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First time curing…to Boveda or not Boveda.

First time curing. Buds have been drying for about a week. Ready to start the curing process. Going to use mason jars. Smaller ones. Was thinking about using the Boveda 62% humidity packs. Going to be using the mini digital hygrometer just to monitor the...
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First time curing. Buds have been drying for about a week. Ready to start the curing process. Going to use mason jars. Smaller ones. Was thinking about using the Boveda 62% humidity packs. Going to be using the mini digital hygrometer just to monitor the humidity. Unsure of what the best way is. So many posts and so many different ways. Was told Boveda packs leave a bad taste and others praise the packs. First time grow for me. Was a white widow auto and the yield was rather small. I am just happy to get anything. Buds look amazing. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
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I love them no funky taste i put 2 packs to a jar with about 45 grams in a jar
 

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RoadKillSkunkHunt said:
Me personally? No to bovita packs. I use terp lock Grove bags for curing and storage.
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I used some knockoff bags and was impressed how they maintain rh and how much of that inner bud dank smell it held onto, but smoked a little harsh after a month in the bag. The results to me were more like a short two weeks in a cure jar. So it seems to me going with bag cure vs jar cure is a question which do you like more, smell or taste and if you want smell use the bag and if you want taste use the jar. That was just my personal takeaway. I moved the bag stuff to a jar to see if I can get it to mellow out some more before I start pulling from it.
 
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Ninjadogma said:
I used some knockoff bags and was impressed how they maintain rh and how much of that inner bud dank smell it held onto, but smoked a little harsh after a month in the bag. The results to me were more like a short two weeks in a cure jar. So it seems to me going with bag cure vs jar cure is a question which do you like more, smell or taste and if you want smell use the bag and if you want taste use the jar. That was just my personal takeaway. I moved the bag stuff to a jar to see if I can get it to mellow out some more before I start pulling from it.
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I had a shelf break that was filled with jars containing cannabis. I have pets so missing glass upon clean-up could have some pretty severe consequences ... I no longer store weed in jars since then. Between losing over a lb of cannabis and worrying over missing glass upon clean-up, I decided to never use glass again.

For better or worse because of it? That's my story ...
 
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RoadKillSkunkHunt said:
I had a shelf break that was filled with jars containing cannabis. I have pets so missing glass upon clean-up could have some pretty severe consequences ... I no longer store weed in jars since then. Between losing over a lb of cannabis and worrying over missing glass upon clean-up, I decided to never use glass again.

For better or worse because of it? That's my story ...
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What do you use? I hear plastic ziplock bags. Maybe as a last resort???
 
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20MANDM02 said:
What do you use? I hear plastic ziplock bags. Maybe as a last resort???
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I keep it in the Grove Bags in an area of my house (closet under the basement stairs) that never leaves the sweet spot in temperature and humidity. I have smaller "stash bags" like you get from dispensaries to keep out personal size amounts. The rest? I don't sell any of it but magically between my adult kids, I always seem to run out of what I keep stashed ... but I am always well supplied personally. I hope that makes sense ... 😕
 
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My first grow of 6 zips went into 9 32 oz mason jars. Already had em. Canned food for years but not in the last 4 years.
I only had 3 humidity/ temp cubes so I staggard the amount of weed in the jars and put the sensors in the most full jar and the 2 least full jar. Burped daily until down to 62% then added the packs. The jars with smaller amounts would dry first and I would move the sensor cubes up as they finished dropping moisture. I never went under doing it this way and 5 weeks later the weed comes out oily and takes an overnight sit to crumble up.
 
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I was lining them up and putting a sweep fan on them. 10 minutes and back in the box. I put them in ground contact with the basement floor. 65 degrees year round.
 
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My tier list:
1. Terplock bags
2. Mason jar with boveda
3. Only mason jar and hygrometer.

Things about boveda packs:
1. When it gets dry you put it in a ziplock bag with a bit of water and you can use it again once the silica gel inside absorbs enough water.
2. It wont magically reduce or increse humidity by a lot, if there is excess it will take, and if there is lack it will give, but if its too dry or too wet they wont do nothing.
3. If the jar where they were had any tipe of fungus you can throw them away. If you still dont want to, spray hydrogen peroxide and rehydrate. You can only reuse them a couple of times, after that the paper outside starts to get dangerously brittle.
 
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5gallon food grade buckets, burp daily. Leave it about a month. Then into vacuum packed bags, not sucked out completely. It’s fresh till I’m done with the next years harvest.
 
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I’ve not read all the posts here & don’t know what quantity you are working with. Over the years I’ve moved to 1 gallon jars w a rubber ring seal & yes I also use a humidity packet as I feel like they help better maintain a consistent humidity in the jars. At this point in the year my stash is not all dried out and crunchy. Jars get stored in a chest upstairs in an unconditioned room until they are ready to be refilled at the end of the following season.
The first couple of weeks I check jars daily to make certain they are not too moist. Stick a hand in, feel for excess moisture or a cool moist feeling along with reading your humidistat, absolutely no visible condensation within your container. When checking if you’re not certain that the buds are dry enough they go right back in a paper grocery bag, no waiting to talk or get a reply online here, to much moisture in glass can be a bad ending but it is my favorite storage and doesn’t add microplastic particles to my smoke.
Drying and curing is nerve wracking at first but pay attention to what’s going on in your jars, I mean the process occurring not the buds, the buds will distract your focus from the process.

Drying rack - until dry (3 to 7 days avg)
Paper bag - with top folded over in the house
Glass jar with humidity pkt (around 62%)
Check 1 or 2 times per day

I would rather risk a little over drying than starting a compost project with my buds.
Really hard dense flowers can hold more moisture so think about what you’ve grown as that will affect the process as well.
 
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I have only used them in dire circumstances like saving a bad dry or cure from a dispo. My main counterpoint to the humidity packs is that if your cannabis is dried with something based of active water content, then burping is not needed...and if burping is not needed neither is modulating the humidity inside the jar by opening the top...add to that that these are RH based packets, so they are therefor variable with respect to temperature

They will 100% give you a bad taste if you manage to have an imperfectly stitched membrane or get a knockoff bag. Puncturing one of these would be like opening a silica packet, the same way a kick to the head is a delicious scoop of ice cream... If you really want a rabbit hole, look into the membranes themselves. Most are using an RO type of membrane to supplement but the salts for everyone's favorite target (62% RH) is a very strong oxidizing agent...generally the exact thing needed to breakdown polyethylene (the main membrane). Long times and temperatures and the polyethylene alone are leeching hazards.

Folks tend to use these to finish off their dry, which is just wrong for the current product offering. Coming into a system with bud effectively above 62% RH with a 62% pack means that, yes, the system will equalize to 62% but only at time infinity. Recipe for mold and nasties. Coming in just below with a pack, that is more like it.

In theory, the dual membrane system would indeed only let water vapor pass through each way. Under strict temperature guard rails and with a perfectly manufactured, shipped, and consumer implemented bag for a short term solution to holding humidity for already perfectly dried flower - then yes, they work as advertised with no nuance to be aware of.

As with all items of convenience, it is an optimization game. Do you value (likely) infinitesimal health points or easy consistency without the effort? If you do decide that, hey, I value my time and convenience more, then at least get the best brand with the strictest quality control, use them only as advised, always double check each bag, and never open one/use them only as needed.
 
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