dry outside of the bud over the 5 hours off.

After 3 days of this all the buds are dry enough to come down and are cured in a large tuparware/bucket for you guessed it... 3 days.

and after this three days the bud is perfect to break down perfect smell smooth smoke with no harshness except from potency.

Let me know if anyone has tried this before!
 
GrowinTheDank

GrowinTheDank

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budbro18 said:
I have seen this method before and its worked for everyone whos tried it.

But ive figured out a way to speed the cure process up in a way...

Not really speed it up but start it earlier.

So here it is. I start by giving my plants there last watering of SSU then cut the lights for 3 days prior to the harvest.

I have a 6" carbon filter and inline fan with 400+ cfm that runs constantly while in veg/flower as well as those 3 days of dark.

After the 3 days i chop everything, trim everything but keep most buds on there branch so i can hang them in my tent.

at this point i put my carbon filter and all my fans on a timer to go on for 1 hour every 5 hours so 4 times a day for 1 hour.

This basically dries them at a rate like curing where it allows moisture to be released from the stem/middle to the dry outside of the bud over the 5 hours off.

After 3 days of this all the buds are dry enough to come down and are cured in a large tuparware/bucket for you guessed it... 3 days.

and after this three days the bud is perfect to break down perfect smell smooth smoke with no harshness except from potency.

Let me know if anyone has tried this before!
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That pretty much sucks the perfection right out man.
 
Laney

Laney

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I'm an outdoor grower so that's not a type of dry I can entertain. I will mention that I did use the last days light dep of 2 plants to try it (I could only get two out of the ground intact because I had submerged their containers at planting). One I gave 1 day dark and the other nearly 3. I didn't notice any difference (yet). I have everything in separate containers so I can assess and review my notes. In the future, I will use it mainly as a convenience to help stagger the harvesting/trimming stage. Harvesting at just the right time is the most important step and key for me this grow was managing the processing. Throwing my weakest plants in the freezer was a lifesaver, lol
 
GrowinTheDank

GrowinTheDank

Active Member
budbro18 said:
haha do you mean it takes the difficulty out of drying and curing? or sucks something out the bud?

either way glad for a response! hahaha
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I mean like it's not a perfectly calculated out method of drying/curing. Your just timing things by the day as opposed to monitoring the exact humidity level etc. So your method probably works but it can't really be deemed 'perfect', feel me?
 
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