Sun curing?

[Frosy]

Well after I get a nice harvest in, after the flowers are about 1/2 or 2/3rd dry, I like to put them in the sun (if the weather is good) just for a couple of hours of gentle light to hurry them along. Also the colors are superb in the light. Does anybody have experience with sun drying or curing? I would love to hear others rsults. Many Thanks, happy puffing, etc.!

 

[Cartel530]

yea its good right before its compressed into a 100lb brick.


Dry in the DARK. Light is no bueno after the chop!

 

[Frosy]

Cartel, not so sure about that, don't the Colombian Golds have a partial drying in the high altitude sunshine?

 

[jimboyia]

the only time I put bud in the sun during the curing was to try and prevent the first signs of mold from spreading. About 10 days into the cure I'd taken some HD pics of the bud and saw on the laptop screen first hyphae of mold developing so I put it in high altitude sunshine, for 5 minutes either side at lunch time on the equator = extreme UV. Worked a treat, mold stopped dead but the bud is dry & rough as a goat's knee. Still gets you in a non-canonical way, though.

 

[Skyhi]

Both light and heat destroy thc and other canabinoids.
You should never ever expose to direct sun after harvest.
Dry and cure in the dark in a cool place. 50% humidity, 55 to 65 degrees with a slight air movement. Dry time should be 5 days minimum, I prefer 8 days.

 

[Mr Roboto]

sun drying is BS!! kills thc and will bleach out all the buds in a several hours...I made that mistake as a newb and went from nice bright green buds to light brown in half a day.

 

[b8man]

While sun drying is a no-no, I've noticed that sun dried weed in Asia and Central America can be better than dried in the dark, perfectly cured weed.

It bugs me.

 

[DeepestCover]

sun drying is BS!! kills thc and will bleach out all the buds in a several hours...I made that mistake as a newb and went from nice bright green buds to light brown in half a day.

With a proper cure, you will find this happening to any bud IN A JAR.
Takes months tho, but it will be smooooooth.

 

[Gelado`]

Sun curing also 'activates' THC in a way; might be worth doing a little experiment to see how sun cured bud differs from doing it the modern way.

The Thai I've had in Thailand blew away anything I've ever smoked anywhere, and it was cheap too (I got hooked up). It's got to be the intense sunlight and the genetics working together. Wish there had been some beans in the stuff, since I live in Southern Europe, but there wasn't a single bean in the whole compressed mini brick. I actually had to throw half of the brick away because I simply couldn't smoke it all.

 

[Mr Roboto]

While sun drying is a no-no, I've noticed that sun dried weed in Asia and Central America can be better than dried in the dark, perfectly cured weed.

It bugs me.

have you ever seen how they mass dry in the poorer countries? they have a little shed with just 4 poles and a roof...The inside buds that dont recieve the sunlight get dried properl while the outside buds exposed to the uv will get trashed with the bad leaves

 

[Sinkyone]

Sun cured weed = crap. Don't do it, it is a bad idea.

 

[EclipseFour20]

Acapulco Gold was "sundried" due to cost--not for quality. Cheaper/easier for Mexicans to pile and "rotate" heaps of drying plants under the bright hot sun...than doing the "right way". Besides, during early 70s...4 finger lids of AG went for $25-50 (depending on.....). It was good, but always at the cheap end of the spectrum. So I guess the rationale was...why invest time/$$$ for cheap shit?

For top drawer back on those days, I guess you would include Columbian Red, Thai Sticks, and Afgans; which I doubt were "sun dried" cuz the pounds/phone books had far fewer stones, car battery parts, bones, etc; it seems that AG and Mex always had about 1/2 oz of that crap for every pound--unlike everyone else.

At least those were my experiences.

Cheers!