Low and Slow Drying Technique

SweetSue;3394341 said:

I've been playing with a drying technique developed by DrZiggy called "Low and Slow". The idea is to place the buds in jars with screened lids (I used silk) and set them into a frost-free refrigerator with temperature and humidity approx. the same at 39 degrees F (3.89 C) and humidity around 35%. Leave them there, undisturbed, for at least two weeks. Then gently bring them back to room temp and jar up as usual.

My latest CBD Critical Cure had a portion dried like this. I turned the rest of her into a potent Fresh-harvest oil that is the most powerful I've produced, but made sure to set this small amount aside to have on hand for vaping.

This technique does a marvelous job of preserving the flavonoids and terpenes. There's virtually no loss in color and very little loss in smell. Once it came back to room temperature is was the same smell she had at harvest, less the wetness.

This is my test subject, and for a 2:1 CBD dominant she hits reeeeaaaaalllll nice. Not at all what I'd expect from a less-euphoric strain. I've smoked this strain before and this is more intense than that first experience. It's a very pleasant "isn't the world looking wonderful?" kind of high. Three hits on top of my morning capsule and I had to stop.

My plants become fresh harvest oil from this point on. The potency of this olive oil extraction rivals CCO, in my opinion, and doesn't require a solvent like ethanol, which can be rediculously expensive, if you can find it. What doesn't make it into the pot gets dried in the refrigerator for other uses.

I highly recommend this technique. What it must do to the medicinal value of my oils makes my head dance for joy.

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