No, I said 10% to 15%.
Without a meter, how can you tell? Mine's been jarred for a week and seems to be getting crispy. I've cut down my burps, now every other day I just open em up, rearrange the buds, lick my finger and wipe it on the inside of the jar to keep from losing moisture. Most of the stems bend, some snap. If I could just keep them shut and wait I'd think that would be better, the twice daily burping the first 4-5 days seems to have sucked a good deal of moisture outNo, I said 10% to 15%.
and no, you need to keep burping the jars.. until the buds water content gets down to around %10 to %15. At this point, you can then leave the lids on the jars... without having to really worry about any mold forming. Mold needs very high levels of humidity in order to start growing.. so once the buds get down to 10-15% h20 content.. your safe.
Good luck!
peace.
It really takes you judging on your own. I don't think taking a formula and applying it will work. That is because everyone is working with different temps and humidities as most of us do not have a self-contained curing room that we can control both of those. I used my guest bedroom to dry, and my buds dried much too quickly, taking them only about four days. Matter of fact, I actually introduced some moisture after jarring them because I do not want them to dry too quickly.
its been said before but ill drop it again... unfortunately adding moisture will not restart the ACTUAL curing process once it reaches the 'too dry' stage. it will make it taste a little better maybe, burn slower maybe, but the chemical processes that stop once the bud gets too dry, do not start up again after re-moistening =(
if this is so, you didnt need to add moisture. if they were still wet inside, but dry outside, then the moisture just hasnt traveled yet. adding extra moisture only slowed your cure down and introduced more possibilities for mold. IMO.
Anybody have any thoughts on this?
what is the point of the paper bag?
