Cured Weed Pics

BobCajun

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A thread for posting pics of cured weed. Here's one of mine. Looks just about perfect to me. I call this the "3 day cure", 3 days from chop to bin. Very nice aroma too, not at all like normal hang & dry buds. These ones weren't dried until after the curing. The curing started when I chopped it. Manicured it after the first 2 days at 100 F and 80-90% RH, then slowly dried it over the third day at 125 F. Final RH in the bin; 60%.

 
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Tupapa

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A thread for posting pics of cured weed. Here's one of mine. Looks just about perfect to me. I call this the "3 day cure", 3 days from chop to bin. Very nice aroma too, not at all like normal hang & dry buds. These ones weren't dried until after the curing. The curing started when I chopped it. Manicured it after the first 2 days at 100 F and 80-90% RH, then slowly dried it over the third day at 125 F. Final RH in the bin; 60%.

What u mean by 100-125 f? Did u put them in the oven? If so u might have destroyed your trichomes
 

Nugachino

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So you ran them between 37 to 50°c ?
I don't see how that would destroy trichomes. Unless drying them out too fast is something to worry about.

I mean. Doesn't decarboxylation get done at around 140°c? And combustion at about 300 or something?
 

BobCajun

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Not in an oven, in a closed poly container with a heating pad with auto shutoff defeat button (Sunbeam). I didn't actually monitor the humidity but it was obviously high. It's based on flue curing of tobacco. They use those temperatures, 95-105 F for the "yellowing" phase, which doesn't actually cause a yellow color in buds but does get rid of most of the chlorophyll, leaving them brownish in color. With tobacco they use 125 F after the yellowing phase to cause fermentation. It takes about 5 days with tobacco. I just use 125 for 1 day, which results in some further browning and eventually dries it. I give it more ventilation in that phase to allow for the drying.

The way I do it, with the closed container for the first 2 days, I have to wipe off the condensation from the inside of the container cover and sides every few hours. It's just a rudimentary system for small amounts, like 100-200 grams dried. Others who want to get quick cured buds like this could work out a better setup, like without the condensation wiping. Could use a small dehumidifier or slow ventilation when the RH reaches 90-95% or whatever they find works best for them. You can just research about flue curing tobacco to get the basics of it and then adapt it to weed as you see fit. I'm actually surprised that I'm apparently the only person who thought of doing this. I don't even get severe mold problems as you might expect with such high humidity, though a few spots on a couple buds sometimes. Mold actually prefers colder temperatures.

This curing does make the weed a lot better. It's no longer harsh and I find it more potent. The smell and flavor are better. The lack of harshness is the main benefit. It probably does decarb it, in the drying phase. Though the temperature is not as high as most people use for decarbing, the time is longer so it may still work. All I can say is that it produces very potent primo quality product.
 
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boedhaspeaks

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Thanks for explaining, i never heared from this, gonna read some more about it. Till then i'll stick by drying, paperbag and glas jar methode.
 

BobCajun

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Thanks for explaining, i never heared from this, gonna read some more about it. Till then i'll stick by drying, paperbag and glas jar methode.
This is only the second time I did it. I just thought it would make sense to search about how tobacco is cured and them adapt it to weed. I wanted gold colored weed like tobacco. The flue curing made the yellowist tobacco, so I rigged something up. Turned out well. It was nice not be coughing when I smoked weed. Before, I coughed like crazy. Green bud is harsh as hell. This stuff is smooth sailing.
 
Sounds interesting, might be worth a try if im looking for some quick smoke and am being impatient. Have you tried curing with R.O. I have heard that it produces a very smooth smoke as well.
 
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