Freezer Curing Cannabis

Merlot said:

Freezing isn't going to remove moisture, it'll freeze it...

The local pond scum use to sell ditch weed that had been put in a fridge/freezer to stop the bud losing weight....so you'd buy an eighth, but you'd end up with like 1.5-1.7 once it dried out for a few hours.

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Obviously your not familiar with freezer burn. Caused by lack of moisture. Geees

I was always told to never freeze weed, because freezing the moisture inside the trichomes and inside all the plant cells causes them to burst. When the frozen weed comes back up to room temperature, all the oils and esters volatilize and the weed smells really strong.....initially....and then it quickly degrades afterwards -more than it would have if it hadn't been frozen.

I might try it sometime, though, (if I end up with an expendable strain or an excessive amount of something), just as an experiment, but I've always had good results using the old, tried-and-true methods.

I've used this method before from the infamous thread over at IC but it's been years ago since I've grown. I do remember, like the op stated in his thread, I did let the buds dry for several days until the stems were bendy and almost snapping. Then I put them into paper bags and into my frost free freezer for 30 days and it turned out amazing.

I'm in a different environment now and it's super hot and dry right now. 100F / 32%RH and so buds dry out fairly fast and start smelling like hay after about two days.

I just harvested some decent size buds. Did a quick bud wash as they were grown outdoors. Allowed to hang and drip dry for about five hours in 100F weather and 35% RH. The buds were dry to the touch but not crispy feeling and obviously spongy in the inside.

After allowing them to dry for five hours I put them into paper grocery bags and into my frost free freezer @ -4F.

My question is..I see people say they chop and straight into the freezer. And, I hear people say they didn't dry for a few days and after weeks of it in the freezer their buds didn't dry / cure at all.

Have any of you guys that use the freezer dry and cure method put buds int the freezer the same day they were chopped with success? They have been in there for a week now, I'm not sure if I should just let them go or stop and defrost and let dry for a few days then back into the freezer.

I have not opened the freezer since putting them in there as I don't generally want to do this until ready to take them out. Which is why I'm asking if somebody else has chopped and put into the freezer before without drying for days first.

My thinking was the freezer drying was the whole point..it might take a week longer but still should dry them?

Thanks!

tstick said:

I was always told to never freeze weed, because freezing the moisture inside the trichomes and inside all the plant cells causes them to burst. When the frozen weed comes back up to room temperature, all the oils and esters volatilize and the weed smells really strong.....initially....and then it quickly degrades afterwards -more than it would have if it hadn't been frozen.

I might try it sometime, though, (if I end up with an expendable strain or an excessive amount of something), just as an experiment, but I've always had good results using the old, tried-and-true methods.

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It seems to change it if you smoke it freeze dried Vs jar cured it's more heady less body high in my experience I wouldn't bother with it unless like you said you got way too much to do anything else with at the time

Are you people talking about a real frezzer or a frezze dryer? Or those peltier fridges?

amneziaHaze said:

Are you people talking about a real frezzer or a frezze dryer? Or those peltier fridges?

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I think there using normal freezers/deep freezers more than a purpose built freeze cure thing like you can buy if your so inclined either way I don't like it myself each to there own though

I hold my trim inside mine and after a year its not really dry.the pressed weed was dry but it was dry when i put it in

conor c said:

I think there using normal freezers/deep freezers more than a purpose built freeze cure thing like you can buy if your so inclined either way I don't like it myself each to there own though

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Normal freezer like the one in your kitchen which should be frost free. The freeze dry method using a freeze dryer is also a option and work great from my understanding but a small one is like $3k.

Here's the link ...I did this a few times years ago before I took a long break. It worked awesome. This time, being my summer is so hot and dry I didn't dry for a few days until the stems got to the point of snapping. I dried for about five hours till they were dry to the touch on the outside but not crispy.