water cure your plants

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Originally Posted by chaliceburn

I propose that the 'high' is determined before one ever lights the weed, being that 'the high' itself is subjective.

For example someone who wants a non-scrog non-CF grow to not be as good as a 1k HPS scrog will make it so, and vice versa. Not exactly the scientific method.

Although I don't understand the logic of soaking buds (or whole plants) in water, I hold my judgment until I can truly say "Damn that was some mean shit!", taking into account other variables such as tolerance and mood and thereafter am informed of the curious curing method.

Of course, that would be subjective too.

Also anything that detracts from that lovely marijuana smell/taste would also make my subjective high a little less, so that would be a minus if true, and that's something that's not nearly as subjective as the 'the high'.

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wtf are you talking about?

trichomes do not wash off in water unless the temperature is very high. trichomes are water insoluble. so long as the buds are handled carefully and gently trichomes will not come off.

you are right that the potential of the high is predetermined. the point of the water cure is to leech out of the buds ferts, sugars, chlorophile by osmosis (grd 9 chemistry). when the bud has dried it will weigh less because of this. this means that the result is the same amount of trichomes in a more concentrated smoke or vape with far less non desireable elements. as for the fragrance of aromatics; that exists in the trichomes. A second way of doing the water cure is to immerse dried buds in water. i use a sealed mason jar, changing the water ever other day for a week. the resulting bud, after drying, has the colour of chocolate. very yummy.

respectfully, um, water it?

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Originally Posted by maarty10

you are right that the potential of the high is predetermined. the point of the water cure is to leech out of the buds ferts, sugars, chlorophile by osmosis (grd 9 chemistry). when the bud has dried it will weigh less because of this. this means that the result is the same amount of trichomes in a more concentrated smoke or vape with far less non desireable elements. as for the fragrance of aromatics; that exists in the trichomes. A second way of doing the water cure is to immerse dried buds in water. i use a sealed mason jar, changing the water ever other day for a week. the resulting bud, after drying, has the colour of chocolate. very yummy.

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Easy to think it got 'stronger' because its more high per weight.

but the amount of THC does not change before or after, if anything, it would be less THC IF trichomes happened to get brushed off or broken while handling.

Guys, this thread is almost a year old! Let it go! :jointsmile:

if you wanna smoke your plant fast you can use the water cure method but i dont recommend doin it to your lot before ya try it out. I myself dont care for it. i think it makes the bud smell and taste crappy, but it is smooth. i say let your girls cure the long way. all good things take time :hippy:

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Originally Posted by savagepossum

i have water cured lots of times and it was bought not grown and everytime i did it the weed came out great. lol i find it funny how bob bong thinks so highly of himself, doesn't even know what he's talking about.

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yep yep yep^ u kno waz up bro! :rastasmoke:

I have an interesting (and comical) proposition...

After water-curing a bud, has anyone tried feeding the resulting water to a living plant? I figured I'd try this... A sort of "cannibalism" feeding for cannabis (hey, they do it with beef lol)... I've no means of checking the properties of the resulting liquid, so I just plan on trying a bit on a few plants to see if there's any difference at all.

If someone out there can save me the time and rule out my idea, big thanks. Otherwise, if someone's ever tried this or analyzed the resulting liquid from water curing, I'd like to hear from you!

PS: The only reason why I hold onto this idea is because, if this product were efficient, no fertilizer maker could produce it given it's cannabis-based! So even if it is effective, it can't be on the market. Why not try.

I'm trying this method right now. So in 5 or so day I'll be back with a smoke report.