Ganjaluvrs Drying & Curing Broken Down into Understandable English

Wait, so loose in jars or all together? I'd think you'd want them spaced out to dry evenly.

heard adding a fan leave in your jar when curing will rehydrate your buds. does this info hold any validation?

Yes... I have actually done it. I had a jar of some older stuff that the RH was down to about 45%, which is below my liking. I like the RH in my jars to be around 55-60%. The smoke had lost it's flavor and smell. I had water cured it months earlier to remove some mold. I placed it in a jar with a hygrometer overnight, and got the reading of 45% RH inside the jar. I plucked a 5 point leaf off of one of my plants, tossed it into the jar and sealed it. Two days later, the leaf looked mostly dehydrated, and the hygrometer was reading near 75%. Even after removing the leaf, the hygrometer only dropped five points.

I began to burp once or twice a day to slowly bring moisture to 55%. It took about a week. The smell and flavor came back, not as strong as fresh, but they were restored. The weed burns much smoother now as well.... so Yes, it is impossible to improve weed that has dried too much, but don't expect to raise it from the dead. I think my process probably restored about 60-70% of the odor and taste, not bad, but not fresh.

will sayoh said:

heard adding a fan leave in your jar when curing will rehydrate your buds. does this info hold any validation?

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very nice post tyty

Wow, I got my thread turned into a sticky!! Nice!!!

Now, I just wish potroast would get back with me.. on trying to get my account back.

hit me back buddy!


peace everyone.

-ganjaluvr (aka cannbisguru)

solid post but you forgot a couple not so minor details. #1. temperature. it doesn't matter how long you cure and release moisture if the room temperature is wrong. 50-70 degrees F is necessairy. why? glad you asked. if its too cold then the buds wont release moisture and molding will take place eventually. if the temp is too hot then too much moisture will pop up in the jars and that is less likely to cause mold but the moisture level will probably drop to 0%. #2 DONT LEAVE THE BUDS INSIDE THE CONTAINERS WHEN RE-DRYING. lay the buds out on a screen or a drying rack. this is done to ensure thorough drying. if you leave buds in a container then they will dry out on top and stay moist on the bottom. if you don't have a drying rack or comparable device then at the very least remove all the bud from the container and mix it up with fresh air before returning to the container.

this post definitely deserves the +rep but it seems like ganjaluvr was attempting to make a dummies guide to curing and I think this info would be necessary for such a guide.

great post man !!! really easy to understant + rep

what size jars are the best to use? i figure the larger the jar the more would be in the jar thus you may have to change how long you keep the jars open.

organic for life said:

For the guys like me who would rather have hard numbers to work with rather than guessing when a plant is 10-15% hydrated....this is the link for you.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237

No guessing. No black magic or experience needed. Cure like a pro from your first grow.

Your welcome!

Organic

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i've been curing for a long time but never thought of buying one of those. i just ordered one! new toys! yay!


hmmmm. i just realized that i'll have 22 separate jars for my 22 plants (no clones). crap! i didn't think this one through! fucking marijuana! lol

i guess i can use the one as a gage? i'll figure it out.

Awesome thread!

I'm with "Daalvin". However, experience and reading between the lines comes in effect(according to the topic of the post I also agree with that too). However, the method that opened this post may not work for everyone. Daalvin has about nailed it! I also believe everyone may put there pants on different. You may put your left leg in first. I may put both or my right leg in(depends on how drunk I was the night before). Anyways, what works best for me may not for you and, so on, and, so on. The way that I found best was this method!
1. Before chopping the plant, trim all the leaves everything but bud and stem.(all the coated trim leaves can be put in a jar and cured. put them in a jar. cure them by opening the jar every twelve hours. Do it for about a month and then put them in a plastic container and freeze them. later if you have enough material you can make hash by passing them through screens).
2. Chop the bitch down at the base of the plant you know, above the dirt!(pun intended)
3. hang her ass up in a dark room
4. Leave her ass there for atleast 3-6 days
5. After the outside of the buds are dry then take a trip to the Grocery store
6. Go to the store and get a paper bag(some online sites these days say it takes out the thc and you should put a plastic bag inside the paper bag,thas B.S.)
6. Now is the time to put your harvest after cutting it off the stems into the bags. you may want to get two to put your main colas in, and your other shit in another. you DON'T want to go over 3 inches in the bottom of the bag. ( this shit was on COPS YEEEAAARRSS ago it must be fool proof!! )
It worked for me I had some shit weed and made it one hitter quitter so...The bottom of the bag will soak out the moisture in the buds and make them compact/tight. when they feel slightly lighter and dryer after you have left them there for a day or two maybe three with the top closed like a napsack (you know how they fold the bag at mickey d's) then its time for a jar!
7. put the buds in a jar and time that shit!!! If you put the buds in at 2:14 your time, then you DO NOT OPEN IT until 2:14 twelve hours later.
8. 12 hours later, you open the jar, pour the buds out look at them(maybe snatch one,it's up to you but, if your patient this is the fun part!!) and put them back in the jar!!
9. if you took the buds out at 2:14, and you put them back in at 2:22 then you DO NOT open the jar until 2:22, 12 hours later!
10. Do this shit for a month and holy crap people!! this is the time that the stems become grey and snap completely.
( I did this method and dang!!! thats all I can say DANG!! I mean, I swiped a bud here and there, here and there, and the last bud I had was exactally a month later. It was soooo awesome, my entire harvest smelled so fruity I definately encourage you to try it my way!!! Just my 0.02¢

organic for life said:

For the guys like me who would rather have hard numbers to work with rather than guessing when a plant is 10-15% hydrated....this is the link for you.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237

No guessing. No black magic or experience needed. Cure like a pro from your first grow.

Your welcome!

Organic

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+Rep This is extremely useful! Thanks organic for life! Cleared up alot!

Hi all, newbie, been growin for 20 yrs off and on never tried curing before am going to give it ago,just wondering if air tight plastic jars will be ok as i only have enough jars for about 8 o's,
chur chur for the thread Ganjaluvr

I don't use plastic to cure my bud. Glass is where it is at for a number of reasons.

I do want to add that curing isn't a witchcraft or roll of the dice. There is an actual science behind it and success can be duplicated over and over, following the same method. There is no science to opening a jar every time the grandfather clock chimes. That is just nonsense. The processes in the jar aren't keeping track of time, however humidity in the jar is an indicator of when to burp. In order to know what the RH is inside the jar, why not use a hygrometer, like a cigar humidor?

The goal is to jar around 70% RH and burp your way down to 55%, slowly. Once you get the RH below 63% - 65%, you can start burping only once every couple of days. You want to retain the moisture as long as possible, while still burping occasionally. The time between burpings gradually increases as the RH decreases. You can hygrometers for 5-$7 on eBay....

https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog9093-2-half-days-fast-when.html

Serapis said:

I don't use plastic to cure my bud. Glass is where it is at for a number of reasons.

I do want to add that curing isn't a witchcraft or roll of the dice. There is an actual science behind it and success can be duplicated over and over, following the same method. There is no science to opening a jar every time the grandfather clock chimes. That is just nonsense. The processes in the jar aren't keeping track of time, however humidity in the jar is an indicator of when to burp. In order to know what the RH is inside the jar, why not use a hygrometer, like a cigar humidor? thank you serapis.......of to granmas i go to raid her jar cuboard

The goal is to jar around 70% RH and burp your way down to 55%, slowly. Once you get the RH below 63% - 65%, you can start burping only once every couple of days. You want to retain the moisture as long as possible, while still burping occasionally. The time between burpings gradually increases as the RH decreases. You can hygrometers for 5-$7 on eBay....

https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog9093-2-half-days-fast-when.html

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thanks serapis off to granmas i go to raid her jar cuboard....lol

Thats awesome thanks for the info! I grew some Ice and had to harvest them about two weeks early. The trichomes are clear but there is a good amount of orange hairs on them. Are these crystal covered buds going to get me high?

i,ve dried my bud,s too much no moisture in jars how do i repair this or am i stuck with it ?

Good post. Kinda low blow on the teenager thing though. I have smoked fantastic medicine grown by 19 year olds. Age has nothing to do with it. All about who taught them in first place like u said.

Plastic containers give off a gas, and are NOT airtight! Find a big jar with a big mouth and lid! Simple as that no ifs, but's, or and's about it! HAS TO BE A GLASS JAR WITH A LID!! Read my post its some knowledge PROMISE! If you need more jars buy some 99¢ peanut jars and start grubbing! if your allergenic then throw them away! jams, jellies, pickles, etc. you get the idea right? NO PLASTIC!!!

i tried the humidor thing once. the bud picked up the cedar taste from the box. maybe i left it in to long.

TheDude007 said:

Buy a humidor, like they use for cigars. Very good post OP, + rep. And very well said about 70% of the info on marijuana being incorrect....It's astonishing how much bad info you can acquire reading forums and websites. ASTONISHING. One could easily be misled into doing something incorrectly.

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