Harvest & Curing Boveda 62%

[Gonzo]

It's 65 with the adjusted reading on the meter. I don't have any boveda packs in with the bud right now...waiting until it reaches desired range...but humidity inn the drying area is 65 so it might not drop much unless I put the packs in. They do looks great and are smelling good...almost lost any hay small.

Forgot to say, yes, put Boveda inside, it is much better than risk too slow drying, especially if you think that you are not very familiar with this techniques. Mold is always just around the corner. It does not come, it just waits for a little mistake to grow.

 

[spikerbiker]

Forgot to say, yes, put Boveda inside, it is much better than risk too slow drying, especially if you think that you are not very familiar with this techniques. Mold is always just around the corner. It does not come, it just waits for a little mistake to grow.

I am very new this is my first cure. The buds look good, they feel good and burn fine in a bowl. I think I'm right about the meter...I put it in a hardsealed plastic bag with only boveda 62 pack and after 24 hours it read 67. I could be wrong though. I am still burpng the jars. Moving the bud around. It isn't sticky and not clumping at all. When I open the jars to burp the smell is nice. But humidity is high here. So I definitely want to avoid any chance of mold. I have had the boveda packs in the jars on and off since jarring a week ago. I put 2 back in each jar tonight..don't want too take any chances! Thanks man for all the advice and warnings. Last thing I want to do is F this up!

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Hey Spiker,I dunno what type of Meter thing ya got.but I have a few and they are on the cheaper side and they almost always will give you a slightly different reading than others and often most of them are slightly off as well.The Boveda pack quality control has been superb up to this point so I doubt the humidity is playing a huge role if you have a sealed jar with one or two packs in that jar,in the dark in a cool place and the buds are nice and dried like you mentioned.

My humidity is through the roof as of late and has been for sometime now.if you have active packs and are not opening them much you'll be fine as long as your buds have a decent dry on em and they are stored like I mentioned, Im betting you'll be fine if you've been burping them for how long now??They can prolly be sealed up n left to cure for a cpl weeks then crack n sniff n seal n store again.easy.

 

[spikerbiker]

Hey Spiker,I dunno what type of Meter thing ya got.but I have a few and they are on the cheaper side and they almost always will give you a slightly different reading than others and often most of them are slightly off as well.The Boveda pack quality control has been superb up to this point so I doubt the humidity is playing a huge role if you have a sealed jar with one or two packs in that jar,in the dark in a cool place and the buds are nice and dried like you mentioned.

My humidity is through the roof as of late and has been for sometime now.if you have active packs and are not opening them much you'll be fine as long as your buds have a decent dry on em and they are stored like I mentioned, Im betting you'll be fine if you've been burping them for how long now??They can prolly be sealed up n left to cure for a cpl weeks then crack n sniff n seal n store again.easy.

Hey man! Thanks for chiming in. I have between burping the jars for a week. After the first day I took the buds out of the jars for 8- 10 hours for a little more drying. Then have been burping several times a day usually leaving the jars open for a few hours each day. Yesterday I left open only a couple of hours one time then closed up Most of the time I have had 1 boveda per jar..but I think 2 days ago took them out , left the hydrometer that I calibrated in one of the jars it read 69 which would be 65 if my calibration is correct. I put the packs back in this evening..2 in each jar. Moved everything around...buds in the bottom of the jar don't feel moist or anything. Maybe I'll go a week now and just open the jars once a day. But I am nervous! This stuff is too good to lose!

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Man I hear ya ,true fer true dude.Ive been so spun up I oscillated Across the frigin floor dude LMFAO!!! if you honestly feel they are ready to be jarred up and have had a several day dry prior to clipping and jarring and burping as you described just now man..Seal it up with a fully active Pak..or two if yer worried ,and let it sit for 2-3 weeks..dark,cool no light or atleast not in direct light if ya can help it either.but you'll be fine man..I just did that very thing with all 10-12 ounces of my recent harvest.if I was where your at,Id do exactly that.So,I wouldnt be worried.and imho,you; shouldnt be either.happy curing n growing and groovin.just check it every few days or four just so you can see that there aint no mold or anything..dont open it.just look past the freshly frosted buds and seeee noo mold..LOL! this is not the mold yer looking for..ok lame star wars pun :Sharing One:

 

[n00b]

Hey guys. Figured I'd chime in on this as I've been going thru the trials since the chop two weeks ago. My Caliber III so far has been nearly spot on. In a large jar with one 60g pack it reads 63 after 24 hours. However, after placing the ganjola in there, even just a few grams completely DRY keeps the Caliber at 65, even after two weeks. I believe no matter what the hygro is going to be off when you throw bud in there but not enough to worry about. No mold and the scent is starting to improve greatly after two weeks sealed.

I was concerned that it wasn't dry enough but then I left a few grams out in a bowl for 24 hours in 50 RH with AC @ 70F and a circulation fan and back in the jar the hygro still read 65. For what it's worth, I think as long as it's not over 70 reading you're fine, with Caliber at least.

As a side note, I've left a pack out for several days in 50 RH as a test and it barely started getting lumpy. I highly doubt you'll ever need more than one pack per jar as the pack will work as long as it doesn't feel gravely inside. If you need more than one you definitely haven't dried sufficiently.

 

[Gonzo]

Hey man! Thanks for chiming in. I have between burping the jars for a week. After the first day I took the buds out of the jars for 8- 10 hours for a little more drying. Then have been burping several times a day usually leaving the jars open for a few hours each day. Yesterday I left open only a couple of hours one time then closed up Most of the time I have had 1 boveda per jar..but I think 2 days ago took them out , left the hydrometer that I calibrated in one of the jars it read 69 which would be 65 if my calibration is correct. I put the packs back in this evening..2 in each jar. Moved everything around...buds in the bottom of the jar don't feel moist or anything. Maybe I'll go a week now and just open the jars once a day. But I am nervous! This stuff is too good to lose!

Spikerbiker, please rethink your "calibration", I am almost sure your Caliber is OK and Boveda has not done the job yet because it needs to get contact with most of water parts, to absorb them or better - chemically react with them. If you use Boveda, you do not open jars any more, just maybe to exchange air but not for a long time. Otherwise you get water back in the jar from the air.

If you dry buds down to 62% for example, and they are in the sealed jar, 1 week from harvest, after two days, RH in the jar will be around 65% or more, because water gets outside of the centre of buds. The lower the differences between buds RH and air around RH, the slower the processes between them.

OK, Boveda will most surely do the job for you, but if you let buds in the jar and think that they are at 65% but in fact theyare at 69%, in one week they will get some more moisture from buds and finish at 72% (without opening them, of course) and that is humidity, where mold does not come very quick but comes for sure in period of 2-4weeks.

Good Luck!

 

[spikerbiker]

I guess the bottom line for me is do I trust the boveda packs or not. Regarding the use of boveda packs for calibrating the hygrometer, there is a write up and video about it on Boveda website. The bag they use for the calibration kit is identical to the bag my 10 pack shipped in. So leaving the hygrometer for 24 hours with a boveda 62 should be an accurate reading for the hygrometer IF we believe the claims. From everything I have read the accuracy of these 20 dollar hygrometers can be iffy in ranges below 70%.
In a further test I have an accurite hygometer temp combo I use for the grow area. Side by side these 2 have a 5 point spread in rh after 24 hours. Accurite reads 66 the calibur 3 reads 71. This leads me to believe the boveda callibration to be accurate in my situation. I hope I'm on the right track with this cure...

 

[Gonzo]

I guess the bottom line for me is do I trust the boveda packs or not. Regarding the use of boveda packs for calibrating the hygrometer, there is a write up and video about it on Boveda website. The bag they use for the calibration kit is identical to the bag my 10 pack shipped in. So leaving the hygrometer for 24 hours with a boveda 62 should be an accurate reading for the hygrometer IF we believe the claims. From everything I have read the accuracy of these 20 dollar hygrometers can be iffy in ranges below 70%.
In a further test I have an accurite hygometer temp combo I use for the grow area. Side by side these 2 have a 5 point spread in rh after 24 hours. Accurite reads 66 the calibur 3 reads 71. This leads me to believe the boveda callibration to be accurate in my situation. I hope I'm on the right track with this cure...

Sounds better now with some more information and yes, now I am sure you had done everything just fine. It looked as you had relied on Boveda statement about 24 hours, which might not always be true, but I see you had done some more research and had got precise results.

If you want your stuff to recover smell and get much better taste, 2 months will be necessary. Until 2 months on drying/curing I do not treat my weed smokable. In fact it is, but far from what comes later. In two months, chemistry changes completely and we do not smell same chemicals as in the beginning.

Stay cool and good luck!:Sharing One:

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Seal it n leave it buddy

Man,just stop worrying about the Numbers and Rh n all that..your spinning yourself out man..promise..and as often is the case you'll over think,mess up or whatever..easy stuff.I dont even use hygrometers dude.short of in my tent for growing..NOT necessary once you know what your feeling for..fact.and if yours feel like you said.crispy,dry and dont keep their shape when squeezed??yes?..well slap em in a jar n seal them up well,dark n done..come back in two weeks n smell em.leave em alone. lol :smoke:

Spiker,ya said your bud was dried for several days and is crispy to the touch..?And the stem almost snapped when you jarred it or it did snap..either way,dont matter.If you lightly yet firmly squeeze yer buds and they bounce back a little bit and dont keep the indentation of you thumb or finger(s)? that means your ok.stick one or two(two if your worried)in with your jar(especially if they are new)and seal it up like I mentioned..Promise..its that simple...if you did a decent dry and its ready for jar..stop worrying bout the numbers...its dry.get a jar.slap a pak n some buds in(i prefer taping said pak to lid)and let it sit for 2-4 weeks n crack n sniff.that simple.Thise was a lot of my recent harvest and did thee exact thing Im telling you to do and I have the best buds in four counties LMFAO!!