Curing

arteekay;2861348 said:

nismo12;2858415 said:

Do you think the boveda packs are worth the money honestly? I wish thinking about getting some. I can understand the humidity issue, we get 40% in the tent on a good day. It has mostly hovered in the 30s the entire grow.

MaxHeadroom;2858499 said:

I'm looking it as it's less than £1 per jar (around $1). That's pretty cheap insurance for a high value crop. It's worth it for the stress reduction factor - rightly or wrongly.

I don't yet know if they truly work but for the price and peace of mind I gave it a go. I'm guessing it's not so important for experienced growers used to the drying and curing process.

The buds aren't in the tent any more - RH% was way too low. If I had a veg tent they would be in there with the higher RH%. I think it has to be around 60% for a good slow dry. The tent is at 35%. I'd guess your 40% is a little bit too dry.

I could be completely wrong though. Has anyone nailed the dry process and if so what RH% do you aim for?

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I try to jar about 75-80% in 1 liter jars, and burp for an hour or two a couple times a day for about 10 days. I get a good slow dry this way and haven't had a hint of a problem with bud rot or mold. I also try and gently roll the buds around occasionally and in decreasing frequency, to make sure that no two nugs are permanently stuck together. The logic here is that if a problem does develop, hopefully it'll be limited to a subset of the smaller jars and not all.

Once they are stable around 70% we move them up to 2 liter jars with an 8 gram boveda pack in the bottom. We have a couple of the 60 gram packs, I find them far too big. Anyway, the boveda pack slowly lowers the humidity to 62 over another two weeks or so, where I just open them once a day quickly to smell 'em and adjust the hygrometer if necessary for easy viewing.

Not sure if we've nailed it exactly, but I'm satisfied and without complaint.

ShiggityFlip;2858508 said:

Boveda packs are amazing. I used them the first time after this last grow. The herb stays just beautifully hydrated at the right level for maximum aroma and smooth smoking. I will never go without if I dont have to! I have heard you can regenerate them by putting them in a steamer basket wth very low heat. But dont quote me on that. I may just try using my dry and crusty ones at first jar up. Since the packs absorb or release moisture to try and keep it at 62% this may help dry out the stem in the jar and rquire less "burping" Will have to see to make sure. But oh boy are they awesome.

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The benefits of starting late in life I guess, we've had them for every plant we've cured. I'm finding they last for a very long time, but tend to get a bit trichome covered after a few uses.

Also, our jars are getting pretty caked up already. Anybody got a good cleaning/collecting process worked out for that?

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