crispy buds?? O_O help?

so my buds are dryin in a bud dryer i built, and i checked em today and they are pretty reduced in size and are real crispy on the outside, when u squeeze them they feel a lil wet still in the middle, should i start to cure them or what?

maybe they are dryin too quick and i need to let them sit in a plastic tupperware with a wet paper towel to let them get some moisture back in em??? someone please help me, i need to save this little bit i have

Time to cure.

keep drying, that crispy feeling will go away when you cure them, had the same thing happen to me on my first harvest.

so how long til u think i should wait? they are so much smaller now then when i put em in there. almost dont even look like weed lol. ima take a pic tomorrow and let u guys see what i mean. do the hairs always get real crispy when it drys, and do u think its dryin too fast? like i put em in there... wensday, and today is friday, so 3 days, ive heard it done before, and ive also heard that ,thats a little quick to dry ur buds.

almost thought u were calling for my specific help lol. but i would say let them b and cure in a day or two

NeoAnarchist said:

so how long til u think i should wait? they are so much smaller now then when i put em in there. almost dont even look like weed lol. ima take a pic tomorrow and let u guys see what i mean. do the hairs always get real crispy when it drys, and do u think its dryin too fast? like i put em in there... wensday, and today is friday, so 3 days, ive heard it done before, and ive also heard that ,thats a little quick to dry ur buds.

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Ya, thats quick, but i dont think anyone will say that its TOO quick as long as you are also curing for a decent period of time.

You say that it still feels wet, so id probably let the buds just airdry for a day and see how they feel after that. If you stuff your buds into a jar to cure too soon you are gonna have to worry about mold.

Really though its just a personal preference. I have dried buds to smoke in hours and they werent that horrible. I have also done it in days and its been ok, but to me the best way to go (for flavor) is the old school route, hange them up for a week or more, then cure for two weeks. Right now thougth I do a quick dry in a bud dryer for about 4 days and then cure for two weeks. I do this because its far less time consuming, and I have tasted very very little difference from the old school method.

does it seem like over dry when the buds are still a lil wet, but the hairs are a bit crispy?

yeah man you lose mad weight in the buds(very normal) b/c water is evaporating from the buds. This is what you want but not to happen too fast, check your stems if they feel as if they will snap then seperate the bud and get them into a mason glass jar or something air tight. Now you are curing the bud, if you check it in a day or two you will notice they are moist again, this is cool just burp the jar for an hour or so a day and seal it back up to cure for few weeks. you can pinch a lil to smoke from time to time but it may not taste as good as it will after time, when the chlorophyl is eliminated.

moisture will make its way to the outside in the jar. probably said already

sorry to hijack but i would like to know if you can cure in airtight plastic containers? thanks

csd7025 said:

sorry to hijack but i would like to know if you can cure in airtight plastic containers? thanks

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ive read somewhere that as long as its airtight then u should be ok.

but id also like to add the fact that my stems still bend alot and does that mean its not yet dry?