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Does anyone vacuum seal their buds? Anyone care t comment on the pros and cons? Damage to buds? Maximum time sealed before some kind of degradation? Any problem with any kind of anaerobic microbes?
Does it damage the buds? I wanna know more about this as well.Does anyone vacuum seal their buds? Anyone care t comment on the pros and cons? Damage to buds? Maximum time sealed before some kind of degradation? Any problem with any kind of anaerobic microbes?
But do you store them in the freezer ?I use both bags and containers. Bags compress the bud like a brick
No freezer but i could. They keep in a dark cupboard in the cellar forever.But do you store them in the freezer ?
Cheers.
I use both bags and containers. Bags compress the bud like a brick
I don’t mind brick, and the bags are cheaper. Frankly, i can do about as good a job sucking the air out of a standard ziploc, its like blowing up a balloon in reverse.just stop the machine vacuuming before the bag sucks in so much.
My brother uses a vacuum sealer, but sucks out the air until the plastic surrounds the buds. It keeps it fresh, but the buds look like shit.
A friend stops just before enveloping the buds in film and it seems to work fine. Very hard to smell anything through the plastic material.
Nothing lasts forever-especially weed. I store in dark jars @ 65f and throw lots of old stuff out. Mine is still smokable after one year, but I do notice a loss in potency and terps. After 18 months its in my compost pile.No freezer but i could. They keep in a dark cupboard in the cellar forever.
So you’ve never used a vacuum sealer.Nothing lasts forever-especially weed. I store in dark jars @ 65f and throw lots of old stuff out. Mine is still smokable after one year, but I do notice a loss in potency and terps. After 18 months its in my compost pile.
Thats why i prefer the containers, but brick is cool old schoolMy brother uses a vacuum sealer, but sucks out the air until the plastic surrounds the buds. It keeps it fresh, but the buds look like shit.
A friend stops just before enveloping the buds in film and it seems to work fine. Very hard to smell anything through the plastic material.
I’m in the same camp. Gets too warm for storage in the summer so into the fridge it goes. 6-7 more 2 qt jars to bag up from the winter grows.I vac seal and cold cure. My sealer has a gentle setting but it will still turn a bag into a solid brick. After sealing it's stored in a mini fridge set just above freezing. I don't concern myself with burping or any of that stuff since I also cold dry for about 3-4 weeks. Once the weed is bagged after that it can be sealed for a very long time without opening.
No issues with molds or crushing the buds here. What I do get is some loud as fuck stinky weed, solid nugs, silky smooth smoke, and ruthless potency by preserving the THC and full bouquet of terps. A zero oxygen environment and cold temps is great for preserving weed.
All I can say is I've tried many different ways to cure and store weed and after getting into this tech I wont do it any other way. I was using containers then bagging them up and vac sealing them but after a huge haul last year I didn't have enough containers so I used just the bags and everything still turned out very well for me
Here's my stash in the mini fridge. When ever I need weed I just pull out a bag and unload it into a c-vault for daily smoke. Some of these bags have been in here since October 2020
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Here's a nug of California Chrome that was bagged and vac sealed October 2020 and finally opened about 3 weeks ago. About 7 months spent in a vacuum and stored at 38*. Never crushed, still very dense, and is stinking up my house as I type this
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Great reply...thank you!I vac seal and cold cure. My sealer has a gentle setting but it will still turn a bag into a solid brick. After sealing it's stored in a mini fridge set just above freezing. I don't concern myself with burping or any of that stuff since I also cold dry for about 3-4 weeks. Once the weed is bagged after that it can be sealed for a very long time without opening.
No issues with molds or crushing the buds here. What I do get is some loud as fuck stinky weed, solid nugs, silky smooth smoke, and ruthless potency by preserving the THC and full bouquet of terps. A zero oxygen environment and cold temps is great for preserving weed.
All I can say is I've tried many different ways to cure and store weed and after getting into this tech I wont do it any other way. I was using containers then bagging them up and vac sealing them but after a huge haul last year I didn't have enough containers so I used just the bags and everything still turned out very well for me
Here's my stash in the mini fridge. When ever I need weed I just pull out a bag and unload it into a c-vault for daily smoke. Some of these bags have been in here since October 2020
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Here's a nug of California Chrome that was bagged and vac sealed October 2020 and finally opened about 3 weeks ago. About 7 months spent in a vacuum and stored at 38*. Never crushed, still very dense, and is stinking up my house as I type this
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Wow! I want to raid your fridge!I’m in the same camp. Gets too warm for storage in the summer so into the fridge it goes. 6-7 more 2 qt jars to bag up from the winter grows. View attachment 1118573