Canning my buds into mason jars? Help.
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LIBERTYCHICKEN
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My understanding is THC is not made for long term storage , even a extract dissolved in high proof alchool under ideal circumstances will degrade in around 2 years , to delta8 THC ( I think still active)
Thunderbum
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Organic molecules like THC do not change or break down for no reason. The usual reason is oxydation. Exclude the oxygen and this process will stop. Ultra violet light is another cause of bleaching and chemical breakdown. (See my previous post). The OP does not say how long he wants to keep his bud but if it is just a couple of months (like me) then a clip-top mason jar or other air-tight jar will be fine as long as the bud is well dried and cured. If he is looking to keep it a lot longer (say to build up a stock to make cannabis oil) then it gets a bit more technical (see my previous post).
AlphaPhase
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This just blew my mind. Now I can't wait for the new walking dead season to startThere are five things that will cause stored bud to lose potency:
1 Loss of trichomes (as pointed out above).
2 Chemical degredation caused by ultra-violet light.
3 Moisture allowing micro-organisms to grow - particularly mould.
4 Oxygen which will over time alter the chemical makup of most organic molecules.
5 Damage/loss by rodents or other pests.
These issues are well-addressed on prepper sites. Briefly you have to protect your bud from all five of the vectors above. Dont allow your stored bud to fall below 0 C or 32F. Keep your stored stash around room temperature in a cupboard or drawer out of the light. I personally use mason jars because my bud does not last long enough for long-term storageIf I wanted to do long-term storage I would use my Andrew James vacuum packer as I do for food.
This will exclude almost all the oxygen from the storage pack.
To make ultra-sure that the vacuum pack does not spoil, I would do what I do for dry food. I include in the packet a small cloth bag into which I put a mixture of fine salt, iron powder (filings might do but you can buy iron powder dirt cheap on ebay) and a touch of ground up vermiculite. Seal the cloth bag with a stapler.
The vermiculite absorbs water and will remove any residual trace of moisture from your bud. It willl share this moisture with the salt. The salt causes the iron powder to rust (on a microscopic scale) causing it to absorb the last traces of oxygen. The cloth bag only needs to be small (about one inch square with less than half a teaspoonful of mix in it for several litres of bud). Pop it in the sealer bag with your bud and then vacuum seal it. Put the sealed pack in a rodent proof container and you are good to go. Packed in this way it will remain in good shape beyond your lifetime.
nothing organic is made for long term storage,get a good understanding of preserving foods, all you'll not go far wrong,,please note im not saying go ahead and pickle your weed in vinegar? Hmm munchies and a smoke in one , ,,, naa,,,, or should you go a head and cold smoke that shit,, hmmm oak smoked weed, good idea,,,naaa,,,,,,,,you catch my drift ??
mr sunshine
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Lmfao...ok....u should stick to your usual words....
what usual words ,? Fill me in
DarthBlazeAnthony
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Is this true? I'm sure many squirrels would vac-seal their favorite nugs for the year 2420.
mr sunshine
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I'll fill u up!! Ok?
it wont last a life time mate, eventually it will go stale, but not for a long time, you'll smoke it before it does,
dnatsrednu t'nod ?ok
Stealthking
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So how long will cured bud last in a sealed mason jar?
don't worry how long it will last, you'll smoke before anything happens?
Thunderbum
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Lol - Mainliner is right. If you have cured it properly and it is really dry, a Mason jar is all you need to keep it for - say 6 months. The stuff that I posted is for seriously long-term storage (years). I dont know of anyone who has kept bud under these conditions to know how many years (certainly not me - mine gets used in a few months) but it would be a lot of years. If you are wanting to preserve for a seriously long time you would need to go further as set out previously. But it is hard to see why you would want to preserve for a very long time. If you build up too much of a preserved stock and get busted with a large vacuum packed stash you could be done for intent to supply. That is why I don't do this even though I have the kit.
fresh is best mate,,organic stuff put on this earth wasn't meant to be dryed and used later, even with food, ask Gordon Ramsey hed say fresh is best, probley about the weed aswell , crazy English geezer!!
Greenhouse;save
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Fuk me guys r all of u waiting on a nuclear war or something....who stores good weed for years never heard of it I'm my life...
cryogenically frozen people , that's who?
Greenhouse;save
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michal jackson doesnt smoke weed....
Greenhouse;save
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elvis might? eh huh