Quick Dry Method (Better than any other I found)

Alright this is my first post here outside of my grow journal. Slowly sneaking my way into the community sorta speak. Up to about a couple days ago I was out of smoke for about a week, and I really do hate to go without. I got the clever Idea that my plants was close enough to harvest to snatch off all the little popcorn buds on the bottom. I needed a way to dry so I spent hours searching on best quick drying techniques and saw a lot of different one and I tried all of them. Every method I got I was left with Harsh smoke and my most favorable method (because of the lack of harshness) was the least potent because of the microwave. The steam method using the microwave was incredibly fast 3 min dry ready to smoke fast. But it just left me with a small buzz.
Now to my method and I dont recommend this for a full harvest by any means. For the best out of your bud dry it and harvest it the right way there are plenty of tutorials on here. But if you want some quick smoke because you are out and a little broke for more but got some growth going on the method I'm about to introduce works wonders. That thou is my opinion and I dont want to strike those experienced users the wrong way. I am not saying this is the best way to dry nor cure it so please do this at your own risk. This method has only been on trial by myself for about a couple days and I've been happy with the end result.
So as far for the method I use was something I came up with myself. I haven't saw any other thread so far about this method and I've spent some hours searching. Please by any means if you find someone with the same method please post the link here I'd like to see it for myself to. Just to see the similarities and how the product turned out for them any feed back and what not.
The method is the same as the light bulb method with one big difference. I take a piece of tin foil fold it up to where it's pretty strong piece of tin in a 6 in by 6 in square. Size really dont matter as long as it can support a glass jar while on a lamp shade. I have a lamp shade that's probably about 6 in above the light bulb itself. Inside the fixture I have a 100W flood light, I place my bud inside a glass jar with the lid off til the outside becomes dry to the touch kinda crispy. I then put the lid on the jar while still on the tin foil and wait til the jar becomes full of condensation on the inside I think take of the top and dry off all the moisture with a paper towel. Now the buds are nice and wet on the outside once again, so I repeat the same process before until there is very little moisture being drawn out and the buds feel like it'll burn with out having constantly being re lit and not burn to fast. It took about 4-6 hours all together but the end result has really been pleasant. Any questions or comments are welcome, if you dont agree with it cool I understand. Like I said this method doesnt compare to the proper drying and curing method but great for a quick smoke.
-M0rt4lity

The best way I've found is to sit a bud on some foil, set your oven for 160 degrees (THC doesn't degrade until 220 according to RC Clark) and let it sit with the door open for an hour or so. I do not recommend this for anything other than a quick high.

i just let a bud sit out on the top of my monitor vent for 2 days

the IN NEED moments persay i will use a oven but if i have the ability to hold of for 2 days ill do the monitor dry

but ya this is only for in need moments

Yea I've tried the oven method LOL do you gotta one of the CRT screen I could imagine the 2 day dry one is pretty nice I think I may set a bud on the desk next to my laptop processor heat outtake vent that pushes out some air and it's usually fairly warm when I'm really pushing my computer to it's limit which is almost everyday. So maybe I'll rip both end of a cigarette box off and place the bud in the middle and have it to where the air goes right thru lengthen the drying time a bit to improve the taste and smell a bit. So far the way I've done it, worked out pretty good. My idea behind the jar thou is having it in the jar helps draw out the moisture from the middle which hanging 2 days wont do for the little popcorn nugs I took. They were pretty dense, I slowly snipped at my baby trying all sorts of methods. I love your guys Ideas I trying the oven method myself too, that gave me more of a hay type of taste. I was looking for more of something that gave me best of both worlds. Not looking for excellent taste and smell but something to tell me what I'll have. Because I had no idea what I was growing just some bagseed from some regos wasn't all that great. Already my plant has seriously out beat the smoke it came from so im very pleased with it can't wait for that dry and cure the right way.
I hate those in need times, sucks I get them more often than not. I can probably go 2 days without smoking I'd really it hate too, my wife would hate me too if I didn't smoke. I got PTSD I really dont notice when I get my episodes, and my ADHD dont help my cause either. Marijuana has been the first thing I found to really help both, been smoking since. Been about two years and before that I been in and out of psych wards 1-2 times a month for 4 months til they held me in there for a while. On my release I remembered smoking weed back in high school, and really not that big of a deal to me. One of my friends was over we were outside smoking a cigarette, and he lit up a J. Took a hit off of that, it was train wreck from then on I fell in love.
HAHA my bad I got off topic in my own damn thread baked I'm sorry, can I get in trouble for that. Like I said I'm new to this whole forum thing, man I hope I dont get in trouble for getting off topic. My bad I'll talk to yall later.

I have used a food dehydrator in the past to quick dry some bud in times of need and I think it works great put it in before you go to sleep and wake up and there done. wake n bake HaHa

I'm not judging anyone here because I have been quick-drying some little nugs recently, but damn...

Quick dried bud is soo gross. And the buzz is just awful.

Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess.

wbd said:

I'm not judging anyone here because I have been quick-drying some little nugs recently, but damn...

Quick dried bud is soo gross. And the buzz is just awful.

Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess.

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Very true, that's why I've been trying most methods. It's cool thou in a about 3 weeks I should I have bud that dried for a week and been in a jar for a week, I'll have another jar that wont get touched til bout' christmas time of course burping will be a must but I wont snatch from that jar. I'm still doing a little bit more research and looking for a better way, maybe some methods people came up with and hiding to stop that gross quick dry taste. So far my method has giving me the most favorable result stil llooking for more. Limited resources really dont help either, but I'm determined.

snocat said:

I have used a food dehydrator in the past to quick dry some bud in times of need and I think it works great put it in before you go to sleep and wake up and there done. wake n bake HaHa

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Love to wake and bake, my morning just wouldn't be fulfilled otherwise. I actually heard some good things bout the dehydrator wish I had one. Maybe next time I get a chance to go to my parent house I'll use thiers. That is a method I have not tried, so I'm not sure how it compares to the way I do it. How's the taste from the dehydrator?

I like the sock and hair dryer method for quick drying popcorn buds myself. Put some nug in the bottom of a sock turned inside out (make sure it has as little lint as possible). Put that on the end of a hair dryer. Set the hair drying on warm, low for about 2-3 minutes. Then cold, low for another 2 minutes. Then warm, low again for a couple more minutes. Maybe it's just my bud, but it doesn't come out harsh or less potent IMO.

Thanks bamfrivet +rep I haven't seen any thread on here referring to that, if there is one I wasn't looking for the right thing. But sweet idea little crazy but I'm gonna give it a shot later and give my opinion on it.

im on my 1st grow which should not be ready till xmas week know il be quick dryin a few buds cheers for tips all

treklane said:

im on my 1st grow which should not be ready till xmas week know il be quick dryin a few buds cheers for tips all

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Try out a couple methods some will leave you with some nasty ass hay taste some are better, find out what works for you. Got some good ideas coming, I can't wait to try the sock method later and let everyone know how it works.

hopefully it works for you. just remember that when the bud is warm it might feel dry but as soon as you light it, you will find it isn't lol.

bamfrivet said:

hopefully it works for you. just remember that when the bud is warm it might feel dry but as soon as you light it, you will find it isn't lol.

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Yea I've already ran into that with some other drying methods too, go break it up to light a bowl to find the inside was still very much wet.

M0rt4lity said:

Yea I've already ran into that with some other drying methods too, go break it up to light a bowl to find the inside was still very much wet.

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yeah that's why I do the warm and the cool. the warm brings out the moisture and the cool helps blow it into the sock

Cool shit haven't got the chance to try it ended up catching something puking and shitting every where.