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Plastic is fine as long as it's airtight and food grade, think Tupperware or Lock & Lock containers.
Plastic is fine as long as it's airtight, think Tupperware or Lock & Lock containers.
heres what i did...
1 dry the bud till semi dry(stem snap still bendy, buds dry to touch)3-4 days
2.jar and check daily and if wet, burp till dry again
3 once pretty dry feeling overnight i left them in the jar without burping for about a week
4 then i bought a caliber 3 and humidity was at 69 so lowered it to 65 and it is now stable at 65.
over all, the moisture and feeling of the bud is good but the smell is weird...like piss
i feel like during the first jaring it was too wet and i left it to long in the jar without burping...
does the smell come back eventually?
and should i keep curing without burping since the humidity is a stable 65?(i feel like i need to let the bad odors out)
my friend told me I should try this out....I bought three of those calibraters on amazon.com My last batch was really bomb, but the cure just didnt seem right. The smell didn't develop as much as it did when the plants were alive and kicking....This time around I got these calibraters, which are particularly effective in monitoring the DRYING, which is actually the cure according to ed rosenthal. "Curing is the process after harvest but before drying, during which many of the cell's metabolic processes continue for a while. Buds contineu to cure when they are kept at about 60-70 degrees F with humidity of 50%. The cells retain moisture and convert complex carbohydrates back to simple sugars and break down some pigments, including chlorophyll. As chlorophyll is metabolized, the bud turns a lighter shade of green.(ITS A SHINY GREEN IN MY OPINION) Other pigments, formerly hidden by the chlorophyll, become apprent, coloring the bud red, yellow, and purple highlights. Buds can stay alive for up to three days, continuing life processes. Buds that are dried too quickly, with out curing retain more chlorphyll which gives the smoke a "greener" minty taste and rougher smoke, and often less intense odor. buds that are cursed properly and dired slowlsy have the smooth draw of fine herb. Keep the CURING SPACE dily lit and the air constantly circulating. It is important to regulat the humidity so it stays between 45-55% r.h. (WHAT the calibrater is useful for as well as the jar) Excessive humidity promotes mold, and insufficient humidity 40% or lower , promotes drying and STOPS the curing process. AFTER THE BUDS ARE CURED, THEY ARE DRIED. " ED ROSENTHAL'S NEW BOOK MARIJUANA GROWERS HANDBOOK Its just as good as Jorge's Bible in my opinion. Two musts for any grower. OH yeah, an owner of a dispensary in LA/grower told me that he cured his bud at 60 to 65 degrees to slow the curing process down, which in turn made his OG stinky and sticky. Maybe some of the best OG ive seen in the city of angels, and thats saying something. So, if you can keep the tempts at 65 and the humidity at 55 to 65. Grow on!
You could do a couple of things:
1) Get two hygrometers - different strains do seem to release their moisture a bit different. Better safe than sorry.
2) If working with just 1 hygrometer, you could put both jars without their lids into a large enough plastic container that has a airtight lid. The meter will read the RH% of the entire container.
Shit, if the el cheapo eBay ones are reading +4, why the hell is everyone recommending these $20 a pop calibers that are just as inaccurate?
I was under the impression that their accuracy was 'acceptable' but their precision was fairly spot on (so long as you keep the hole where they do the readings from clean). So if it's reading +4% now then it will be a consistent +4% and you can rely on that one always reading +4% rather than a cheaper one which might be both imprecise and inaccurate.
You guys have any links/ideas for jars and/or curing containers that can be bought online inexpensively?
That's what I thought, until Simon posted that both accuracy AND precision suffer over time.
That's what I thought, until Simon posted that both accuracy AND precision suffer over time.