Stupid question, can improper...

Stupid question, can improper curing or drying reduce THC content of the buds? I let my buds dry for 5 days, on the 3rd day of drying I used a portable heater for 3 hrs to raise my bathroom temp to about 85f and had a fan blowing heat into my drying room.(closet). I removed all the DRY buds, the ones where I could get a snap outta different part of the stem.I have about a 1/4 ounce in each curing jar and every 3-4 days I open the lids for about an hour or longer. My buds look so fuking sick for being "HomeGrown", and smells kinda sweet. It has crystals(thc?) everywhere I can see. I break apart the buds and it smells like some dank ass shit. I guess I needed to vent about it.

I do belive drying improper can decrease thc in the buds, but by the looks of things your doing the right thing. ive only seen once harvest...and it was basically similar to yours and the buds came out great.

your buds look good, but the best test is always to break that bud up, roll it up and smoke it, then let us know! good work. how many plants? how much did you end up harvesting? what kinda light setup?

it doesnt sound like your doing anything wrong smokin is right the best test is to twist that and see what it taste like

Drying that fast and with that kind of direct airflow CAN decrease the potency of your buds, not so much by decreasing the THC level, but by destroying the trichromes that you already have. Direct wind can be destructive as well as dry too fast and make the smoke harsh. Best practice is to dry and cure according to the info found in the FAQs, but if you HAVE TO smoke some now, then dry THAT part fast and do the rest of the harvest properly. You will be happy you did. They change is not going to be like "schwag to kind," but it will improve the high and definitely will make the smoke SMOOTHER. Damn, I'm making my own mouth water. LOL. I need a toke. Been working all day. Don't mind me.

TGF

In order for the trichomes(thc) to be phsyco-active, they have to be completely dry correct? My buds did seem to be quite abit dry, and I have smoked some and it seems to be more of eye candy then it really is. It is harsh and curing will hopefully smooth it out some. I have learned alot and will use what I learned on next crop.

I origanally had 5 plants under 400w hps, fan blowing heat off bulb, fan blowing in room as well, 4 males and 1 female. She yielded me an ounce dry weight.

I didnt have the fan blowing directly on the buds when they were drying, I had it on the floor by my sink blowing hot air in. I wont use the heater next time. Hopefully that was my fuk up. I also heard that curing mainly takes away the harshness and lets it finish drying evenly. Also I will have to drop the nutes earlier than 7 days even after flushing. I might even buy a dehydrator and cure 1/3 of my buds that way next time. A grower out in CA I knew used that for curing. It worked fine after drying out.

damn that sucks you got 4/5 males. but either way good lookin buds, hope the highs what your lookin for!

Everything went smooth. Buds smoked awesome. Buds look really sick!!

Yeh next time stop the nutes a good 2 weeks before the chop.