[stevr59]

well bois and gurls my harvest came in good all buds are in the curing jars but i may have made a boo boo i took all the fan leafs and put em in a freezer bag wile still fresh and rolled it up tight to sweat cure (only doing this for a friend whos out of smoke) well it smell like amoina been burbing the bag daily but cant get rid of that smell i dry out a small sample and smoke it and it tased bad there is no mold. i cant find any info on curing this way but i seen it some where years ago,normaly i make butter with it or throw it a way but its just a favor for a old friend. so is there any way to get rid of the smell or is water curing the only way out. not going to waste my time doing butane either.

[ethereal]

the ammonia smell is decomposition.
throw it away. stop breathing it in.
dont open the bag anymore. peace.

[stevr59]

hey i found the info its in the mj growing hand book it said to open once a week let air out some and do that for 6 weeks then dry. and your right it is decomposition and thats is normal for this type of cure.

[ethereal]

well than that kind of cure was authored by monkeys :smile: its fucked. sorry. :(
only option you have is buying a product called damp-rid and desiccating whats left.
broken up material placed in a small container with damp rid and a lid should dry within a day or two.
bone dry, that is.
store in a brown paper bag after that and move out of florida if you want to attempt such risky things...also, its september third are you harvesting the new 30 day'er? or did you rip someone's grow?

[ethereal]

btw if 'decomposing' is supposed to be 'normal' for this 'cure' techinique you read [in a 'mj handbook'?!?!?]
than why are you saying it's gone bad? amonia smell = rotting plant matter. giving this to your buddy to smoke?
i certainly hope not.

take it from me, get it away from your 'good' buds, before it spreads.

The only thing rolling leaf up in a plastic bag will do... is rot your greens.

What you are describing goes agains anything I've hever heard or read.

Toss that bunk and share your good buds if you want to share with someone.

[Slick]

Source:https://www.dutch-ganja.com/curing.html

Sweat Curing

Sweat curing is the technique most widely used in Colombia. Long branches containing colas are layered in piles about 18 inches high and a minimum of two feet square, more often about ten by fifteen feet. Sweat curing actually incorporates the fermenting process. Within a few hours the leaves begin to heat up from the microbial action in the same way that a compost pile ferments. Then change in colour is very rapid; watch the pile carefully, so that it does not overheat and rot the colas. Each day unpack the piles, and remove the colas that have turned colour. Within four or five days, all the colas will have turned colour. They are then dried. One way to prevent rot while using this method is to place cotton sheets, rags, or paper towels between each double layer of colas. The towels absorb some of the moisture and slow down the process.

Sweat curing can be modified for use with as little marijuana as two large plants. Pack the marijuana tightly in a heavy paper sack (or several layers of paper bags), and place it in the sun. The light is converted to heat and helps support the sweat.

Another variation of the sweat process occurs when fresh undried marijuana is bricked. The bricks are placed in piles, and they cure while being transported.

A simple procedure for a slow sweat cure is to roll fresh marijuana in plastic bags. Each week, open the bag for about an hour to evaporate some water. In about six weeks, the ammonia smell will dissipate somewhat, and the grass should be dried. This cure works well with small quantities of mediocre grass, since it concentrates the material.

This idea to me sounds like a bad one. If the bag is sealed the humidity stays high. Even if you open the bag every so often resealing it will put you right back in the same mess. If I'm not mistaken all you will get in the end is decomposed plant meterial.

the above does work but i found the best way to deal wid this type of thing is either sun dry or just rape the fresh cuts in tishu paper and let them dry out

[stevr59]

Originally Posted by ethereal

btw if 'decomposing' is supposed to be 'normal' for this 'cure' techinique you read [in a 'mj handbook'?!?!?]
than why are you saying it's gone bad? amonia smell = rotting plant matter. giving this to your buddy to smoke?
i certainly hope not.

take it from me, get it away from your 'good' buds, before it spreads.

well the reson i said it was bad was i have not read that book since the early 80s but i knew that the amiona was normal for this type of cure but since i have not read that book in 20 some thing years i forgot how long the smell last and how long to keep them in the bag ect.ect. And for giving it to my buddy i dont give any thing to any one unless i test it frist so if its bad i will know before they do and will thoss it to the compost bin. But i agree its not the best cure one could do, But since there just fan leafts there not worht the time to smoke but this cure will make it a bit stronger since the decomposing concentrates it. the trick is to get rid of the smell before its dryed. But if it tase funny or make me sick or any other weird thing i will dump it.
Peace from NW Florida

[Paul Huston]

Originally Posted by Maistre

The only thing rolling leaf up in a plastic bag will do... is rot your greens.

What you are describing goes agains anything I've hever heard or read.

Toss that bunk and share your good buds if you want to share with someone.

I can see the logic in it. id use a jar over a plastic bag but hey. if you were using a completely dry bud, wraping the buds in fan leaves before jaring would make the outer layers of the bud just slightly moist again. then your herbs are sticky on the outside and still completely dry try where the stem will break.

i may have to try that sometime.