Bud Washing

2-way humidity packs, that keep the container they are in, at the humidity listed.
62% in case of boveda62. Google on them, should get you a supplier. Else, they ship them from America in record speed.
 
Well j think I fucked up, the branches I had in paper bags dried out on me and now buds are super crisp, I tried to trim 5 minutes ago and buds turned to dust, well not really but they are super dry,don't know what to do at this point except to cut all buds into tiny pieces.

The humidity here is ridiculously low right now and everything I've tried hasn't brought it up and I can't afford a humidifier, I'm on permanent disability without qualifying for SSI so things are tight.

So 4 months down the drain? But at least what I trimmed is super covered in trics so it should be smokeable right?

I would be Sooooooooo posed if that happened to me.. livid.

I don't have the experience of others here, including you.
My experience washing, trimming and drying was totally different. At 40% humidity and 60°F it took 10-12 days for branches to snap and never felt dry.

How big was your harvest?

If in the usa, I could maill you 6 small size Boveda packs, each good for a 2/3 filled quart jar.
(Last time I priced overseas shipping it was ridiculous. )
 
Like the other guys have said: it will be fine don't worry. If they are too dry to trim right now then absolutely you can just take the whole branches as big as you can fit with leaves and everything left and stick them in an airtight container with something damp. A piece of damp paper towel works as does the Apple slices orfresh marijuana leaves work too ;-) Half a day like that and it will no longer be too dry to handle easily. You have stopped the cure so flavor may not be ideal with a fast dry like that, but it will absolutely still be smokable and will not be any worse than commercial stuff you buy from the corner dealer as they fast dry also, and none of them will ever cure anything properly anyway.
 
Get the stuff into jars and see if any moisture moves from the center outward. Wouldn't hurt to follow some of the advice here if it's still "crispy". It will never get as smooth or nice as properly cured, but it is still smokeable. I like the ideas of using a piece of fruit if the Bovedas aren't available, but I'm uneasy about spraying with water. I'd rather spray the inside of the jar lid to introduce humidity.

A lemon peel or a 62 boveda pack in said jar may help.

We always used orange, but any citrus peel works well in a pinch. :high-five:

I've found the 62 boveda packs are best at helping over dried product. More so then curing it. Also there's some diy on here somewhere where a guy took a mason jar lid and made it to where a moist paper towel could be inserted into lid kinda like a cure vault. That might be better since cash is tight.

I like my Boveda packs too. I like the idea of a DIY vault. If you kept the paper towel moist that would add humidity for sure. :thumb:
 
I cut up the branches to fit inside quart mason jars and already there losing dryness, maybe much ado about nothing? I also ended up with over 4 ounces of super fine trim that tasted great with one helluva buzz! Thanks everyone for your advice, support and encouragement!
 
Gryzzly, I also did not mean to come off as trying to make fun of you. I was just trying to suggest a possible culprit so we can learn and better nail down the variables of this new technique.

Another question along those lines I have is; Did you grow under CFL, Floros or LEDs? Not to open the LED/HID can of worms, but from what I can see, those forms of light tend to produce airy buds while the HID grow larger denser buds. I have HIDs and don't know LEDs from personal use, but just viewing other journals, I get this impression. If what I said does hold merit, IMO, the airier buds will dry quicker than dense buds as the dense ones have a greater source of moisture at the core than the airy ones.

With that said, maybe we can take note of what kinds of lights were used, or at least the honest state of the buds at harvest, ie, dense or airy. Then new comers to this technique will have two possible approaches to take. Knowledge of both approaches will give the grower more information about what is desired from the dry and cure after the wash of course. This added knowledge will then empower the grower to deal with curve balls better when they find that the process is not going according to the description.
 
Get the stuff into jars and see if any moisture moves from the center outward. Wouldn't hurt to follow some of the advice here if it's still "crispy". It will never get as smooth or nice as properly cured, but it is still smokeable. I like the ideas of using a piece of fruit if the Bovedas aren't available, but I'm uneasy about spraying with water. I'd rather spray the inside of the jar lid to introduce humidity.



We always used orange, but any citrus peel works well in a pinch. :high-five:



I like my Boveda packs too. I like the idea of a DIY vault. If you kept the paper towel moist that would add humidity for sure. :thumb:

Unless like me you happen to live in a sort of 'humidity vault' lol. I just put it in a safe place in my shed for a few hours at a time if I want to rehydrate.
 
I cut up the branches to fit inside quart mason jars and already there losing dryness, maybe much ado about nothing? I also ended up with over 4 ounces of super fine trim that tasted great with one helluva buzz! Thanks everyone for your advice, support and encouragement!

Not much ado about nothing ... handled incorrect, you would have been left with cannabis powder now. Really tho .. can I send my shrooms your way for drying ? That usually takes a few weeks here :p

Nice work on the recovery. You can repeat the misting a second time if they where really bone dry, make it a light mist tho. Then cure as per normal. They will not be as good as slowly dried bud, but sure as hell better then anything else you can regularly buy on street corners.
 
Gryzzly, I also did not mean to come off as trying to make fun of you. I was just trying to suggest a possible culprit so we can learn and better nail down the variables of this new technique.

Another question along those lines I have is; Did you grow under CFL, Floros or LEDs? Not to open the LED/HID can of worms, but from what I can see, those forms of light tend to produce airy buds while the HID grow larger denser buds. I have HIDs and don't know LEDs from personal use, but just viewing other journals, I get this impression. If what I said does hold merit, IMO, the airier buds will dry quicker than dense buds as the dense ones have a greater source of moisture at the core than the airy ones.

With that said, maybe we can take note of what kinds of lights were used, or at least the honest state of the buds at harvest, ie, dense or airy. Then new comers to this technique will have two possible approaches to take. Knowledge of both approaches will give the grower more information about what is desired from the dry and cure after the wash of course. This added knowledge will then empower the grower to deal with curve balls better when they find that the process is not going according to the description.

I think you may have made a typo in there. Are you saying HID and LED will make airy buds? I've found that LEDs produce much denser nuggs than HPS (a type of HID).
 
Ok, I stand corrected. HPS's produce airy buds and LEDs produce dense nugs. What I was trying to say was that maybe due to the airiness of the bud, the initial dry time will likely be less because air can work through the flowers quicker.
 
Huh. Just cause it's hps doesn't mean it's gonna be airy none of my shits airy and I pull hp plus per plant. Of dense dispensary ready nugs. And my stuff ends up on there top shelf for 14$ a gram.

Led,hps or as we have seen with sue cfl. It doesn't matter alot more factors then lumens or uv or par. It's
Medium
The grower
The environment
The nutrition
The time
The genetics.

Lightning style is just one limiting factor.
 
I was thinking the same thing.

It seems pretty common for newer growers to struggle with bud density, which would explain guys recent issues.

There can be alot of reasons for this, particularly a lack of strong quality light. What I mean by this is that usually quality lighting shines through, while people who skimp on this part of their garden usually pay for it in bud quality.

It is certainly easy to fuck shit up no matter how good your lights are :D
 
Led vs hps
Reminds me of PlayStation or xbox fan boys. Or Gibson vs fender.

Doc bud is only one of maybe 12 growers I've seen compete with strictly led. Compared to thousands of guys and girls using hps.

The p1200 does catch my eye. And I may try one before we build our 40x40 exterior grow room.
 
I would be Sooooooooo posed if that happened to me.. livid.

I don't have the experience of others here, including you.
My experience washing, trimming and drying was totally different. At 40% humidity and 60°F it took 10-12 days for branches to snap and never felt dry.

How big was your harvest?

If in the usa, I could maill you 6 small size Boveda packs, each good for a 2/3 filled quart jar.
(Last time I priced overseas shipping it was ridiculous. )

Radogast....I'm in Ohio ànd not sure how big harvest will be but should be around 400-500 grams. I know, not much but it was only one plant and it was supposed to finish in 9 weeks but took 13, and even then I could have let it go another week but got tired of looking at it and i needed the room and was out of :tokin::blunt::ganjamon:smoke, lol. I think I'm done growing in Ohio winters. I could really use those boveda packs, like today!
 
Led vs hps
Reminds me of PlayStation or xbox fan boys. Or Gibson vs fender.

Doc bud is only one of maybe 12 growers I've seen compete with strictly led. Compared to thousands of guys and girls using hps.

The p1200 does catch my eye. And I may try one before we build our 40x40 exterior grow room.

LED vs HPS....

All other things being equal, ie a grower replaces HPS with LED, the nuggs will be smaller, but denser. Just like with HPS however, the grower will learn to tailor their grow methods to work better with the LEDs.
 
:bigtoke::ganjamon::peace::lot-o-toke::peacetwo::thanks:Dutty, I pm'ed you, let me know if you received it, I'm very computer stupid, lol thanks.

Some if you wondered what lights I'm using.

Seedlings...cfl's , bulb and 2 foot light.

Vegging. ....1000W MH.

Flower. ...1000W HPS.

My buds were certainly not airy that's for sure, they were very dense and the main cola was like a baseball bat. I didn't top or super crop or do any LST but next grow i will for sure. During the grow my RH was around 55-65 and temps ranged from upper 60 's to low 80's.

I used Fox Farm soil with perlite added 1/3rd by volume along with fox farm nutes only.

I also added some molasses nearer the end of the grow and that's abouþt all I did.

Genetics were supposedly Northern Lights #1, but they way she grew a couple of people thought she was some type of equatorial sativa cross.


My potts were 7 gallon fabric bags.

Had a few fuck ups along the way, 3 branches broke off due to weight, the top cola broke in half from the weight but I was able to tie her back up. A CFL light was left on all night when wife went into the grow room to grab a broom and left the light on all night during flower.

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
 
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