chargers123
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think i'm gonna let it get stable at 60% before i close the jar up for good.
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Hey, guys. This sounds fine to me. I mean, there are so many variables to account for that one can gear any of this to his preference. If you feel that your cure works out better as the above, no reason not to do it. FWIW, I open my jars about once a week or so, after they've stabilized, to check on the status of the product.
Simon
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BlazingSaddles
Heyy Guys,
So its just after midnite here ive spent the last 4 hours clipping the buds off the stalks then placed into the curing jars (ranging between 1 - 3 liters). Im pretty baked and nicely toasted on a devilish combo beatdown of scissor hash, OG Kush, and triple aged bottle of Jim Beam (duty free gift
) so i thought id drop a quick update before sleeptime..
Soooo, once placed into the jars, and closed after 96 hours of air drying the RH quickly rose to 70%RH+ inside the jars. This was after a very short period of perhaps 90mins in the rubber sealed jars.
I knew from previous experiences (without hygrometer) just from feeling the buds that it was waaay to wet to leave overnight for 8 hours or so while i sleep, without risking ruin by mould. BTW the bud went from basically crispy hanging in the drying room for 4 days to sweating after about 90mins in the jars so be careful!!) From my previous experiences i had learnt this but its definitely a trap for the young players or newbs... so be aware!
So anyway.. i tipped it all out again on the pre-arranged silk screens in the designated fully vented drying hut. Here it will stay overnight whilst i snooze then i will check it in the morning and proly leave it for a while longer before i re-jar. I'll see how it is in the morning first...
The next few days will be crucial.. Constant checking of the sweating progress, regularly burping at first with extending intervals over the next week or so... Once it gets to the point where i can leave it jarred with confidence for longer periods.. (12 hours +) i will consider myself on the homestraight. From there its pretty much just a function of time... after about a month+ ime it starts to get really tasty and subtle flavours start getting released into the mix. 3months+ curing time is entering GOLDEN territory..
although im not very familiar with even 2 months + it never seems to last this long...
OK im seeing double its mildly amusing but not overly peace im out!
Take care guys
BlazingSaddles
So its just after midnite here ive spent the last 4 hours clipping the buds off the stalks then placed into the curing jars (ranging between 1 - 3 liters). Im pretty baked and nicely toasted on a devilish combo beatdown of scissor hash, OG Kush, and triple aged bottle of Jim Beam (duty free gift
) so i thought id drop a quick update before sleeptime..Soooo, once placed into the jars, and closed after 96 hours of air drying the RH quickly rose to 70%RH+ inside the jars. This was after a very short period of perhaps 90mins in the rubber sealed jars.
I knew from previous experiences (without hygrometer) just from feeling the buds that it was waaay to wet to leave overnight for 8 hours or so while i sleep, without risking ruin by mould. BTW the bud went from basically crispy hanging in the drying room for 4 days to sweating after about 90mins in the jars so be careful!!) From my previous experiences i had learnt this but its definitely a trap for the young players or newbs... so be aware!
So anyway.. i tipped it all out again on the pre-arranged silk screens in the designated fully vented drying hut. Here it will stay overnight whilst i snooze then i will check it in the morning and proly leave it for a while longer before i re-jar. I'll see how it is in the morning first...The next few days will be crucial.. Constant checking of the sweating progress, regularly burping at first with extending intervals over the next week or so... Once it gets to the point where i can leave it jarred with confidence for longer periods.. (12 hours +) i will consider myself on the homestraight. From there its pretty much just a function of time... after about a month+ ime it starts to get really tasty and subtle flavours start getting released into the mix. 3months+ curing time is entering GOLDEN territory..
although im not very familiar with even 2 months + it never seems to last this long...OK im seeing double its mildly amusing but not overly peace im out!
Take care guys
BlazingSaddles
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BlazingSaddles
Good Morning guys,
Well i left my bud on the silk screens overnight and as expected after about 9 hours when i woke up the buds were getting very dry again on the outside.
Ive re-jarred for now and am keeping an eye on the RH%. I expect to open the jars back up in about 2 hours or so or whenever the RH% climbs back over 65%. This second time when i burp the jars hopefully i wont have to take all the bud out of the jars again.. I really dont like doing this too much as obviously excessive handling of the merchandise is not key! Whether i do or not depends on how much it is going to sweat. Merely leaving the lids open for a few hours is obviously the preferred option at this point!
Thats all for now... *crickets*
peace
BlazingSaddles
Well i left my bud on the silk screens overnight and as expected after about 9 hours when i woke up the buds were getting very dry again on the outside.
Ive re-jarred for now and am keeping an eye on the RH%. I expect to open the jars back up in about 2 hours or so or whenever the RH% climbs back over 65%. This second time when i burp the jars hopefully i wont have to take all the bud out of the jars again.. I really dont like doing this too much as obviously excessive handling of the merchandise is not key! Whether i do or not depends on how much it is going to sweat. Merely leaving the lids open for a few hours is obviously the preferred option at this point!
Thats all for now... *crickets*
peace
BlazingSaddles
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BlazingSaddles
Yah totally and like Simon said there are sooo many variables to consider that one can gear alot of this to his/her preferences. After seeing my bud at 63 - 65% RH i was thinking it needed some more regular airings also..
For me personally i will be airing quite regularly until the RH stabilizes. Basically this means burping the jars as soon as the RH climbs above 65%. If this is every few hours at the start... then so be it. From previous tries ive found it usually takes a good 4 days or so in the jars before i could leave them closed for any periods longer than say 12 - 16 hours. This is after 4 full days of hanging btw.
Like u THC im pretty keen not to lose the dank smell that i currently am experiencing ( mines very fruity at the moment) so its a really fine line between letting it get too dry and keeping some moisture there for the curing to work. I liken it to kind of a balancing act if u will. And every set of buds will respond differently as dictated by its own independant set of variables, and the external environment in which it is in. This imo is where the personal (or connisseur) touch comes in to be able to recognize when YOUR bud has had enough or needs more drying time etc.. Of course Simon has already touched on this a few times throughout the thread
OK thats enough rambling for now.. Il be back with some more curing updates as it progresses
take care guys
BlazingSaddles
Tomatoesonly
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This is a HUGE thread, so finding what I'm looking for is a bit of a task.
Does anyone know of a "tent" that a person can just dump their bud into, wet and while trimming, and it will maintain a specific RH until a person feels a need to jar or bag the buds?
They make hanging drying "racks" or flats. So it would seem some sort of enclosure around that and with a RH gauge and mechanism to control a water vaporizer/exhaust fan might work.
Edit.. back in the MYCO days.. there were guys who made tents for their trays of shrooms. They used those free standing enclosed "closets". I think made by, I think, Marth Stewart.
Does anyone know of a "tent" that a person can just dump their bud into, wet and while trimming, and it will maintain a specific RH until a person feels a need to jar or bag the buds?
They make hanging drying "racks" or flats. So it would seem some sort of enclosure around that and with a RH gauge and mechanism to control a water vaporizer/exhaust fan might work.
Edit.. back in the MYCO days.. there were guys who made tents for their trays of shrooms. They used those free standing enclosed "closets". I think made by, I think, Marth Stewart.
Hey Simon, hope all is going well with you.
I had a question that is not so much about dry/cure, but it has to do with the final outcome of taste, so I thought this would be a good place to ask.
Flush; how do YOU do it?
It seems you have your people that say a proper flush, 2 weeks out, 3x the soil volume is an absolute must, people who say that's complete garbage and you should continue feeding your plants up until your last watering, and then a somewhat in between (lowering nute solution in the final weeks and then giving a good flush in the last week.)
I'm guessing I'm about 2 weeks from harvest and am trying to decide how I want to finish this thing out.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
I had a question that is not so much about dry/cure, but it has to do with the final outcome of taste, so I thought this would be a good place to ask.
Flush; how do YOU do it?
It seems you have your people that say a proper flush, 2 weeks out, 3x the soil volume is an absolute must, people who say that's complete garbage and you should continue feeding your plants up until your last watering, and then a somewhat in between (lowering nute solution in the final weeks and then giving a good flush in the last week.)
I'm guessing I'm about 2 weeks from harvest and am trying to decide how I want to finish this thing out.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
SKAGITMAGIC
Member
P3 Mini Hygrometer,thermometer
P3 Mini Hygrometer,thermometer
I just bought one of these today, this unit is only 1 1/2 x 2 inches, and it's called a P0250 Mini Hygro-Thermometer, my mrs. takes over the trimming and cureing, this should be a great tool, especially with the big indica buds, thanks for the information and for taking the time to post it. Here's a couple pictures I took last night, i'll be starting the drying curing process soon.
P3 Mini Hygrometer,thermometer
I just bought one of these today, this unit is only 1 1/2 x 2 inches, and it's called a P0250 Mini Hygro-Thermometer, my mrs. takes over the trimming and cureing, this should be a great tool, especially with the big indica buds, thanks for the information and for taking the time to post it. Here's a couple pictures I took last night, i'll be starting the drying curing process soon.
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You're taking into account that the smell will naturally drift away a bit when it's left to rest right?
All the initial handling while manicuring and going in and out of jars breaks trichomes and causes more smell. Once they've had time to rest undisturbed the smell will naturally decrease as the terpenes off-gas.
Try squishing a bit with your fingers and see how it smells then.
Im not going to get into the flushing debate, but I can tell you that it wont take you 3x the volume to flush the nutrients out. A 3 gallon container would have quite low E.C levels after only 3 gallons of water poured through it. Now for one gallon containers, I would do at least 2 gallons, likely 3.
I would advise lowering nute levels as you get closer to the finishing date. Its hard to tell you by how much though. Tracking media E.C. levels weekly during flowering would help you improve your fertilizing regimen, and prevent any need for flushing should you so believe in it.
Thanks for the info Dave, very helpful.
And thank you, Simon. I plan to read the rest of this thread right now.
I was thinking along these lines.
http://www.humidorvault.com/The-Montegue-End-Table-Humidor-p/hum-mont cab.htm
Tomatoesonly
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Tomatoesonly
Active member
I don't know how you could use a dehumidifier enclosed because it would heat the air too much.
I think a person would have to manually take the buds down to 65% then activate the humidifier to maintain the 65%. If it goes over, a person would have to manually vent or figure out another device to vent at 66%, and they do have those. In fact, I just remembered I have one.
