First time curing. A few questions if you will…

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Bill_plantz

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So my whole plants been hanging for 5 days at 23/24 C (not ideal i know) and 60% RH

Bud started to feel crispy so i cut and trimmed and went to jar them but they shoot straight to 73%rh

thats too much right? So i take them out and aired them over night and they don’t feel crispy anymore, so im guessing its distributing its moisture content through the buds…. Cool

so they still shoot straight up to 73% when jarred so im guessing its just not dry enough and needs more airing until it sits at 65-70% in the jar?

i just want confirmation what im thinking is correct.

Also ive seen to keep the hydrometer in the jar 24 hours to get a true reading but if its past 70% straight away im right in thinking not to leave it in as 73% for 24 hours doesnt sound good

Thanks guys for getting me this far
 
CaliRootz88

CaliRootz88

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I agree with what you’re thinking. If the RH in your buds place of storage (a jar) is too high take them back out to dry more. If you accepted the high RH and jarred them for an extended time it can increase chances of mold.
 
obijohn

obijohn

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I've never used an RH meter but learned through trial and error that in my area (dry and warm) they get too dry if I leave them hanging more than a day, but then after jarring at that point they become too moist, and it's a pain in the ass to keep taking them out every day to evaporate the excess moisture, and the end result is meh. After a day or so of hanging the branches I roll them up in paper grocery bags and put in a drawer or something. I open them up and rearrange daily, this gives me the slow dry I want before final jarring.

I suppose an RH meter might be helpful but over the years I have a decent feel for when the buds are too moist or too dry and how to adjust accordingly
 
BongerChonger

BongerChonger

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Bill_plantz said:
So my whole plants been hanging for 5 days at 23/24 C (not ideal i know) and 60% RH

Bud started to feel crispy so i cut and trimmed and went to jar them but they shoot straight to 73%rh

thats too much right? So i take them out and aired them over night and they don’t feel crispy anymore, so im guessing its distributing its moisture content through the buds…. Cool

so they still shoot straight up to 73% when jarred so im guessing its just not dry enough and needs more airing until it sits at 65-70% in the jar?

i just want confirmation what im thinking is correct.

Also ive seen to keep the hydrometer in the jar 24 hours to get a true reading but if its past 70% straight away im right in thinking not to leave it in as 73% for 24 hours doesnt sound good

Thanks guys for getting me this far
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Put it in a paper bag. It's a good trick couple days before jarring. Helps even the moisture out in the buds.
Slows drying down a fraction, so it's easier to catch it at just the right time to store long term.
 
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A.k.a

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At this point I just dump the jars and spread the buds out and let them sit for like an hour each day til the RH stays in the right zone
 
calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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"First Cure" I pluck all fan leaves and hang the branches in a 4x8' grow tent for 7 days with a 4" inline fan on low and a 4" exhaust fan on high for a little vacuum effect also to prevent "stale air" from building around the buds. @ ~75 °F / 50-60% RH
After their week or so hang in the tent , they are trimmed up, bagged.
I use Turkey Bags. No jars or fancy stuff for me..

Long term storage definitely look into vacuum sealing glass mason jars. The bags tend to smash buds and can leak over time if poked pricked etc.

I personally don't believe in long-term curing I've done it and I think unless your vac sealing in mason jars there is no massive difference even if it sits for a year. If anything it loses flavor and potency as it sits.
 
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Driver733

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Get moisture packs from Amazon, they will absorb some moisture if the buds are too wet. Even still, I always end up taking all buds out of the jar the day after I first jar them, spread out on a cookie sheet to dry for a few hours, then back in the jar. You might need to do that twice before you get the desired RH in the jar. You can reuse the moisture packs for years.
 
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