Questions about curing and potency......

[fordtough68]

Ok growmies, I have some questions. I will preface this by saying I do NOT smoke. I have lots of friends that do, and for the most part will be giving the large majority away.

Now, with that said, I am in the process of drying/curing the first part of my harvest. For my 1st grow, I decided to keep it small and only grew 12 plants lol

I have different cultivars and they are wrapping up at different times, so my first plant has finished, the dry went great, and its 3 weeks into the cure in grove bags. Sitting beautifully at 61% humidity in the bags! So far so good!

Now for the questions. When the first plant dried, I gave a bud to a buddy and he said he didnt get high and it really didnt have much of a smell. I was shocked and sad! After about a week, I gave him another bud to sample and he said it smelled much better and he got quite high from it! YAYYYY! Now, after three weeks in the cure, I just gave him another bud and this stuff is now DANK! Im a happy camper! He hasn't smoked it yet, but will tonight, so I will have his input later. But......I know the smells will perk up with a cure, but will the high actually improve with a proper cure?? Is this to be expected? Im going to have about 5 lbs of buds cured soon and just need to know what I should expect as I pass it out. Im tempted to just try it, but in reality, one puff of some bottom shelf bud would bake me, so I wouldn't be a good judge.

 

[Halloweed]

I've never heard of cured bud getting stronger the further the time passes. But I'm not sure. It might.

I know that trichomes degrade over time and turns into can I believe.

And damn! 12 plants, 5 lbs off first grow. That's more than I did on my first grow which was 2 lol.

 

[MrSativaMan]

Ok growmies, I have some questions. I will preface this by saying I do NOT smoke. I have lots of friends that do, and for the most part will be giving the large majority away.

Now, with that said, I am in the process of drying/curing the first part of my harvest. For my 1st grow, I decided to keep it small and only grew 12 plants lol

I have different cultivars and they are wrapping up at different times, so my first plant has finished, the dry went great, and its 3 weeks into the cure in grove bags. Sitting beautifully at 61% humidity in the bags! So far so good!

Now for the questions. When the first plant dried, I gave a bud to a buddy and he said he didnt get high and it really didnt have much of a smell. I was shocked and sad! After about a week, I gave him another bud to sample and he said it smelled much better and he got quite high from it! YAYYYY! Now, after three weeks in the cure, I just gave him another bud and this stuff is now DANK! Im a happy camper! He hasn't smoked it yet, but will tonight, so I will have his input later. But......I know the smells will perk up with a cure, but will the high actually improve with a proper cure?? Is this to be expected? Im going to have about 5 lbs of buds cured soon and just need to know what I should expect as I pass it out. Im tempted to just try it, but in reality, one puff of some bottom shelf bud would bake me, so I wouldn't be a good judge.

well the main goal of curing is letting the chlorophyll leave as slow as possible, which is why the bud that was only cured for a week sucked compared to the weed cured for 2-3 weeks. Chlorophyll makes ur weed smell like hay and smoke harsh and taste bad if it goes away too quickly. I don't really have an answer for your questions about potency, but the longer you cure the better weed you'll have up until a point

 

[fordtough68]

I've never heard of cured bud getting stronger the further the time passes. But I'm not sure. It might.

I know that trichomes degrade over time and turns into can I believe.

And damn! 12 plants, 5 lbs off first grow. That's more than I did on my first grow which was 2 lol.

Haha, yeah, I have this weird issue where I am unable to do anything in moderation lol. I can't wait to find out what the final dried weight will be! The grow has been flawless! Build-a-soil coots style medium, a couple of top dressings with Gaia green and craft blend, and not much else. Using bottom watering with the spider farmer wicking system. I thought this was going to be MUCH more difficult to do successfully, so I went with the max our state allows. They all turned out fantastic with the exception of my blue dream that I snapped in half when doing lst. I stuck it back together and it healed itself and will end up with about 3 oz from it still lol

 

[fordtough68]

well the main goal of curing is letting the chlorophyll leave as slow as possible, which is why the bud that was only cured for a week sucked compared to the weed cured for 2-3 weeks. Chlorophyll makes ur weed smell like hay and smoke harsh and taste bad if it goes away too quickly. I don't really have an answer for your questions about potency, but the longer you cure the better weed you'll have up until a point

Believe it or not, I didnt have a hay smell at any point through the drying process. I was fully expecting it at least for a few days, but didnt really smell it at all. I have my drying tent set up perfectly with good airflow at maintaining 68 degrees at 58-60% humidity. Im on day ten today for 4 more plants that im going to have to start trimming tonight or tomorrow I thing. Im a proud papa! I love passing it out to show off!

 

[MrSativaMan]

Believe it or not, I didnt have a hay smell at any point through the drying process. I was fully expecting it at least for a few days, but didnt really smell it at all. I have my drying tent set up perfectly with good airflow at maintaining 68 degrees at 58-60% humidity. Im on day ten today for 4 more plants that im going to have to start trimming tonight or tomorrow I thing. Im a proud papa! I love passing it out to show off!

that's great man , sounds like your doing pretty good for yourself and your buddies

 

[Week4Bytch]

Ok growmies, I have some questions. I will preface this by saying I do NOT smoke. I have lots of friends that do, and for the most part will be giving the large majority away.

Now, with that said, I am in the process of drying/curing the first part of my harvest. For my 1st grow, I decided to keep it small and only grew 12 plants lol

I have different cultivars and they are wrapping up at different times, so my first plant has finished, the dry went great, and its 3 weeks into the cure in grove bags. Sitting beautifully at 61% humidity in the bags! So far so good!

Now for the questions. When the first plant dried, I gave a bud to a buddy and he said he didnt get high and it really didnt have much of a smell. I was shocked and sad! After about a week, I gave him another bud to sample and he said it smelled much better and he got quite high from it! YAYYYY! Now, after three weeks in the cure, I just gave him another bud and this stuff is now DANK! Im a happy camper! He hasn't smoked it yet, but will tonight, so I will have his input later. But......I know the smells will perk up with a cure, but will the high actually improve with a proper cure?? Is this to be expected? Im going to have about 5 lbs of buds cured soon and just need to know what I should expect as I pass it out. Im tempted to just try it, but in reality, one puff of some bottom shelf bud would bake me, so I wouldn't be a good judge.

That's perfectly normal. The terps and THC go through a transformation as the nitrogen slowly releases. All normal. Some say it's peak at 3-6 months of curing.

 

[puertoesc25]

That's perfectly normal. The terps and THC go through a transformation as the nitrogen slowly releases. All normal. Some say it's peak at 3-6 months of curing.

i've heard this too. definitely leads to a slightly different high

 

[Zill]

Hey Ford,

The balance between the terpenes, flavonoids and cannabinoids begins to change as soon as the plant is harvested. Using a single human as a bio marker is OK. I guess. If you don’t assay your own buds maybe you could send out for analysis. Five lbs. thats a lot of bud.

Nitrogen has nothing to do with -oid deterioration or transformations. Whatever that is.

 

[Hossgrows]

Haha, yeah, I have this weird issue where I am unable to do anything in moderation lol. I can't wait to find out what the final dried weight will be! The grow has been flawless! Build-a-soil coots style medium, a couple of top dressings with Gaia green and craft blend, and not much else. Using bottom watering with the spider farmer wicking system. I thought this was going to be MUCH more difficult to do successfully, so I went with the max our state allows. They all turned out fantastic with the exception of my blue dream that I snapped in half when doing lst. I stuck it back together and it healed itself and will end up with about 3 oz from it still lol

12...u must be in Ohio.

 

[fordtough68]

12...u must be in Ohio.

You got it!

 

[Week4Bytch]

Hey Ford,

The balance between the terpenes, flavonoids and cannabinoids begins to change as soon as the plant is harvested. Using a single human as a bio marker is OK. I guess. If you don’t assay your own buds maybe you could send out for analysis. Five lbs. thats a lot of bud.

Nitrogen has nothing to do with -oid deterioration or transformations. Whatever that is.

Maybe .. whatever it's called... chlorophyll and other undesirable compounds, something like that.