How to trim, dry and cure your buds?

[Highpotanoose]

Like major said if they are high then leave packs out till you get close

They will bring them back a little if you over dry

I want to let a boveda dry out and put in a jar with high humidity and see how it works to remove moisture

 

[joedaddy805]

I think i might have a pack that might be dry and see if i have one and try it out. I guess i should pen the jars and close them when they get to 67 or and close them up and see how it goes then.

 

[Major PITA]

IDK what 75 RH feels like. I do know 62 RH feels dry-ish, but not crispy dry. The buds can be squeezed and pinched w/o any of it crumbling easily. They spring back but still burn easily. How long have your been in jars? How's the smell - grassy, etc.??

 

[joedaddy805]

They've been in about a week still smell a lil grassy to me.

 

[Major PITA]

They've been in about a week still smell a lil grassy to me.

Then I'd keep burping. Better off a little too dry than a little too wet... The Boveda will sort things out after that.
Even crispy buds can get too moist in a jar, especially if they were dried quickly.

 

[joedaddy805]

Then I guess I need to weigh out everything in the jar once its dried so I know how many packs to put in them. How many pack do you usually put in your jars

 

[joedaddy805]

I think I had they out drying for about 4 days but we had some pretty hot weather here for a long time.

 

[Major PITA]

I don't use much - not like most growers. I have large jars with about 8 oz. of bud but only use a single large pack in each. It works for me. After they cure for about 8 weeks I will use a seal-a-meal type thing to keep them in long-term storage.

 

[joedaddy805]

Ok cool I have my jars open now so my room smells pretty good. I'll just watch them and see when the rh is just right and close them again and i guess repeat till the rh is stable. I just didn't know if 75h should feel moist or not cause i dont know if my rh meters are accurate. I've tried a few and dont know which one to believe. What do you use for a rh meter. I bought some digital ones of eBay cause they fit inside the jar and dont take up much room. I also just put one in a zip bag with one of the meters to see if it reads 62 or pretty close.

 

[Major PITA]

I don't use a RH meter for my jars. That's why IDK what 75% feels like. I go by feel and experience. In most cases it takes me about 4 days to get them dry enough to jar. I then burp for about a week. After that I check them more thoroughly and decide if it is time for the 62% packs.

 

[joedaddy805]

Oh OK i'm not good enough to do it that way. I think I need to buy me 1 got meter and that way i can see if mother crappy meters are working as they should.

 

[Newbie herbalist]

Thanks for sharing all your ways. I am learning so much.