I've heard the thc % goes up. Is that just because there's less chlorophyll?There is no “curing” like it sounds. Just long term slow drying. After the flowers are cut and dried there is still moisture inside the buds. Bacteria eats the chlorophyll in there as long as there is still moisture. The amonia like smell when opening a jar is the off gassing of that process. If done slow and with proper environment (the jars form a micro climate) the chlorophyll will go away and leave the terpenes mostly intact.
the weed seems more potent because it smokes better.
I've heard the thc % goes up. Is that just because there's less chlorophyll?
How long do you jar/cure ur personal meds?There is no “curing” like it sounds. Just long term slow drying. After the flowers are cut and dried there is still moisture inside the buds. Bacteria eats the chlorophyll in there as long as there is still moisture. The amonia like smell when opening a jar is the off gassing of that process. If done slow and with proper environment (the jars form a micro climate) the chlorophyll will go away and leave the terpenes mostly intact.
the weed seems more potent because it smokes better.
How long do you jar/cure ur personal meds?
That seems to be my spot too but it is hard to let it sit that long- I’d only about 1/2 my personal makes it that long ! Leavin Michigan fasten seat belt sign just came on thanks and enjoy the snow todayas long as it lasts usually but depending on the flowers i like to see at least 6-8 weeks. Patients dont want to wait at all.
So if you don't mind the taste then you could try it right after drying and it won't change potency? Other than terpenes which influence the feeling.thc does not go up as far as i know but some is decarbed over time
So if you don't mind the taste then you could try it right after drying and it won't change potency? Other than terpenes which influence the feeling.
Alright thanks for the help.yeah its smooth enough to smoke and full potency out of the drying closet. As long as its not overfed.
Alright thanks for the help.
One more thing, do you know how the chlorophyll gets broken down?
Correct me if i am wrong, i want to know the actual science!! I think that burping is used to properly re distribute the moisture thru out the bud, by opening and closing jars/tubs/bags i.e "burping". When its closed that moisture in the stem distributes thru the bud and then starts releasing moisture into the container, when you open your allowing the moisture in the air to evacuate and the moisture in the bud sucks back into the center/stem. The point of proper burping early on is to properly re-distribute the moisture. But that to me is the drying process, i vac seal after drying and trimming and get hella stanky herb. Now my question to MIMedgrower is dont you have to allow the ammonia and outher gasses to evacuate via a burping? and also the literature i read is that it take three months of burping to have properly cured weed, my be out dated tho...
Technically, the % cannabinoids do "increase," because other constituents are oxidized, but it's minor.
After a recent harvest, I was sharing with a friend, after about 7 days of drying and no cure. He mentioned to me that he LOVES fresh, uncured weed. I have to admit, on some strains I do, too.
Then I started looking into it, and sure enough, some of the lighter terps disappear during the cure. https://www.greenentrepreneur.com/article/357241
They would disappear with time, anyway. I'm not suggesting no cure to save the lighter terps, because it won't work. But there is definitely a different buzz from fresh weed, and it is enjoyable.
There is no “curing” like it sounds. Just long term slow drying.
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