I'm thinking of doing a small personal guerrilla grow. Is it possible to build a box to dry/cure in outside? I don't want cultivation related stuff anywhere near my personal property so I don't get it confiscated if I get busted.
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I'm thinking of doing a small personal guerrilla grow. Is it possible to build a box to dry/cure in outside? I don't want cultivation related stuff anywhere near my personal property so I don't get it confiscated if I get busted.
I would think any thing were possible. It's done with tabacco so why not cannabis. I would say that the problem would be space, you will need plenty of hieght so that you can keep your buds well off the ground so you don't have to worry about moisture from the ground and you will need plenty of free air movement around your buds to lessen the chance of mold. Last you will need ventilation, ridge vent, gable vent, slatted walls or some thing so the air moves.
U can dry anywhere, as long as its dark and has a relitivly low humidity level. and you have the space, u dont need alot of space, but the buds shouldnt touch anything. Pests might be a problem. Curing is completly different.
well curing i was going to do underground :P like dig a hole make a coffin style box put in the jars filled with bud and close the lid (the lid would be pretty airtight like bugs wouldnt be able to get in and than dig up the box.
Anyone think that would work?
Sorry bout hijacking the thread but i thout htis would help us both as i am sort of giving you an idea but chekcing if it works at the same time lol :P
wonderful. before u decide to hijack a thread.... read up on curiing, if u put bud in jars and burry them in the ground, your going to dig up mold. the point to curing is to open the jar once to twice a day. curing is a process its not just putting bud in a jar for months.
like jack said, if you were going to burry your bud that your curing you would have to dig it up each day to 'burp' the jar(s). I would stay away from that
makes sense, thanks. I'm thinking of building a box maybe 3-4 feet tall at my grow site and hanging only the buds (not the entire plants) in there with a bunch of newspaper or other absorbent paper I could change regularly.
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Originally Posted by redeyed
Yeah, I would definitely cure indoors. The main thing about drying is the smell. But the more I think about it, if I'm gonna build a box to dry in I might as well just build one for indoors and just get a good fan/carbon filter on it and an ionizer for the smell. That should work I would think... since I'm not planning on a huge yield.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackdaWack
somebody help me out, there is a type of wood that soaks up moisture....just cant think of the wood. anyway you could put a bunch of these wood chips at the bottom of your box to dry a little faster
dry it and smoke it.
building boxes for drying? get a job.
whats wrong with caring for your plant that you worked so hard to get?Quote:
Originally Posted by meloncoly
glass jar, problem solved. ;)
yeah cure in glass jars, and to dry them honestly just hang them somewhere its not humid anywhere really if it reaks then it might be a problem. some people hang them in black plastic bags with newspaper..
would like to point out that you do not have to cure your buds you can dry it and start smoking it or store it in a sealable bag or other sealed container and you can even bury it, sealed ammo cans work good for burying it as it wont leak like a wood box might, if it was dried correctly you should have no problems with mold when you dig it up several months later.
seems like every drying thread people post about curing when it isnt really necassary do you think the stuff you buy has been cured in glass jars and opened up daily, not very likely as that alone would be a full time job for anyone that grows a decent amount.
to the original poster would suggest drying indoors if at all possible for best results, wether you go through the curing process or if you just bury alot of it afterwards is really up to you.
lol no no no i know how to cure i would come back every night and undig it and open the jars lol :P
its just that i dont want to have kilos of weed anywhere near my house, i aint saying 6 foot under dig it up just cover the top oif the box so it isnt noticable to any wandering ppl in that particular field lol.
But if i came to let air them out every day for at least 2 hours than it should be allright?
yeah?
(crap didnt read the last post before posting but...)
I agree curing isn't necessary. But isn't it desirable? I have no growing experience yet, but from what I've read part of the whole point of growing your own is to get the best quality herb possible (unless you're growing a large operation for profit). I've heard that if you don't cure your dried buds they will have more of a bitter taste and a more harsh "grassy" smoke. Again, I've probably never smoked cured buds... but I've read that it makes a considerable difference. Anyone know?
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Originally Posted by bejay
Just because curing isn't neccessary doesnt mean anything, lol. It preference, and if you plan on storing buds for a long period of time i would suggest heavily making sure they are dry enough to store, one mold spore will unleash an manifestation, i had dried leaves not even bud and they grew mold in a container.
it is preference and while it doesnt really effect the quality in my opinion it can improve the taste sometimes,I know of alot of growers who dont bother with curing and its for their own personal use.
alot of things can influence the taste such as the strain, growing conditions wether they was flushed prior to harvesting.
oh yeah here is tip
i bought some weed wasnt dried yet, chucked in some dried leafs from summer harvest the leafs became damp like not dry they didnt break if i twisted them (which dried leafes would :P) and the bud was dry-er.
Oh yeah this was a jar that i chucked them into.
lol i mean i dont know what you can pull off with this tip but thout it migh as well go up here as many people are posting stuff about drying and curing here.
Also it works the other way around:
See if you accidently dry your bud too much but you wanted to cure it than chuck in a fresh leaf with the dried bud ;)
thats all folks :)
What is an ionizer?? also how long should does it usually take to dry buds?? I have never grown before ad want to try but from what i have read the part that takes the most effort is after the harvest. i dont want to start growing and then see that it is too much work so if anyone has a good tip on drying i would be greatly apprciated to read it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsn9333
p.s. this thread is very informative
Read about ionizers in this link: Howstuffworks "How Air Purifiers Work"
I've heard that the longer you take to dry the buds the better they taste and the smoother they are. You can quick dry them with very low heat in an oven. But generally people say to let them sit in a realtively low humidity environment, maybe in some paper bags since those absorb moisture, for a week or two. A lot of people hang the plants upside down for a few days first to make the drying process even slower.
There are lots of grow guides on the net... just google for them and read as much as you can about harvesting/drying in them.
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Originally Posted by casper1