My WATER Cure....

[Jersey Cretin]

Had to Water cure my first grow...
Very Smooth but tasteless.
To each there own.

 

[GReen dreAM]

Where is the point to do the water cure ?

 

[Crhazey Daze]

I guess when time is of the essence, right Jersey? Will find out eventually exactly how much taste is lost. As for now, i prefer being patient for the good cure after waiting 60+ days in the first place.

 

[Jersey Cretin]

Yeah, you are right.
But sometimes living conditions dictate what you have to do.
Very Stealthy...!!!!
Ended up with a very good, mellow buzz....but without the Skunky Smell to alert the neighbors or his Probation Officer when he comes by the duplex here, any time he wants to check on the idiot.

 

[Crhazey Daze]

Oh yeah, wow, you need to move. No sense putting up with that nonsense. Can you imagine if he smelled your funk and decided to do a knock and smelled the reefer? Smells like all he would need for a warrant to me ! Fuuuuck that.

Get out of Jersey, Jersey, and come to CA! No more water curing for you

 

[FreezerBoy]

Where is the point to do the water cure ?

For those that use weed as a tool rather than a toy, it's the only rational way to cure. Nine days, start to finish. Smoother smoke. Less smell. Less sugar and chlorophyll. Same potency in a smaller package.

Unless you want to sell for top dollar, air curing is for emotional reasons. You enjoy the look, relish the smell, savor the taste. And why not? It's your weed!! Clear? Cloudy? Amber? Whatever gets you what you want is the right way to go.

 

[Haps]

I will differ from your opinion freezerboy. It is an over all quality question, and flavors, and scents are a part of the quality package. If one needs their weed cured in 9 days, he said laughing, one needs to increase the size of the grow to accomodate their medical / recreational needs.

For the record, I tried water curing twice this century, once in the 70's, in all three cases the weed was completely ruined. This was my own fault, but I write this so that folks get the idea that there could be a down side to water curing that they want to consider in their equations. Paper bags and mason jars is a pretty easy curing method.
H

 

[FreezerBoy]

I will differ from your opinion freezerboy. It is an over all quality question, and flavors, and scents are a part of the quality package. If one needs their weed cured in 9 days, he said laughing, one needs to increase the size of the grow to accomodate their medical / recreational needs.

For the record, I tried water curing twice this century, once in the 70's, in all three cases the weed was completely ruined. This was my own fault, but I write this so that folks get the idea that there could be a down side to water curing that they want to consider in their equations. Paper bags and mason jars is a pretty easy curing method.
H

First, lets be clear. We're just two guys yapping on a virtual back porch. Buddies can disagree about all kinds of things and stay buddies.

Flavors and scents do not increase potency. Their only effect is emotional. If you need more than nine days to cure your weed, you need to get a life. If water curing "ruined" your weed, you did it wrong.

I didn't buy my bike for the smell, taste, or how it looks on it's stand in the garage with the door closed. Those are emotional reasons that have no effect on the machines usefulness.

I bought it because it's gaurantee was three times longer than the competitor, seating position, load capacity higher than a Goldwing twice it's size and because 1 million+ miles on the odometer is the norm. Those are rational reasons that have a profound effect on the machine's usefullness.

I use weed as a tool. Flavor, smell and taste have no effect on potency. They do not improve the tool. Spending 2-3 months for hotter, harsher smoke makes no sense when I can have cooler, smoother smoke (in less space) in 9 days.

 

[Guest]

buy a vaporizer and you wont need to cure it,
when i smoke now(very very seldom) its out of desperation, all i taste is smoke now,
i used to water cure and 9 days is overkill, try 6-7,
search toilet water cure for funny thread

 

[Guest]

i highly (no pun) rec vapor brothers, way smoother and more convenient than buddys $500 volcano

 

[FreezerBoy]

9 days is overkill, try 6-7

I do 7 days in the water and 1.5 days fan drying. I rounded up to 9. Still thinking on a vap.

 

[clowntown]

Are those first pics (outside the jar) of wet or dry buds?

 

[Guest]

ill NEVER go back, best 140 i ever spent

 

[tenfeetofganja]

Flavors and scents do not increase potency. Their only effect is emotional. If you need more than nine days to cure your weed, you need to get a life. If water curing "ruined" your weed, you did it wrong.

I didn't buy my bike for the smell, taste, or how it looks on it's stand in the garage with the door closed. Those are emotional reasons that have no effect on the machines usefulness.


I use weed as a tool.

I also think its rude to blatantly say that anyone that cares about a proper cure must have no life. If 9 days works for you, thats great.

Personally, I would smoke herb even if it DIDNT get me high. I love the smell of it. Waking up in the morning I go straight for the jar of trainwreck. Nothing like the smell of sweet lemons in the morning Not to mention these grapes, tangerines, grapefruits, strawberry coughs, vanillas, chocalates and a whole erray of flavors yet to be describable.

I have never met anyone that does not care about smell/flavor. Even elroys broke-ass likes good tasting weed when someone will kick him down, otherwise he just smokes mids and stress.


Can I ask what you use herb as a tool for?

Because I cant remeber the last time I tasted a bike or a screwdriver. However, I do love the smell of a new vice-grip right off the assembly line...

I use herb as medicine and sacrament, but I still no consider it a "tool".


Not to mention if your going to spend so much time growing it, why jump to the instant satisfaction? Give it time to cure and get to work on that perpetual grow, so you always have an ample supply and have plenty time to cure.


Good Luck

 

[Haps]

I agree to disagree FB, and I'd pass ya my pipe if the virtual back porch would let me. I did screw my water cures up myself, still pisses me off. To me it is not an easy thing to do, and I just want new folks to know it is not fool proof, said the fool

But I loves the flavors of my gals.
H

 

[-StashBastard-]

I use weed as a tool. Flavor, smell and taste have no effect on potency. They do not improve the tool. .

I always wondered who buys the discount meat at the grocery store, you know those steaks with just a hint of green to them?

You drink pond water too?

Green steaks and pond water keep you just as alive as some nice clear water and a nice dinner.

 

[FreezerBoy]

I also think its rude to blatantly say that anyone that cares about a proper cure must have no life.

Excuse me,

If one needs their weed cured in 9 days, he said laughing, one needs to increase the size of the grow to accomodate their medical / recreational needs.

First, lets be clear. We're just two guys yapping on a virtual back porch. Buddies can disagree about all kinds of things and stay buddies.

Note the wave. We're just guys yapping, no one's attacking anyone.

If you prefer a jar cure, do it. It's your weed. All I said was a jar cure (other than for sales) is for emotional reasons and no one here has contradicted that. I didn't say emotions are bad or wrong. I didn't say don't do it. Someone asked why one would water cure and I responded. There are many reasons.

I use weed for work. It's a tool. How a tool smells, tastes or looks in the tool cabinet with the drawer closed doesn't affect it's usefulness. Water curing weed INCREASES usefullness and so, the reasons for doing it are rational. Other than selling, looks, smell and taste do not increase usefullness, leaving the decision to jar cure an emotional one. There's nothing wrong with emotions or taking enjoyment from endulging them.

 

[FreezerBoy]

I agree to disagree FB, and I'd pass ya my pipe if the virtual back porch would let me. I did screw my water cures up myself, still pisses me off. To me it is not an easy thing to do, and I just want new folks to know it is not fool proof, said the fool

But I loves the flavors of my gals.
H

Thanks for accepting this in the spirit it was intended. I'll bet that pipe was tasty.

Your correct, any procedure can fail. I've failed miserably at every attempt to aero/bubble clone while others insist it's easy as pie.

 

[FreezerBoy]

I always wondered who buys the discount meat at the grocery store, you know those steaks with just a hint of green to them?

You drink pond water too?

Green steaks and pond water keep you just as alive as some nice clear water and a nice dinner.

Not me. That stuff will make you sicker than a dog. That's not rational, it's insane.

 

[Jersey Cretin]

hah its funny seeing some of the responses here like this is something new and far out... the consensous of the watercuring community is..
1.7 days is the recommened cure time..not 3 or 5 but 7..
2. change water daily
3.use warm water
4.you lose taste and smell of the bud.pro- its said to be stealthy not reeking of burned bud.good for stealth stash.con- if you care about taste and smell or physical appearance of bud.
5.your final product will weigh less than air cured,(which is why some ppl notice an increase in potency)
6. your smoke will be smooth.. pro..
7. also your able to feed full strength until chop.. no flushing period...another pro.