Hey Topo i will be lunging one for you ha ha iv just checked them and they are so frosty there actually glistening!!! I can't wait for these things to dry!!! They were hung Sunday night any ideas when they'd be done?? ha ha ha. Seriously Hoping sumone with experience could lend sum advice on best drying time??? Cheers guys .
Hey dude, when I dry/cure, I just trust my "gut" on it. And I test it....which of course is a blast
. I have no set method like some others. When I yank, I turn her upside down and don't trim until it dries out a bit.
I usually feel the buds with my hands to gauge the moisture. If it's crunchy on the outside, and a little gooey in the middle, I manicure the colas.
I then stick it in a glass jar with a good amount of air in it. I then check it everyday to make sure it doesn't mold up on me. Also, slow drying is the trick to smooth smoke.
I almost fucked up my summer harvest because I got lazy and didn't check the jar every day. When I did, it was
just about to turn on me, as in
mold!!
I immediately took it out and put it in a brown paper sack. I saved it, but not by much. Imagine, spending 6 months tending to an outdoor plant in the woods, and then losing it!! It was a sativa, and took forever to finish. But.....it was worth it because the high was "creeper" and couchlock, and the buds smelled like tropical fruit. There was no skunk smell to it at all.
I'm not sure I'll guerilla-grow a sativa again, so this time I went with autos. I ain't fighting snakes in the dead of night anymore
I can't believe how sucessful your grow was, especially since you are fairly new to it. A bright future awaits you!!