Yooo what's up everybody!

I just harvested my first plant last night, and i'm hanging the nugs to dry.

Someone told me that during the drying process, I should stick the buds in a ziplock bag for 12 hours atleast twice during the drying to "sweat" more moisture out of the nugs.

Does anybody else do this? Is it necessary for a good even dry?

If anybody has any good details about even good drying let me know! Thanks!

Sounds like a good way to make some mold.

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What you have been told is partially correct. You do want to cure your buds. If done correctly, there will not be any mold. After you hang your buds in a cool place for almost a week, put them in a black trashbag (tied or twisted) for 8-10 hours, then hang for another day. This allows the moisture inside the buds to excape and the bud will be evenly dry. After you hang that second time, store them in tupperware or jars. Make sure to let the buds have fresh air every 6 hours or so. This is a great practice that makes your buds smoke better and I believe helps the flavor too. Hope this helps.

I know of curing.. I have plenty of jars ready. lol I just never heard of putting the nugs into bags to pull more moisture out before jarring them.. but I will try it out.

P.S. - Do you think the THC will stick to the inside of the bag

thc isnt water soluble so i dont think it should...

I use a glass jar to sweat my nugs, only for about 10-15 with the lid closed. I do this on the 2nd day of pbaggin it. About 2- 3 times a day till I get my nugs right were I want them. If they get to dry you can sweat them by adding a moist paper towel in the lid of the jar, for about the same 10-15 minutes. That should rehydrate your nugs perfectly, as long as you shake the jar during the 10-15 to mix them up. Cure 3-6 weeks

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So I hang dry for about a week.. and you said you stick it into a paper bag.. for how long? Then into a jar? lolol I'm confused . What exactly do you do step by step? It sounds like you know what you're doing.

I'm just anal because this is my first grow and I want things to go perfect! Here is what I'm workin with...

Brown paper bags will help you accomplish this also, plus they absorb some of the excess moisture so you don't have to worry so much about mold or mildew.

Let me check my bible! Lol:-p there are many ways to dry and cure your buds. The most common way to dry is to hand the trimmed buds upsidedown just until the stems snap when you bend them. Now once you dry them they're still not ready to smoke, you have to be patient. Once the stems snap when bent you are ready to cure it. Now there are quite a few ways to cure them, the "paper bag" method works well but can tend to cure too quickly. I've found that putting the buds into airtight "ball" or "kerr" jars or something similar works the best, just open the jar every couple of hours and move them around. You want the moisture to slowly leave the buds so that they don't smoke harsh. IT USUALLY TAKES AROUND 14 DAYS TO DRY AND CURE BUDS.

HEY MAN , JUST TWO STEPS. DRY THEN CURE, THERE'S NOTHING TO IT, JUST BE PATIENT. YOU DON'T WANT TO RUSH EITHER STEP.