I've always hung my weed to dry and always got a hay smell then I've seen a lot of people use the bag method and had amazing results. I'm going to give it a go and see what happens
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I've always hung my weed to dry and always got a hay smell then I've seen a lot of people use the bag method and had amazing results. I'm going to give it a go and see what happens
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yeah hang drying vs bag drying,,,its all down to two variables, Temps & RH in the drying area.
Out of all the old school growers I know, they all still hang and dry, in low temps (they stick fans blowing around to keep the RH down) and it takes them 2-3 weeks before its ready to smoke.
The taste is there, etc.. but this also depends on strain, uk cheese for example doesn't take that long too taste good cos its super super stinky anyway, but others only taste nice after 1-2 months in the jar.
that's why some people find that 'quick to taste good' weed and stick with it.
With the paper bag method, yeah you got to make sure they don't dry out too quick, if you have high temps.
with the same low temps as my hang drying bros, I can just bung all my harvest in bags, in a hanging basket an that's it.
No pointing masses of fans at it all trying to keep the RH down, the bags do that for you.
And with the method I described before with the RH meters etc.. you cant go wrong when you can see the RH.
All about trial, error and tuning in your own methods folks & finding that super quick to taste good strain, they are out there,
Sour Diesel auto being another one of them to taste nice quick, but Blue Critical auto for example, takes bloody ages. 2 months at least, they even say that on the strainers website.
Out of all the old school growers I know, they all still hang and dry, in low temps (they stick fans blowing around to keep the RH down) and it takes them 2-3 weeks before its ready to smoke.
The taste is there, etc.. but this also depends on strain, uk cheese for example doesn't take that long too taste good cos its super super stinky anyway, but others only taste nice after 1-2 months in the jar.
that's why some people find that 'quick to taste good' weed and stick with it.
With the paper bag method, yeah you got to make sure they don't dry out too quick, if you have high temps.
with the same low temps as my hang drying bros, I can just bung all my harvest in bags, in a hanging basket an that's it.
No pointing masses of fans at it all trying to keep the RH down, the bags do that for you.
And with the method I described before with the RH meters etc.. you cant go wrong when you can see the RH.
All about trial, error and tuning in your own methods folks & finding that super quick to taste good strain, they are out there,
Sour Diesel auto being another one of them to taste nice quick, but Blue Critical auto for example, takes bloody ages. 2 months at least, they even say that on the strainers website.
My humidity in my house is to low and my weed dries out too fast like 3 or 4 days and I think it causes the hay smell so this time I trimmed every thing on the plant and hung the whole plant upside down in a tall box to dry and cut a door to look at plant. So far it has been a few days and plant is still moist and no hay smell. I usually get the hey smell out by curing for about 2 weeks. Burp once a day for first week then sealed up for last week as long as buds are dry enough. Still have a lot of time tell buds are ready to smoke but so far the box method is working good for me and has slowed the dry. I should get a small fan for the inside of box next time though.
I thought the same thing I found this on amazon. Its about 2" by 1" and is under 1 oz and for $3.99 why not buy several?
Amazon product ASIN B00OFOD874
A little chem here to put some light on the big picture and hopefully guide some along as even the best buds can fail to reach their potential by a bad dry/cure. Nearly all organic reactions are water reactions, namely condensation and dehydration (H20=2h+O), which serve to split (my chem professor would say cleave) larger compounds into smaller ones. Or combine smaller compounds into larger ones. Beyond this, the compounds produced are dependent on where the larger molecule is split along its skeleton (or backbone). Production of the most favorable end products is the goal. Which is dependent on environmental conditions, temp, humidity and time. A consensus of experience and observation yields an ideal humidity for drying/curing at approx. 60% and this is supported in above posts. Leaving temperature, a catalyst (enabler) for controlling reaction. I think it is agreed that longer periods of time produce the best smoke which indicate to me that lower temps will support the longest dry/cure times and put out the best bud in the end. Want to keep this short and in reach, and I'll admit to an ignorance of the actual physical reactions taking place, but I hope this is helpful as an overview of what is taking place.
LED Borg
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Yo dude, me and few mates all got them from this dude on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171977649760?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
they normally do them with their tent bundles but will also sell them if you contact them. Drop them a email bro.
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