Good post. I've never tried this method, but will. Does mine look cured properly to you?
I go to jar when you go to bag? I think yours might save me some hassles (burp burp burp burp) and other concerns.
When complete, how's/what's the texture of the insides? Mine are leathery and pliable for months, if stored at all properly. Ya almost have to use scissors, and even then, they're spro-i-n-g-y . . . in a good way.
Buds light/stay lit fine, but don't keep burnin' when idle.
Very gooey, even dry.
Got any close-ups of the un-cured batch already posted?
Rep . . . must've already hit ya, oops.
Those looks great MrFishy!! Yum!!!
I would describe my buds pretty much the same after curing. You most DEFINITELY have to use scissors, no breaking these buds up with your fingers, it would be too sticky and it's not brittle enough to do that. I would also use the word pliable and spongy, but spongy in a good way. Like if you pinch one between you fingers; nothing breaks off of it but it returns to it's shape immediately. Cushy maybe, hard to think of a word to describe it but I know you know exactly what I'm trying to say. In blunts and joints it burns nice, slow and even; stays lite while smoking but will go out if no one tokes on it. Sounds like we like our buds cured the same way
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I have some close ups for you. You can definitely see a difference. The buds are from the same strain (Jack Herer), same mother, same growing conditions in the same room, done by same grower. Only two differences. The cured buds were harvested two weeks before the uncured (SoG, perpetual) buds were and of course the ones are cured the ohter are not. You can see the difference. The uncured buds look
fresher, more green (not color wise); you can tell the chorophyll, sugars, and starches have not really started to break down in them. The other big difference is the appearance of the trichs and the texture of the buds. The uncured buds have the same amount or trichs (crystals), they are
covered with with them but they seem
duller, flatter than the ones on the cured buds. The texture is different too, on the uncured buds the sugar leaves and hairs are flat once they have a good cure it seems like the
y "come back to life".
Here's the pics:
Dried but NOT cured^^^^^Strain: Jack Herer
Dried but NOT cured^^^^^^Strain: Jack Herer
Dried, then cured approximately 2-3 weeks. Strain: Jack Herer
Dried, then cured approximately 2-3 weeks. Strain: Jack Herer
Dried, then cured approximately 2-3 weeks. Strain: Jack Herer