another curing question

okay, I'm a first timer (growing), and I'll admit my amount of curing is small. I have sampled a few buds off my plants, and while un-cured and smelling wrong, they are mainly dry, and get me super-high. Trust me, i smoke plenty, often, daily and for quite some time, so that's not the issue. After reading through tons of curing do's and don'ts and different approaches, diarys and commentary, I'm still left with this question:

If we want it to taste, look, smell like the pros dank, why aren't we bag curing like they do??

your main big-league dealer isn't screwing around with big mason jars (trust me), burping and checking them all the time. I've heard that plastic is bad (tubs maybe), but why are all the home-growers using jars, when the pros are using bags?!?

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Originally Posted by 12345-54321

your main big-league dealer isn't screwing around with big mason jars (trust me), burping and checking them all the time. I've heard that plastic is bad (tubs maybe), but why are all the home-growers using jars, when the pros are using bags?!?

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"Main big league dealers" do not cure properly and certainly do not have a better product, unless you are talking about pro dutch growers. "Big league dealers" in the U.S. pawn for the most part crappy brick weed and many times very seedy products (why do you think bagseed is so common?). They are in it for the money, not for a high quality product, so potency is not their primary concern - weight is. The good stuff (A's / Highs) are almost always from homegrown setups that *do* use jars or a similar method of curing.

Secondly, I would never compare a cultivator to a dealer. Those are two VERY distinct activities. The people who sell don't necessarily grow. Many times they are only the middle man. Only a very select few people both grow and sell (and these are usually the people with the premium sensi buds). You could in theory cure in paper bags, but usually bags are used for drying, not curing (and even then only when hang drying is a bad option or unadvisable). Most experienced growers around here (who I would consider EXPERTS) use the jar method of curing (Stinky, IR, etc feel free to chime in - you are the experts I am looking to :)). I think it is best to stick with the expert advice, not the advice of a commercial grower (or especially dealer). Think about what you want in the end. Do you want a commercial grade product like you can buy from a dealer? Or do you want a premium product that takes care and technique like the fine strains in dutch coffee shops?

If you want bulk commercial quality (or lack thereof, IMO) - why bother even growing? You can get that from your "big league dealer," just as you said.

If you cure long enough, it smells better than the dealers weed :). I found that out hehe!

I hang mine from a line upside down , 2 fans blowing either side of buds , not directly at them just slightly fluttering past, usually takes no time at all !!

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Originally Posted by RhinoGrowUK

I hang mine from a line upside down , 2 fans blowing either side of buds , not directly at them just slightly fluttering past, usually takes no time at all !!

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That's drying. Not curing. Curing does take time.


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