[positivevibesNJ]

Greetings !
I am currently working for a medical dispensary and have recently been given the opportunity to start curing our medicine. Our harvest are very large anywhere from 50-100lbs of medicine. Normally with heavy patient demand we did not the time to cure, now with larger grows we do and I am looking for help. I understand the curing process and have done it on a small level. But I am looking for tips and tricks on how to handle and cure such a large amount. I have decided on using 5 gal buckets.

https://www.uline.com/BL_1296/Liquid-Screw-Top-Pails

They will hold anywhere from 2-3 lbs of medicine depending on strain and with 100 lb harvest that will make for about 50 buckets in the curing process at a time.

I was wondering if I am going to have to invest in 50 hygrogmeters or is there a machine that can test quickly than I can just purchase 1 or 2 of ?

Any information or links, or networking greatly appreciated !

[Easy7]

If I were rich which I am certainly not and I could grow without fear which I also cannot....I would build a humidity controlled room to dry and cure in. Fancy wood walls and humidity control like with cigars or wine.

Buckets or 55 gallon steel drums are good too. Get something of the right size and the lid can pop off and get air in for the first month once a day.

[Meltyfire]

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[Speed of green]

30 gal+ Sterilite bins work well, depending on the flowers you can normally get 4-5 pounds in each tote.

i dry till the stems bend/snap 12-14 days and then buck everything down into 20-24" lengths flowers still on the stems, untrimmed & put them in the bins.

you can leave them in the bins until your trimmers get around to it about 1.5 months is the longest ive left them, since the lids arent air tight there is no need to burp them unless you put them in too wet.

keep the bins stacked up in a room with 50-55% humidity, check bins weekly for decay, i had a mouse die in a bin once.

you could do the same thing with trimmed flower although ive never tried it, although by the time my trimmers get to it its normally had a two week dry + two week cure.

check big lots or walmart for bins, normally they can be had for 2-3 dollars if you look around.


5 gal buckets could work, but i dont like the lids being air tight and they are kinda expensive plus you cant fit a ton of weight in them, but it could work if you have the time to monitor each bucket.

[theJointedOne]

you want 45 hum, 65 temp, with air movement but not air blowing on plants,

master your dry skills and the cure comes so much eaasier

[lizzy3]

Originally Posted by Easy7

If I were rich which I am certainly not and I could grow without fear which I also cannot....I would build a humidity controlled room to dry and cure in. Fancy wood walls and humidity control like with cigars or wine.

Buckets or 55 gallon steel drums are good too. Get something of the right size and the lid can pop off and get air in for the first month once a day.

i think this would actually be the way to go!

i have had an obession with cigars for 20+ years and used to store my daily stuff in a good sized desk top humidor. spanish cedar and all.

i could only hold a qp or so of mixed bud seperated into cooking tins so was never in there long enough to see much.

if actually trying to do the best for big scale a walk in or closet style humidor like they use in cigar stores would work well. humidity, air flow and temp all controled pretty easily, even dyi.

could then just put the bud into wire bins or seal up in vac bags.

have done that in 50gal cooler for safe storage too.

[Cadfael]

Home De Pot has cheap 5 gal buckets ($3 ea) and then you can buy the twist top adaptations (on the home website) for 3 for $20.

I hope it helps.

[Wendull C.]

Fuck, threads like this amaze me. You want to cure a box and have no idea how? Fuckin amazing. Best of luck...

[TychoMonolyth]

Originally Posted by Wendull C.

Fuck, threads like this amaze me. You want to cure a box and have no idea how? Fuckin amazing. Best of luck...

Dude... We're all on the same team here. Sounds like he's in learning mode. (As we all are).

I've seen curing in Turkey bags, clear recycling garbage bags, and my favorite, Great Value Paper Yard Waste Bags -10 bags for $5! (too bad they don't open sideways ). [Speed of green] Mentioned the 30 gal bins (walmart has them) and the bonus there is the stackability. I going that route next time.

[EsterEssence]

I like the 30t gal totes I just add craft paper on the bottom and a layer on top, check them every couple weeks.