curing?

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doingfine

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does more taste of the bud come with when you cure them?
im ready to harvest a couple plants but before i did i took a lil off the plant to let it dry quick and see how it was before i chop, well the high is great and the taste was pretty good but felt it could taste a lil more tastier
is that only cause i smoked it before curing it?
ima newbe and its my first grow so any advice would be great
 
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wbd

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Curing enhances taste, flavor, and smoke in a HUGE way, not just a little bit.

HUGE.
 
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doingfine

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cool thanks man how much time do you usually cure the bud? is it a longer time you cure the better type thing? like wine? lol
 
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wbd

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doingfine said:
cool thanks man how much time do you usually cure the bud? is it a longer time you cure the better type thing? like wine? lol
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My rule is 2 weeks minimum, and don't even think about smoking any before then. The longer you cure, the better the product... to a point of course. :)

Every time you crack a jar open you'll be able to smell a difference from last time...

I think I read one time that the nugs that get submitted to the cups are cured for like 6 months?
 
rocknratm

rocknratm

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GB says one month is ideal... over 2 months it can degrade. I am quite happy after 1-2 weeks. Make sure before you start jarring it gets dry and crispy on the outside, the stems shold be britle but not snap (IMO) then jarred one day, then left out for 12 hrs then jarred and open daily for a few hours. Thats what I do and it works great.
 
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doingfine

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i ended up with 590 grams with the stems but i took as much stems as i could off, their hangin now drying what temp should it dry at? and does anyone know how much dry weight that might produce?
 
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wbd

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doingfine said:
i ended up with 590 grams with the stems but i took as much stems as i could off, their hangin now drying what temp should it dry at? and does anyone know how much dry weight that might produce?
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Should be like 150-200 grams dry.
 
Lady

Lady

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Hello,

Curing add flavor and give a better product overall.

Curing should take between 2weeks to 1-4 months. Anything between 2 weeks and 1 month will be enough to give you a nice product. Extending the cure length will indeed add flavor and give a little bonus to the product but if you are not able to wait that long to either smoke or give the product to your patient you can go with a faster cure.

The ratio of Wet/Dry weight can on your drying method and strains as well but with an average method it should give you anything around half the weight or a little under. Some strains will give you a little above average.

Hope it helped you

Have a nice day
 
bamfrivet

bamfrivet

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it all really depends on your plant what will happen in curing. my purple bubba kush doesn't smell like much when I harvest it, and it starts to almost smell like hay when it dries, but a day curing in a jar and it smells really citrusy like fruity pebbles. After a week it's ready to smoke, tastes great, nice and smooth. So it all really depends on your plants and the density of your nug for how long to cure it.
 
Priest

Priest

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carnage11 said:
Loosely packed. You want some air circulation.
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I agree 100% you should NEVER pack the buds in, you always want to leave a good amount of room in the jars so air can escape. If it is packed too tight there is a good chance that moisure can accumulate in parts of the jar leading to mold. :wink:
 
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