Ganjaluvrs Drying & Curing Broken Down into Understandable English

Wow, I have made such a mess of my curing untill now. I used to just dry the living crap of of all the buds. Funny thing is, I was always super stoned. Of course the buds burned a little quick but no biggie.

Now I am going to tr to do it right because I don't smoke as much as I used to, and I don't sell andy of my week, so I am anticipating having this harvest (1 plant est. 1 oz once cured) around for a while. After reading as much as I could digest, I started. The first thing I noticed is the increadable range of humidites we experience here in the north east. Summer time we are always in the 80 to 90% RH. Sometimes higher. Now as it is Febuary 1st, the RH in my house is a comfortable 35%. So it makes sense to develope a proper curig method, I am going to have to control the conditions year round.

It seems to me that if I am shooting for 55% in my finished product, it makes sense to dry and cure in as close to that 55% RH as I can manage. As I said before I do this growing quite casually. n fact I bud in a window. (See pic for currnet harvest)



At 35% RH I am afraid my outter bud will dry to a crips to quickly. Then I will jar them and wait for the inner moisture to rehydrate the outter bud. However, I am trying to dry the bud in a higher RH than what is naturally occuring in my house. Enter the hygrometer! By drying inside various sized cardboard boxes, I can somewhat control the RH. Plus it keeps the plant in the dark. Fan blowing through gaps keeps air moving.

It is a fine balencing act I am sure. I hope my buds cure proper and smell and taste better than any weed I have ever grown. Wish me luck and I apprieciate any pernant advice you'd care to give.

Later,

employedmale said:

It seems to me that if I am shooting for 55% in my finished product, it makes sense to dry and cure in as close to that 55% RH as I can manage. As I said before I do this growing quite casually. n fact I bud in a window. (See pic for currnet harvest)

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At 35% RH I am afraid my outter bud will dry to a crips to quickly. Then I will jar them and wait for the inner moisture to rehydrate the outter bud. However, I am trying to dry the bud in a higher RH than what is naturally occuring in my house. Enter the hygrometer! By drying inside various sized cardboard boxes, I can somewhat control the RH. Plus it keeps the plant in the dark. Fan blowing through gaps keeps air moving.

It is a fine balencing act I am sure. I hope my buds cure proper and smell and taste better than any weed I have ever grown. Wish me luck and I apprieciate any pernant advice you'd care to give.

Later,

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When you mention the RH, are you referring to drying or curing? If it's curing, I'd suggest shooting for 60-65% inside the jar. Refer to the link in my sig. I'd be happy to clarify if you have more questions. Good luck.

Simon

How long should I sustain the 60 to 65% RH ion the jar before I can safely say these are finished curing, they will be fine if I do not open them for a month?
What I mean is, if I put my weed in the jar and the RH stays steady at 60 to 65% for a day, are they cured?

employedmale said:

How long should I sustain the 60 to 65% RH ion the jar before I can safely say these are finished curing, they will be fine if I do not open them for a month?

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If the humidity inside the jar is stable, meaning, it hasn't shifted in 5-7 days, you can leave the container sealed for as long as you like.

What I mean is, if I put my weed in the jar and the RH stays steady at 60 to 65% for a day, are they cured?

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It'll most definitely take longer than a day. Once the smell begins to change, the cure is on its way. If you read the thread I referred you to, you'll get a lot of insight into the process. Typically, folks cure for a number of weeks as a minimum.

Simon

Simon, Thanks a ton. I will check out that thread you refered me to. I see now curing is an extended process but one well worth the effort. I have always been disappointed by the aroma of my homegrown. Looking forward to having sweet smelling buds.
+ rep for you dude.

Gee, I have posted a bunch of shit so stoned I figure what I said made no sense, so just disregard all that.

Wooo. My jar is full and my in jar hygrometer is reading a semi stead 61%. Really nice to see the moisture level off. This is the best cure of my life. I dread when our humidity goes up to 90% in the summer and I am stuck with an indoor harvest to cure. Time to invest in a dehumidifier.

Broken heart mending. Giants two time Brady killers. My Pats, my Pats. Damn you God, damn you!

Wow great thread so useful and simplified +rep

ganjaluvr said:

... the stems BEND but doesn't BREAK into two pieces.. this is the optimal time to start the "curing process". ...

... you need to be careful with what information you chose to read and follow. Why?... blah blah blah ..." LIKE THIS GUY IS MR. KNOW-IT-ALL.


... repeat the cycle. See how its kinda like the light cycle? Like that one would be 12hrs/2hrs or 12hrs/4hrs. See how that works now?" FUCK ALRIGHT ALREADY


written and edited by: ganjaluvr 10/01/2010

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Seems like it depends on the humidity of the drying environment more than anything.

You don't have to do all that dicking around with jar lids where I live. Buds cure just right in 3-5 days in a nice dark wooden drawer, then seal them in recycled Illy espresso cans.

Bonzo Mendoza said:

Seems like it depends on the humidity of the drying environment more than anything.

You don't have to do all that dicking around with jar lids where I live. Buds cure just right in 3-5 days in a nice dark wooden drawer, then seal them in recycled Illy espresso cans.

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Curing your weed for 3-5 days is not advisable really, it's far too short a time for a proper cure.
Most experienced growers cure for about a 2 weeks to month at least.
The longer you can cure the better really, since curing weed acts like storing good wine, it just keeps improving with age if done properly.

This is my first grow. Thankyou for this! Easy to understand information is what we all need

buy more jars

KNUCKLES420 said:

How would you do really large amounts, I have way to much for jars but want a great cure. Great post thanks

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Sorry after you dry and place in jars, do you keep burping the jars until you can't see the moisture build up in them, then place for long term storage? How do you know when you can put the lids on and store them?

intresting def the way to go

East Coast Pro said:

Sorry after you dry and place in jars, do you keep burping the jars until you can't see the moisture build up in them, then place for long term storage? How do you know when you can put the lids on and store them?

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google "caliber III"

that is the secret of which you speaketh 60-65%

i see on here some people are brown paper baging there weed to dry, or for a portion of drying and im wondering why they are doing this??
Havent heard of people doing it untill i got involved with grow forums

Futurama89 said:

i see on here some people are brown paper baging there weed to dry, or for a portion of drying and im wondering why they are doing this??
Havent heard of people doing it untill i got involved with grow forums

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I just started doing this and here's why. Where I'm at buds are crisp dry in 2.5 - 3 days due to low humidity, now I llet them hang dry for 1 day and then into the paper bag until outside starts to feel dry which takes about 4-5 days. I seem to be getting better tasting and smelling buds right now.

Great thread. You can form a complete approach that way.

Well written. Thank you

Finally some trustworthy instructions on how to cure. I haven't been growing for too long myself but the amount of scientifically inaccurate and overly complex shit I read on the internet was starting to make me wanna give up. Cheers man