TheDah
Active Member
I got sort of a weird result during my drying process and Iwould like to know what I am doing wrong. This is my very first grow, so there is a lot I dont know, and a lot ofamateur tactics used during the process. I am just happy I got a decent yield (or at least enough for mystandards), and that I can get high off of it. In fact Im high off it right now. I hung it upside down in a paper bag for about 5 days. I waited until the stems were hard, but notbrittle enough to snap. This may bedebatable, but there is both stickies dedicated to the subject matter indicatethat this is the right way, so being a noob I figured I best follow that. My place is dry the humidity is only at29%. I know this is a problem just withthe growing process, but I am wondering if it is also a problem with the dryingand curing process. So when I cut it, itsmelled like bud, and it was fairly plump. Almost as soon as I started drying it smelled more like grass (actualgrass) than pot, it got stringy and dry looking. It still felt sort of wet, but it didnt lookit. I can look at it now and see thestem through the buds where I could not before I started drying. Whenever I have bought weed it always looksmuch more condense. I suppose harvesttime may have some effect on that, but I did wait until about 60% of the pistolswere amber colored before I harvested (I realize this not the most accurate wayto judge harvest time, but dont have a loop or magnifying glass strongenough).
Its not that the bud is not aesthetically pleasing. Its that if it doesnt look the way Im usedto seeing it, and I assume it is the result of an error in my drying process. So if I did something wrong during my dryingprocess, I assume that I am robbing myself of potency. Is that correct? Any thoughts on what I may have done wrong tocause this? Do you need to see pics tomake a proper guess? I should also mention that I am in a unique position to try any advice on the spot. I am harvesting my plant in sections (it didn't develope uniformly so I figured I didn't have much too lose), that being said I can try suggestions out immediately as a sort of troubleshooting method.
Thanks,
Dah
Its not that the bud is not aesthetically pleasing. Its that if it doesnt look the way Im usedto seeing it, and I assume it is the result of an error in my drying process. So if I did something wrong during my dryingprocess, I assume that I am robbing myself of potency. Is that correct? Any thoughts on what I may have done wrong tocause this? Do you need to see pics tomake a proper guess? I should also mention that I am in a unique position to try any advice on the spot. I am harvesting my plant in sections (it didn't develope uniformly so I figured I didn't have much too lose), that being said I can try suggestions out immediately as a sort of troubleshooting method.
Thanks,
Dah