Curing with Grove Bags

Amateur-Grower

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I’ve had this bag of flower in a grove bag for about 3 weeks now. Humidity was over 70% inside so I took the buds out and left them in a paper bag for 8 hours. When I checked the paper bad the humidity was at 45%. I put the buds back into the grove bag and about 8 hours later they are sitting around 62%. Did I mess up the curing and also should I continue burping once a week to try to get it to 55%?
 

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LeoRavus

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Just to throw this out there, I wouldn't put much faith in those little hygrometers. I got a bag of 6 on Amazon and only 2 read close to an accurate number, and one of them started going crazy. Boveda packs help take out some of the guesswork.
 

Amateur-Grower

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You're burping the grove bags? I have consistent results with them just throwing them in a dark cold closet for a couple weeks. Seel em up airtight and leave em alone
I don’t heat seal mine, but I’ve noticed that my buds were staying at 70+ humidity 3 weeks in so I was getting nervous of mold appearing. It’s at 62% now maybe I’ll keep them sealed and see if they’ll lower in humidity on their own now.
 

Amateur-Grower

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Just to throw this out there, I wouldn't put much faith in those little hygrometers. I got a bag of 6 on Amazon and only 2 read close to an accurate number, and one of them started going crazy. Boveda packs help take out some of the guesswork.
I’ve read about them not being accurate. What happens if there is excess humidity would the Boveda packs get rid of the excess?
 

LeoRavus

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I’ve read about them not being accurate. What happens if there is excess humidity would the Boveda packs get rid of the excess?
Yeah. They make 58% and 62%. It'll absorb or release moisture to keep it at one of those two percentages. I'm not sure how they work in grove bags though but great in jars.
 

tstick

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The Grove Bag company recommends using moisture meter, but I've found that the best way to use them is to first do a slow dry in a 60 degreeF and 60% relative humidity environment for ~2 weeks. Then, after trimming, do a traditional, Mason jar burping process. When the buds are stabilized at the humidity you prefer, transfer them into the Grove bag and heat seal it. Place that in a cool, dark place and forget about it for a few months. The Grove bags are able to take the Mason jar cure to the next level by slowing down the curing process even more. If the buds are 70% in the bags, then the bags are not going to work. But when you get the buds to a stable ~58% via the jars and then transfer those buds to Grove bag, the Grove bag will "regulate" the humidity within a very narrow range from there. I like them for long-term storage, but not for daily in-and-out use.
 

DeadHeadX

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I don’t heat seal mine, but I’ve noticed that my buds were staying at 70+ humidity 3 weeks in so I was getting nervous of mold appearing. It’s at 62% now maybe I’ll keep them sealed and see if they’ll lower in humidity on their own now.
In my experience, once they’re stable at 62% they’re good without burping. Keep the bag as sealed as possible.
 

Amateur-Grower

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24 hours after taking the buds out of the paper bag for 8 hours I was sitting at 63% humidity. 2nd day I am at at 62%. Will leave them alone in the grove bag untouched unless I see a spike in humidity. Thank you everyone for their input! Happy New Years!
 
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