Preserving flavor when drying buds

[maro69camaro]

Done both ways.

Gets too dry for me in the paper bag. I like to keep my weed about as moist as high quality tobacco. No where near as harsh.....When it gets really dry, I make hash or butter, or hash butter.

I do notice, in the sealed containers, some species do smell like hay. Oh well, it kicks the shit outta me if I cure it right.

Before anyone goes off on a method you need to understand the process going on. When the plant is killed it still has sugars flowing in the vascular system. The sugars make the weed harsh, give the smell it's character, and need to convert completely into the THC, CBN, and CBD.

My taste buds are dead, so not sure of flavor anymore. Now and then.

So my method. Lay nuggets in wire basket for about a week....note I said about. Relative humidity, air movement, etc, have great effect on how long this all takes. When it gets 'crispy' move to the container. Use care to not waste a bunch of trichomes. If it seems it is getting too moist in the jar unseal it and let the lid sit part way open for a day, then dump it out and 'turn' it in the jar and continue the process.

I do not use any weed for 2 weeks after murder, and I have found a couple species that actually are better 3 weeks into the cure.

Everyone has a process, each to their own, but in my book the quality of the medication is much more important that the taste or smell. I eat most of it anyhow. Smoke is bad for the lungs, ask a firefighter

you hit alot of stuff spot on but in my book taste and smell all matter very much on quality. im not going to do all the hard work and then half a$$ the last two or three weeks.

[WashougalWonder]

the idea of "curing" was designed to eliminating the chlorophyll from the buds,however you achieve this is up to you, BUT ,that "hay" smell you get is the chlorophyll gassing off, I assume it is water soluble , as it diminishes the fragrance of the Cannabis will come back. It's called patience, a real bitch when you have waited so long for some homegrown.

Thanks, I learned why the smell comes back later, never knew that.!

Smell and taste are important if you consume it in a manner that gets those qualities. When I was younger and recreational, that was the most important. Remember REAL Thai sticks?

[MonkeyBone]

I like suspending mine in a dark rooom for about 4-5 days, then trim them down. And mason jar it is for at least 2 weeks!

Hay smell, but a hint of pine, love the forest!

:thumbsup:

[phatsesh101]

yeah it must be dark for the first couple of days
and cooler is better and
if you jar dry they dont smell cause your not breaking any trichs after the jar is dry put them in a baggy and smash it up like a drug dealer would and it will stink the way you want it too

[LLLou2]

"if you jar dry they dont smell cause your not breaking any trichs after the jar is dry put them in a baggy and smash it up like a drug dealer would and it will stink the way you want it too"


I don't understand ,why would you want to knock off the Trichomes ?

[phatsesh101]

i dont want to, but when trichs break the smells get released i guess had two oz in jar and it didnt smell put itin baggies and back in jar and wreaked to high heaven

[Eyezlow]

Dry em for a week. Bag em for 3 days n jar em for 5. And u got tht smell n taste. Oh yeah a decent flush helps

[RideTheWave]

Honestly my blueberry didnt smell good for the first 2 and a half weeks after I jarred them. They dryed up in a week nd a half max,then after the first 3 weeks in jars that familiar thick pungent fruity smell was back hahaha. now whenever i open the big persy jar it's in,the upstairs slowly starts to stink of blueberry and skunks

[rudy2010]

Thanks for wading in with the excellent suggestions. Sorry I have not thanked the forum sooner but I am off the grid most of the year.

I would need a lot of jars or some really large jars to follow the jar method. Just the few in my yard will be several pounds. Will an oven bag work as well as a jar. I was thinking of trying one of the jar methods suggested but just one blue dream plant is way too much to use jars. Can anyone think of any reason the oven bag would be bad.:smokin:

[Groundup]

use a barrel ,get it from a feed/ag store,i use cherry barrels here and there only 20 buds ,oops bucks!