Curing made easy for large quantities

[Soaring]

For personal stash, I got rid of the tupperware and paper bag stage a while ago. This method for glass canning jars gives the strongest aroma and best texture for smoking. Here's the procedure, it couldn't get much simpler..

1) Cut, manicure, hang your plants in a cool, dark place until totally crispy and smokable in a joint-- usually 5 to 8 days. Optimum conditions are 68-74 degrees F and between 50% and 60% RH.

2) Place gently into wide-mouth glass canning jars. Close the lid until buds sweat, usually 2 or 3 hours the first time. Open jars and let buds dry to crispy again. I only bother keeping large buds for personal stash but if you do this with shakier stuff, you have to get some air in there and turn the buds over. Larger colas usually have enough flow around them so you don't have to mess with them unless they are really touching each other inside the jar. I don't worry about "ooo damaging the ever so fragile buds" by turning them in the jar. Who cares if you lose 2% of the trichomes to the bottom of the jar, big deal... be gentle but if you have to move them around, so what.. just collect your skuff on the bottom of the jar and enjoy.

3) Repeat the sweating process-- open the jar until crisp, close until sweated. After about a week of this (depending on location), you get to that perfect point of curing where there is enough moisture to keep it smelling strong but as soon as you take it out of the jar to smoke, it crisps up and can be rolled.

For curing large quantities. I recommend scent lok bags. These are bags used by outdoorsmen to keep critters from smelling the contents. If used properly they are 100% airtight and equally as effective as glass jars. If you wish to lined the inside with a cut up paperbag to keep the buds from touching the plastic that is ok. So follow your proper curing procedure but use scent lok bags when jars just wont hold enough. You can google scent lok bags...

Make sure you thank MM for providing a great method for curing

 

[Ms.Fox]

Thank you for the info! ;-)

 

[t420jimmy]

Sounds good.

 

[TheKiller]

Hanging for 6-7 days seems excessive to me? I dont think I have had to hang longer than 4-5 max..

I dont let them get too crispy.. just dry enough to give a little crunch when a bud is squeezed.

I like the idea of using the bags, but will stick with mason jars, if you need to cure a bunch.. buy more jars!

I also like that there are many differnt sizes of jars avaiable... I like to have options..

Good post.