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03-11-2009, 03:02 PM #6Senior Member
Quick question about harvest
Actually, with some indica's, a simple dry is all you need. Some strains, in my personal experience, can even taste better un-cured.
And sometimes...your needs far outweigh your wants.
Being as I'm not the most organized grower, I occationally cut it close with my meds, and have to quick-dry. I break-down the indica into popcorn-bud size chunks and lay 'em out a cookie sheet, and set my oven to 150 f. Temp is important, as trichomes melt/outgas/burn-off at around 170 degrees f. Use an oven thermometer, if you chose to try this, and don't let temps stray too high.
I set oven timer at 1/2 hour increments. When timer goes off, I open oven to allow moisture to escape, and check progress. (then close it back up to continue) Depending on the size of the plant, it usually it takes around 2 hours of this, depending on how dry you want the buds.
At this point, I'll either place half in a glass jar for curing, (yes, after 2 hours in the oven, there's still enough moisture in the buds for proper cure) or not...depending on the strain, and my needs. Smoking good bud by 3 hours after harvest, or so.
I've tried this with my microwave and my toaster oven. Drying in the microvave destroys the trichomes right off the bat, and in my opinion, is like having someone vape a bud, before putting it in a regular pipe, and offering you some. (gee, thanks...)
With my crappy toaster oven temps stray too much, and have had real crappy results. Problems like burned buds, and a somewhat nasty straw taste were common. (due to melted trichomes)
Not sure why these quick-dry techniques don't work for any of my sativa strains, especially since they get less nitrogen/other nutes than the indica's during flower. Sure is inconvienent not knowing everything about everything, lol. Oh well...
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