Quote Originally Posted by copobo
I would be curious to hear what others are doing to cure.

I've been enjoying going back to some old stuff, and can really appreciate the difference after a month or two over just-harvested of the same variety.

The biggest problem is letting them hang too long. It seems like sometimes 1 day is too short and two days is too much, with it getting too dry.

Lately, I've been just hanging for 1 day, then I remove the buds from the stems and put in a 1 gallon jar, leave the lid off, fill it about half full, and lay it on its side. Then I roll and turn it daily mixing stuff up for a week or so, then I lid it up and remove the lid every few days until the moisture is just right.

At this point, I notice if it is refrigerated in its jar it holds its color really well for a very long time.

what are y'all doing? Any tricks for best color?

I cut my plants early AM. Trim all of the buds and place them on drying racks in a small room that has three fans blowing air against walls so that there is no direct air movement over the buds;. This room is kept at 50% humidity and 70 degrees F for 7 days. On the 8th day I start dropping the humidity so that by the 10th day it is around 30%. At this point, the stems should snap cleanly. Then I move the buds into 1/2 gallon curing jars (about 2/3 full), put them in a dark room at 60 degrees F/40% humidity and start burping them. This goes on for around 10 days and during this time I slowly drop the humidity to 30%. At that point they are burped a couple times a day for the next 2 weeks. After that, they are sealed and allowed to sit in a dark cool room for another couple of weeks. After that I burn a bud to see if I believe in the product. If I do and I think it is ready, I weigh it up and give my patients and client dispensaries a call. The longer you cure (if properly done), the better the smoke will be. If I could afford to wait a year in curing, I would.