What Cured Weed Looks Like

BobCajun

BobCajun

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I don't recommend that anyone in North America or Europe ever cure weed or smoke cured weed, it may be harmful or fatal to noobs, hahaha. Noobs can only handle fluorescent green weed. This is not completely fried yet but the curing part is done, took about 48 hours from harvest. Should be done in about another day. You guys have fun waiting around for weeks though.

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MICHI-CAN

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Guerillagrower91 said:
5 months of curing ! Is the patience worth it
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It's actually 8 months since first jarred. Opened twice a week and gently poured into large bin and put back into the jar and dark for another week. I think it is worth it. Smoother flavor and easy on the lungs for the strain. This GG straight from dry will rip your lungs out and taste pine dirt and diesel. Civilized now.
 
BobCajun

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MICHI-CAN said:
It's still curing 5 mos later, lol. Just another easy way to burp and turn in bulk without purge valves. No hay. Funny guy. All good. Smooth for GG. I'm happy. Peace.
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It looks okay actually, just still too green for my liking, also too much leaf, though less than most peoples' or dispensary weed. I would say you need a few more weeks ripening time so the calyxes fill in more. Thanks for posting your picks though, apparently several months of aging does reduce the green somewhat.

My pic not only shows properly cured weed but also properly cleaned down weed. It was also washed after cleaning down, by putting in a salad spinner with deionized water and spinning it in the water, pouring the water off and spinning the remaining water off. How many other growers actually wash their product to get any mold and airborne debris off? My guess, exactly none. And no, the trichs don't come off. I don't see any in the water at all. If trichs came off from room temperature water hitting them then no outdoor weed would have any left, because it does tend to rain now and then. All the washing does is make it fit for human consumption.
 
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J232

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I dry it good, there’s a garden bag behind me with a couple plants stuffed in it from over 6 weeks ago. I jarred a couple plants and got lazy, my cure is as long as the smoke survives. I keep telling myself I should move the bagged plants to a bucket at least, prob when I run out of what I trimmed already :lol:
 
BobCajun

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MICHI-CAN said:
My only excuse is the 3500K light source. As pulled minutes ago. 8 mos.View attachment 4697326
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It does look pretty good, it's not bright green. Just wasn't ripened ripened long enough, which is why it's largely leaf. It's like most other peoples' though. Few people flower longer than 8-10 weeks. The buds I showed were 12 weeks. I normally go 15 but that particular strain seemed to ripen faster than others, at least the tops, so I took the top buds off at 12 and will leave the rest for a few more.
 
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MICHI-CAN

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BobCajun said:
It does look pretty good, it's not bright green. Just wasn't ripened ripened long enough, which is why it's largely leaf. It's like most other peoples' though. Few people flower longer than 8-10 weeks. The buds I showed were 12 weeks.
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Just different strains. Approaching week 13 when cut. Not quite done. Saw a possible spot of PM. Cut the next day. Also have yet to final trim. That comes at 12 months. Then vacuum seal and in the deep freeze. I'm not net fed or raised. Non profit hobby.

Your buds look great. Mine would taste like dry leaves if that far past ripe to my preference.
 
BobCajun

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MICHI-CAN said:
Just different strains. Approaching week 13 when cut. Not quite done. Saw a possible spot of PM. Cut the next day. Also have yet to final trim. That comes at 12 months. Then vacuum seal and in the deep freeze. I'm not net fed or raised. Non profit hobby.

Your buds look great. Mine would taste like dry leaves if that far past ripe to my preference.
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It doesn't actually get fully ripe until 16 weeks but mold does become an issue the longer it goes. Some strains can take it, some not. This Ice Cream strain is more mold prone than some others. There was the beginnings of bud rot on one pheno so I pretty much had to take the top buds off even though it was only 12 weeks in. The lower buds are still fine though and need more filling out.

Calyxes don't really expand fully until about week 14, I've found, and they still fill in more right up to 16, which is when they pretty much have to come down because leaves have yellowed out so much and to keep the cycle time reasonable. But even then the trichs are not all amber, so that tells you that trichs are not a reliable indication of ripeness, at all. You just flower them for 15-16 weeks, no matter what they look like. They do keep gaining weight, though at a lower rate when they start taking up less water in the last few weeks. Why harvest when you can still get more weight by leaving them longer, and they keep getting more potent and better flavor? You just use 3 chambers instead of 2 and give each 5 weeks, or a little more if you want 16 week weed. 15 seems to be the most practical and produces good enough results.
 
MICHI-CAN

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BobCajun said:
It doesn't actually get fully ripe until 16 weeks but mold does become an issue the longer it goes. Some strains can take it, some not. This Ice Cream strain is more mold prone than some others. There was the beginnings of bud rot on one pheno so I pretty much had to take the top buds off even though it was only 12 weeks in. The lower buds are still fine though and need more filling out.

Calyxes don't really expand fully until about week 14, I've found, and they still fill in more right up to 16, which is when they pretty much have to come down because leaves have yellowed out so much and to keep the cycle time reasonable. But even then the trichs are not all amber, so that tells you that trichs are not a reliable indication of ripeness, at all. You just flower them for 15-16 weeks, no matter what they look like. They do keep gaining weight, though at a lower rate when they start taking up less water in the last few weeks. Why harvest when you can still get more weight by leaving them longer, and they keep getting more potent and better flavor? You just use 3 chambers instead of 2 and give each 5 weeks, or a little more if you want 16 week weed.
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Only legal here for two years. Limited seeds and strains forever. As well as space and short unpredictable summers. Try to pull two full indoors every year and 1 out. 4x4 only. Time is always short. And I work too hard to keep my indoors almost sterile. Any funny stuff and I'll chop. 004.jpg
 
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