GreenphoeniX
Well-Known Member
Tru that brother. Patience is a great virtue. I don't mind waiting for air cure, but I do like having water cured stashed away so I can smoke a spliff at the pub without attracting any unwanted attention.
For those people who don't like the taste of their bud freshly dried, both a good proper air cure or water cure is likely to alter the taste and smell (if you've ever tasted bud that has been cured or over 2 years, you'll know what I'm talking about).
For anyone thinking water curing is a good option for mini commercial grows, it's NOT. I'll explain quickly. For ease sake, we'll say you have 100 grams of freshly cut bud (wet weight), and you air dry/cure that, you'll have (approx.) 25 grams of dry bud at the end (because air dry/cure tends to lose about 75% of its weight and keeps about 25% of its mass), if you water cure that (100 grams), you'll have about 15 grams (because water curing tends to lose about 85% of its weight and keeps about 15% of its mass)... This bud will be "more potent" because there will be the same amount of trichomes in the 15 grams as their was in the 25 grams, just less plant matter (as the water cure removes more plant matter).
But for commercial growers, that "extra potency", won't be much use, as sales are usually done by weight and price only various if ur in an area where there are weed classes (e.g. dirt weed, average, top shelf) ... Where I am price doesn't really vary coz nobody has dirt weed, simply because there's so much top shelf weed available, nobody would buy dirt weed even at a low price hahaha.
Cheers all!
