Water Curing

AzGrOw-N-sMoKe

well the buds have been dunked for a little of 24 hours,i changed the water an i could smell the bud..whew smelly..but since it has been in there all the hairs have changed to thier red color and all the buds look green as ****..we will see what happens...need to go pick up a dehydrator though..

videoman

I just hung mine to dry for two days.
I tried one day, and they tasted like crap, after two days, it was great!
Peace

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GetAhead

I saw a post on this somewhere with good pictures and now I cannot recall where. Anyone else?

Verwegener

Higha!

...me too, thought it was at riu, but there are few in the faq, maybe videoman knows, or better, gives us a few pics!

Peace, Martin

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btdt

I sure wouldn't agitate or knock the buds around much...especially after makin a lot of bubblehash in my day and watching the TRICHS fall off IN WATER. That's how it's done guys! In WATER.

I respect the process if you feel it warranted for your uses, but man...I can't even fathom dropping these YUMMY Cherry Slyder (tastes like Ludens Cough Drops) or this Jackie O (taste like citrus/burnt orange) buds into water and makin em taste like...um...nothin' specific whatsoever...

Smoothe isn't the reason I grow. I grow for varied tastes and highs.

good luck all.

Verwegener

Higha!

how about fixing a filter at the bottom of the container, right above the drainage to hold back the trichomes???

Peace, Martin

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CAUSTIC

i have found that a french coffee press is good for keeping the buds submerged, and then pour the water through a coffee filter if you are worried about the meagre amounts of trichs that come off if you handle the plunging gently.

the thread that you may be talking about with pics may have been mine from cannabis culture forums.

i'll copy them here so you can see the results.
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day 1-

i have taken up the challenge. 600cc container got filled tonight. we shall see in 7 days.

bho will be the final product. i am curious if it will help keep a lighter colour to the product. and maybe i wont have to worry about long soaking it in the butane since there will be less garbage to be extracted.

hmmmm, we shall see

i have only used a small portion of my stash for this experiment. it will basicly tell me if this is a new trend i wanna start.

once it has been cured and the buds are dried again, it will go into the kief tumbler to remove any extra that i can for a nice kief, then they get used to make honey oil.
i will then have 3 end products, honey oil, kief, and then some jelly hash/ guppy goo.

my first 24 hour rinse was shocking. this stuff was an all natural outdoor grow, and the water came out a DARK brown. i am excited to see how it will end up by the 7th day. i love new experiments.


day 3-

day three and there is a huge difference in the cloud density. and i am noticing the salt slicks on the surface of the water. or maybe its something else, but i am really enjoying paying attention to all the details


day 5-

day 5 of the water curing and there has been a huge change over the results of last nights flush.

last night it had a very weak iced tea kind of colour to the water and the smell was a bit rank, i was quite worried that i may have just wasted a decend amount of good buds. well this afternoon i changed the water and it is almost completely clear, no browning of the water and just some slight salt residue clouding on the surface, and the sweet bananna bread smell is starting to return. very exciting.

2 more sleeps until i can start to dry it out and give it a test run.


day 6-

day 6, i am too ancy not to play. so i have snagged two of the smaller buds and decided to dry them. the rest can stay in for the remaining day that was suggested.
container at day 6, just before flushing. notice the water is still nice and clear, no haze. smell is still kinda funny, but i expect it will improve once dried. and very few trichs got broken off in the flushing and stirring processes.






the 2 little nuggets that got pulled for photo duty and to be dried a day early. yes they are different strains, and sadly no, i dont know what they are.





after drying those two out.....



after day 7-

mainekind420's comments on water curing- so what was your final opinion man? i liked the way mine came out. not very flavorful, but extremely clean tasting and smooth.

my response- i agree on the flavour aspect, but once it was all chopped up and ready to pack, it smelled wonderful. and i liked the silkiness of the smoke. i am definitely a fan of this method if i were to have any reservations on the flushing of the buds, or even if it was an outdoor grow and the buds were a little dusty from growing outside.

even doing a water cure on my kief was worth doing. just too bad i ****ed it up by storing it before i had completely dried it.

this was some of the results of my playtime in water curing.





i would definitely suggest this for anyone doing solvent extractions, or for any weed that wasnt properly flushed or cured.

its almost a "have to" now for making healthier hashes as far as i'm concerned. and instead of doing a BHO method, i have switched back to using ISO seeing as it is cheaper, more plentiful, and produces a cleaner product.

i hope this has helped.

BloodShotI'z

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Verwegener

Higha!

..i am speechless....., extraordinary post! big thanks!!!

Peace, Martin

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AzGrOw-N-sMoKe

hmm my water never turned brown...it did get cloudy but now in day6 its mostly clear..i cant wait to dry them 2marro...i will tell you how i like it...