rosecitypapa
Active Member
Focus on the drying and curing as it's known on the boards. However it's more accurate to say cure and dry. From when you cut and place your buds in your curing chamber, from then until 72hrs makes a tremendous difference in how the final product tastes, smokes and stores. Higher humidity is good, at long as there is sufficient airflow to prevent mold. The goal is to have enough ambient moisture so that the plant continues it's metabolic processes. A simple paperbag is an old standby and one could get creative with cardboard boxes with vent flaps and fishing line. A humidity/temp meter would take a lot of the guess work out. Mine cure ~75% rh plus/minus 10% initially then gradually ramp down to 55%. Temp is at ranges from 75 to 65 degs. I put my cure/drying boxes in my bloom room since it has a good range of humidity and temp and with the light cycle fluctuates through the above mentioned range.
As for flushing, I think it makes more of a difference for growers who feed their plants heavily (>EC 1.2). In my mind, shorting the plants on nutrients when they most require it is different than tapering off the nutrients as the trichomes ripen. They are two different aspects bunched together as flushing.
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Going to start flushing all of them!!! I am going to let all of them go at least a week longer than recommened.....What are your thoughts?
I do have a mag glass and I have def smoked buds that have not been flushed and you can def taste the diff lol!!! I mean I can see what you are saying if someone has not over fertilized them then essientially they should be fine, cause in nature they have not had nutes used on them.....but even though I did go light on the nutes I really want to make sure they all get washed out cause weed with the nutes not washed out burns crispy and does not taste as dank....me I know this for sure lol!!!!!