Cure in a vacuum

xtsho

xtsho

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Just slow dry and jar. That's what many of us do. We end up with great smoke without bothering with curing. We dry and smoke. No need to wait around for a couple months burping or looking at hygrometers. It's a pretty simple process to dry and smoke your weed. I don't understand why so many overcomplicate the process.
 
Cousin_suds

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here's a link to one of about a dozen i found. it gets a little off-topic though.

Vacuum Sealing

Wassup Yall its been awhile since ive been on here but i figured hell lets talk. SO question of the day is, Does Vacuum Sealing take away smell and potency? IMHO i think it does but i just want to see what you guys think. If you want be sure to leave info on what strain is your favorite and...
www.rollitup.org
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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xtsho said:
Just slow dry and jar. That's what many of us do. We end up with great smoke without bothering with curing. We dry and smoke. No need to wait around for a couple months burping or looking at hygrometers. It's a pretty simple process to dry and smoke your weed. I don't understand why so many overcomplicate the process.
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I think it is the BS that curing increases potency
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Herb & Suds said:
I think it is the BS that curing increases potency
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It is BS as is the claim some make that it increases terpenes. It's a scientific fact that terpenes degrade over time. There's so much nonsense out there. The longer the weed sits the more loss of terpenes.

One thing though. All these people pushing curing on new growers that have a hard time just germinating a seed and watering properly. How do they expect them to handle putting wet weed in jars and then maintaining it properly. Lots of times it ends with brown anaerobic weed that smells and tastes like crap or it molds.
 
ComputerSaysNo

ComputerSaysNo

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Herb & Suds said:
I think it is the BS that curing increases potency
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Have not heard that before. Makes no sense at all.

The only thing I've read so far about the merits of curing is that it improves the taste of the flower when smoked. I'm ready to believe that, but not much else.

Curing is a form of storing the product, and that will definitely lead to degradation. We're not making whiskey.
 
Jjgrow420

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xtsho said:
It is BS as is the claim some make that it increases terpenes. It's a scientific fact that terpenes degrade over time. There's so much nonsense out there. The longer the weed sits the more loss of terpenes.
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I don't agree with that....If it's stored correctly at proper temp and humidity. Watch the video I posted up. That's science.
Fact is people will believe what they want to believe science or not.
 
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ComputerSaysNo

ComputerSaysNo

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potpimp said:
The BS is why the best growers (Stinkbud, GardenKnowm, Subcool, Brick Top, Will Robinson, the Professor, etc) have left RIU.
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Oh, well, I'm not here to gather knowledge, rather to entertain myself, and talk to myself.

Most of what one needs to know can easily be found without having to ask somebody on a discussion forum. In many cases it's even better to not even look for Cannabis specific knowledge but rather for general horticultural information.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Jjgrow420 said:
I don't agree with that....If it's stored correctly at proper temp and humidity
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There is nothing you can do to stop age. You can slow down the degradation but you can't stop it. Too much of a hassle for me to bother with when I can get a new harvest of fresh weed every 3-4 months. I don't see any reason to cure weed.

That's my take. Others feel differently. That's fine. They're the ones smoking their weed and I'm the one smoking mine. It's really nothing worth arguing about. I prefer fresh weed. Others don't. As long as you grow good cannabis and dry it slowly it will be great smoke after a slow dry. Some like it better after they cure it for a couple months. I don't. It's all good.
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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xtsho said:
There is nothing you can do to stop age. You can slow down the degradation but you can't stop it. Too much of a hassle for me to bother with when I can get a new harvest of fresh weed every 3-4 months. I don't see any reason to cure weed.

That's my take. Others feel differently. That's fine. They're the ones smoking their weed and I'm the one smoking mine. It's really nothing worth arguing about. I prefer fresh weed. Others don't. As long as you grow good cannabis and dry it slowly it will be great smoke after a slow dry. Some like it better after they cure it for a couple months. I don't. It's all good.
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Yep I CAN agree with that! Some strains I like to smoke right away after drying and other strains I find need a little time to mingle, and the flavours sort of mellow and blend nicer. The Tropicana cookies I have tastes like cold turkey legs marinated in oranges fresh dried. Give them some jar time and they're more orange/citrus/ almost citronella like and the turkey legs take a backseat
 
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