paper bag drying

[smok'in a dubie]

This might sound odd, but in all my reading I'm still not sure how to dry my bud in a paper bag.
Do you put the entire plant in the bag?
Do you trim all the leaves, and then put just the buds in the bag?
Do you punch holes in the bag?
Do the trichs stick to the bag?
Perhaps someone can point be to a sticky or other post where this was explained in detail.
My first lady just started to stink up the place, her hairs are turning brown and I have seen a few amber trichs, so I guess it's getting close.

Thanks

smok'in a dubie Reviewed by smok'in a dubie on 02-10-2007. paper bag drying This might sound odd, but in all my reading I'm still not sure how to dry my bud in a paper bag. Do you put the entire plant in the bag? Do you trim all the leaves, and then put just the buds in the bag? Do you punch holes in the bag? Do the trichs stick to the bag? Perhaps someone can point be to a sticky or other post where this was explained in detail. My first lady just started to stink up the place, her hairs are turning brown and I have seen a few amber trichs, so I guess it's Rating: 5

[kdspecial]

I've herd people talk about drying this way. But I have yet to see anyone do it or hear how they did it. I wouold also like to know.

kd

[BOYZNUS]

I CUT THE PLANT

I TRIM THE PLANT

I HANG THE WHOLE PLANT FOR 2 DAYS

I CUT THE BUDS OFF OF THE STEMS

I PUT THE BUDS IN A PAPER BAG, A FEW LAYERS DEEP, AND CLOSE THE BAG

I OPEN THE BAG EVERY FEW HOURS FOR THE FIRST 3 DAYS. LET EM BREATH FOR A FEW HOURS

I THEN PUT THEM ALL IN A ZIP-LOCK BAGGIE, AND LET THE MOISTURE COME OUT A BIT. LET IT BREATH FOR A LITTLE BIT EACH DAY

AFTER 3-4 DAYS,, IT'S READY TO SMOKE

[canuck grower]

Ok this is not the same thing, but I didn't want to start a new thread for it.

Can you hang the buds a little longer than 2 days and then go straight to ziplocks?

[BOYZNUS]

I DO THOSE NUMBER OF DAYS TO REMOVE THE STEM ASAP, WHICH ALLOWS MORE EVEN DRYING FASTER

[scough]

What i've read everywhere, and what I'm just starting to do as well, is this: Chop the plant and hang it upside down in a cool DARK place with decent air circulation. then anywhere from a few days to a week or so, the buds should be dry enough to start curing. To see if the buds are dry enough, you should be able to bend a branch that the buds are on and it should snap. Mine took about a week.....then get some Mason jars (something airtight and glass preferably) and put only the buds inside, filling it up about 3/4 full giving it room to breath. Over the first 5 days or so, open the jars up twice a day allowing them to exchange bad air for fresh air. the second week, you only need to open them once a day to begin with......then everyother, and so on.........after 2 weeks, they are ready to smoke!.....BUT, the longer you cure, the better the buds become (as far as taste and smell). Its almost like aging wine so to speak...............anyways, this is what i picked up after doing some light reading...............and here's a pic of my bud just before going into the jars.......Strawberry cough.....

[Racerx]

What i've read everywhere, and what I'm just starting to do as well, is this: Chop the plant and hang it upside down in a cool DARK place with decent air circulation. then anywhere from a few days to a week or so, the buds should be dry enough to start curing. To see if the buds are dry enough, you should be able to bend a branch that the buds are on and it should snap. Mine took about a week.....then get some Mason jars (something airtight and glass preferably) and put only the buds inside, filling it up about 3/4 full giving it room to breath. Over the first 5 days or so, open the jars up twice a day allowing them to exchange bad air for fresh air. the second week, you only need to open them once a day to begin with......then everyother, and so on.........after 2 weeks, they are ready to smoke!.....BUT, the longer you cure, the better the buds become (as far as taste and smell). Its almost like aging wine so to speak...............anyways, this is what i picked up after doing some light reading...............and here's a pic of my bud just before going into the jars.......Strawberry cough.....

booyah! couldn't have said it better myself. the less your bud gets handled and the less it touches other bud, the more potent it will be. THC degrades very quickly when the trichromes are ruptured (from contact).

[divestoned]

the paper bag is more intended for the curing part of the deal.

[razzapiggy]

I am interested to hear what other people do as well. I am a week and a half from being done with my first grow. For now the plant is hang them upside down in a dark room with got air circulation for 4-5 days to get the initial drying under my belt. Then I am torn between doing jars, or bags. I am yielding at least a pound, so I'm guessing I would need a lot of paper bags (maybe twenty?) to spread the bud out into. Or would jars work better..what ya guys think? Anyhow, I was going to cure from there for another 2 weeks ... sneaking a taste here and there to see how it's coming along.

[divestoned]

no need to spread the bud to thin a couple bags will do its dry by then so mold is not a prob.the bag is designed to absorb any excess moisture anyhow...your looking to "marinade" it very similar to steak

Dive:stoned: