Had anyone here used the 62% rh Boveda packs alone for curing (same as the ones in those pricy cvaults)? Looking at this product on their website, it appears they were specifically meant for curing cannabis. Sorry in advance if this has already been brought up, have not read this whole thread.
So true! I've frozen my meds for over 7 years in air sealed glass jars and it was amazing!I have never tasted a glass cured bud that tasted as good as a 2 week slow dried buds then boxed in shut cardboard boxes for 3 months to cure in a room that is 50%-60% RH. I used to use glass after the cure, but stopped when I realized the vacuum I used to seal the jars was allowing terpenes to be vaporized from the Cannabis. You could see the vapor and smell it when you vacuum sealed the jars. You can flush a jar and contents with nitrogen and seal it without vacuum, the herb will last pretty good at room temperature but not as good as freezing. Freezing is for long term, more then 6 months. In glass jars frozen herb or resin is pretty much the same even after years.
-SamS
I used to use glass after the cure, but stopped when I realized the vacuum I used to seal the jars was allowing terpenes to be vaporized from the Cannabis.
After many yrs of chasing the perfect end product , I settled on K.I.S.S......Sam- I wonder if you glass cured without the vacuum if the results would match the cardboard. After all, unless the cardboard imparts something to the bud, both processes are still just slowly removing water. Again, assuming neither the glass nor the cardboard are adding anything to the weed, then they are both simply removing water at some rate, down to some %Rh. No?
I have never tasted a glass cured bud that tasted as good as a 2 week slow dried buds then boxed in shut cardboard boxes for 3 months to cure in a room that is 50%-60% RH. I used to use glass after the cure, but stopped when I realized the vacuum I used to seal the jars was allowing terpenes to be vaporized from the Cannabis. You could see the vapor and smell it when you vacuum sealed the jars. You can flush a jar and contents with nitrogen and seal it without vacuum, the herb will last pretty good at room temperature but not as good as freezing. Freezing is for long term, more then 6 months. In glass jars frozen herb or resin is pretty much the same even after years.
-SamS
Sam- I wonder if you glass cured without the vacuum if the results would match the cardboard. After all, unless the cardboard imparts something to the bud, both processes are still just slowly removing water. Again, assuming neither the glass nor the cardboard are adding anything to the weed, then they are both simply removing water at some rate, down to some %Rh. No?
I agree that vacuum sealing the jars would probably extract terpenes. I don't see how simply sealing them at atmospheric pressure would do the same thing. Here in Denver, RH is often quite low, particularly indoors in the winter. Bud kept in paper or cardboard containers is crispy dry in just a few weeks, unless there's a lot of it. It's impractical to attempt to create a room atmosphere of the right humidity for a few ounces, so airtight containers & boveda packs seem to be the way to go, and work well. Once bud has cured, freezing seems like a good answer- it works for everything else. Well, that's if household production is greater than consumption, not necessarily an easy task with limited state legal grows.
I suspect that boveda packs will work both ways, given the nature of semi permeable membrane tech. People who live in very humid environments can obviously have issues with RH in containers climbing to ambient because of imperfect seal. Boveda packs should counteract that somewhat, absorbing moisture from the air in the container to maintain the designed balance across the membrane.
I recommend curing each plant separate in it's own jar(s). This allows you to get to know each girl, separately.
I mean...you already spent months, together
Pinball, I agree. I always jar by plant. I also don't mix popcorn with cola, so I'm right there with you.
DHF I completely agree with you and Sam on the freezing thing. I was only asking about the drying process up to freezing.
Once the stash was gone, we'd resort to what a friend called "the Ukrainian peasant method"- pouring the seeds out on the kitchen table, separating seeds from not seeds, putting together a bowl or two of the latter.
I agree it could be a problem, unless the room is full of boxes. I have zero problems but if you do just construct a room that slows evaporation, it is pretty easy.
-SamS