Can bud get more potent/stronger after drying n curing?

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

I've just hanged up some bud to dry, and smoked some sugar leaves coated in trichs. I know stength is a personal preferance but i feel its kinda meh ( focusing entirely on high coz i know taste and smell comes later) like 5/10 it got me a little high but not for very long, is this a reflection of the finished product or does it somehow boost when dried and cured? I think i remember reading that somewhere? thanks

Lordhooha · Apr 27, 2018

Crazytrain420 said:
I've just hanged up some bud to dry, and smoked some sugar leaves coated in trichs. I know stength is a personal preferance but i feel its kinda meh ( focusing entirely on high coz i know taste and smell comes later) like 5/10 it got me a little high but not for very long, is this a reflection of the finished product or does it somehow boost when dried and cured? I think i remember reading that somewhere? thanks

It’s because you pulled too soon. No biggie now you know for next time. Impatience is the enemy of the new grower.

charface · Apr 27, 2018

I do feel that it will improve across the board once its cured, but how much is hard to say.
As stated if you are yanking early that certainly won't help

blowincherrypie · Apr 27, 2018

imo cured bud isn't necessarily better but bud not properly dried is definitely worse.

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

Lordhooha said:
It’s because you pulled too soon. No biggie now you know for next time. Impatience is the enemy of the new grower.

Yeah i think i did, i borrowed a scope of my pal which is alot stronger than the loupe im using started seeing milky heads not alot i admit but they were there. Ffs, well ill see what i salvage got another girl that just pretty flower so i won't make the same mistake with her thanks

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

charface said:
I do feel that it will improve across the board once its cured, but how much is hard to say.
As stated if you are yanking early that certainly won't help

OK thanks for the input but yeah impatientce got the better of me it seems

NanoGadget · Apr 27, 2018

Some of it is genetics, some of it is optimizing your grow by keeping your environmental variables in check, and some of it is letting the plants reach full maturity.
I pulled a small sample of my Orkle at 6 weeks just to see what it was like at that point and it got me blasted...
also, sugar leaves will not get you as high as the buds will.

Cold$moke · Apr 27, 2018

All good posts.

One other bit is a good dry and cure can help lots but wont make crap weed good. Grower error aside talkin genetics

If it sucks again after the second or 3rd run chuck it in the compost pile

Every grow is a a learning experience of some sort

charface · Apr 27, 2018

Also,
Dry it and cure it right.
Needless to say but I have said it

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

Cold$moke said:
All good posts.

One other bit is a good dry and cure can help lots but wont make crap weed good. Grower error aside talkin genetics

If it sucks again after the second or 3rd run chuck it in the compost pile

Every grow is a a learning experience of some sort

Yeah im seeing it like that if it turns out to be crap then was too impatient and it didn't mature enough,lesson learnt avoid next time

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

NanoGadget said:
Some of it is genetics, some of it is optimizing your grow by keeping your environmental variables in check, and some of it is letting the plants reach full maturity.
I pulled a small sample of my Orkle at 6 weeks just to see what it was like at that point and it got me blasted...
also, sugar leaves will not get you as high as the buds will.

ah course! I didnt think of the leaves being weaker then the buds, im almost.pretty sure the problem would be chopping early but not so early that there isnt an high soon as i saw a few milky heads i got too excited n chopped.needed more time who knows the buds might pack a bit more of a punch but im not expecting much mines on like week 10 since flowering

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

blowincherrypie said:
imo cured bud isn't necessarily better but bud not properly dried is definitely worse.

Definently worse how? Coz yeah this sample wasnt even dried out leaf just.smoked whilst i was trimming and it tasted like shit lol

MichiganMedGrower · Apr 27, 2018

Some of the immature canabanoids will mature during drying. but I think the dry weed smokes better which gives a better high.

I smoke buds right off the vine that get me very stoned all the time and they taste good enough but could burn better with weeks of jar and burping. The environment and individual grow are the biggest factors. It won’t get much better if it isn’t that good to start.

blowincherrypie · Apr 27, 2018

If you dont allow to dry properly it will taste like shit and not really get you high. On my first couple grows I tried to smoke it after a few days and the blunt wouldnt even stay lit.. justa hassle and waste of what will b a lot better a couple days later. Same goes with quick drying. I wound up with a lil tiny blunt but if I woulda just waited it would have broke down to a couple nice ones

MichiganMedGrower · Apr 27, 2018

blowincherrypie said:
If you dont allow to dry properly it will taste like shit and not really get you high. On my first couple grows I tried to smoke it after a few days and the blunt wouldnt even stay lit.. justa hassle and waste of what will b a lot better a couple days later. Same goes with quick drying. I wound up with a lil tiny blunt but if I woulda just waited it would have broke down to a couple nice ones

I should have said hang dried on the branch for 5-10 days. I trim dry for best results.

Crazytrain420 · Apr 27, 2018

blowincherrypie said:
If you dont allow to dry properly it will taste like shit and not really get you high. On my first couple grows I tried to smoke it after a few days and the blunt wouldnt even stay lit.. justa hassle and waste of what will b a lot better a couple days later. Same goes with quick drying. I wound up with a lil tiny blunt but if I woulda just waited it would have broke down to a couple nice ones

Yeah reason why im not too bummed is coz this was a test run of sorts i went for a solo cup grow for a laugh and yeah got rootbound to fuck and alot of newb mistakes i basically gave it way to much love but i transplanted anyway it picked up a little and gave me some buds, was a fuck up from the start but it's taught me a few lessons,shes an auto too so shes tough

Cx2H · Apr 27, 2018

Crazytrain420 said:
( focusing entirely on high coz i know taste and smell comes later)

Idk about that. My bud comes out of the dry dank and potent and ready to fly. I normally jar up some and leave some out. Not much difference. Even the trim is good. Drying is controlled in 2 stages though and we don't wet trim either.

Could be late feeding issues

Schmarmpit · Apr 27, 2018

MichiganMedGrower said:
I should have said hang dried on the branch for 5-10 days. I trim dry for best results.

..and good thing you clarified, cause OP is talking about smoking fresh trimmings off the plant.

MichiganMedGrower · Apr 27, 2018

Schmarmpit said:
..and good thing you clarified, cause OP is talking about smoking fresh trimmings off the plant.

I missed that. I do get really fresh feeling highs from 3 day dry but it usually doesn’t burn too well.

Cold$moke · Apr 27, 2018

Still steamy on the inside lol

Can bud get more potent/stronger after drying n curing?

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