Ganjaluvrs Drying & Curing Broken Down into Understandable English

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Great post!

Smells like.vimegar in the jar. If I rub the inside of the jar near the lid then smell.my fingers, it smells like.vinegar. I cleaned the jars, but im.leaving the lids off for tonight.

MrOnceADay said:

i tried the humidor thing once. the bud picked up the cedar taste from the box. maybe i left it in to long.

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I read it too , and the man said to avoid the cedar boxes

it would be great if there was some pic's of all this cured bud to get this thread really popping i do like the info and feed back here always good to have great reading material!

pics of this harvest o.g. kush swazi skunk. hope u like.

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Would I be able to dry my buds outside? The temperature would get around 90+ in the daytime and mid 40's at the lowest during night time. I have nowhere inside I can dry. But I'll be able to let the bud cure for about 6 months, if I dried it wrong would this make up for it?

The easiest way I've found to do is; Hang dry for 3-4 days in the dark. The outside of the buds are usually a little dry by then but the inside still has moisture. Cut the buds and put into a turkey bag. Close up the bag and burp the bag a few times a day for an hour or so.

Great thread. This method is the way I successfully cured my first time growing and my buds turned out awesome in about 1 month and just seems to keep getting better the longer it cures. This harvest I'm not even touching it until at least 3-4 weeks of curing. Until then it's Hash and edibles One thing I was worried about a few weeks into the cure was a very strong ammonia smell. I frantically searched the web trying to find out if something was wrong. Most info I found was telling me it was mold starting I was f'd. But this was not true. I believe the smell is only decomposition or something like the smell of compost breaking down. What is your opinion on the ammonia cat piss smell?

Great post enjoyed reading

Thanks ganja... ill have to re read this :d very helpful for the young

How long into curing the buds in jars will it take for the actual bud smell to start.(the hay smell goes away) I am early on and wanna make sure I stay on track.

I cannot get curing down. My first time I didn't dry long enough, this time they dried to fast.
I cannot get my buds to smell nice. The high kicks your ass but no nice bag smell.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was reading last night about buying all these humidly meters, this & that. Just seemed like someone trying to build a better mouse trap.

I know of people who have gotten stuff shipped from the west coast and there's no way that they are curing their stuff, speaking from a commercial standpoint, so, exactly how is it that people end up with top notch, grade "A" smoke without a cure? I've wondered this for quite some time.

Check out Hygrolid. Sure makes things easy.

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Its not that hard.
1) chop the whole plant at the base after 2 days darkness with no water
2) let dry for about two weeks IN THE DARK (not outside in the light.). Light breaks down the THC. Check every day.
3) keep your temp and humidity at 60/60 the whole time
4) when the branches almost snap but not quite, cut the buds off into jars. If the branches snap easily, its too late and if they dont snap, just bend, its too early.
5) put a humidity meter in the jar. Bud cures at 55-62 % RH. Storage is optimized at 62%. Use a boveda pak to keep them from dropping too low. Too high and they mold. The ammonia smell is mold. if the humidity is rising one point per hour, burp the jars to release moisture until it stabilizes.
6) terpenes are what gives it the aroma. If exposed to temps as low as 75 degrees F, these volatize (vaporize) so keep the temp below 70 to be safe. Otherwise your smell will disappear like a fart in the wind.

A long slow cure produces the best result so take care not to dry too fast or too slow.

Also flush for a week to ten days prior to the chop. The hay smell is chlorophyll (what makes the plant green). If it smells like hay, you didnt starve the plant of nutrients to reduce chlorophyll. Your buds will smell like hay when wet then hit harshly and burn to a black ash. Its supposed to hit clean, taste good and burn to a white ash.

You are welcome.

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How long to leve in papper bag and do I leve bag open for 2 days QUOTE="k2daalvin, post: 4762437, member: 97450"]I don't want to distract from your very we'll put together post on "DRYING & CURING", but i do believe it is quite vague.

my drying and curing process is very similar, i will just explain it in a very short summary starting with the flush a week before harvest.

1. flush for 1 week.

2. cut down and give them a quick trim (i remove all fan leaves, and side sheer to get the basic shape of the nug)

3. hang dry for 4-6 days (wait until stems make a cracking noise, but does NOT completely snap in two)

4. brown paper bag them over night.

5. jar emm all up into your preferred storage jars

6. burp jars every 4 hours for the first 2 days

7. now just burp the jars every day or 2 for 2 months.

::::2 months later::: your jars smell INCREDIBLE


thats just my process, yours sounds very similar ganjaluvr +rep and thank you for this post...[/QUOTE]
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