Does Curing Affect Potency? Find Out Here!

[Stellar]

do you NEED to open the jar every so often? or can u just throw it in the jar and let it chill for a couple weeks?? how often should you open the jar?

You really just have to care about it. I.E. open up the jar everyday and examine your buds. This provides adequete exposure to atmospheric humidity that helps it age. You never want it to go too dry, which, can be accomplished by licking the inside of the lid so that the H2O from the saliva permeates through the jar. Although, be mindfull of this and never overdo it.

As with anything regarding this plant, you have to respect, love, and admire it, even after its plucked and dead. It pays off. I always bust out the buds in my smokables jar everyday to see if they've changed.

You can leave the jar closed, but, especially with newly harvested plants, the moisture buildup from lack of air circulation can lead to the very real threat of your buds develo ping mold, which, can almost always be hazardous to the lungs.

Any pot exposed to excess moisture, especially when freshly harvested, can lead to a mold risk that you don't want.

The basic principle is to let it dry openly and then store it in airtight. You can't neglect it after that. The easiest advice I can give yo u i s to bust out the buds that you are curing everyday and admired them. This provides your containers with proper air cycling and proper exposure to the atmosphere. Never let it be too wet. Too many pathogens and degrading micro organisms like mold and fungus flourish with the presence of excess water, expecially in humid enviroments like closed jars with wet weed.

We're dealing wi th an all natural product, here. I t never stops changing as long as it exists, even if it is dead.

[Shovelhandle]

Smoke it within a year. Airtight, dark and dry.

Shovelhandle

[psteve]

You never want it to go too dry, which, can be accomplished by licking the inside of the lid so that the H2O from the saliva permeates through the jar. Although, be mindfull of this and never overdo it.

I use fan leaves.
If the herb gets too dry, just put a fresh fan leaf in the jar for a couple of hours.

[GrinS]

^ thats a goooooooooooooood idea, nothing like fighting weed with more weed. I call these win win battles.

[Esaron]

anyone tried the water cure yet?

[pereubu]

Am I the only guy who loves really dry weed? People talk about the bottom of the bag like it's no good but that is the stuff that gets me blasted- fine dry bits that burn like powder... I love it! Thoughts?

[Esaron]

well thast prolly cuz the bottom of th ebag stuff is mostly kief. the shake at the bottom has loads of trichs that fell off the other stuff. its not that its not good... its just if it isnt cured its not as potent or as pleasurable to smoke as when it is cured.