MisterBouncyBounce
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Reading through the Pile of curing weed thread I came across a link to a thread on ICMag about freeeze drying weed. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?s=46332e1a18068cf99513a469b7c26fe8&t=186222
The thread spans like 6 years, I read it all the way through.
Anyway after reading it I decided to give it a shot.
I hung a fresh branch for about 3 days, the outside was crisp but not dried through, it was just about smokeable. Then i put in the freezer, exposed to the air for 2 and half days.
I know from previous experience that hanging it for 3 days around 75-80F it's pretty much dry enough and active enough to smoke and a decent amount of chlorophyll has broken down so it's not that bad. I've also just let it hang there for over a month until it was bone dry and smoked it. So I have a base to judge by.
So I took it out of the freezer and let it come up to room temp, then i put it in a sealed baggy for about 8 hours.
When I opened the baggy, the buds were dry but also moist and a bit springy. I hung it back up to dry off at room temp, then put it back in the baggy. a few hours later a took a bud out. Its was looking very nice, no damage, no loss of volume, it smelled very well for a branch that only be drying for 5 or so days, it already had some of that bouquet smell you expect from cured weed.
I rolled it up and smoked up it. it was the smoothest 5 day old pot I've ever had and I've had a lot.
And it tasted a lot better and was more potent than it normally would have been after five days.
I had tried it the week before with a smaller bud and only 1 day of freezing and i could already tell a difference.
I'm pretty sure all the science is there.
what is going on the best I understand from what I read and tried, is the drying process evens out more, I think the cold temp and darkness helps break down chlorophyll faster. As humidity lowers, more moisture is squeezed out of the air, this usually would become frost. but because today's freezers are frost free, what happens is every so often the walls of the freezer warm up and absorb the moisture which is then drained away, Moisture is constantly being pulled out of the freezer and so the buds dry out. but they dry out slow and controlled while chlorophyll is hastily breaking down.
And while all that's happening, the carbon atoms on the outer sides of the bud walls get knocked out by the surrounding air particles blowing over it, then when they're gone the next carbon atom is exposed and knocked off. The carbon atoms evaporate by means of sublimation. which means more THC.
Some of you out there that can try it, please give it a shot, see what you think.
Fresh buds cannot be put directly into the freezer, the excessive water will freeze and damage the bud.
It must first be hung to dry for 2 or 3 days until the excessive moisture is gone and the outer leaves are crispy. then you can put it in the freezer with no fear of damage. the buds must also be exposed to the air, they cannot be in anything sealed.
for people who usually just dry bud and smoke it rather than curing, if you have room in the freezer, stick them in there until you get around to smoking them. you'll have much better weed than you had.
The thread spans like 6 years, I read it all the way through.
Anyway after reading it I decided to give it a shot.
I hung a fresh branch for about 3 days, the outside was crisp but not dried through, it was just about smokeable. Then i put in the freezer, exposed to the air for 2 and half days.
I know from previous experience that hanging it for 3 days around 75-80F it's pretty much dry enough and active enough to smoke and a decent amount of chlorophyll has broken down so it's not that bad. I've also just let it hang there for over a month until it was bone dry and smoked it. So I have a base to judge by.
So I took it out of the freezer and let it come up to room temp, then i put it in a sealed baggy for about 8 hours.
When I opened the baggy, the buds were dry but also moist and a bit springy. I hung it back up to dry off at room temp, then put it back in the baggy. a few hours later a took a bud out. Its was looking very nice, no damage, no loss of volume, it smelled very well for a branch that only be drying for 5 or so days, it already had some of that bouquet smell you expect from cured weed.
I rolled it up and smoked up it. it was the smoothest 5 day old pot I've ever had and I've had a lot.
And it tasted a lot better and was more potent than it normally would have been after five days.
I had tried it the week before with a smaller bud and only 1 day of freezing and i could already tell a difference.
I'm pretty sure all the science is there.
what is going on the best I understand from what I read and tried, is the drying process evens out more, I think the cold temp and darkness helps break down chlorophyll faster. As humidity lowers, more moisture is squeezed out of the air, this usually would become frost. but because today's freezers are frost free, what happens is every so often the walls of the freezer warm up and absorb the moisture which is then drained away, Moisture is constantly being pulled out of the freezer and so the buds dry out. but they dry out slow and controlled while chlorophyll is hastily breaking down.
And while all that's happening, the carbon atoms on the outer sides of the bud walls get knocked out by the surrounding air particles blowing over it, then when they're gone the next carbon atom is exposed and knocked off. The carbon atoms evaporate by means of sublimation. which means more THC.
Some of you out there that can try it, please give it a shot, see what you think.
Fresh buds cannot be put directly into the freezer, the excessive water will freeze and damage the bud.
It must first be hung to dry for 2 or 3 days until the excessive moisture is gone and the outer leaves are crispy. then you can put it in the freezer with no fear of damage. the buds must also be exposed to the air, they cannot be in anything sealed.
for people who usually just dry bud and smoke it rather than curing, if you have room in the freezer, stick them in there until you get around to smoking them. you'll have much better weed than you had.
