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Why don’t I do this proper?
Low and Slo: In The Bag
Basic points:
* Paper bags will help speed the process by about a week.
* You’ll get better than 25% back, so loading the bags at 28 grams wet means every four bags’ll bring you very close to an ounce dry.
* 28 grams to a lunch bag is a good volume for smooth drying.
* Save most trimming for later to retain even more terpenes. I only take off fans.
* Laying the bags on their side increases surface area facilitating the drying process.
I wash the buds and hang dry for 4 hours and then trim the buds into the bags.
After three days open the bags, reach in and gently bounce the buds apart. Close up and put them back in place.
Do this again at least one more time, about 3 days later. After that you can forget about them.
In two weeks I pull them and finish drying with rice balls to 62-65%. Then into a jar with a Boveda.
Hope that helps.
Why don’t I do this proper?
Hope that helps.
Sue, have you tried curing in the roasting bags? Works great
I am always careful not to put too much in one bag. But I have never had an overly big harvest, until ....
soon {{gotta find some more paper bagses}}
The paper allows the buds to breath a bit and absorb moisture as they dry. They stay more green in color, but I have been right on 2 weeks in the fridge every time, then out into however you want to cure. works for me cause I am lazy.
It has been about 6-8 months since my last harvest so I might be forgetting something. It is easy enough, I fully suggest trying it.
I think I opened the bags about every 3-4 days let them warm up out of the fridge while I stuck my nose in to sniff and turn the buds over in position make sure they had room to breath in the bags, Check for general dryness. Then back until done. My guess is with a bigger harvest it might take longer?
You let them warm up? Interesting. In the end it’s all about gently removing the moisture with the least disturbance, isn’t it?
I've also had a person use there car ac to bring RH down.
I don't think you can do low and slow in the plastic though just because breathability is key to the process.Sue, have you tried curing in the roasting bags? Works great
This is for curing only. I use paper lunch bags in the frig to dry.I don't think you can do low and slow in the plastic though just because breathability is key to the process.
True dat. Gotcha!This is for curing only. I use paper lunch bags in the frig to dry.
Ok here's my curing with turkey roasting bags.
If you product is dry then just put it in the bags with a hygrometer to keep an eye on your moisture and start out burping twice a day for a few days then once a day for a few and so on. I like my product too be just a bit moist (in the upper 60's) after drying and I burp in my ac house at around 50% rh. This will bring in fresh air that is not as moist as the product and will bring the rh down slowly in the bags. If in the first day it's 70% or above I'll put it back in ther frig to dry a day or 2 more then start the cure again. If it's low on moisture I'll take it outside in the middle of the night to burp them as the humidity is usually about 85-90% then and will rehydrate them slowly.
The great thing about the bags is it's quick and easier to keep the moisture where you want it. Example if I'm reading 68% I will take the bag and just flap the opening 2-3 times to expel the air and replenish it with fresh air. I also will leave more air in the bag at this point to help lower my rh. Once it get to like 64% then I'll only leave enough air to cover the product because I'm not needing my rh to come down much further. Same on the other end. If I have my rh drop into the 50's I'll leave more of my humid air in there to help rehydrate.
If you have cured in jars you know you have to leave them open for 5-10 min. To breath but with the bags it takes 5-10 seconds. Just lift the opening up and down like bellows. And if your product is sticking to the jar you need to bump it around and fluff things up so it's not sticking or things can get moldy. With the bag you just roll it back and forth a few times and things just fall apart.
Hope I explained that ok if not just do a shout out or come by my journal and ask. I feel with the bags i have the most control and I had some big plants come in and didn't want to be burping 30 1/2 gal jars twice a day.
It's almost like training your cure.
I've also had a person use there car ac to bring RH down.
Anything for you Sue.