laughingmoon
Active member
Well since you want to measure your bud's humidity, and not the surrounding environment, an air-tight jar would be solid. Get some canning jars.
A perfect cure every time
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Go to Target instead. They stock 2.5gal Anchor Hocking jars that are airtight. HTH
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green356man
New member
Many thanks Simon!!!!Cured to perfection!!!!
been a while since i've posted, but this method has been 100%, excellent results
but going though a cure now where ambient humidity has been
70%+, so having to open jars very often(not quite below 70 in the jar)
probably over a week of bud in open air, curious about similar experiences
but going though a cure now where ambient humidity has been
70%+, so having to open jars very often(not quite below 70 in the jar)
probably over a week of bud in open air, curious about similar experiences
Slimm
Member
Unless you burp them in dehumidified air, there's not much hope to get them cured.
laughingmoon
Active member
Run an a/c in a room, that should lower humidity long enough to burp.
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gro'mommma
love this idea! gonna try it! no more banging my head against the wall! Thanks! Peace xx
i often have 70+rh
i once used a hair dryer but that is too hot
so then i just put the dehumidifier in a small room and let it run for a couple of hours till 30-40% rh and then i aired the jars in that room
i think that when moister air gets in a jar it has a negative effect on taste and high
thats why i always leave a hygrometer out of the jar so i know if i can open a jar or not without using the dehuey.
i once used a hair dryer but that is too hot
so then i just put the dehumidifier in a small room and let it run for a couple of hours till 30-40% rh and then i aired the jars in that room
i think that when moister air gets in a jar it has a negative effect on taste and high
thats why i always leave a hygrometer out of the jar so i know if i can open a jar or not without using the dehuey.
growbie1
Member
Just stoped by to say thx for the nice Thread, really great way to cure. Has totally changed my results!!
I've been doing some testing during the last runs. and there's a variety that realy got my produkt smelling(and tasty as hell)
Friend of mine got his car totally stripped (incl. dog) cause the police could not believe that the gramm he had in his pokets could smell that bad
HAve been using orange peels, to rehydrate my crop.
I dry the buds pretty rapidly to a rh of 65% (2-3days)
they get into a jar like descriped in the thread. But i dont totally close the jar, and let the rh slowly drop just below 60%. (slowly not to overdry the crops) then i add the nearly dryed orange peels to the jar (no touching the bud) raising the rh to 65% again and take the peels out again. Repeat the procedure once more, and the smell will be out of this world.
(Not recommend for people in need of stealth)
TEsting with different fruits right now melone, grapefruit, lemon look good so far.
I've been doing some testing during the last runs. and there's a variety that realy got my produkt smelling(and tasty as hell)
Friend of mine got his car totally stripped (incl. dog) cause the police could not believe that the gramm he had in his pokets could smell that bad
HAve been using orange peels, to rehydrate my crop.
I dry the buds pretty rapidly to a rh of 65% (2-3days)
they get into a jar like descriped in the thread. But i dont totally close the jar, and let the rh slowly drop just below 60%. (slowly not to overdry the crops) then i add the nearly dryed orange peels to the jar (no touching the bud) raising the rh to 65% again and take the peels out again. Repeat the procedure once more, and the smell will be out of this world.
(Not recommend for people in need of stealth
)TEsting with different fruits right now melone, grapefruit, lemon look good so far.
I've found there is always dry air in the fridge part of my frost-free freezer/fridge combo. If you close the jar right away as you take it out, condensation will only form on the outside of the jar.
Using the fridge I can reliably lower RH in my jars in humid weather.
thanks again for this thread! one question i really would love answered is about leaving the jars open when ambient RH is in the target zone. does the bud care if the jar is closed or open?
btw, IKEA has some nice jars.
Using the fridge I can reliably lower RH in my jars in humid weather.
thanks again for this thread! one question i really would love answered is about leaving the jars open when ambient RH is in the target zone. does the bud care if the jar is closed or open?
btw, IKEA has some nice jars.
Buds care, they really do.
Buds care, they really do.
Yes, it "cares".
For the same reason that most fruits enhance the curing process.
Curing is not all about moisture levels.
There are several factors at play.
The sealed chamber keeps air out and maintains the humidity.
But, that's not it's only function.
It also seals Ethylene gas in.
The Ethylene, is the curing agent.
All fruits give off Ethylene as they ripen and the presence of Ethylene speed ripening of fruit.
Got hard Avocados?
In a guacamole hurry?
Put them in a paper, or even plastic bag, and add an apple.
They will ripen much faster due to the Ethylene.
Put in a rotting apple and high concentrations will cause the avocados to ripen too fast and then rot.
That is how "one bad apple spoils the barrel".
Rot accelerates Ethylene production exponentially.
It goes into "runaway" mode.
This is why we need to "burp" the jars at first, even when the humidity is ideal.
Too high a concentration of Ethylene gas will "ripen" your buds too rapidly.
Combine high concentration of Ethylene with too much moisture and the buds will rot.
Too little moisture, and the Ethylene concentration become irrelevant, curing is done and can not be re-started.
To burp for humidity, we have to leave the jars open until it drops.
To burp for Ethylene, a quick open and close will suffice.
Jus' my 2 pesos.
Aloha, Y'all
Weezard
Buds care, they really do.
I've found there is always dry air in the fridge part of my frost-free freezer/fridge combo. If you close the jar right away as you take it out, condensation will only form on the outside of the jar.
Using the fridge I can reliably lower RH in my jars in humid
weather.
Great tip about the cold air holding less moisture!
thanks again for this thread! one question i really would love answered is about leaving the jars open when ambient RH is in the target zone. does the bud care if the jar is closed or open?
btw, IKEA has some nice jars.
Yes, it "cares".
For the same reason that most fruits enhance the curing process.
Curing is not all about moisture levels.
There are several factors at play.
The sealed chamber keeps air out and maintains the humidity.
But, that's not it's only function.
It also seals Ethylene gas in.
The Ethylene, is the curing agent.
All fruits give off Ethylene as they ripen and the presence of Ethylene speed ripening of fruit.
Got hard Avocados?
In a guacamole hurry?
Put them in a paper, or even plastic bag, and add an apple.
They will ripen much faster due to the Ethylene.
Put in a rotting apple and high concentrations will cause the avocados to ripen too fast and then rot.
That is how "one bad apple spoils the barrel".
Rot accelerates Ethylene production exponentially.
It goes into "runaway" mode.
This is why we need to "burp" the jars at first, even when the humidity is ideal.
Too high a concentration of Ethylene gas will "ripen" your buds too rapidly.
Combine high concentration of Ethylene with too much moisture and the buds will rot.
Too little moisture, and the Ethylene concentration become irrelevant, curing is done and can not be re-started.
To burp for humidity, we have to leave the jars open until it drops.
To burp for Ethylene, a quick open and close will suffice.
Jus' my 2 pesos.
Aloha, Y'all
Weezard
it's not just the temperature of the air responsible for the dryness in the fridge. A frost-free freezer has a compressor that sucks moisture out to prevent frost, like the defrost in your car. Since the fridge shares the same air, it's bone dry in there. Throw in the hygro and you will see, but if it's outside a sealed jar when you take it out of the fridge it will hit 99%
Had trouble finding the 2.5 gal jars at Target...went to four stores and only found three but also picked up six of the 1.5 gal jars.
Now I need to have some patience...I'd love to fast forward but I'll wait.
Is there a Rule of Thumb about the approximate weight each jar should yield?
I know, I know...don't count your chickens before your eggs hatch...just wondering.
Thanks...WIC49
Now I need to have some patience...I'd love to fast forward but I'll wait.
Is there a Rule of Thumb about the approximate weight each jar should yield?
I know, I know...don't count your chickens before your eggs hatch...just wondering.
Thanks...WIC49
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BrnCow
My friends use the small silver coin humidifiers to re-humidify their jars if it starts getting too dry...they add up to 3 or 4 of them for a few hours and then remove them again when the humidity is about right again...sometimes 24-48 hours. But 1 will keep it about right after it gets dried to the right feel. They use distilled water on the coins in a tea cup. If there is any mold in any jars, they put a small amount of bleach in the cup also and then drain and refill it again with distilled water...only take a few minutes for them to absorb water. They get them off of FleaBay. They are about the size of a 50 cent coin US and 3/8s of an inch think. Some tobacco people use some glycol solution in them but I'm not so sure about that. The tobacco shops sell the glycol mixture.Maybe that fends off mold....
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Roortokeage
Member
Great Thread, Will be purchasing one of these
!! would like to see whats going on in there
!! would like to see whats going on in there
BillChillson
New member
A perfect cure every time
Last run I got excited and said to hell with a cure. Just jarred em after they dried and smoked my harvest before really enjoying the majority of it. This time I will definitely take a little more care. Great thread!
Last run I got excited and said to hell with a cure. Just jarred em after they dried and smoked my harvest before really enjoying the majority of it. This time I will definitely take a little more care. Great thread!
