Want Bag Appeal? Curing Matters

KiloBit · Oct 27, 2008

supdro said:
So let me get this right... I have to know cause i just harvest last night. I keep them hanging till they fill crispy, but not brittle. move to the paper bag for a few days. How should they feel after the paper bag for a few days?? The same???

I went straight from hang dry to glass jars. The buds were way light and did not require the bag process, which if I'm not mistaken, is used for the more dense buds to get the moisture from them to the bag before the jars. This way mold isn't a problem. Roxistar can correct me if I'm wrong. Damn, I hope I've been paying attention. bongsmilie

supdro · Oct 27, 2008

well I have a big issue and I want someone to help me... I had hung mine on saturday and it is now monday and they are in my opinion past crispy. almost brittle. I live in the southwest and the nugs are so light and airy. how could this happen and what can i do to fix them??? Is it the strain?? this has happened before. hey brother that started the thread can you help a man in need???

supdro · Oct 27, 2008

sorry I'm not trying to steal a thread but i thought it would be the best place to ask.

roxistar · Oct 28, 2008

supdro said:
well I have a big issue and I want someone to help me... I had hung mine on saturday and it is now monday and they are in my opinion past crispy. almost brittle. I live in the southwest and the nugs are so light and airy. how could this happen and what can i do to fix them??? Is it the strain?? this has happened before. hey brother that started the thread can you help a man in need???

supdro said:
sorry I'm not trying to steal a thread but i thought it would be the best place to ask.

Hey sup! Drying time varies, smoetimes significantly, from person to person depending on their environment and the density of the buds. If you buds are not dense at all and you live in an area (SW) that has like 10% humidity you will really only want to hang for maybe a day.

But there are things you can do. Are they so dry that they are breaking apart? What happens when you squeeze one? Let me know those two things and I can tell you what your best move is.

BRSkunk · Oct 28, 2008

Also if you pick up a bag of brittle nugs, is it alright to re-moisten? Say by getting the bought bag and putting it into jars with a few fresh leafs, for a afternoon? Maybe separating the leafs from the nugs with paper towel to promote even distribution of the moisture from the fresh leafs?

I'm sure most growers who are also selling don't really bother to cure? The ones who are in it for the money that is.

swishatwista · Oct 28, 2008

shit i would, and am going to, i want my shit as dank and potent as possible. I mean you spend at least 2 months in flowering, why not spend three weeks bringing the dankness out

supdro · Oct 28, 2008

they are brittle. they don't crumble to pieces but they are still very sticky. I want them to be moist to where i can use in a joint or pipe.

roxistar · Oct 29, 2008

supdro said:
they are brittle. they don't crumble to pieces but they are still very sticky. I want them to be moist to where i can use in a joint or pipe.

Trying going to jars right now and re-check them 24 hours later. the moisture from the inside should start to condense and be re-absorbed in to the outer part of the buds. If you don't notice a difference after 24-48 hours you'll have to add something to the jars. Either fresh leaves and stems or a lemon or lime peel. But since they are crumbling that leads me to believe that it's just eh outside that dry.

supdro · Oct 30, 2008

well I move too fast since i didn't get the answer i was looking for, so I added bread. It made my bud soft again. My next question is how long do you leave your jars open daily to cure?

KiloBit · Oct 31, 2008

supdro said:
they are brittle. they don't crumble to pieces but they are still very sticky. I want them to be moist to where i can use in a joint or pipe.

Mine are exactly the same. But man they feck me up.

KiloBit · Oct 31, 2008

Roxistar , at what point does the curing stop. I mean, if I continue to keep them in the glass jars for say another month, would they get even better? Or is there a saturation point? Thanks bro. They've been in there a good 23 days.

roxistar · Nov 1, 2008

KiloBit said:
Roxistar , at what point does the curing stop. I mean, if I continue to keep them in the glass jars for say another month, would they get even better? Or is there a saturation point? Thanks bro. They've been in there a good 23 days.

I've heard of people letting them cure for up to 6 months. The cure stops and turns into simple storage when the buds have reached the point when the chemical reaction that occurs during curing stops. That is once the buds are "dry" the chemical process ceases; at this point you buds should still contain 10-15% moisture which is about 2-4% of it's intial water. The time period it takes to reach that point is variable. That info is courtesy of a book called "Marijuana Chemistry", I believe. It's hard to remember which books I read what in, LOL damn short term memory :eyesmoke:

KiloBit · Nov 2, 2008

Just want to express my thanks. I am really glad I came across your thread during my harvest. No doubt, it was an excellent source of information, well written (not too techie) and best of all right on the fecking money. My shit rocks, is outrageous, bad ass, and many other accolades thanks to you.

Budda_Luva · Nov 4, 2008

ok ive heard that any longetr thaN 3 months of curing theys hould go straight to the freezer

Agent007 · Nov 7, 2008

Excellent thread Rep+

Just harvesting my first plant that was female but went hermie last few days. Leaving a few branches with minimal/no male flowers to get more female nugs. Good smelling buds with many hairs (many amber).

Your great tute & pics helps me now. Thanks heaps. Just been hanging first 2 branches one day. I will date tag them so I know what stage each on is at. As I'm trimming the plant down slowly as nutes were given 3 days ago & flushed yesterday. male flowers came up damn quick

PS Must get me some bags & glass jars too

Land of the Free? · Nov 8, 2008

Nice post very informative and simply put. I will be harvesting hopefully in 3 days so this will come in handy. I read the entire post...breath...breath..wheew, visine lol, so I won't have to give you a repeat question like so many others. I will probably have to use the paper bag method due to thick colas, and thats a good thing. : )

Thanks Bro and +1 rep 4 u!!!

SmokeyMcSmokester · Nov 9, 2008

Dude thanks for this! I'm a noob and the whole curing/harvest confused me..everyone seemed to be telling me bs..you made it clear and east to follow...Only a moron could fuck up after reading this...more rep for you!

nvirgo79 · Nov 9, 2008

thanks

+rep

TexasWild · Nov 10, 2008

Thanks for the BRAIN FOOD! +rep

wackymack · Nov 10, 2008

they need to sticky this shit,all the questions have been asked and answered

maybe move it into the grow faq

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