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Watering the day before they dry slower and cure better? How so?I like them watered the day before. So they dry slower. Easier to handle. Better cure.
You don't want them drooping and thirsty. You want them chopped at maximum respiration. So they're as full of moisture as possible when you cut them.Watering the day before they dry slower and cure better? How so?
Because they will dry slower if they're full of water. You don't want a fast dry... so if you live in a hot dry climate, this would buy you some time. If you live in a cool damp climate, where it will take a long time to dry anyway, you may prefer to starve them of water for a week to reduce your drying time by a couple days and reduce risk of mold slightly. Everyone has a different set of circumstances, that's why there's usually no one size fits all solution for growing weed perfectly.Watering the day before they dry slower and cure better? How so?
Don't plants generally keep a pretty even amount of inner water levels? I'm thinking osmosis, gravity, and maybe another word I'm missing? Sure, once they can't get more water up through the roots, they'll start drooping.....plant water level starts to drop.....but it's not like you can force extra water into them..?You don't want them drooping and thirsty. You want them chopped at maximum respiration. So they're as full of moisture as possible when you cut them.
I mean......you probably would have cannabis flavored rice. If that's what you like, sure. The rice would definitely get moist if you packed fresh cut buds in it. You'd have to monitor that.....other problems could arise.... ;). It could make for a unique dry/cure provided you got it right.you could dry a rice cure cover the shit completely with rice for about 2 weeks let it suck out the moisture , then you could have some cannabis flavored rice
The difference there will be minimal, but yes there will be less water in the plant 3 days after watering than there will be the very next day after watering... because it will get used and exhaled via transpiration..what we're really getting at here is does it really matter if you water the day before vs......2 or 3 days before?
Pretty sure the rice would stick, you'd lose a bunch of trichs, the terps would probably be ruined too and your bud would taste like shit, or bland rice.I mean......you probably would have cannabis flavored rice. If that's what you like, sure. The rice would definitely get moist if you packed fresh cut buds in it. You'd have to monitor that.....other problems could arise.... ;). It could make for a unique dry/cure provided you got it right.
I don't know.....I'd say you're splitting hairs on something that really has no real impact unless you take your proposal to an extreme....It's pretty simple I think you're making it harder lol. If you don't add water for a few to several days, the amount of moisture in the plant goes down each day as they carry out processes using the water and exhale via transpiration using the leaves to keep themselves cool. If inner water levels were kept the same by some magic, under or overwatering wouldn't be so detrimental to them. More water inside equals longer to dry because they're dead, they can't transpire anymore, it has to evaporate, and the rate at which that happens is related to your environment.
So if the difference is minimal.....dare I say miniscule......then we've just had some fun. ;). Hopefully both of us....The difference there will be minimal, but yes there will be less water in the plant 3 days after watering than there will be the very next day after watering... because it will get used and exhaled via transpiration.
I was gonna say, didn't I just say that? LolI don't know.....I'd say you're splitting hairs on something that really has no real impact unless you take your proposal to an extreme....
It's like we're in perfect wavelength, dialed right in.......bammo. on point.I was gonna say, didn't I just say that? Lol
I only start indoors and finish outside, so mother nature makes many decisions for me. I can't really starve them of water completely because they have deep robust roots that barring drought, will find water... oh and rain happens. I usually don't add water for like 5 days before chop because I'm in the Northeast and fall is damp and cool and mold is always a factor so I don't particularly want them fully saturated with water... plus I wash my buds, so that adds a day or so as well.It's like we're in perfect wavelength, dialed right in.......bammo. on point.
Well.....the rice would start pulling out the moisture, but if all/most of the leaves are left on branches before boxing them up with the rice......and you can start by hanging the branches upside down for a few days until the leaves fall down and protect (most of) the buds resin....but people have used these types of drying methods for a whole bunch of things for centuries (think mumification), so it's really a matter of getting it right, if that means opening the box every day, or dialing in an exact temp and humidity zone, it can be done. And if it is done right you will end up with (relatively) dried buds/stalks......you might even have to change the rice more than once........but you'll get cannabis flavored rice alright, whether we'd like it or not is another matter.Pretty sure the rice would stick, you'd lose a bunch of trichs, the terps would probably be ruined too and your bud would taste like shit, or bland rice.
I suppose, but why? If there were a benefit, people would do it. If the flavor (terpenes) is in the rice, it's not in the weed. I'm a flavor gal myself, I like my terps in my mouth where they belong.Well.....the rice would start pulling out the moisture, but if all/most of the leaves are left on branches before boxing them up with the rice......and you can start by hanging the branches upside down for a few days until the leaves fall down and protect (most of) the buds resin....but people have used these types of drying methods for a whole bunch of things for centuries (think mumification), so it's really a matter of getting it right, if that means opening the box every day, or dialing in an exact temp and humidity zone, it can be done. And if it is done right you will end up with (relatively) dried buds/stalks......you might even have to change the rice more than once........but you'll get cannabis flavored rice alright, whether we'd like it or not is another matter.
How long would it take? Would it dry/begin to cure the weed in a unique way? Worth it? And maybe there would be better things than rice to use.......rice being rather flavorless, one could experiment with other additions. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that probably, almost none of us would care to "flavorize" our weed, unless maybe something was wrong with the grow, we had no choice but to harvest too early........a lemon peel, apple....
The concept of a long, slow, but different kind of drying/curing is a bit interesting though. I remember reading about how inbthe 60s-70s......even before of course, the massive fields of seeded Mexican or whatever would be sun dried/cured......I've water heard of water cured (shudder.....but at least it washes chlorophyll and other unwanted plant matter out)......or they'd heap it all onto huge piles and let it ferment...
If it accomplishes something good, it's good......if it doesn't it doesn't.
Yeah, this. Same here, and up north. This year the fall really lasted didn't it? I just put a few small testers outside for year one with the new house, but I was beyond surprised that I got to harvest Oct 20 - Nov 1st. There were a few nights where it got down around 30 in the early morning, and all that did was bring out purples, they can handie very brief slight freezing temps......I only start indoors and finish outside, so mother nature makes many decisions for me. I can't really starve them of water completely because they have deep robust roots that barring drought, will find water... oh and rain happens. I usually don't add water for like 5 days before chop because I'm in the Northeast and fall is damp and cool and mold is always a factor so I don't particularly want them fully saturated with water... plus I wash my buds, so that adds a day or so as well.
Eh, it's labor intensive and the larger your op, the more of a PITA it is....I suppose, but why? If there were a benefit, people would do it. If the flavor (terpenes) is in the rice, it's not in the weed. I'm a flavor gal myself, I like my terps in my mouth where they belong.
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