Quote Originally Posted by emilya
Duke... if you boil your buds in water and butter you will simply remove the THC from the buds. The THC will attach to the oil in the butter and the resulting buds will be next to worthless. This is how I make canni-butter to use in brownies and such, but certainly not how I would dry a bud that I wished to smoke later.

As mentioned above, nothing beats a slow drying process... the slower the better. You can hurry up the process in various ways... A microwave on defrost... a convection oven set to 250deg... your imagination is the limit here.

The faster you dry the buds however, the more there is going to be of the non-active THC (reducing the quality that could be achieved with a proper dry and cure) and there is also more chlorophyll in the leaves. (making your smoke much harsher and "green" tasting) Slow drying helps preserve the good stuff and gets rid of the bad stuff... and curing at 60-65% humidity for at least a week removes much more. Product that I have left in the 60-65% RH range for over a month becomes very powerful and very smooth... well worth the wait and the effort.

Growing this stuff is just half of the project. Learning to cure out your product properly is the just as important second step to producing good quality product. Try it one time and you will be convinced. I was.
not to mention the sugar production, when it reaches its final stage of death the potency,aroma and flavor is at maximum. slow cure all the way, thats how its done. if i wanna get high school i might pull some crap out and dry quick...its just not worth the stress, though. from kids to buds if its one thing ive learned...its patience:jointsmile: