i dry the whole plant or large branches for like 5 days or till when i bend one of the bud branches and it cracks or breaks clean, im talking near the top of the plant not just the stuff near the bottom. plant dries from bottom up even if you hang dry. if the stems are dry enough i cut the buds from the stems and place in jars. if i start cutting and i find its still not dry i will put the buds in a paper bag and seal for a couple more days. by then they are smoke dry and ready for a cure.
now they are dry enough to smoke all but the stems and the densest bud, its not gonna be good smoke but it will be dry enough to go all the way to asj and not have a bunch of black residue from me trying to smoke wet plants. this is when i put them in a jar and start burping once a day. you open jar it is all foggy and moist looking on the inside, you air it our like 15-20 minutes, close jar. wait another day or two, repeat.
it will smell like hay and wet grass no worries, its supposed to smell like that. after about a week of this you will notice the jar isnt that moist when you open it, now we only need to open once every couple of days. i heard someone say sweating, yeah thats what we're doing. everytime you close the jar tight the moisture in the buds evaporates out but since its a vacuum it wont go anywhere, it will just stay in the jars. were you to not air it out and release this moist air your buds would quickly rot and mold.
anyway after 2-3 weeks you only need to open the jar like once a week, it is at this point where we are smoke cured and the weed is about as good as it will ever be smell wise and tastewise. it will probably still be a little moist in the jar but smokeable moist if you leave it out a little while like 10 minutes it will turn crispy dry. after this point you may store your weed long term and not worry about mold because the moisture content at this point is just enough to keep the weed. when you open your jars from now on you will only smell sweet delicious funk, and if you leave your weed jar open your weed will quickly turn to stone. what i mean is the moisture left will quickly evaporate and your weed will become dry and brittle, at least thats my experience.
now they are dry enough to smoke all but the stems and the densest bud, its not gonna be good smoke but it will be dry enough to go all the way to asj and not have a bunch of black residue from me trying to smoke wet plants. this is when i put them in a jar and start burping once a day. you open jar it is all foggy and moist looking on the inside, you air it our like 15-20 minutes, close jar. wait another day or two, repeat.
it will smell like hay and wet grass no worries, its supposed to smell like that. after about a week of this you will notice the jar isnt that moist when you open it, now we only need to open once every couple of days. i heard someone say sweating, yeah thats what we're doing. everytime you close the jar tight the moisture in the buds evaporates out but since its a vacuum it wont go anywhere, it will just stay in the jars. were you to not air it out and release this moist air your buds would quickly rot and mold.
anyway after 2-3 weeks you only need to open the jar like once a week, it is at this point where we are smoke cured and the weed is about as good as it will ever be smell wise and tastewise. it will probably still be a little moist in the jar but smokeable moist if you leave it out a little while like 10 minutes it will turn crispy dry. after this point you may store your weed long term and not worry about mold because the moisture content at this point is just enough to keep the weed. when you open your jars from now on you will only smell sweet delicious funk, and if you leave your weed jar open your weed will quickly turn to stone. what i mean is the moisture left will quickly evaporate and your weed will become dry and brittle, at least thats my experience.
