Drying Question:)

hey guys im at day 4 of drying and they feel nice and dry and getting a bit crispy but the stems are not snapping should i start curing or just wait for stems to snap

wait for them to snap, if you try to cure them half dry they will mush and we dont want that to happen.....................

Hmmm, I'm a noob but isn't a snap'n stem almost too dry to start curing??? I thought when the stem bends with a lil' sound is a good call. Snaping means really dry I'd think....perhaps too dry.

They say once you get too dry, you can't go back. I suppose best bet is stick'em inna jar, check in an hour. If they are soggy, take'em back out.

OR do what I've yet to do myself....get a hydrometer from ebay and stick it in the jar, keep'em between 55-60 or so RH (don't quote me and read the stickies here)

I haven't much experiance in this yet, only small amounts, but that will be changing in 4 days, feels like christmas, anyway I am under the understanding that you want it just before the stem snaps, as thats to dry, for optimal cure, but I dont think it will ruin the bud if you cure once its dry enough to snap, here, this is a great little guide, https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/514841-perfect-cure-every-time.html

i'm gonna dry for a week, then jar cure for two. -i hope.

just checked them and im with @840/2 i think that they would be too dry but i think these should be at the right time? , when i touch them they are very dry to the feel but my finger dies still get sticky when i give them a sqeeze but still no crunch noise when i bend the stem

I dry till snap jar them burp them check a good size nug if its still dry your good burp the jar for a couple weeks then store.

If you wait until the stems snap, you are not going to have a very long cure time. I dry for 3-4 days, until the outer part of the bud feels crispy. Then I move them to jars and use hygrometers. Rather than repost this information in great detail, check out my journals and look for the one about curing. In order for your buds to reach full potential, you'll want a reasonable cure time. Drying till the stem snaps and curing for 2 weeks is a great method if your goal is to sell the stuff as quick as possible. If it's your own smoke, I'd go for a longer cure.

Oustide crispy but stems still bend is a good time to start. There are a lot of curing tutorials on this site...