How do large Indoor operators Cure their herb???

I know they probably have a cold room with moderate humidity and a bunch of hanging dry racks but what about after their bud is dry, what is thier typical process for cure?

Obviously burping jars is probably out of the question when harvesting 15-20lbs at a time so id assume they just dry their herb to 55% or so and then just use large trash bags or something airtight?

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They don't lol that's what's so funny. But I've done it before in lawn and leaf bags even, but basically u just trap gases and the weed in a air tight container and sweat out the moisture within and slowly u allow to dry. The closer u take things on the mold danger area u get a harder cure, but no one wants that anymore it seems. U really should do it slow over a long period of time if u want the best results. But unfortunately most buyers of herb frown upon browner colored herb so most growers don't even cure these days, at least beyond a couple weeks.

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they don't cure in the jars. Turn over is so fast , they just keep selling. No time for a cure.

dadio161 said:

they don't cure in the jars. Turn over is so fast , they just keep selling. No time for a cure.

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so just dry and sell eh?

Yup! That's why a first-time grower who takes it easy, gets to harvest without major problems and does a slow dry and cure is going to have a MUCH better product that ANYTHING gotten from a big producer, even if that producer has been doing it for 15 years.

IF I were to sell, and I don't, I'd be setting a premium price on my product because I'd advertise it for what it would be: 100% organically grown Sour Diesel (or whatever), with a 10-day slow dry and 6-week cure. No big producer would match that.

LOL. My wife found a sealed container in the back of our cabinet that we forgot about. Been curing for about 9 months to a year. My wife says that this is the bomb. My wife is medical smoker and I don't consume at all . She treats this container like gold. We like in Colorado where it is legal and we have friends that own a dispensary. Products dry on racks for 5 to 7 days and then right into jars. No time to wait for curing.

My plants got ripped last year (over a hundred) and i had planned on a 5 week cure using those rubbermaid tubs people somtimes use to grow in and trashbags if i ran out of tubs,
some distrubtuters do cure yes
not saying I'm a distrubter but not all are like the cartels and just sell it uncured. i would never put an uncured or bad product out.

In Colorado , dispensaries have to grow 70% of their own product. The other 30% they can buy from another dispensary. No buying from the public. Grows have to be tracked. If we growers have excess product , we can't sell to the shops. Shop risks losing their license.

Tempe420 said:

I know they probably have a cold room with moderate humidity and a bunch of hanging dry racks but what about after their bud is dry, what is thier typical process for cure?

Obviously burping jars is probably out of the question when harvesting 15-20lbs at a time so id assume they just dry their herb to 55% or so and then just use large trash bags or something airtight?

Learn me...

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Many large operators use the techniques from the tobacco industry using flews and sheds, crying racks and conveyor systems, its all very dependent of the size of the operation, but the bigger the size the less care taken ....sorry

All the big time indoor growers I know dry fast by trimming individual buds and placing them on racks. Usually takes 4 to 6 days. They dry them a little more than if you were going to do a cure. Then they turkey bag the p's and they're sold within a few days. Dispensaries eat the shit up. Fast turn overs and multiple grow houses seems to be the game. If the dispensaries know a supplier that is constantly providing a year round flow of product that is decent, they tend to stick with them. These growers typically employ several people and mainly just manage, make sales, and problem solve.