Colorado curing

nurrgle

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I always see questions about drying and curing herbs. I have had to change my tech based on where I was living at the time.

I am in Colorado now and just finished up a nice room and dried it in an ambient humidity of 23%. Obviously there are a ton of options like adding a humidifier or making a curing room but I am always focused on getting humidity out and don’t have the time space for a curing room.

This is simple and hopefully help someone out who is dealing with low humidity climates.

Week 9 I break down my plants, removing all the big fans and breaking the branches I to tup size sections.

I hang these and it only takes about 3-5 days until the buds feel dry but the stems BEND not break.

At that point I put everything Into the big yellow top tups. Within a couple of hours everything will moisten up again.

Then I burp for a week, slowly letting the moisture out. If I was back on the West Coast I would worry about mold and things but I haven’t had any issues here.

After that week I close everything up for another week then dry trim.

This works great for me and I have been using the process for a while.
 
I pretty much do the same exact thing. Bud always come out tasty af. I've taught it to a few people and they thought I was nuts. Didn't want to have anything to do with it. Lol

Edit, I'm in Co too.
 
I just chop and hang until the buds are probably a bit over-dry. then stick everything in resealable containers with one of the huge Boveda packs at 65%. i like those better than the 62's. i don't even bother burping anymore.
 
I use boveda's too once I get the buds down to 65%..... Kinda weird but I had a batch of boveda's that weren't keeping my jars at 62%, they were still soft too. It screwed me because I didn't catch it quick enough. I lost my cure, bad batch of packs I guess.
 
I like brown paper grocery bags for the smaller nugs. Just shake it around once a day and have the bag off the ground When you reach in and they feel dry jar it and proceed as you like. I dried inside the tent with the fan on low. Going to try it with the big nugs next run.
Probably wouldnt do this if I lived somewhere other than here.
 
Nice info. I'm on the eastern slopes of the rockies as well but a little further north eh. I was planning on keeping my tent at 65% humidity during my curing/drying process but your way sounds easier :)
 
yellow top tupps? I'm not understanding this terminology. I'm thinking yellow top totes. Does Tupperware make something we should look at? I might try putting branches in totes if I get behind on trimming and the climate is too dry. Makes sense to me.
 
yellow top tupps? I'm not understanding this terminology. I'm thinking yellow top totes. Does Tupperware make something we should look at? I might try putting branches in totes if I get behind on trimming and the climate is too dry. Makes sense to me.

I am wondering as well. Any kind of Rubbermaid sealed tote is what you use? What size?
 
I am wondering as well. Any kind of Rubbermaid sealed tote is what you use? What size?

The black bottomed yellow top totes. They are large and heavy duty. I buy mine from Costco for 7.50 each. They have a great seal in comparison to the cheaper ones from wallMart.

Some friends buy theirs from Home Depot but they are the same.

Sorry for the confusion. I often call tups/totes/monos all the same. We country out here lol.
 
Nice info. I'm on the eastern slopes of the rockies as well but a little further north eh. I was planning on keeping my tent at 65% humidity during my curing/drying process but your way sounds easier :)


If everything fit in a tent I would probably use that option. This is really for a situation where you have a full room hanging and need to get it out so you can reset.
 
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