Roger A. Shrubber
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i only use bovedas when it's so close i can hardly tell anyway. more of a maintain at this point thing than a way to get them there to begin with thing
A perfect cure every time
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LinguaPeel
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Specifically, it turned an already cured jar of UK Cheese from creamy fruity hash flavor into airy vinegar fumes in one night. Not even sugary pickles, it completely wiped the sweetness out of the bud. Vinegary air. I'll never forget that.
macsnax
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Right lol. Do you ever have anything useful to fucking say? Or are you gonna keep running your mouth until you get trolled the fuck out of here? All you do is post shit everyone disagrees with, do you even fucking grow?
sacballa
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Kattsjungle
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Just get yourself a cheap humidifier from Walmart and take the struggle out of it. You can even get yourself a good humidifier where you can set the RH%. The good ones are obviously more expensive, but you could always just return it in 2 weeks when you’re done with it
letstry
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This method works I finally got nice smelling home grow. I hang all my buds untrimmed from stems in a small grow tent with an exhaust fan. I only turn the exhaust fan on when humidity in the dry tent rises above 70% (tent is only 2x2x4). I turn the exhaust off when ambient humidity level is reached within the tent (usually around 54%-57%). I repeat this process and after 9-10 days of hanging I notice the humidity inside the tent now doesn't rise as quickly and stabilizes around 65%.
At this point product especially small leaves are very crispy to the touch but still super sticky and chewy when squeezed, stems bend but don't really snap. I trim everything and take all buds away from stems so everything is fairly equal sized (popcorn nugs separated) and put in jars with cheap hygrometers that seem fairly accurate. (EEEKit 5 pack mini lcd digital humidity meter on amazon)
After 10 days hanging (will try 11-12 next time) and 24 hours in the jar my humidity was reading 68-71 between the 4 mason jars. After 24 hours in the jar I left the lids completely off for 24 hours. After sealing them back up I kept them sealed again for 24 hours just to get more accurate readings they came down a little bit but still not under 65% like I wanted. I kept opening for 2-4 hours a day just trying to get humidity to 65% across the 4 jars after 24 hours sealed. I started noticing a much better smell a few days in when buds would be burped after at least 24 hours sealed and humidity settled under 67%.
My jars now read exactly 62% and 63% and after 48 hours I burped them and the smell was not grassy or hay. Great smell this is the first time I was able to get a proper smell from my own plants. This is also the first time i was able to feed my plants properly ph'd water. Between that and this cure method this has been my best grow yet.
Thank you for all the info
At this point product especially small leaves are very crispy to the touch but still super sticky and chewy when squeezed, stems bend but don't really snap. I trim everything and take all buds away from stems so everything is fairly equal sized (popcorn nugs separated) and put in jars with cheap hygrometers that seem fairly accurate. (EEEKit 5 pack mini lcd digital humidity meter on amazon)
After 10 days hanging (will try 11-12 next time) and 24 hours in the jar my humidity was reading 68-71 between the 4 mason jars. After 24 hours in the jar I left the lids completely off for 24 hours. After sealing them back up I kept them sealed again for 24 hours just to get more accurate readings they came down a little bit but still not under 65% like I wanted. I kept opening for 2-4 hours a day just trying to get humidity to 65% across the 4 jars after 24 hours sealed. I started noticing a much better smell a few days in when buds would be burped after at least 24 hours sealed and humidity settled under 67%.
My jars now read exactly 62% and 63% and after 48 hours I burped them and the smell was not grassy or hay. Great smell this is the first time I was able to get a proper smell from my own plants. This is also the first time i was able to feed my plants properly ph'd water. Between that and this cure method this has been my best grow yet.
Thank you for all the info
Cboat38
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Shit works but only thing I done different was dry them in a cardboard box for like 5 days until dry on outside and put them in jars and so on with the open for like four hours and for like a week straight and they perfect the smell the taste the smoothness a-1 ohh I didn’t use meters either
This method is particularly effective for folks who are starting out, those looking to maximize quality in a shorter period of time, and folks who's like to produce a connoisseur-quality product each and every time with no guesswork involved.
It's a very simple and effective process:
Cut the product, trim it per your preference, but don't dry it until the stems snap. Take it down while the stems still have some flex, but the product feel dry on the outside. This is a perfect opportunity to drop the dry-feeling flowers onto a screen and collect prime-quality kief that would otherwise get lost in the jar.
Jar the product, along with a Caliber III hygrometer. One can be had on Ebay for ~$20. Having tested a number of hygrometers - digital and analog - this model in particular produced consistent, accurate results. The Hydroset/Xikar hygrometers are also recommend after calibration. Then, watch the readings:
+70% RH - too wet, needs to sit outside the jar to dry for 12-24 hours, depending.
65-70% RH - the product is almost in the cure zone, if you will. It can be slowly brought to optimum RH by opening the lid for 2-4 hours.
60-65% RH - the stems snap, the product feels a bit sticky, and it is curing.
55-60% RH - at this point it can be stored for an extended period (3 months or more) without worrying about mold. The product will continue to cure.
Below 55% RH - the RH is too low for the curing process to take place. The product starts to feel brittle. Once you've hit this point, nothing will make it better. Adding moisture won't restart the curing process; it will just make the product wet. If you measure a RH below 55% don't panic. Read below:
Obviously, the product need time to sweat in the jar. As such, accurate readings won't be seen for ~24 hours, assuming the flowers are in the optimal cure zone. If you're curing the product for long-term storage, give the flowers 4-5 days for an accurate reading. If the product is sill very wet, a +70% RH reading will show within hours. If you see the RH rising ~1% per hour, keep a close eye on the product, as it's likely too moist.
HTH,
Simon
Keesje
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I think it is impossible to determine the "best method".
The place where you live, the weather conditions of that day, it all has to do with it.
Burping a jar in a room where the humidity is 30 or burping in a room where the humidity is 70 makes quite a difference.
Gas exchange and moisture exchange then take place at different levels.
If you really want to test what the best method is, you should always do this in the same room with the same temperature and the same humidity. Then the only variable is the humidity of the plant when it is harvested.
The place where you live, the weather conditions of that day, it all has to do with it.
Burping a jar in a room where the humidity is 30 or burping in a room where the humidity is 70 makes quite a difference.
Gas exchange and moisture exchange then take place at different levels.
If you really want to test what the best method is, you should always do this in the same room with the same temperature and the same humidity. Then the only variable is the humidity of the plant when it is harvested.
Frank Nitty
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Knowledge,wisdom,and understanding...
Magic_Mike
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What do you think about using paper sacks for drying/curing purposes?
Frank Nitty
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That's what i do... It works for me...
Magic_Mike
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Probably gonna start using them, in addition to the mason jars.
Frank Nitty
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That's the way to go...
Magic_Mike
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I am wanting to to better at locking in terpenes.
sacballa
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Ya need to really look into this. It gives you the perfect dry every time in 72-96 hours. I mean every time! It retains more terpenes this way. Bud comes out ready to smoke and full of flavor. Ya can smoke straight from the dryer or let a cure however ya like. I don’t even flush anymore because it comes out so smooth. It’s a game changer!!!. I’ve been growing off and on for over 20 years and this guy made something special. Check out the reviews on Instagram everyone loves it just like me. Here’s the link:
https://myherbsnow.com/
jungle666
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Sounds like a great idea but, you can’t beat the tried and true recipe just like grandmas cooking
Keesje
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What I can't find is how it keeps the humidity on the same level.
sacballa
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You wanna go old school? How bout don’t knock it till ya try it! He’s even run tests and it’s better than hang drying. Retains more THC & terpenes. I’m just trying to let ya in on something special. Freed up my tent now I’m running perpetual 24/7/365 and killing it! Peace
Keesje
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But how does it keep the humidity at the same level?You wanna go old school? How bout don’t knock it till ya try it! He’s even run tests and it’s better than hang drying. Retains more THC & terpenes. I’m just trying to let ya in on something special. Freed up my tent now I’m running perpetual 24/7/365 and killing it! Peace
Keesje
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I have a hard time believing that this device will work in all circumstances.
Drying only has to do with temperature for a part. It is mostly about humidity.
Something would dry really fast on the cold North Pole and it will take forever in a hot jungle.
So as long as the device does not control the humidity, their claims are just not true for everybody.
Or there must be something in the device that they kept secret for us.
Perfect drying (for cannabis, cigars, whatever) happens in a good temperature and good humidity.