curing question for anyones opinion

[buckyboy]

Can you cure your buds in plastis containers with lids? They are air tight. Or is it best to use glass jars? I dont want to buy jars if you can. Only have a couple of jelly jars and its about harvest time.

[buckyboy]

Since nobody responded, I'll take that as a yes.

[BlackBerry]

yes others will say glass it dont matter ive used both

[Suspectelite]

can you hang them anywhere?
if so then this is your best option.
hang in a cool dry place until dry, this will promote slow even drying and curing, and will give you the best possible smoke. just cut the plants down, & hang em, do not remove any leaves, they are needed during drying phase.

[buckyboy]

Yeah, I plan on hanging them in the closet for a week or 2 and then curing for 1 month. Suspectelite, you are the only person that has told me to leave the leaves on while hanging. Everywhere I've read has said to remove the fan leaves, Hang to dry, and then trim and cure. I have 5 plants, maybe I will try a couple of them your way. What you think?

[bicflikr]

im gonna leave all the leaves on this year.

[cannavore]

if you let the buds dry for a week or two then theres no need to store them in jars afterwards correct? all you have to do is hang em, wait 2 weeks, and smoke?

[buckyboy]

I was told if you jar them for 2 to 4 weeks they taste a whole lot better, but I dont know for sure because this is only my second grow. I only had 1 plant last year and I hung it for a week and then smoked it, but I only ended up wit a 1/2 ounce so curing was not an option.

[clovisman]

if you let the buds dry for a week or two then theres no need to store them in jars afterwards correct? all you have to do is hang em, wait 2 weeks, and smoke?
putting in jars to CURE will make smoke better-the time in jars - venting as recommended will remove all chlorophyl
and ammonia making a much mellower tasting smoke- if you leave the leaves on while drying this will protect the trichromes but it is easier to trim while still wet

[buckyboy]

Clovisman, do you recommend leaving the fan leaves on?

[Suspectelite]

If putting in jars to CURE will make smoke better, then how does anyone suggest I cure MY crop? You know how many jars I would need? freezer bags work just as good, and so do sandwich bags. all in all, hanging till dry, does cure your weed, as long as it doesnt dry too fast, gotta keep the temp fairly cool & about 50% humidity.

[clovisman]

Clovisman, do you recommend leaving the fan leaves on? i always trim the fan leaves before i harvest the buds- then when indoors i will trim the bud leaves, the small trichrome covered leaves and make hash from them- all people I know will trim the leaves before drying

[HighTillIDie]

always trim as much as you can, it helps speed the curing process

always hang, in a dry, airflowy, dark place for at least a couple weeks, till AT LEAST, you can snap a twig

then you can put in the plastic or glass jar... just make sure to open it up to release all the moisture,

bags work well they just don't seal as nicely

[Suspectelite]

always trim as much as you can, it helps speed the curing process

always hang, in a dry, airflowy, dark place for at least a couple weeks, till AT LEAST, you can snap a twig

then you can put in the plastic or glass jar... just make sure to open it up to release all the moisture,

bags work well they just don't seal as nicely
Im gonna have to disagree with you on this one,
Ive been drying weed for years & have tried pretty much every method possible. drying with leaves on is alot better & faster because the large fan leaves help drain the buds from the inside out, making for a more consistant cure. It may be harder to trim, but is better for THC preservation in the final product.

[HighTillIDie]

Im gonna have to disagree with you on this one,
Ive been drying weed for years & have tried pretty much every method possible. drying with leaves on is alot better & faster because the large fan leaves help drain the buds from the inside out, making for a more consistant cure. It may be harder to trim, but is better for THC preservation in the final product.



you are exactly right, thanks for correcting me, but do you mean during the jar phase? i hang them whole, but trim them some for mason jar'in

do you get better results otherwise?!:jointsmile::thumbsup:

[buckyboy]

Suspectelite, so I pull it , hang it for a couple of weeks, trim off fan leaves and bud leaves, store in jars or zip-locks for a few weeks, opening every other day and then they should be ready. CORRECT? One more thing, I had a friend tell me he just puts his buds in brown paper bags for a week or two and that dries and cures them simutaneously. Ever tried that?

[HighTillIDie]

Suspectelite, so I pull it , hang it for a couple of weeks, trim off fan leaves and bud leaves, store in jars or zip-locks for a few weeks, opening every other day and then they should be ready. CORRECT? One more thing, I had a friend tell me he just puts his buds in brown paper bags for a week or two and that dries and cures them simutaneously. Ever tried that?

yea the paper bag method is usually inbetween the jar and hanging
it works real well, but you always want to hang for a while, and jars are the final way


or you could water cure:wtf:

[buckyboy]

So the paper bag just dries a little bit more before curing? That seems to be a good way to prevent mold. Am I right?

[HighTillIDie]

So the paper bag just dries a little bit more before curing? That seems to be a good way to prevent mold. Am I right?

yea, but you can still get mold, it happens

[Suspectelite]

all I do ia hang em till almost bone dry, just before the buds are crumbly, then I trim em, then I bag em, thats it, thats all, done. as long as its dry, mold worries go out the window, and as for opening the bags every now and then, not necessary.
Ive kept ganja in my crisper for 6-8 months with no problems, & it still tasts the same as the day I bagged it.

[buckyboy]

How long do you hang before they're bone dry? A couple of weeks or more than that? I'm so anxious, I feel like I'm waiting on the birth of another child. haha

[Suspectelite]

its hard to say exactly, usually between 7-14 days depending on strain, bud density, temp, & humidity.
start keeping an eye on em after about a week, and then check em every day after until dry.
remember, 60-65 degrees & 50% humidity, & dont let buds lose flexibility, too dry & buds will break upon contact when placing in bags, then youre left with a bunch of powder at the bottom of the bag.

[caspr420]

Its my first time growing, but I'm thinking about putting an open bag of trimmed bud in a sealed container of dried ammonium nitrate, which for those of you who don't know, is EXTREMELY hygroscopic. I'm guessing it should dry em out pretty quick, I just hope I don't knock it over and get AN on my buds :(.
Anybody ever tried something like that before?

[buckyboy]

Why would you risk getting that shit on your buds? Just hang em man.

[khronik]

The point of curing is to dry your buds out as slowly as possible without having them start molding; drying them out fast isn't the way to go unless you're in a hurry or your buds are just how you like them.

Plastic allows air to pass through it, albeit slowly, so it's not the best choice for long-term storage. Glass and metal are the best choices. Are you sure you can't just get a few pickle jars? Anyway, if you do use bags, freezer bags are better than sandwich bags. Cold cereal bags are pretty thick too, and foil bags are the best.

[HighTillIDie]

they sell mason jars at walmart ... the best imho

[khronik]

It's easiest to just save jars from pickles or spaghetti sauce or salsa. When I need jars, I just look in the fridge and there's pretty much always some forgotten jar in the back that's almost empty.

To reiterate, glass is best, but thick plastic is almost as good and you probably won't notice the difference.

[bicflikr]

my gradnma cans preserves all year... we have like a billion of these jars.... now to fill them with some BUD.

[Suspectelite]

Ive kept buds in freezer bags and in the fridge for at least 6 months before with no signs of mold or even loss of freshness for that matter.

[radefactor]

Heres my intake on drying and curing process:
Chop down the plants once the trichomes have turned amberish/mysty in color and most of the hairs are brown. Dry until the stems of the buds are just able to "crack" and you can feel them and be sure there is no moisture. There is no definite dry and cure method, but air sealed jars (glass or plastic as long as there clean and dry) are needed and reccomended time for flavor and potency is 2weeks + for curing. Ive smoked nug that cured for 10 moths and it was unbelieveably stinky and good tasting

[caspr420]

I don't think theres much risk of it getting on them, the weeds gonna be in a bag thats open at the top, and the AN will be underneath it. Stowed away at the bottom of my sock drawer, nothings gonna touch it.

I'm still going to hang them, since I hear the THC will drain down to the headys and make them stronger (does this work?). The problem with hanging it to dry is that I'm waiting as long as possible to harvest since I planted it late and I the buds to fully mature (which the haven't yet...). But by the time I cut the thing down and hang it its going to be pretty damn cold outside, not quite freezing yet, but I think it will be too cold for it to dry. I'm gonna try and harvest it right before the first frost, then Ill just hang it on the last day before the frost, and take it in that night to go in the AN box. Then I'll just store for a while to cure it, but I might just make some brownies right away.

Actually I'm stuck between making brownies and making hash oil using acetone as the solvent... But I'm sort of scared I'll fuck up making the hash oil and waste my entire little plant. Whereas I've seen butter be made before, so I know it works as it should.

[buckyboy]

Hightillidie, that movie was wicked man.

[hardcharger]

if you are going to get a small yield, certainly Smoke It!, don't be fooling with advanced techniques.