Coloradored123
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2 weeks till harvest. Looking great to me as a first time grower. Question is how long to dry and cure in glass jars? I am thinking 7 days to dry and 14 days to cure which puts it in Christmas day. And go
Drying and curing questions
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Dr.Nick Riviera
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do you want the REAL answer? or just someone to agree with 2 weeks? Because a real dry and cure takes months
Coloradored123
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So when do I really know
Dr.Nick Riviera
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most people can't,won't wait long enough to cure weed properly, but it will be "smokeable" after a couple weeks, but for it to turn to Dank, takes about 2 months,but the longer the better as long as you don't go below 55% humidity
ktmac20
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I would recommend surfing the "Harvest and Curing" section of this board...
But to simply answer your question...hang dry and/or rack dry in 70*, 55-60% rh. about 5 to 7 days but closer to 5 days when you feel the outside of the flowers to be "crinchy" but will still spring back when squeezed and when you bend your stems they will bend and Crack but not snap.
Jar up with a hygrometer and start your cure at 65% rh. It will likely take at least 24 hrs to get to a base RH. if higher than 65%, say 70% that is OK, nothing higher tho, just take the flower out of the jars and let em sit out for 24 hrs. Re jar and see where your RH ends up.
If you let eml dry too long and you jar at 55% or lower your cure process is done! There will be no cure!
And yes, the cure process is just that, a process that takes time. at least 30 days and more for quality cure
Cheers
But to simply answer your question...hang dry and/or rack dry in 70*, 55-60% rh. about 5 to 7 days but closer to 5 days when you feel the outside of the flowers to be "crinchy" but will still spring back when squeezed and when you bend your stems they will bend and Crack but not snap.
Jar up with a hygrometer and start your cure at 65% rh. It will likely take at least 24 hrs to get to a base RH. if higher than 65%, say 70% that is OK, nothing higher tho, just take the flower out of the jars and let em sit out for 24 hrs. Re jar and see where your RH ends up.
If you let eml dry too long and you jar at 55% or lower your cure process is done! There will be no cure!
And yes, the cure process is just that, a process that takes time. at least 30 days and more for quality cure
Cheers
staygreener
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I'd like to add that you can get some vaping done after about a week of cure. In reality, drying is all that's necessary, but you want to make sure that none of it is wet. So, if you have the ability to vape, x-mas could still work.