water curing will do a number on the coloring, can turn it almost black.
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water curing will do a number on the coloring, can turn it almost black.
Are you changing the water daily?Quote:
Originally Posted by justpics
once a day for a week is the standard procedure.
I will post a few shots, but all bud cures differently, and all people cure with different combination of evironmental factors (humidity, temp levels(high-low)vacuum or non vacuum pack...). Indica cures fairly quickly and a lot of times will not change as much as a Sativa X, Indica X or straight Sativa. Examples to follow.:hippy:
i like my bud cures right. i want to be able to snap the steam, im not a fan of wet or damp weed it just don't smoke right. i for one is a believer of the longer its cures right the better it will get, just like wine. i use a wooden cigar box , or a wooded kef box. let it sit for a while in a dark closet in a fairly warm room. for about 2-3 months and its gonna be better then ever.
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Nobody bothered to trim those buds. :S2: I'd love to see some of the real Acapulco Gold and the old Panama Red reappear or anything like them. :smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp
My fiance just looked at those pics and went "How the hell did they get high off of that?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp
I hit the floor laughing.
Man, this topic got sidetracked. This is just my two cents, OK.
I've been producing for quite a few years now and have cured it ever since. A good, SLOW dry (like about 7 days at 70 degrees F and about 40% RH) and then into jars or tins.
After several weeks the herb starts to off-gas leftover nutes in the herb. This usually happens about week three or four. During this time the weed smells funky, until a week or so later when it's all out.
There is also a time in curing where the potency jumps way up. This happens every time I make capsules. I make them with some fairly fresh weed and the steady process of carboxilation (sp?) keeps converting those resins to THC.
Now, currently I've got weed that's been curing over a year, and really it's better than it was 6 months ago. But to say it takes a definitive 8 weeks is silly. It's maybe strain dependent, but totally depends on the left-over nutes in the plant matter.
REMEMBER, marijuana stops ripening when it's cut -- IT'S NOT LIKE BANANAS! It won't ripen in a bag! Also, CURING IS NOT DRYING and DRYING IS NOT CURING. Just because it's dry doesn't mean it's cured.
It seems that the bong-rip crowd loves their weed sticky and fresh, but the real weed connoisseurs appreciate and understand the importance of the cure to the finished effects of the product.
Nice to see a new member who knows what he is talking about. Good post dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunlove