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treemansbuds

treemansbuds

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S'Manta said:
Why am I afraid to chop some and not all? I heard from someone decades ago that it is best to dry the whole plant to get the most potency out of the plant? Urban legend?
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Urban legend if you ask me. I "hear" that if you chop the whole plant, hang upside down until dry, then trim the buds, that the buds retain a better smell. My stuff always smells good, so I never tried that technique.
A local Native American I know removes the whole plant, root ball in tact, and boils the root ball with the plant attached. He boils for about 2 hrs then hangs the plant w/root ball still attached upside down, then trims when dry. I tried this and found no difference accept a lot more work.
Try one of your plants one way, then another plant a different way and see what works for you.
TMB-
 
S'Manta

S'Manta

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treemansbuds said:
Urban legend if you ask me. I "hear" that if you chop the whole plant, hang upside down until dry, then trim the buds, that the buds retain a better smell. My stuff always smells good, so I never tried that technique.
A local Native American I know removes the whole plant, root ball in tact, and boils the root ball with the plant attached. He boils for about 2 hrs then hangs the plant w/root ball still attached upside down, then trims when dry. I tried this and found no difference accept a lot more work.
Try one of your plants one way, then another plant a different way and see what works for you.
TMB-
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I read an article about drying mmj and it said to dry it like they do tobacco but isn't tobacco dried on tables and they only use the leaves, don't they?
It just seemed wrong.
 
Garden Boss

Garden Boss

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treemansbuds said:
Urban legend if you ask me. I "hear" that if you chop the whole plant, hang upside down until dry, then trim the buds, that the buds retain a better smell. My stuff always smells good, so I never tried that technique.
A local Native American I know removes the whole plant, root ball in tact, and boils the root ball with the plant attached. He boils for about 2 hrs then hangs the plant w/root ball still attached upside down, then trims when dry. I tried this and found no difference accept a lot more work.
Try one of your plants one way, then another plant a different way and see what works for you.
TMB-
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Yeah I know a crazy couple that still boil there roots and hang whole lol. :lol:
Ah people crack me up...
 
S'Manta

S'Manta

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Last week I snipped off the lowest bud on Mstr Kush because it got wet every time I watered her. I almost forgot about it but last night I remembered, ground her up and rolled one for my first thing in the am. Verdict....I can chop that puppy any time if her bottom bud is this strong.
:-) :-)
 
shynee mac

shynee mac

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S'Manta said:
Last week I snipped off the lowest bud on Mstr Kush because it got wet every time I watered her. I almost forgot about it but last night I remembered, ground her up and rolled one for my first thing in the am. Verdict....I can chop that puppy any time if her bottom bud is this strong.
:-) :-)
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good idea for a way for ppl to check without a microscope:idea:, that could be pretty accurate but by the time "my" bottom buds are done the top will probably be dry:bigjoint:I chop tops first.
 
S'Manta

S'Manta

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How to make a drying rack.
Get some needlepoint hoops, screen, two skirt hangers and 4 clothespins.
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Cut screen bigger than your hoops, separate hoops, line up the screen and pull screen while putting on outer hoop. Use skirt hangers w/clothespins on the unused clasp of hanger for balance.
A lower bud of Cherry Pie on my rack.
 
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Smidge34

Smidge34

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S'Manta said:
I read an article about drying mmj and it said to dry it like they do tobacco but isn't tobacco dried on tables and they only use the leaves, don't they?
It just seemed wrong.
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Tobacco leaves are picked from the stalk in areas of the Carolinas and and VA, then tied in groups with rubber bands and hung to dry on sticks. In KY the plants are chopped stalk and all with a hatchet at the base and impaled 6 at a time on a 4 ft stick of wood. The sticks containing the hanging tobacco are placed to dry and cure in a barn. Burley tobacco, used primarily to smoke, is air-cured, while Dark tobacco can be either air cured or smoked/fire-cured for smokeless.

The 2 pics of the different tobacco types in the field are ones I snapped in the fields by my house. The taller, yellow-colored tobacco who's leaves point up is Burley and the next pic is the shorter, darker green with drooping leaves Dark tobacco type with the large red tobacco barn which will house it in the background.

The other pics are off the 'net from my county. They are of a migrant farm hand preparing to impale (spike) a stalk of Burley tobacco on a stick. Notice the metal spike on the end of the stick pointing straight up under the stalk. I've stuck myself pretty good on one of those back in the day before migrant farm workers took over and when the small farm families and local teens did all the farm labor.

The next is a partly filled tobacco barn with Burley to be air cured.

The last is a Dark fire-cured barn being fired. You basically pile slabs of hardwood on the dirt floor barn and cover them a couple feet deep in fresh hardwood sawdust, being careful to keep away from the edges. The green dust and slabs mostly smolder for days in the barn, but occasionally they do catch the barn on fire. Whenever they are smoldering right, they throw a lot of smoke which gives the tobacco a rich, dark brown color that shines on the front of the leaf and is dull on the back. We often have out of towners come running up beating down the door to tell us our barn is on fire. I've heard my late dad tell them "Aw hell, just let it burn."

I love talking tobacco. Sorry to hijack, but the culture of the tobacco farming community is slowly dying and I can talk it all day.
 

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S'Manta

S'Manta

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Smidge34 said:
Tobacco leaves are picked from the stalk in areas of the Carolinas and and VA, then tied in groups with rubber bands and hung to dry on sticks. In KY the plants are chopped stalk and all with a hatchet at the base and impaled 6 at a time on a 4 ft stick of wood. The sticks containing the hanging tobacco are placed to dry and cure in a barn. Burley tobacco, used primarily to smoke, is air-cured, while Dark tobacco can be either air cured or smoked/fire-cured for smokeless.

The 2 pics of the different tobacco types in the field are ones I snapped in the fields by my house. The taller, yellow-colored tobacco who's leaves point up is Burley and the next pic is the shorter, darker green with drooping leaves Dark tobacco type with the large red tobacco barn which will house it in the background.

The other pics are off the 'net from my county. They are of a migrant farm hand preparing to impale (spike) a stalk of Burley tobacco on a stick. Notice the metal spike on the end of the stick pointing straight up under the stalk. I've stuck myself pretty good on one of those back in the day before migrant farm workers took over and when the small farm families and local teens did all the farm labor.

The next is a partly filled tobacco barn with Burley to be air cured.

The last is a Dark fire-cured barn being fired. You basically pile slabs of hardwood on the dirt floor barn and cover them a couple feet deep in fresh hardwood sawdust, being careful to keep away from the edges. The green dust and slabs mostly smolder for days in the barn, but occasionally they do catch the barn on fire. Whenever they are smoldering right, they throw a lot of smoke which gives the tobacco a rich, dark brown color that shines on the front of the leaf and is dull on the back. We often have out of towners come running up beating down the door to tell us our barn is on fire. I've heard my late dad tell them "Aw hell, just let it burn."

I love talking tobacco. Sorry to hijack, but the culture of the tobacco farming community is slowly dying and I can talk it all day.
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Have you tried curing mmj like they do tobacco and if so how'd it turn out?
:-)
 
Dr. Treez84

Dr. Treez84

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mr sunshine said:
Seems like there's so much banana mush in cali right now? Where did you get your seeds or clones at?
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I'm in Colorado my friend, but I grew it in Cali last year and loved it. Found a random cut off craigslist when I was buying some teens. Only reason I know its legit is because I grew it last year. Ordering some seeds for next year though.
 
Smidge34

Smidge34

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Nope. I just hang it, leaving it on as much stalk as possible, but not for any potency benefit. You want to shoot for as long and slow of a dry as is possible and the more stalk, the slower.
 
S'Manta

S'Manta

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Smidge34 said:
Nope. I just hang it, leaving it on as much stalk as possible, but not for any potency benefit. You want to shoot for as long and slow of a dry as is possible and the more stalk, the slower.
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Yeah, it dries fast here with our low humidity. :-)
 
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