Anyone use grove bags discuss...

The grove bags were worth it in my experience. High quality bags for high quality product. It is much easier to open and store the grove bags and not dealing with the clanging, mixing up lids on accident, and other stuff. the buds can be damaged easier in the grove bags (due to knocking/squishing) but I like the trade-off. They seem expensive but so is the product you are putting in there (hopefully). Buy double what you need and split it with a friend to save some $$

I use groves! Started with jars, and with exact burping and rh the jar seems to have a dull aroma and flavor as opposed to grove bags. Last summer I had Ethos Mandarin Zkittlez in both jars and groves and the flavor and aroma were far superior from the grove bag. Opened a jar and could barely smell it. Opened the grove bag and my wife could smell it at the other end of the house in minutes. 60+ feet and walls didn’t stop the smell of highly pronounced “Tang drink” aroma! Groves for the win. Jars prob keep longer though. Grove states 9 months to a year for freshness…

I concur that Grove bags are pretty cool items to have if you grow.

I do a 2-part method that incorporates the best of glass jars and the storability of the grove bags...Basically, I hang-dry my plants for 2-weeks at 60/60. After that they get trimmed and put into glass jars with a humidity gauge and monitored for several days until the humidity in the jars is stable at ~58% and all the moisture has had a chance to equalize among all the buds. After that, I divide everything up into 1oz. Grove bags...HEAT SEAL THEM!! (bag sealers are relatively cheap on Amazon and it's worth getting one if you use Grove bags). Whatever is left over that doesn't add up to an ounce-per-bag, stays in a jar and gets smoked, first. By the time I get through the leftovers from the jars (usually a couple months), the stuff in the Grove bags will have at least maintained its flavors and terps -if not improved a bit!

Some people have used them, incorrectly, and put wet weed into them thinking that the bags would do the drying/curing for them.....and ended up with bad results. The advertising for them IS somewhat misleading in that respect. But, if you use them correctly, I think they are advantageous.

Time to strike while the iron is hot!
Placing an order and noticed this today!

DMChiz said:

I’ve become a convert to the Grove Bag. After a few runs & cures using them, I do have a gripe though. The ziplock channel (usually the female end) have a proclivity for becoming separated from the bag itself. Kind of a shitter, but as I think @Rsawr once said, the form factor over jars is kinda nice.

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Jars don't let out moisture if the humidity is slightly higher , I was under the impression grove bags do and boveda both adds or removes it.

I use both, jars for small batches or a small jar for a little sample nuglet from a buddy. I use the bags for the harvests of multiple ounces or more. Has anyone ever seen mold in a grove bag? My friend threw in some wet weed and it took really long to dry and the cure was all messed up, didn't mold though... He just threw away a jar of trim that was forgotten and got fuzzy lol.

I like grove bags, but they are definitely limited in the number of reuses they will take. As others have mentioned, I’ve had the ziplock separate from the bag. Some of my older bags (used for three rounds now) also have a crinkly look at the point where they bend a little when opening. I don’t trust these not to be compromised. So, unlike jars, I think a few uses and then done.

Lately, I’ve tried to use the grove bags for longer term storage, moving stuff to jars in batches for daily use/regular opening and closing. I’ve never heat sealed though I’m forceful in making sure the seam is closed. Weed is fresh months later IF the bag remains unopened. No odor present when the bags are carefully closed.

Like some others here, I’ve been jarring my weed to assure a consistent humidity after drying. My goal is to put them in the grove bags when they maintain 62% in the sealed environment of the jar (bags I use are 58-62% - seems to make sense to put them in at the high end rather than the low). I like the idea of the breathability of the Mylar. I’m also ready to try one of the no name brands selling in bulk at a significant discount to the grove bags brand. Curious if others have tried these. I plan to with my next harvest.

I've noticed that hastily trimmed weed that may have some stem sticking out can compromise the bags as well.

go go kid said:

get a vaccume bag machine and just bag it up as you go

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I have a vacuum sealer and all that what are your steps to curing using that method? I'm about to harvest in a few weeks would like to be able to use the machine so it doesn't go to waste

Rootbound420 said:

I have a vacuum sealer and all that what are your steps to curing using that method? I'm about to harvest in a few weeks would like to be able to use the machine so it doesn't go to waste

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I'm not sure about vacuum curing weed, but I use my vacuum sealer all the time for venison and other game and chickens I harvest as well. It's very useful in the food world. I think Mexican brick weed used to come vacuum sealed back in the day.

Beeswings said:

I'm not sure about vacuum curing weed, but I use my vacuum sealer all the time for venison and other game and chickens I harvest as well. It's very useful in the food world. I think Mexican brick weed used to come vacuum sealed back in the day.

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Yea thinking about it you'd have to reseal it everyday to burp. Maybe long term storage after cure. That's why I bought the vacuum sealer for my mid year chicken harvest and venison! I would never have a chance to save any green my wife smokes like a chimney

Rootbound420 said:

I have a vacuum sealer and all that what are your steps to curing using that method? I'm about to harvest in a few weeks would like to be able to use the machine so it doesn't go to waste

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You don’t actually need a vacuum sealer for Grove Bags. You can heat seal using parchment paper and a clothes iron. Fold the parchment over the black dotted lines along the top to cover them. Hot iron a few passes over top and voila. Key is allowing headroom in the bag. Don’t fill ‘em to the brim.

Apologies for chiming in on the thread off topic btw.. Ive used grove bags before and had no difference in cure than using a mason jar so I switched back because jars are cheaper and easier to get for me in my location. Thrift store has ball jars stocked normally. I just bought 24 32oz jars for $8 with lids.

Beeswings said:

I've noticed that hastily trimmed weed that may have some stem sticking out can compromise the bags as well.

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Good to know im removing all stem

DMChiz said:

You don’t actually need a vacuum sealer for Grove Bags. You can heat seal using parchment paper and a clothes iron. Fold the parchment over the black dotted lines along the top to cover them. Hot iron a few passes over top and voila. Key is allowing headroom in the bag. Don’t fill ‘em to the brim.

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Haor straightener im using

I'm not sealing till bags are stable I ain't got enough jars to stabilize

sorry, should have made it clear that there for use after cureing.

go go kid said:

sorry, should have made it clear that there for use after cureing.

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nearly there

Rootbound420 said:

I have a vacuum sealer and all that what are your steps to curing using that method? I'm about to harvest in a few weeks would like to be able to use the machine so it doesn't go to waste

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Curring requires fresh air soo vacume would be going in the wrong direction.making an anaaroibic enviorment