dying and curing input needed

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az kid

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Well in the Arizona air, the buds dry faster then the stem, so by the time you get that "snap" the buds are to dry to cure right.
I'm limited on space and have to use my flower room as my dry room also , but i also have plants growing probably 1 foot away. SoI'm mainly wondering how should i dry, and for how long, my last batch i hung for 21/2 days and then threw them in the jars,i did a ducked up cure and they came out with a hay smell and taste. But it was my first grow do I'm not sure if that smell came from dying or curing process... Any tips on how to cure, and how i should dry would be appreciated
 
merkzilla

merkzilla

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I can't speak to your climate, but if it came out as hay you probably over did it with drying. The major f- up with curing is if you jar them too early and they A) smell like ammonia or B) mold.
 
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curious2garden

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az kid said:
Well in the Arizona air, the buds dry faster then the stem, so by the time you get that "snap" the buds are to dry to cure right.
I'm limited on space and have to use my flower room as my dry room also , but i also have plants growing probably 1 foot away. SoI'm mainly wondering how should i dry, and for how long, my last batch i hung for 21/2 days and then threw them in the jars,i did a ducked up cure and they came out with a hay smell and taste. But it was my first grow do I'm not sure if that smell came from dying or curing process... Any tips on how to cure, and how i should dry would be appreciated
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Congrats on your first harvest. I live in a similar climate, the Mojave Desert. So drying is an issue for me as well. Essentially mine only hang for a day or part of a day. Then I cut them apart and put them in 1/2 gallon Mason Jars. Then I burp the jars daily leaving them open for 2 hours.

Just keep burping your jars and hopefully the hay smell will dissipate. But I'm only my second harvest so I'm sure the gurus who are really good at this will be along shortly.
 
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LordRalh3

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3 weeks is WAAAAY to long for drying... hang for no more than a week. Then start the curing in jars, put your RH monitor inside so you can tell whats going on. if the rh% in the jars goes up significantly when they are closed then your good, if not then you overdid the drying. Burp twice a day unless the % goes to high to fast then open more often.
 
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bigsteve

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I would let your product sit out until it was maybe 2/3 dry. Then put it into a large glass sealable jar.
I use mason canning jars. Seal 'em up and let them sit for 24 hours. That allows whatever moisture still in
the product to spread out evenly so everything, regardless of size, is equally dry. Leave the jar open overnight
to dry out a bit more. Then seal up again for 24 hours. Keep doing this until your product is the way you want it.

By going slow and evening out the moisture you avoid the problems of too-high or too-low RH.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 
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LordRalh3

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Please dont listen to steve, i dont know how hes been here this long and thinks thats how to cure, if you go to 2/3 dry you get no cure at all and you cannot restart the process, USE YOUR METER... this is pulled right out of the sticky here


  • Cut the product, trim it per your preference, but don't dry it until the stems snap. Take it down while the stems still have some flex, but the product feel dry on the outside. This is a perfect opportunity to drop the dry-feeling flowers onto a screen and collect prime-quality kief that would otherwise get lost in the jar.

    Jar the product, along with a hygrometer. One can be had on Ebay for ~$20. Then, watch the readings:

    +70% RH - too wet, needs to sit outside the jar to dry for 12-24 hours, depending.

    65-70% RH - the product is almost in the cure zone, if you will. It can be slowly brought to optimum RH by opening the lid for 2-4 hours.

    60-65% RH - the stems snap, the product feels a bit sticky, and it is curing.

    55-60% RH - at this point it can be stored for an extended period (3 months or more) without worrying about mold. The product will continue to cure.

    Below 55% RH - the RH is too low for the curing process to take place. The product starts to feel brittle. Once you've hit this point, nothing will make it better. Adding moisture won't restart the curing process; it will just make the product wet.​




 
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az kid

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Do i need a hygrometer for every mason jar?? There saying leave the meter in the jar for accurate reading.
 
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anurism1

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That was a really good idea to collect the trichomes before jaring, I've had some jars get covered with trich's and they're hard to clean. Thanks for that info lord rahl
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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You also might try leaving your leaves on when you hang them to dry, and trim after, that will help slow it down a little bit.
 
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anurism1

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Man I recently cropped some widow and had to work out of town right the day I jarred it I left the jars cracked but god it smells disgusting. I'm not seeing any mold but the smell is foul. Definatly unsmokable for me. Anybody experience that?
 
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