Paper bag method ?

Stayhighsall

Stayhighsall

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Hi fellow farmers. I just harvested my babies and I hung them in a cold dark room. For the past 24 hours. My last harvest after they dried I put them in mason jars. I want to use the paper bag method can somebody clarify how to do it and whats the purpose of it. Thx so much
 
Dank Hands

Dank Hands

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I think people do that for a quicker dry/cure. The bag lets a little bit of air go through it and cures quicker. But, the slower the cure the better quality you will end up with. I would do it the same way you did it the first time. Or, just take a little bit of the "dry" bud and do the paper bag method just so u have some smoke before your jar-cured stuff is done.
 
socaliboy

socaliboy

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Once my buds have dried, I put them into a paper bag to dry evenly (moisture can remain in the stem, even if they "snap") and this starts my curing process. Times can vary, but I usually leave the buds in the paper bags for approx 1 month and then move them into humidity controlled mason jars.
 
karr

karr

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If your relative humidity is high i could see a month, but where i am even right off the plant a week in the bags and they are ready for the jars. I do need to up my humidity for drying, it's about 0 here and i need to dry slower, this i know. 2 months in and my last harvest is cured real nice now.


In general paper bags slow the drying process not speed it up. For some, like me, thats a good thing.
 
scroglodyte

scroglodyte

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i'm working on a weed kiln.........like a hop kiln. paper bags wick moisture away, and that can leave a dry finished product. curing is fermentation.......microbes need moisture, if the outer surface is dry, from wicking action, it won't cure.
 
crazy carl

crazy carl

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I always have a few paper bags around, I actually use lunch bags. I cure in jars and sometimes jar too early and need to place the bud in a paper bag for 1/2 a day instead of burping every few hours. I have forgot about a bag from time to time and ended up with some really sweet smelling bud but it dried out faster than I could smoke it...
 
3ringmike

3ringmike

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  • I have always used brown paper bags as part of the cure. here is how I like to cure my buds:

    I trim the fan leaves. I don't keep these leaves.

    Next I trim the smaller sugar leaves. Not to tight. I save these leaves to make butter or oils.

    I hang the limbs that have been trimmed in in a fairly dark area and make sure there is some air movement. Not a lot of air but some.

    When the stems are bent and they snap but don't break in half I finish my final manicure. Manicure them the way you want them to look when done.

    I take the manicured buds and place them into brown grocery bags. Roll the top down far enough to close the bag but don't crush your buds.

    I open the paper bags at least once a day and reach inside and carefully roll the buds over. Take your time. This gives me a chance to check for mold and let the bag breath.

    If i feel like the bud is drying to fast I roll the paper bag closed and slip it into a plastic grocery bag and close that. I continue checking the bag daily.

    When it feels like the buds have moistened up take it out of the plastic bag and continue curing in the paper bag. Check daily.

    Too dry the paper bag goes into the plastic bag. Moisten it up and take it out of the plastic bag. I do this for two weeks and then I put my sweet buds into jars.

    Next two weeks I open each jar daily to smell and see how things are going. After two weeks in jars I don't need to open them again until there ready to be used.

    I have found this to be really simple and have never had a problem with mold. Nice S.L.O.W. cure makes all your hard work well worth it.

    You can cure larger amounts of bud using this method also.
    Peace brothers.

    @dankhands
    The paper bag will help absorb moisture in a slow way so that the fermentation process continues as long as possible.
    You don't want your bud to get completely dry for as long as possible. Fermentation = cure.
    Peace brothers​


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