DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying: Maximizing Your Harvest

Its great to question! :)
Sulphur Dioxide is not the same as sulfites.
Sulfites are salts, containing a Sulphur molecule.

- lemon juice and baking soda is a very common household produce wash. Been around for years

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oh, BTW, sulfites are very common in nature...eggs, peanuts, cruciferous veggies, onions, garlic(allium family)

org wine in USA allows up to 100ppm sulfites
 
Canyon said:
Anyone want to venture a guess as to how much peroxide to add to say 5 gallons of water? I have two plants cumming down probably Wednesday.

A 50/50 dilution is supposed to kill mites. Without any input I would probably go with a pint or a quart to 5 gallons.

I am also wondering if something from the lemon juice is left in the buds or there is a reaction with something in the cannabis that is causing the perceived better smoke/high.

I never know
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The 420 edit option has expired on this post. The 50/50 reference is incorrect, I have no idea if peroxide will kill mites. 50/50 iso will though.




 
gtrmike470 said:
Great thread Sue!! I'm sold. Lookin for a used bar fridge on kijiji right now. Just to be clear, should I choose not to rinse, and I'm not saying I will, then my harvest goes straight to the racks or bags in the fridge?
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Yes, straight from the pot you cut her from to the fridge. I try to get it into the cold within 4-5 hours, to keep the monoterpenes from beginning to evaporate away.
 
MrGreene said:
Mine has been in the fridge on racks for ten days now. I turned the temp down a touch a couple nights ago. Temp is 42 degrees and 45% humidity.

I'm not sure how to identify the point that it goes in jars, when the jars should be sealed, and when it can all go in the cabinet for storage.
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I'm not sure how to determine this either. I give a gentle squeeze, or snap a twig. I've done enough harvesting though, that I understand what it should feel like.

Are you using Boveda packs to store the buds with? They'll maintain the moisture at 62%, and that appears to be what you can expect to be reasonably close to after two weeks. This is new to most of us other than Ziggy.

Ziggy, how do you determine the buds are dry enough? I can't believe this is the first time I've asked this. :laughtwo:
 
SweetSue said:
I'm not sure how to determine this either. I give a gentle squeeze, or snap a twig. I've done enough harvesting though, that I understand what it should feel like.

Are you using Boveda packs to store the buds with? They'll maintain the moisture at 62%, and that appears to be what you can expect to be reasonably close to after two weeks. This is new to most of us other than Ziggy.

Ziggy, how do you determine the buds are dry enough? I can't believe this is the first time I've asked this. :laughtwo:
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The buds feel dry but the stems still bend/kink without snapping.

I'm using the fridge to store the buds. lol. Do I need to order some boveda packs?
 
MrGreene said:
The buds feel dry but the stems still bend/kink without snapping.

I'm using the fridge to store the buds. lol. Do I need to order some boveda packs?
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I use them in all my jars. They keep the material from becoming too dry, which will effect the potency of the buds.
 
DrZiggy said:
Its great to question! :)
Sulphur Dioxide is not the same as sulfites.
Sulfites are salts, containing a Sulphur molecule.

- lemon juice and baking soda is a very common household produce wash. Been around for years

:)

oh, BTW, sulfites are very common in nature...eggs, peanuts, cruciferous veggies, onions, garlic(allium family)

org wine in USA allows up to 100ppm sulfites
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Also important to note,
- the lemon juice is being rinsed off, twice.
- the amount being consumed per day, even if not rinsed, is trivial compared to drinking a glass of lemonade or eating a hot dog.
 
I cut down one lady today, she is already in the fridge. Hopefully this will work :)

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I washed the bus, and let them dry with the fan blowing on them.
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Then i took 2 boxes and made holes in them and made 3 layers for the buds not to touch each other
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Radogast said:
Also important to note,
- the lemon juice is being rinsed off, twice.
- the amount being consumed per day, even if not rinsed, is trivial compared to drinking a glass of lemonade or eating a hot dog.
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Good points Rad. This is the discussion I'd hoped to fire up. My question was, why do we use lemon juice and baking soda? What's our expectation? Is it actually doing what we expect?
 
New B said:
So I was told that tomatoes would be a better choice to encourage ripening then bananas as they decay faster so give off the gas faster.
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Nice idea. I don't really want them to decay though. That will encourage bugs. I wonder which gives off more gas? I can tell you the bananas are a staple in there already. Lol! They ripen faster and a little sweeter than in the kitchen, and I love the gardening treat. Haha!
 
Giorkos1 said:
I cut down one lady today, she is already in the fridge. Hopefully this will work :)

Then i took 2 boxes and made holes in them and made 3 layers for the buds not to touch each other
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Sweet drying boxes Giorkos1. :high-five: Welcome to the experiment. Fear not, it'll work. :battingeyelashes: Give it the time it needs and you'll be drying all of your harvests like this.
 
SweetSue said:
Good points Rad. This is the discussion I'd hoped to fire up. My question was, why do we use lemon juice and baking soda? What's our expectation? Is it actually doing what we expect?
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Lemon juice and baking soda are a great mixture to clean everything that it's not supposed to be on the buds when smoked, for example dust
 
SweetSue said:
Nice idea. I don't really want them to decay though. That will encourage bugs. I wonder which gives off more gas? I can tell you the bananas are a staple in there already. Lol! They ripen faster and a little sweeter than in the kitchen, and I love the gardening treat. Haha!
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It's the decaying action or ripening of the fruit that produces the gas.

I get the bug thing though.

Just thought I'd pass it on.
Warehouses that store green bananas also put tomatoes in same area to encourage the bananas to ripen faster then just sitting around. I'm going to try both and see if I can notice a difference from either when my next flip comes around
 
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