How long to burp and open jars ?

mattypacks

mattypacks

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Wizzlebiz said:
Haven't seen it mentioned but a pack of 4 hydrometer is like $14 on amazon. Its worth the investment

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One thing to note too is to make sure you calibrate your hygrometers. Fill up a bottle cap with salt (about 1 teaspoon) and a few drops of water on the salt to make it damp but not soaking. Place both the hygrometer and cap into a little ziploc or sandwich bag and leave for 6-8 hours. The humidity inside the bag should be at 75%, so adjust/mark the difference.
I did this with that 4 pack and got different readings for each between 5-10% and wrote on the meter what the difference was.
 
sacballa

sacballa

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mattypacks said:
One thing to note too is to make sure you calibrate your hygrometers. Fill up a bottle cap with salt (about 1 teaspoon) and a few drops of water on the salt to make it damp but not soaking. Place both the hygrometer and cap into a little ziploc or sandwich bag and leave for 6-8 hours. The humidity inside the bag should be at 75%, so adjust/mark the difference.
I did this with that 4 pack and got different readings for each between 5-10% and wrote on the meter what the difference was.
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wunderbardeutsch

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mattypacks said:
One thing to note too is to make sure you calibrate your hygrometers. Fill up a bottle cap with salt (about 1 teaspoon) and a few drops of water on the salt to make it damp but not soaking. Place both the hygrometer and cap into a little ziploc or sandwich bag and leave for 6-8 hours. The humidity inside the bag should be at 75%, so adjust/mark the difference.
I did this with that 4 pack and got different readings for each between 5-10% and wrote on the meter what the difference was.
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In my experience shitty hygrometers are useless even with calibration, because the numbers will vary with the humidity. At 40% they may be pretty accurate, but go higher and the deviancy increases. I bought one of those 12 packs of mini hygrometers. In normal room humidity they were a few points too high. When putting them in a jar with salt/water, they were 7-8 points too low. How are you going to know what is actually 62% with that?

Another one I had curing in a jar. Were supposed to be 3 points off, so at 58% I figured I was good. Got Caliber IV hygrometers, immediately they showed 70%+! and I empited the jar to dry them thoroughly.
 
mattypacks

mattypacks

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wunderbardeutsch said:
In my experience shitty hygrometers are useless even with calibration, because the numbers will vary with the humidity. At 40% they may be pretty accurate, but go higher and the deviancy increases. I bought one of those 12 packs of mini hygrometers. In normal room humidity they were a few points too high. When putting them in a jar with salt/water, they were 7-8 points too low. How are you going to know what is actually 62% with that?

Another one I had curing in a jar. Were supposed to be 3 points off, so at 58% I figured I was good. Got Caliber IV hygrometers, immediately they showed 70%+! and I empited the jar to dry them thoroughly.
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100% agreed, in total I have 12 of the small hygros and one larger one (accurite) and they all give different readings. The smaller ones within 5% of eachother, and 2-5% lower than what the actual reading should be. But the larger one I use to see RH in the dry room was 12-15% lower than actual. Regardless, it would be impossible to have accurate numbers and be able to drop the humidity the "proper" way for a cure with these things. Even after calibration I cant trust them. Experience + feel is key.
 
Hollatchaboy

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LinguaPeel said:
Or cure in bags.. Big open bag, big closed bag smaller bag, double bag, vacc bag.. Going from hanging in a giant unsealed room into tiny glass jars in one step is probably why most people don't understand the potential of their weed and think that curing takes too long to maintain a high quality standard. With jars i had to cure 4 months. Doing it gradually its about a month.

If you gotta rely on numbers maybe you should quit growing ancient hippy drugs and get into computer programing! Flying blind is how you get good at flying
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Gotta rely on numbers if you're growing hydroponically though!
 
Hollatchaboy

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LinguaPeel said:
Or cure in bags.. Big open bag, big closed bag smaller bag, double bag, vacc bag.. Going from hanging in a giant unsealed room into tiny glass jars in one step is probably why most people don't understand the potential of their weed and think that curing takes too long to maintain a high quality standard. With jars i had to cure 4 months. Doing it gradually its about a month.

If you gotta rely on numbers maybe you should quit growing ancient hippy drugs and get into computer programing! Flying blind is how you get good at flying
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Or crashing.
 
Davmalk

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BMWEATER said:
Honestly if you smell hay it’s already ruined.
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I had that smell of grass/hay but after curing them my pot smelled like skunk and tasted really good and got everyone, I know higher than a kite so I’d have to disagree
 
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tztop

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So the way I take care of My buds is I hang them in a back bedroom that I only use for storing crap and I keep it around 65 to 70 degrees and the humidity between 40 to 50 with one fan on low! After about a week to ten days I trim it up real pretty and start dropping the nugs in good size glass jars! I fill them pretty much full and I burp them Babies twice a day faithfully! However... When I pop the lids I fill the jars with oxygen which blows out all stale air! I then reseal and do it again 12 hrs. later. After a month I pop the jars 1 time a day without oxygen until it's all good! Of course I be smokin all the while
 
Joshjgreen

Joshjgreen

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I think the curing and burping process is overrated. Plants in nature, when left to dry naturally over time, gradually off gas the nitrogen stored in chlorophyll. I believe this is the basic desired effect of "curing" your marijuana. With that said, it seems difficult for a plant in a jar to off gas nitrogen. If you really want that smooth cured weed, you are going to need to air dry your buds for a few months. This is simple; simply leave your buds hanging in a ventilated room untill they reach the desired "cure".

Sorry Sub...but we all know you were smoking that bubble hash anyway.
 
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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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Joshjgreen said:
I think the curing and burping process is overrated. Plants in nature, when left to dry naturally over time, gradually off gas the nitrogen stored in chlorophyll. I believe this is the basic desired effect of "curing" your marijuana. With that said, it seems difficult for a plant in a jar to off gas nitrogen. If you really want that smooth cured weed, you are going to need to air dry your buds for a few months. This is simple; simply leave your buds hanging in a ventilated room untill they reach the desired "cure".

Sorry Sub...but we all know you were smoking that bubble hash anyway.
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You clearly have no idea what curing is, how it happens, or why.
Wow
Unless this ventilated room sits at 65% RH for the several months the weed is air curing?

Also, burping is a necessary part of curing.
If you are worried about off gassing N, it should be able to fine then.
 
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Beantown87

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Joshjgreen said:
I think the curing and burping process is overrated. Plants in nature, when left to dry naturally over time, gradually off gas the nitrogen stored in chlorophyll. I believe this is the basic desired effect of "curing" your marijuana. With that said, it seems difficult for a plant in a jar to off gas nitrogen. If you really want that smooth cured weed, you are going to need to air dry your buds for a few months. This is simple; simply leave your buds hanging in a ventilated room untill they reach the desired "cure".

Sorry Sub...but we all know you were smoking that bubble hash anyway.
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You’re probably smoking some garbage. Why would you not cure your weed, or I should sayWhy don’t you do it the appropriate way, the way that it’s been done and shows that it works. The whole reason for burpingIs to get rid of the appropriate chemicals while making your bud smell and taste better.I’d love to know if you were getting grade a stuff. I love to see some pics. Also if you could explain a little better how are you do your curing? Thanks, Ryan
 
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