Over dried bud

Hey everyone,

So I just harvested my plants and I think I may have over dried them a bit, I was wondering if there is anything you can do during the curing process to bring some moisture back into them.

Also I heard that you can put a piece of orange or lemon peel in with the curing jars and the bud develops some of the taste and smell from the peel. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard this or had any experience with it.

thanks

adding some sort of peel i.e orange ect brings back some moisture, and adds to the flavour a slight hint

yes, but be careful not in invite mold in using fruit

Once in awhile some of my bud will get overly dry during the curing process and what I do is put it back in the mason jars and place them close together and place a slightly damp cloth across the open jars. After a while I feel the cloth, if it feels dry then I take a spray bottle and mist the cloth very slightly and let the dry bud begin to absorb the humidity from the clotha little bit longer. Then I close up the jars and cure as normal. If they still feel dry the next day I repeat the process. You don't want to rehydrate to quickly or you will invite the possibility mold.

Just take a couple fresh leaves or stems from the rest of the plant and put them in the jar with the over-dried bud. The fresh plant material will have enough moisture in it to help rehydrate your buds a bit.

I think ^that is the best way, never got mold from it. i've seen people get mold from fruit peels

IMO blowing hot breathe into the jar for awhile while create a foggy moisture in your jar, do this until your buds feel a moist, then cap it back up. you can do this as desired without worries of mold.

dont use orange peels or anything they use that for really bad smoke

after all ur hard work growin it u dont wanna fuck it up with mold...

just smoke it dry...what can u do?...if u wanna do something mist lightly with room temp. water and let set cure. cold water will make u loose Tic. and if anyone can tell me what warm water does that be grate?

Lettuce leafs

stickyfingers said:

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hmmm thats not a half bad idea ( i would give u thumbs up but this is all they had)

Just lightly mist it with water and keep it sealed for a day or two. It will absorb and distribute the moisture.

stickyfingers said:

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hmmm thats not a half bad idea ( i would give u thumbs up but this is all they had)

masterkushsmoka said:

IMO blowing hot breathe into the jar for awhile while create a foggy moisture in your jar, do this until your buds feel a moist, then cap it back up. you can do this as desired without worries of mold.

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Ewww, halitosis buds! This invokes some pretty horrid mental images for me, but I'm a bit of a germaphobe. Makes me wonder, though, if you rinsed really good with Listerine first would you get minty-flavored buds?

I'd go with the fresh leaves idea. I think putting any kind of fruit or vegetable in with your smoke is kinda gross.

I am gonna suggest something that may be perfect but not tried. Smoking cigars you can buy what some call throw away packs for keeping humidity. You can buy them in different sizes and humidities at cigar stores. They come in humidity ranges I know of 65% and 70%. Great for small cigar travel cases or some cigar companies throw them in a mail order to keep cigars perfect in mail delivery. This could be perfect for maybe keeping humidity? Mold is a potential for humidity above 70% in cigars so should be the same for weed.

Packs range in price from a couple bucks apiece up. They don't say it but rehumitifying these when they dry is easy soaking in distilled water and let dry....gl...

any overdried bud that I have it generally easily managed by placing a fresh small popcorn bud in the jar - but that does require having the growing plants onboard to provide the fresh sample. I like the cigar thing .... that might work well, there certainly are lots of people that spend ridiculous amounts of money on expensive cigars and related paraphenalia. Walk On!!~~

Jerry Garcia said:

Just take a couple fresh leaves or stems from the rest of the plant and put them in the jar with the over-dried bud. The fresh plant material will have enough moisture in it to help rehydrate your buds a bit.

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wow man, awesome advice as this sounds like the most logical.. as long as you still have clippings anyway y not..

LISTEN TO ME - Orange peels, lemon peels, bread, tortillas, are all going to make your weed smell like shit in the end. My advice to you, if you have a pound of super dry weed is this: go buy a pack of sponges. Get two sponges and squeeze all their soapy juice out of until it is just water in the sponge. Cut each sponge into 8 sections so you will have 16 cube sponge pieces. Get each sponge cube slightly moist with water, and insert them evenly into your pound of weed. Take them out after about 12 hours. Anything left in longer than 18-24 hours is going to mess your smoke up big time. I did this about 2 weeks ago and I gained nearly 50 grams off of one... and no one had any idea

Orange peels, lemon peels, bread, tortillas are cheap old school tricks that rookies use. This can also be easily detected. I have found sponges to be a better alternative because they put nothing but water back into the bud. Also, if you can using leaves or stems from your plants my be a good idea as well. But this is my street knowledge for you.

Relaxed: Those are called Humidipacks, and they work great. There is nothing better on the market, or in your grow set up to better rehydrate and keep your product at the right consitency. My two cents.