cureing thieory

[8daysaweek]

hi so i realized that cannabis is a fruit and that the cure is like when you put a green pear in a bag to rippen it off the tree. so if you let it grow to full mature then it should have those flavors that take months of cure to pull out, you still have to jar cure the ripe buds to smooth/ draw/ define the taste better, but it seems that many strains flavors n smell change week to week.

[Tokage]

You are right there brother. But i say more like the old saying "it's like a fine whine".
Smell, taste and effect changes over time. That´s why drying and curing a weed is so important. It can take years before a grower find his/her style of growing/drying.
How you grow your weed and when you harvest is also a key factor for smell, taste and potency.
 

[8daysaweek]

i like the my hawaiian dry is jamacian but cut the root ball off

[Sepalcure]

So drying is really up to the consumer himself?

All over the internet you hear cureing is one of the most important things... Is there some good literature discussing this?

[jankahar]

''good article'' would indicate it has correct information... hehe

 

he says 40-55% humidity in drying, well anything under 50 is way too low and there wont happen any curing/fermentation,  it just wont happen because its not possible to happen......

 

and the curing   ''rest it in a dark place, at constant temperature around 16-18 degrees and low relative humidity (between 40 and 55%). Every week or so open the jar and let it breath for 30 minutes to an hour. Repeat for several weeks, until the product is cured. ''

bud does not cure at 40-55% realtive humidity... that is just way too low for the biochemical processes to happen, it just wont happen because its not possible for the process to occure at that low humidity:D
there will not happen any curing like this,    try 55-62% for success wshen curing  and 50-60 when doing the initial drying

the drying part of it is actually curing also, its not separate

 

the numbers have been studied also and there is a two way humidity curing product based on the values, its called boveda pack that holds humidity at 62% for perfect  bud curing   thats right 62%

 

''the perfect buds are crispy, and break easily''    lol  crispy buds means no real curing

[jankahar]

yes, they can feel a bit moist for smoking straight from boveda container, or hard to mix but it will still burn perfectly  and taste so much smoother.    cigars are kept at 70-75%      normal tobacco around 65%

 

but i was talking strictly about curing and that the curing wont happen at those low humidity levels franco says to use

 

curing doesnt work like that, the buds must have that  12-15% moisture content for it to continue in jar like franco mentions.  yet he also talks about crisp bud but crisp bud is not close to 12-15%   12-15% feels spongy but not wet

 

i use hygrometers at all stages of drying and curing  and aim to keep it at 55-60. when they get to jar the boveda does rest of work