storage

[incognito570]

are jars the best for longterm storage? Or has someone got a better idea? Thanks for any help.

incognito570 Reviewed by incognito570 on 11-02-2006. storage are jars the best for longterm storage? Or has someone got a better idea? Thanks for any help. Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

...any air-tight glass jars and lids...in a dark, cool place..this is best...10 months ...and counting on my jars...still sticky...some are early harvest (clear/cloudy trichs) some are primetime harvest(mostly cloudy/amber, some are couchlock.... I can't decide which one, I like best.

[kindprincess]

mason jars are the way to go...

love, kp

[Dutch Masta]

Yeah I have bud from months and months ago still kept in jars, and its still fresh.

[incognito570]

thanks

[oldnslow]

Vacuum sealers are a way to go too. You could put the buds into a baggie, and leave just a little air inside so your precious buds dont get sucked down into a hard brick when the vacuum sealer does its thing. I personally have had buds vac sealed, and buried underground as an experiment in a 5gal bucket for 3yrs with no real loss to potency. The taste was a bit stale, but the effect was reported by friends to be excellent. Good luck

[Dutch Pimp]

...plastic is not an oxygen barrier....I have read ..air-heat-light..degrades THC...Yes?....No?...

[oldnslow]

Well according to the Food Saver folks, their plastic bags are non permeable, meaning no air gets in or out. I can sorta testify to that being a fact. My above post about long term storage underground with a vac sealer was my evidence. The bag was still tight and hard after 3yrs with zero air leakage. Like i said, hard as a rock.

I have tried this same method a few other times, just as an experiment, and now and then i find a bag that apparently leaks a tiny bit, and after some months go by, its obvious that some air has gotten in somehow by the fact that the bag is not as tight as when 1st stored. Thats pretty rare tho, and consider that vac sealing in small amounts is considered "dog proof" for the most part.

I'm sure not knockin' the mason jars. we use them too!! Its sometime hard to cram some of the bigger stuff into a jar without smashing most of the trics, both going in and being pulled out. I can get about 1oz in a quart size jar and when there is a good amount of stuff to jar, it can take a couple boxes of jars and lids to fit it all in. Anyway, good luck

[colorockman]

when using the mason jars. are you guys doing any vacume sealing with them, ie. removing air or are you just closing them tight. to keep the buds fresh???

[Dutch Masta]

Just close it. Most jars you buy will be self sealing, so it will stay fresh as long as you would possibly ever need it to.