GreenX How to's... How to Water Cure (w/pics)

.... I dont know why, but its like you have to say something more than once on these boards for people to get it....


THE BUD THAT YOU WATER CURE TASTES PERFECT

No jared bud can match it IMHO

I hate chemical aftertaste. I hate pot that doest get me high. And i HATE bud that is those things and burns bad.... So, let me say this one more time.

The buds taste great, as a matter of fact, if you havent tried it yet, then my best advise would be to shut the hell up with your uneducated ass.

ive had water cured weed it destroys the taste of it i know for a fact cause i had weed that was water cured and i had that was cured in a mason jar and the mason jar blew water curning out of the water in taste and high the mason jar cure smelled better aswell idk what water cured weed uve smoke but i hate it i just never knew how they did it now i know why

CrackerJax said:

Okay now I don't want anyone to laugh out loud at this(aw, go ahead), but here is a question for any "coasties" out there. What about curing it with seawater?
I only say this because the best way to sweeten up a lobster is to cook it in seawater.
Is that a crazy idea? LOL, You tell me!!


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Back in the '70's some buds of mine grabbed a bale of weed floating in out of the Gulf of Mexico, I can say from experience that a salt water cure isn't a good thing. It was bad harsh.

SativaSam said:

Back in the '70's some buds of mine grabbed a bale of weed floating in out of the Gulf of Mexico, I can say from experience that a salt water cure isn't a good thing. It was bad harsh.

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Lool, me too I had some buds fin some buds whilst fishing. I agree, we let them split 100 lbs in our apartment and they gave us one pound of dry and 5 lbs of wet. The wet was horrible. Then again, I don't think floating in the ocean is the same as water curing. But yah that wet stuff was NOT good, but we smoked every bit of it .


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No jared bud can match it IMHO

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Like I've said possibly 300 times now over these forums lol: It's largely a matter of personal opinion/preference!

It is difficult to compare water and air (jar) cured buds in taste etc because water cured bud is fully cured no matter what, where as jar cured bud is very dependent on how long its actually been curing for, jar cured bud that has been cured for 2 weeks taste a lot different to stuff that's been cured for over a year...
BUT
...All this taste, smell etc. ALSO depends on your strains and phenotypes of those strains.
Otherwise you're doing as well as comparing AK-47 with Blueberry... They're different, the one which is 'better' is the one that you personally prefer ... One may win more competitions, but all that means is that the greater mass of smokers prefers it, doesn't mean you have to like it just coz someone else said so.

That's why we have our own brains and senses...

Ya know.....

This thread is PROOF that nobody reads the GrowFAQ's.

There's a very detailed article there written by MightyBudda about water curing. Those of you who are interested in trying this should read it, as it contains info that this thread does not.

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=434

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Ya know.....

This thread is PROOF that nobody reads the GrowFAQ's.

There's a very detailed article there written by MightyBudda about water curing. Those of you who are interested in trying this should read it, as it contains info that this thread does not.

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This thread was designed to be a basic step-by-step guide including pictures, the water curing info in the GrowFAQ is not.

And no I don't read the GrowFAQ anymore because too much of it is misinformation.
Like the article about how to FIM which was actually an article on how to LST, maybe the mods took my advice and actually looked at it and decided to delete it by now, or maybe it's still there, I don't know, but it was one thing that definitely put me off using the GrowFAQ

GreenphoeniX said:

This thread was designed to be a basic step-by-step guide including pictures, the water curing info in the GrowFAQ is not.

And no I don't read the GrowFAQ anymore because too much of it is misinformation.
Like the article about how to FIM which was actually an article on how to LST, maybe the mods took my advice and actually looked at it and decided to delete it by now, or maybe it's still there, I don't know, but it was one thing that definitely put me off using the GrowFAQ

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I wasn't trying to put down your thread man... It's usefull info and apparently NECESSARY, as nobody bothers readin anymore. I see the same questions asked day after day... all of them already answered in the GrowFAQ.

Sorry if I offended you.


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I wasn't trying to put down your thread man... It's usefull info and apparently NECESSARY, as nobody bothers readin anymore. I see the same questions asked day after day... all of them already answered in the GrowFAQ.

Sorry if I offended you.

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All good mate. I'm just clarifying that this is more of a walk through than that is. I read the same questions over and over too (that's what copy and paste is for - so you can answer with the same answer too lol) ... I've given up on answering a lot of questions though, people ask and want an answer, then think they know more than you anyway and don't listen so what's the point? lol ... I'm sure all these guys an girls who have been growing for 6 months and read half a book know more than those of us who have been growing for 20 years + and have read countless books with new ideas and techniques (Aeroponics rocks! lol).

Yeah, alot of people rely on other people to do the dirty work. Like reading information that is blasted over the cannabus society daily. I have never in my life asked something other than information on personal experiences with nutrients and what have you. Its quite rediculous google has been around for 9 years and people still dont know how to hit the search button.

GreenX - thanks for the detailed post and sharing the info....even with all of these naysayers and haters. Bottom line you've provided a very educational alternative to speed up the curing and drying process...and as is true with any difference in methods, there are different side effects. If you want it done quickly, you're sacrificing bag appeal and smell/taste. Otherwise put in the time, and there ya have it.

Me and my friend have our FIRST harvest coming up in a week or two...these have grown from seeds, so we have definitely been EAGER. I think what I'll do is take some of our smaller buds on the small budsites and do some water curing just to satisfy our own needs earlier on...maybe water cure a quarter or something to hold us off. But really air dry and jar cure the main colas to keep the majority with that bag appeal to impress folks and make a little bit of the grow room investment back.

Regardless - thanks for the info and how-to...it will definitely come in handy. If ya like, check out our journal and I'll add on the results for both the water and jar curing we experience....have another harvest coming just two weeks afterwards, so plenty of experiments to be conducted!

hey I was gonna try a wet cure as i posted earlier. I FORGOT (stoner blank face)....

Not to fret tho, I have another harvest next week according to my star charts cross referenced with a Ouiji board... keep you posted.




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I'd just like to share my experiences.
I found the water cure to completely remove the flavour of the weed, the end result being a very dark, very curious smelling looking substance, that, when smoked, gets you high like weed, but tastes like shite. I actually ended up throwing about 10 grams of (formerly) good bud into my trim pile because i found it pretty much unsmokeable. I love the taste of weed, especially my weed, and would never do this again. I'd much rather smoke properly dried, uncured weed than water cured weed, any day of the week.
Having said that, if stealth smoking is an issue for you, and you dont care what your dope smells\tastes like, this might be a useful option, its just not for me.

but do some trichs drain out with the water?will u lose any thc? if not...then fuck it im water curing too! hah

im sorry...but that water cured bud looks like shit compared to the air cured...

why not take the time to hang dry and cure in the traditional manner...youve already had the patience to grow it, whats a couple more days?

my $0.02

Zig Zag Zane said:

but do some trichs drain out with the water?will u lose any thc? if not...then fuck it im water curing too! hah

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THC isnt water soluble so you wont lose that..you may get some loose trichs falling off...but besides the lessened bag appeal and lack of flavor and smell i guess you could go for it...

sticking to the old school personally

would the water remove any of the potency or maybe anything of that such anything you look for while smoking it

funkdocKT said:

im sorry...but that water cured bud looks like shit compared to the air cured...

why not take the time to hang dry and cure in the traditional manner...youve already had the patience to grow it, whats a couple more days?

my $0.02

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Do you smoke it, or you look at it? Weed is for smoking, and I don't care if it looks like straight ass crap as long as it gets me high

Water curing removes much more of the shit thats inside the plant - things that do not get you high, and things that are BAD for you to smoke - let's face it - smoking anything is bad

Water curing removes a lot of the smell and "taste", but people should keep in mind it is not the look, not the smell and not the taste what gets you high. I personally smoke weed to get high, and I'd prefer water curing, cuz it is faster and the end result is cleaner.

As water curing removes things that do not get you high, in the end you will get all the THC packed into smaller form, so in a way, 1 gram for water cured weed will have more THC than a gram of air cured weed.

I wouldn't water cure any weed I am going to sell, but I don't sell weed, and I care about my health, I don't care that much about the taste, I just don't want to smoke things that do damage to my lungs, so If you ask me water curing is the way to go.

Some people would prefer air curing, some people smoke weed without any cure and still are happy. It's all about personal preferences.

That makes sense to me.



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i think i could answer why the bud dry so damn fast after u hang it up but u know that being rough with the buds during a water cure causes them to lose some of thier trichs n thnx man u anwered my question i always wondered if u could hang dry them after the water cure +rep good thread