joedaddy805
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So i trimmed some buds yesterday and this morning they were crispy. What should i do to cure these right?
Buds dried overnight
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put them in a glass jar or a few , open it every few hours give a good shake , put the lid back on . keep doing this ( the longer the better ) dont over fill the jars either . let them bounce about freely when you shake them , enjoy
that was very quick drying , maybe too quick
that was very quick drying , maybe too quick
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joedaddy805
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i always put them in jars but I'm wanting to know if its ok that they dried up so quick. i thought you had to take a few days to dry them up before putting in jars.
theengineer
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they are only dry on the outside, they be green and fresh inside.
It all depends on the RH of where you put them.
If you hanged them from the ceiling in a room you use then you're not drying them properly and may become harsh when smoking.
I live in South America and in winter the humidity is so high that it takes over a week for the buds to be dry enough to put in jars and even then I have to pop them every day for sometimes an hour over two weeks before they're even ready to smoke. Sometime I just spread them on a table and let them sit for a couple of hours so they dry faster, otherwise it'd take forever.
Now we're starting spring and summer is coming soon, temperature rise to the upper 30s during the day and humidity drops to maybe 10% or less (not sure about this last figure,though) and sometime the buds dry within 48-72 hours because it is so hot and dry, even though I'm doing it properly.
What I do when they dry too quickly, is to put a small piece of orange peel (a little bigger than a finger nail) in each jar (filled no more than 50% of loose buds) and within 48 they have recovered a lot of moisture, after that I remove the peel and continue curing. This has worked extremely well for me and the buds don't acquire any of the smell or taste of the orange (that I've noticed). And even if they did it wouldn't be a bad thing because I like my buds sweet and citric.
Give that a try and in the future try and cure them properly, use a closet instead of a room you may use, they're supposed to dry in the dark and move the air around and get fresh air into the room. Also don't hang them so close to the ceiling, heat rises and that's why they dried too fast.
If you must use a room you use in your house, then hang them inside cardboard boxes with strings across the top, cut a hole in the side and cover the top of the box with some newspaper and place a fan nearby but don't allow for a direct air stream or else they again will dry too quickly. Also avoid getting light to them.
I hope that helps.
Good luck and happy growing!!
If you hanged them from the ceiling in a room you use then you're not drying them properly and may become harsh when smoking.
I live in South America and in winter the humidity is so high that it takes over a week for the buds to be dry enough to put in jars and even then I have to pop them every day for sometimes an hour over two weeks before they're even ready to smoke. Sometime I just spread them on a table and let them sit for a couple of hours so they dry faster, otherwise it'd take forever.
Now we're starting spring and summer is coming soon, temperature rise to the upper 30s during the day and humidity drops to maybe 10% or less (not sure about this last figure,though) and sometime the buds dry within 48-72 hours because it is so hot and dry, even though I'm doing it properly.
What I do when they dry too quickly, is to put a small piece of orange peel (a little bigger than a finger nail) in each jar (filled no more than 50% of loose buds) and within 48 they have recovered a lot of moisture, after that I remove the peel and continue curing. This has worked extremely well for me and the buds don't acquire any of the smell or taste of the orange (that I've noticed). And even if they did it wouldn't be a bad thing because I like my buds sweet and citric.
Give that a try and in the future try and cure them properly, use a closet instead of a room you may use, they're supposed to dry in the dark and move the air around and get fresh air into the room. Also don't hang them so close to the ceiling, heat rises and that's why they dried too fast.
If you must use a room you use in your house, then hang them inside cardboard boxes with strings across the top, cut a hole in the side and cover the top of the box with some newspaper and place a fan nearby but don't allow for a direct air stream or else they again will dry too quickly. Also avoid getting light to them.
I hope that helps.
Good luck and happy growing!!
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joedaddy805
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Well the reason i hang them up is cause i washed them and put them up there to drip dry i didn't think they would of dried out so quick. i guess ill try the jar and add some moisture to them. I've done it before but i either used the leaves from the plants or some lettuce. but i guess anything will work that has moisture in it. so i guess I'm off to the store to buy more canning jars. i have way to many of these now i think i can stop growing for a year or two if i wanted to.
Washed them? as in soaked them in water? why would you do such a thing... they are probably ruined now.
Anyway, they can still drip dry in the dark, in a box, or in a secluded room, they don't need to be high up in the ceiling.
Please elaborate on the washing, what were you trying to do?
Anyway, they can still drip dry in the dark, in a box, or in a secluded room, they don't need to be high up in the ceiling.
Please elaborate on the washing, what were you trying to do?
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joedaddy805
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Well I wash them cause I grow outdoors and the buds get real dirty.
indica vet
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dry them in the dark mate , and if they were crispy after 1 night your room is to warm and drying to quick, results in less dry weight and harsh smoke
Bud washing is perfectly normal, and accepted.
jinn
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Yeah I was wondering why the one dude was like 'oh noes'
But any who,
Joe
After bud washing its best to leave them drip drying over the buckets.
Once they've finished drip drying moving them to a cool, dark, ventilated room is your priority. These conditions will allow the entire bud to dry at nearly the same rate, so you don't get crunchy on the outside - moldy on the inside.
PlainRice3
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Please share cause I'm lost...
Lost with no compass?
There is somewhere on every page on this message board, up near the very top of the page, a small icon that looks like a 'magnifying glass'. If you click on that and type in what you are looking for and let the search begin you often will find many threads from over the years.
I used it and had it look for the thread called "bud washing" which is in the link below. It is a long thread. The first several msgs contain info on how the method started. Then there are pages of reactions from people and mixed in are suggestions for some changes in the washing procedure.
https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/bud-washing.200881/
no bus washing for me ----- what about when one when one makes hash , you wash the buds for this - theydo you wash-off tricjomes when one wash'es their pot >?Lost with no compass?
There is somewhere on every page on this message board, up near the very top of the page, a small icon that looks like a 'magnifying glass'. If you click on that and type in what you are looking for and let the search begin you often will find many threads from over the years.
I used it and had it look for the thread called "bud washing" which is in the link below. It is a long thread. The first several msgs contain info on how the method started. Then there are pages of reactions from people and mixed in are suggestions for some changes in the washing procedure.
https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/bud-washing.200881/
there’s only one shot at budwashing and that’s at harvest time. if you’ve ever cleaned a pair of trim scissors then you know it’s necessary to use solvent like isopropyl or acetone or steam / flash freeze to get the sticky off. Yep, I’m convinced trichs are like glue and not water soluble.…
now if you washed some already dried bud - yes I’d be willing to bet you’d knock a shiltloaf trichs off
I grow indoors & wash all my garden goodies. I don’t use lemon juice or baking soda in 1st bucket for me it’s just 3 (sterile clean) 5 gallon buckets of lukewarm water.…
now if you washed some already dried bud - yes I’d be willing to bet you’d knock a shiltloaf trichs off
I grow indoors & wash all my garden goodies. I don’t use lemon juice or baking soda in 1st bucket for me it’s just 3 (sterile clean) 5 gallon buckets of lukewarm water.…
CelestialNurseries
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Have you ever cured buds in water??
Yes CN, I’ve done water cure & cobs, cobs have muted terps water cure it’s like smoking nothing! But guress there’s an application for peeps who can’t tolerate the harsh…
