Ganjaluvrs Drying & Curing Broken Down into Understandable English

ganjaluvr

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quick question though.. not to make this harder but it's a legit question...

At what point is there absolutely no risk of mold? Once the outside is dry and you begin the curing process? Or week into curing?

Cus I'm scared to leave the lid on for a couple days straight..

You say to leave 15% water content but obviously that's hard to judge.
No, I said 10% to 15%. :P

and no, you need to keep burping the jars.. until the buds water content gets down to around %10 to %15. At this point, you can then leave the lids on the jars... without having to really worry about any mold forming. Mold needs very high levels of humidity in order to start growing.. so once the buds get down to 10-15% h20 content.. your safe.

Good luck!
peace.
 

guy incognito

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What's up with 3/5 star rating? Everyone seemed to love this guide and say it was good. I haven't seen anyone disagree. Just wondering why someone would give it a low rating without explaining why. I'm curious as to why and wondering if there is misinformation here.
 

obijohn

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No, I said 10% to 15%. :P

and no, you need to keep burping the jars.. until the buds water content gets down to around %10 to %15. At this point, you can then leave the lids on the jars... without having to really worry about any mold forming. Mold needs very high levels of humidity in order to start growing.. so once the buds get down to 10-15% h20 content.. your safe.

Good luck!
peace.
Without a meter, how can you tell? Mine's been jarred for a week and seems to be getting crispy. I've cut down my burps, now every other day I just open em up, rearrange the buds, lick my finger and wipe it on the inside of the jar to keep from losing moisture. Most of the stems bend, some snap. If I could just keep them shut and wait I'd think that would be better, the twice daily burping the first 4-5 days seems to have sucked a good deal of moisture out
 

Countryfarmer

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Without a meter, how can you tell? Mine's been jarred for a week and seems to be getting crispy. I've cut down my burps, now every other day I just open em up, rearrange the buds, lick my finger and wipe it on the inside of the jar to keep from losing moisture. Most of the stems bend, some snap. If I could just keep them shut and wait I'd think that would be better, the twice daily burping the first 4-5 days seems to have sucked a good deal of moisture out
It really takes you judging on your own. I don't think taking a formula and applying it will work. That is because everyone is working with different temps and humidities as most of us do not have a self-contained curing room that we can control both of those. I used my guest bedroom to dry, and my buds dried much too quickly, taking them only about four days. Matter of fact, I actually introduced some moisture after jarring them because I do not want them to dry too quickly.
 

ganjaluvr

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Thanks everyone. :)

I agree.. this should be a sticky post.

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!


peace..
-GL
 

obijohn

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Last weekend when I took the buds out of the jars to rotate the bottom buds to the top and burp, I dipped my finger into a glass of water and put a few drops in the jars before re-sealing them. Un-crisped the buds and they seem to be curing nicely. Aside from the smell of THC, they have an earthy smell and are turning brown. Still nice and springy, now I open the jars every other day long enough to rotate the buds. I've tried the smoke on uncured buds that fell off during trimming, can't wait to try a cured one. Plan on doing that this weekend
 

KlosetKing

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Last weekend when I took the buds out of the jars to rotate the bottom buds to the top and burp, I dipped my finger into a glass of water and put a few drops in the jars before re-sealing them. Un-crisped the buds and they seem to be curing nicely. Aside from the smell of THC, they have an earthy smell and are turning brown. Still nice and springy, now I open the jars every other day long enough to rotate the buds. I've tried the smoke on uncured buds that fell off during trimming, can't wait to try a cured one. Plan on doing that this weekend
its been said before but ill drop it again... unfortunately adding moisture will not restart the ACTUAL curing process once it reaches the 'too dry' stage. it will make it taste a little better maybe, burn slower maybe, but the chemical processes that stop once the bud gets too dry, do not start up again after re-moistening =(
 

obijohn

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The insides were springy, just the outside crisp, so I'm confident they are curing ok. Either way It smells and looks great.
 

KlosetKing

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The insides were springy, just the outside crisp, so I'm confident they are curing ok. Either way It smells and looks great.
if this is so, you didnt need to add moisture. if they were still wet inside, but dry outside, then the moisture just hasnt traveled yet. adding extra moisture only slowed your cure down and introduced more possibilities for mold. IMO.
 

obijohn

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All good so far, they aren't wet but nice and springy and not crispy. Only been opening them every 2 days and they seem fine.
 
One thing though....a stem you take off fresh will bend and not break. So, the stem will always bend until it will just break. Is it possible with air temp at around 50-55 and humidity at 55% that they can be dry by now if the stem "folds" or bends? Same thing to me. Should you maybe hear a slight cracking as you bend it? Does anyone really know?Bend or break off? And would a cold temp delay trichs from going amber?
 
One thing though....a stem you take off fresh will bend and not break. So, the stem will always bend until it will just break. Is it possible with air temp at around 50-55 and humidity at 55% that they can be dry by now if the stem "folds" or bends? Same thing to me. Should you maybe hear a slight cracking as you bend it? Does anyone really know?Bend or break off? And would a cold temp delay trichs from going amber?
Anybody have any thoughts on this?
 

Unnk

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bottom line you gotta do it atleast once to figure out what the eff to do lol You learn from doing being told how to do.
 

plsfoldthx

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I don't want to distract from your very we'll put together post on "DRYING & CURING", but i do believe it is quite vague.

my drying and curing process is very similar, i will just explain it in a very short summary starting with the flush a week before harvest.

1. flush for 1 week.

2. cut down and give them a quick trim (i remove all fan leaves, and side sheer to get the basic shape of the nug)

3. hang dry for 4-6 days (wait until stems make a cracking noise, but does NOT completely snap in two)

4. brown paper bag them over night.

5. jar emm all up into your preferred storage jars

6. burp jars every 4 hours for the first 2 days

7. now just burp the jars every day or 2 for 2 months.

::::2 months later::: your jars smell INCREDIBLE


thats just my process, yours sounds very similar ganjaluvr +rep and thank you for this post...
what is the point of the paper bag?
 

Mel O'Cheddar

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Does anybody have a link on the thread on curing buds with orange/ lemon peel, vanilla beans etc? I've been looking for 20 minutes to no avail.
 
Great explanation! I use this process.... but I find it changes up with the humidity... the principles remain the same but sometimes I have to keep the jars open a bit longer depending on the humidity in the room that I am using
 

ganjaluvr

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Great explanation! I use this process.... but I find it changes up with the humidity... the principles remain the same but sometimes I have to keep the jars open a bit longer depending on the humidity in the room that I am using

Exactly. Not everyone's method will be the same. Depending on the environment that your working with.. will determine how things go.

anyhow, glad I could help out so many of you.

Have a great weekend everyone.

peace.
 

oldmustang

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perfect timing. just chopped first 2 Orange Buds of my 2nd grow and today's the 3rd day hanging.
first grow ended too green tasting and a little too dry.

love this place :weed:
 
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