TO CURE OR NOT TO CURE

[drugsrbad]

K THE GIRLS ARE NOW HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WITH A LIGHT FAN BLOWING IN THE AREA. AND IT IS COMPLETELY DARK, 75 DEGREES. WE PULLED THEM LAST NITE. HOW LONG SHOULD IT TAKE TO DRY PROPERLY. AND IS IT NECESSARY TO PUT THEM IN MASON JARS TO CURE. IF SO, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DO SO PROPERLY

[Psycho4Bud]

K THE GIRLS ARE NOW HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WITH A LIGHT FAN BLOWING IN THE AREA. AND IT IS COMPLETELY DARK, 75 DEGREES. WE PULLED THEM LAST NITE. HOW LONG SHOULD IT TAKE TO DRY PROPERLY. AND IS IT NECESSARY TO PUT THEM IN MASON JARS TO CURE. IF SO, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DO SO PROPERLY

As for the drying it all depends on how dense the buds are. Just check em' out every other day or so for your desired dryness. As for curing it is a must if you plan to keep it for yourself! Just put the buds loosly into mason jars and open for about 20 min. a day for two weeks.

Good luck on the grow!:thumbsup:

[SkillzRemix]

TO CURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rodekyll]

I don't think the jars need to say "mason" on them, but curing in some type of sealable container seems to be favored. I use stainless steel and ceramic cannisters with sealable bail lids. They're cheap, inert, and don't attract any attention on my kitchen counter, since they're mixed in with the cannisters of flour, rice, sugar, etc.

Congrats on getting them this far!

[BukDatAss]

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=53657:thumbsup:

[HungryMcNasty]

Too muthafuckin cure....it increases potentcy and smell
nice one Buk
much love.......nasty

[Villui]

TO CURE!!!!!!!!

[BlueDragonSmoke]

curing DOES NOT increase potentcy....at all ...but it does make it smell better and les harsh to smoke and better quality of the bud when finished..any air tight container will do just let it breath a little each day..the air has to have an exchange everyday for the curing to happen

[BlueDragonSmoke]

I dry for 2-3 weeks with no fan up side down in paper bags..after I shake the bag a little after 2 weeks and it sounds pretty dry I open the bag take out bud trim fan leaves you dont want on it " I leave everything on the plant to dry it cause it makes the plant dry slower this way with no fan and in paper bag it takes 2-3 weeks with NO mold ever so far" trim it up and I then throw in glass jars, I dont use mason ones , I use pickle jars and jelly jars. then i put the jars back in the dark for the cure. everyone has a different way ...this is my way ..right or wrong ...doesnt matter ... always worked for me with no ill effects...time limit doesnt really matter either as long as its been in the jar for atleast 2 weeks its ok but I have some still in the jars from 4 months ago...and there smelling sweet ...im never in a hurry with my stuff so I get to it when I wanna smoke it ..... just think why take all this time to grow it as best you can and RUSH drying and curing just to sample it or catch a buzzz...somthing BETTER always comes to those who wait....peace

[Ap0c4lyPtIcF4t3]

Take a decent amount out and just smoke on that while the rest cures. Wait till the buds feel dry and arent spongy, also make sure the stems snap when bent. I would cure for atleast a month, it seems like the month mark is the best if you arent patient, its worth it!

[HungryMcNasty]

oh SUM1 told me it did cause the more you cure it the more psychoactive characteristics it gains, not an increase in THC i mean. But i dunno ill respect your word also much love NASTY

[LIP]

The buds SHOULD be spoungy and spring back up, and the stem should break instantly and be bitttle

[busteruk7]

to cure definatly for a couple of weeks

[BukDatAss]

HungryMcNasty
oh SUM1 told me it did cause the more you cure it the more psychoactive characteristics it gains, not an increase in THC i mean. But i dunno ill respect your word also much love NASTY

Thats drying your mixing the 2 up. Curing just enhances the smell and taste. In my case by me curing my buds the 1st time, it made the buds sweat all the inner moister to the outside of the bud and made that dry up by curing it in my air tight jar.

[thecurious1]

Curing CAN increase potency. By curing you allow the plant to continue drying slowly which increases active-THC.

I'm unsure how much potency you gain in this way but there are also the obvious reason for curing. Smoke, Smell, and Taste....etc

[Zandor]

There are many different methods you can try but here I will only talk about a few of them that are more old school and accepted methods then the rest.

First thing itâ??s a myth to think hanging a plant upside down will increase THC percent. That is an old hippy tale told around the trimming can at harvest time while you pass a fat J back and forth.
Hanging them upside down is only easy and thatâ??s about it. You can cut the plant at the bottom, trim off all the fan leaves (thatâ??s if you have not already done so the last week before harvest to increase light and air flow). The fan leaves donâ??t have enough trichomes to even add them to the trim for hash. Just trash them way to much chlorophyll in those leaves.

Once you have cut down your plant at the base and the fan leaves are gone you can clip your trim leaves as well just store those in a paper grocery bag for drying. The trim leaves are the larger leaves around your flowers (buds) just cut those as close as you can to the flower with out cutting the flower. Those have trichomes on them so keep them as your hash trim.

By now you should have just sticks with flowers showing.

Hang the plant as an easy way to store them for the drying. You keep them in a dry, dark and warm place for about 7-14 dayâ??s depending on how big your plant is. If itâ??s too big just cut the branches off and hang them separately. You want air to be able to move around the plant freely to dry evenly but not directly on the flowers.

The next option is to cut the buds off the branches once you have trimmed them. You then use a metal window screen to set the flowers on the dry. You want air movement around in the dry area but you donâ??t want direct air moving across the flowers just passive air. Like a bounce airflow where it bounces off one side and then crosses the flowers works.

Slow drying is preferred but not required (here is where many people will get pissed)

Drying is only part of the process and you can speed up the drying process by about a week or better if you have a cabinet to use. A good dry cabinet is one made with cedar lined walls and door. The cedar will draw out the moisture and keep bugs away. You can use a very small heater and small fan as well just to move the air around. You want to dry the flowers at a temperature around 85f that will dry them slowly but faster then if you just hang them in a closet. You get a evenly dry flower ready to cure in about 3-5 dayâ??s in a cabinet and if you are drying 5 pounds or more that is fast.

Once you have dry buds (the stems snap) you use glass mason jars like the ones your grandmother used to store preserves when you were a kid. Fill the jars with flowers but donâ??t pack them in you want airflow around them so they cure evenly on all sides.
Check them every day and look for moisture forming on the glass if you see moisture open it up and let them breath for a few hours then close it back up and check it again the next day. Most of the time if they are dry going in you will not have moisture build up but you may so keep an eye on them.

If you have no moisture forming you still need to let the jars breath for about a hour every 3-5 dayâ??s so the gas escapes.

The idea at this point is to get rid of the ammonia odor. That is the chlorophyll being used by the flower, one last-ditch stand to keep alive. You need to rid the flower of the chlorophyll to improve the taste.

Curing takes anywhere from 10 dayâ??s to 30 dayâ??s or more depending on several factors and you canâ??t speed up this process at this point. If you stopped feeding them (N) the last 10-dayâ??s before flushed this process should not take as long.

If you over dry them you can just add a fresh picked leaf from one of your other plants and that will bring just a small bit of moisture back into them and thatâ??s all you want a small amount.

Thatâ??s about it for trimming and harvesting the real hard part is the waiting for them to cure, you can smoke some after it is dry but it improves with age.

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