Many of you are already screaming at me, calling me a novice, a hack, or worse, but I say only read on, for this technique has reached validation after strict scrutiny by multiple parties.

Let me also say hello to all my loyal fans, followers, and students, the final move to our Center for Cannabis Botany and Undead Studies has required a remote, underground facility in order to properly isolate our specimens, which has unfortunately left me without creature comforts like internet forums and television, though the Zombies seem to love their new cave.

Many of us from time to time are afflicted with a small problem, we wish to sample flowers cut from our ladies which are not yet ready for consumption. While home made drying devices made from simple computer fans and rubbermaid tubs can speed up your drying time (my harvests spend less than 7 days hanging before they're brittle and ready for jars thanks to my dryer unit) there is still a period of limbo in which a person can be afflicted with the simple but eternally nagging curses of curiousity and craving, and this technique is for those periods. This is not a technique for you to dry large amounts of material, this is not a technique for proper curing, this is a quick dry technique for being able to sample product that would otherwise not be ready while retaining most of its positive qualities.

Here is the process step by step, please forgive my lack of photos, that equipment is still packed.

1. Select the flowers which you wish to quick-dry. It is not recommended you attempt to dry more than a single "bowl" worth of material at a given time.
2. Place a folded paper towel on the bottom of your microwave, if you have grating, place this towel onto a plate.
3. Place the flowers to be dried atop this paper towel, and cover with a second. If you wish, you may fold a single paper towel so that it covers the flowers above and below.
4. Microwave on standard settings (med-high or high temp) for 5 seconds at a time, do not microwave for more than five seconds at a time, this is the key to the method. By heating the flowers slowly, we are actually boiling the water out of the flowers but not vaporizing THC, because water vapor forms at much lower temperatures than Cannaboid vapors.
5. Continue microwaving until all but a little moisture is gone from the flowers, most finished product has some moisture present in order to smooth its smoking, just like tobacco and other smokables, so try not to remove all traces of moisture, as it can leave you wish a harsher end result than is needed.

Most flowers will be done in 30-90 seconds, depending on density, if your flowers have already had some drying time, less might be required.

For those of you still cursing me, I can only say, try the method, and you will be pleasantly surprised by the results, you will obtain a product that has received little to no reduction in potency, that is only sometimes harsh, and that retains a little but not much of its characteristic flavor profiles.

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With all do respect....Hog Wash....But I am sure there will be plenty who will try it out, nuking is nuking

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hmmmmm

It seems Professor our own faculty has been working with a similar method for some time now, perhaps we should be reviewing each others research before publishing

Microwave Steam Dried Marijuana

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but his says patented... It must be better.

patented? isn't that the kinda leather they make shoes outa?

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Something else to try, that's alittle more forgiving, takes a little bit more time but. Lay the buds across on top of your CFL's (if that's what you are growing with) and if you have good fan / air circulation it almost wicks away the moisture, but doesn't over dry the bud. I've used it a few times now, and it works pretty well, suprisingly.

-rapt0r

As predicted, it seems those cursing the method are unwilling to try it themselves.

Scott, it seems you only read the title of my thread, not the method itself, or you'd see key differences between my method and yours:

1. You use a water cup to create a more humid microwave environment, I don't.

2. You microwave for a full minute, this is almost guaranteed to harm your product's potency, as 60 seconds of microwave time is more than enough to begin vaporizing THC. While your humidity cup will provide you with some protection, it will not prevent the loss of Cannaboid vapors, which my slow heating method WILL prevent.

Not trying to sound mean, but it really did seem like you didn't read the method.

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Son, that had better not be the walking dead I hear up there!
"It's not Dad, and I said I was sorry about last time!"
There are no apologies with the walking dead, boy!

I thought you were suppose to dry in a dark room. How does drying on top of the cfl work? If you dry in light vs. dark what happens?

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I really kinda feel dirty talking about nuking openly, The weed snob in me has been taught to feel ashamed of it but i can't escape it. If you have to decide to be a nuker or sober i choose the latter if i have nugs i'm close to finishing. That being said i reccomend the defrost setting, It's probably alot like what your doing as i can hear the microwave cycling on and off on defrost. But the times are probably longer then 5 seconds on and off, Never counted though.

At least thats what my buddy said, I wouldn't know since i never smoke anything that hasn't been jar cured in my cool, dark rootcellar for at least 30 days and blessed by a rabi. Oh the shame.

Great info! Just harvested some Brainstorm buds.......and was trying this "patience" thing. After several days of hanging to dry, intending to jar-cure once a little more moisture dissipated, and plans for a trip out of town around the corner (Not to mention, no medicine on hand at present!)

Long story short, I wound up here on GP, did a "Quick Cure" search and......BAMM! Here we is. Tried it on a couple smaller nugs. Tried the 5-second method w/paper towels. Zapped it a total of 30 seconds, twice at 10 seconds....<feels about right>......D***M! Not too shabby.

I am now enjoying HIGH hopes of the final product in about 45 more days, and certain I will make another trip to the trusty microwave.

Thanks!

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I was looking forward to thanking you until you got cocky...

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I too am guilty of the 5 sec method! In times of need, something is better than nothing. I know waiting and curing and all will be MUCH better but I don't have ounces and ounces to play with, my garden is VERY small. So for me it works! Someday I hope I will not need to do this but it does give you a good idea of what is to come!!

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My buddy will loves this. When were trimming he is always laying buds outside or doing what ever he can do to try and smoke something were trimming to test it out. Im always telling him dude its a waste of time. I have to remeber this next weekend.

Hell, I just put some on a cookie sheet in a warm oven and walk away.

No big deal.

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I was trimming my plants last night and I knocked some nugs off on accident. They looked pretty nice. I did the 5 sec method. I didnt think it was'nt very harsh when I hit it. O and by the way Im so baked right now from the couple nuke hits I just took!!!

I think it's a great way to sample what is to come! It's suprising how a little popcorn bud can get you high so well lol I am coming to find out that growing it yourself seems to make it stronger somehow.

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Best method I've used:

Break (cut) bud into small pieces.

Place a dry piece of paper towel in the bottom of a small tupperware dish (that you have a lid for).

Place the bud-bits in the dish on top of the paper towel. Then, take a half-sheet of paper towel and dampen it. You don't want it sopping wet, so what I do is get it wet and give it a squeeze. This leaves it very damp but not dripping. Put this over the top of the container so it hangs over the sides.

Put the lid on so one corner is tipped open to allow steam to escape..

Microwave at 40% power for one minute.

Remove container and remove the bud. If the inside towel is wet replace it, and repeat the process if needed to get it "just right".

FWIW..

ISO

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