Whats the deal with paper bags?

Do they help retain the smell better or what? I have a little bit up drying now day 3 and was planning to put in paper bags. What is the advantage of doing this?

It's to help slow the drying process and begin the cure. Open air drying can dry rather quickly, and jarring to early can lead to mold. Just another part of the final product comming out smooth. SSome do it, some don't.

Grumpy is 100% on the money there. personally i've used them during summer when the heat goes up to slow down the drying

i have found, like grumpy said it evens out the process . i do 3 days air dry (in the dark) then 3-4 days in paper bags with shredded paper lunch bags in layers then into jars . works great for me

Yea, I don't like to use paper bags to cure, I think its just extra bud handling, once its in a mason jar I just burp it until shes perfect. I have used them in the past, They help take in a little moisture from the buds, Usually don't stick the bud in there until its been dried for a bit already. But yes, they help slow down the drying process. Shoe boxes work excellent to, depending on how much of a "cure" you want to do.

I want to know what the deal is with turkey bags are people actually using these to dry out their weed must taste like shit.

So the slower the bud drys the better it will smell?

I did the paper bag amd imprived upon it. Lol so to speak...

I filled a PS3 box half way and did what one would normally do with a bag. Its cardboard and works great, and leaves a great scent.

Dr Lg said:

So the slower the bud drys the better it will smell?

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The better it will taste.

The chlorophyll, (where plants get their green color from) in the plants taste bad and i think is where the cut grass smell comes from.
But it takes time to break down. and it exits the plant as the moisture leaves.
and if you dry to quickly you can dry faster then the chlorophyll can break down, leaving it behind.
(or something like that.)

I used brown bags for the first time thiis week on a second harvest of darkstar because the first one was pretty loud drying out.. it really helps on the smell, so thats a definite plus.

surfhead said:

i have found, like grumpy said it evens out the process . i do 3 days air dry (in the dark) then 3-4 days in paper bags with shredded paper lunch bags in layers then into jars . works great for me

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If you'd like to preserve as much of the external trich content as possible, doing the shredded paper thing isn't really a great idea. The process acts as an industrial tumbler effectively stripping the product as it's moved inside the bag.

Simon

SimonD said:

If you'd like to preserve as much of the external trich content as possible, doing the shredded paper thing isn't really a great idea. The process acts as an industrial tumbler effectively stripping the product as it's moved inside the bag.

Simon

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doesnt get tumbled just sits there . also that is why you use lunch bags. been doing this method for many years . so im not buying that story !

surfhead said:

doesnt get tumbled just sits there . also that is why you use lunch bags. been doing this method for many years . so im not buying that story !

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I think Simon is right on this.
It's debatable just how much the buds are tumbled (wether one turns them, moves them etc while in the bags) and therefore how many trichomes can be lost.
I'd assume you can lose quite a lot.

I've never done the bag method but I tend to be very (sometimes over) protective of my plants and final product.
I would never leave them in bags with shredded paper inside and then procede to turn them and jumble them (as guides say you should do).

surfhead said:

doesnt get tumbled just sits there . also that is why you use lunch bags. been doing this method for many years . so im not buying that story !

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Please understand that trich do not rehydrate. Once a trich dries on its stalk, the head can be snapped fairly easily. As a side note, the concept is sometimes used in hash-making, where the skuff is dried and then rehydrated, as to keep the glands in the screen without additional plant matter falling in. If you'd ever used a (hash) tumbler, you could witness the effect for yourself. It's not a "story."

Simon

Thanks for the input. I will definitely try using the paper bags but like k0ijn said I'm very protective of the trichs!