Comparing - Air and Water - Cure (w/pics)

I bought an oz the other day. I intend to flick it off as I didn't even want it but some guys I knew (who don't know I grow) wouldn't stop bugging about getting this ounce; "It's the best shit I've seen in a long time man" "It's so sticky its hard to get out of the bag man!" etc. etc. right.

So I get this ounce (at a price a bit higher than I'd normally pay :S) ... And find it is a Skunk hybrid, which I completely expected from these guys - I could pretty much pin down every detail of what this stuff was going to be like before I even saw it, smelled it or heard about it - Now I when I was told it was "so sticky" I had my suspicions that it hadn't been dried or cured properly - if at all!!! - And to my disappointment, I find I'm right.

I now have an oz of fukn poorly manicured, still far too moist, uncured bud right. I store my pot in glass jars, but bud this wet is simply going to go moldy in a few days in jars, so I've decided to water cure it.

Worst still, Indica dominant hybrids are hard to flick off around here, I've converted everybody to Sativa dominant connoisseur strains. Nobody wants the shit that just puts you to sleep anymore, so now I have a shit oz I never wanted that is going to be hard to get rid of!!! Argh!!!

Anyways - Hopefully water curing will get this shit dried and cured properly in no time at all so I can just get rid of the shit lol

Just so you guys get to see just how moist and unbelievably uncured this shit is ... Here's a picture of the water curing process after a few hours. Look at that water after only a few hours of water curing, all that shit would be in someones lungs if this stuff didn't get properly cured. Hate to think of the poor fukers who get all the other shit that hasn't passed through me first!!!
That water was crystal clear just a few hours ago!!!


Note: I despise people who think they're the greatest growers around and these are the results they produce! Shit growers annoy me full stop. Especially when I have to listen to these guys talk about their superior knowledge and skill set, while I struggle to keep my mouth shut and pretend like I don't have a clue about anything to do with growing.

Makes me sick. This is my anger being vented lol ... Have a good day all!

wow.. that is gross, my water didn't look like that at any point of the week.. only slightly murky water. Any weed I've ever had that was sticky was just ungodly resinous.. sorry for your loss, hopefully watercuring will make it your gain. good luck.

wow.. that is gross, my water didn't look like that at any point of the week.. only slightly murky water. Any weed I've ever had that was sticky was just ungodly resinous.. sorry for your loss, hopefully watercuring will make it your gain. good luck.

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Yea dude, the weed I grow could be in the same water for a week and it wouldn't look that bad!!!

I'm going to have to assume that the plants were never flushes (at least not properly) and then poorly dried and uncured.

I would think most people can tell the difference between really sticky weed that is sticky because it's so resinous and weed that's sticky because it hasn't been dried!

I'm pretty sure a good water cure will get all the shit out and get it very well dried in 9 days or so. Water curing leaves you with very dry nuggets so will be interesting to see just how sticky this stuff is once it has gone through a proper, slightly more intense drying process!

sell it back to him for more than you paid.

sell it back to him for more than you paid.

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That could be hard. It's going to be more like 3/4 of an ounce by the time it's water cured. But I will get my money back on it one way or another. I mean, I paid $350 (standard prices around here are around $300-400) ... For my stuff people usually pay around $500-560 ... So I figure with next harvest around a month away, I could always just save it and mix it in with some of my cheap stuff and flick it off to the peoples who can't tell class from schwag lol

Very interesting thread phoenix, +rep for all the great info on water curing.Im gonna definately try this,mostly due to curiosity.I dont need to worry about the smell.and I love the way my weed tastes and smells.But Im gonna give it a shot to see the difference.

shepj said:

all right, here it is.. I am laying it down lol.

Watercured weed you can throw in a blunt and walk in front of pigs all day and no one will know.

Need I say more?

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Yeah....more water cure.

I just cured a whole plant (acutally about 2 weeks ago - now it is sitting in a jar in the fridge)...the plant was a leftover heat/water stunted mutant from last summer (lol). It flowered, but I did not flush it and it is not all that great bud.

But yeah, no "weed smell" so I take it to the beach and no one is the wiser.

it's a nice edge, I wouldn't do this for some really dank bud where you really need to have the flavors and odors to enjoy.. for for everyday bud, I think an acception can occasionally be made.

GreenphoeniX said:

you can mix with tobacco and smoke at the pub without getting noticed, or for those people who don't like the taste/smell of the pot they have.

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haha good idea lol.. would be a good idea if you were going to an outside concert or something where MJ isnt welcome.

420OldSchoolDJ420 said:

haha good idea lol.. would be a good idea if you were going to an outside concert or something where MJ isnt welcome.

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hehe.. that is my logic behind it

GreenphoeniX said:

That could be hard. It's going to be more like 3/4 of an ounce by the time it's water cured. But I will get my money back on it one way or another. I mean, I paid $350 (standard prices around here are around $300-400) ... For my stuff people usually pay around $500-560 ... So I figure with next harvest around a month away, I could always just save it and mix it in with some of my cheap stuff and flick it off to the peoples who can't tell class from schwag lol

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so how much did it wiegh after the water cure?

Just over half an oz (going by memory) ... Oh well, stick to my own stuff from now on

good shit green phoneix

you know, I wonder if there's a way to divide the water from the oil thats in the water.

if so, I then wonder.. would the oil left behind.. be of any beneficial value??

GL, i was thinking the same thing. But I'm also thinking that oil is just the shit that never came out of the buds during the flush, or possibly the chlorophyll itself. I haven't done this yet, but I am considering it with a little bit of my harvest just for shits n giggles. So +rep for you bringing this thread back from the grave

I should caution everyone who tries this out about mold/mildew. It WILL happen. The water cure is a good method for fixing buds, but there isn't one drying method that works fast enough for it. With the hang-dry + fan method, I've seen the development of mildew in as little as two hours (with 10% room humidity). I've tried just about everything, and mildew almost always shows up underneath the leaves. To the untrained eye it is practically unnoticeable, but if you throw it underneath a microscope you can see the tiny white spores. You REALLY need to look for it otherwise you won't see it.

Here is what I do: I use a vaporizer (Volcano Digit). As soon as I take it out of the water, I place it on some paper towel for a couple minutes, which absorbs all of the excess water on the outside. After it stops absorbing, I throw it into my grinder and then put the wet weed into my Volcano valve set. I'll put it on the Volcano and let it go at 115F for two or three minutes - no balloon attached. After that I'll heat the machine up to 380F and start vaporizing. The first bag will be complete moisture, the second bag will start showing vapor, the third bag will get even thicker, and so on. I will then take it out and grind it up again, then put it back in for vaporizing.

bringin this thread back from the dead. anyone got new info on this?

What do you guys think about using rainwater to water cure?

KillerWeed420 said:

Your results are pretty much exactly like mine. The only downside is if your selling it people won't like it because it doesn't smell and it turns brown. But the looks and smell is deceiving. It smokes good.
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People don't like not getting what they are used to because.... that isn't what they are used to. What the hell is up with that? It's all about variety - looks like water cure is sort of nifty.

I water cured a handful of popcorn buds, they're just about to finish drying on a dehumidifier (Around 8 hours or so). See how they go