Blueberry, as of this morning, is too moist and still smells grassy, it is now in the curing stage, alternating between a glass jar at night and a paper bag during the day. I used to hang a plant for a few days, then trimmed off the buds and put in a paper bag. At some point I tried the glass jar method, but was not impressed with the long time of curing and particularly the tedious maintenance of having to open and close the jars everyday. This time I'm putting it in the glass jar overnight, and putting it in a "sealed" paper bag during the day, sealed meaning folded up at the top and clipped. I forgot to write down the day when I started this, but believe it has been 2 or 3 days of glass-jar to paper-bag cycles. During the night it rehydrates a bit, and when in the paper bag, it dries.
This drying technique seems to be working fast. Here's a formula I used today:
Initial Weight of buds when first cut off branches = InWt
Weight of buds after drying for a day = Wt (this data point changes as drying progresses)
And where "decimal" is a variable:
Wt ÷ InWt = decimal * 100% = % of weight remaining
It's an easy stat to calculate to get a ballpark
percentage-dried number. I don't know how much weight they lose while they're hanging, and I don't know if it's important.
Per that formula, Blueberry, by the end of today, is at 86% of the weight it was when I clipped them off the branches.
I sampled Blueberry this morning for the first time, and while it's almost dry enough, it's still harsh. It seemed to burn okay. A bud left on the counter all day had lost most of its harshness by evening.
Green Crack is hanging to dry, it will be at least 5 days before buds are trimmed and put into a cure process.
It's now the next morning, and I had a chance to sample Green Crack. I'm disappointed that there are as many amber trichomes as there are. The next crop I will have to pay more attention, if I can.
The buds are more substantial than Blueberry's, which are much smaller, the size of marbles. I don't know if that's typical, or if it was something related to the infected soil.
Blue dream is still growing. I checked this morning, no amber trichomes yet, and quite a few clear ones, so it's still not ready to cut down. I wonder if it will ever progress to mostly opaque. It's mostly all red hairs, just a few white ones at the tips.
Editing this the next morning, it's time to cut Blue Dream.
Amber trichomes are beginning, and I don't want any amber, so it's already past my chosen time. The progression to amber seems fast at this point, unless I misjudged earlier, which is definitely possible.