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purplehaze4u · #1 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 10:53 PM

well looking for drying ideas and or technics, or should i say looking for new ways up to date ways or some old head ways like i use now

thanks peace

DieAbetic · #2 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 11:41 PM

you can air dry hanging up with a fan for 5-7 days (or until dried to your liking), and then cure for weeks. or you can water cure by keeping the buds under clean water (changed every day) for 7 days, then using a dehydrator to dry to perfection. I have done both. air drying will keep the taste/aroma of the strain of weed better, water curing is just faster and creates a very smooth smoke. the choice is yours :-)

Lumix · #3 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 12:20 AM

Hang dry with a fan, like in pictures, get a nifty hanger will help

land of the free · #4 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 01:59 AM

Munchie where did you buy that hanger?

Lumix · #5 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by land of the free

Munchie where did you buy that hanger?

Best price Clip and Drip Hangers - Laundry - Sale - Organized Living
Or Clip-and-Dry-Hanger

M

Hatch · #6 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 03:36 AM

I Like To Manicure It First, Put It On Screen's For Three Or Four Day's, Then I Put Them In Cardboard Boxes For Another Three Or Four Day's, Then They Make It To The Jar's, Usually I Burp Them For A Few Day's, Then They Stay On The Shelf Till A Rainy, Or Just Any Day Will Work If You Don't Have A Rainy One EH!!!HEHEHE

Richard Owl Mirror · #7 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Munchies

Best price Clip and Drip Hangers - Laundry - Sale - Organized Living
Or Clip-and-Dry-Hanger

M

Those are sweet thanks !

4maggio · #8 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Munchies

Hang dry with a fan, like in pictures, get a nifty hanger will help

High again Munchies...

Great idea but the house must smell like an opium den for that week, no?
I guess close the bathroom door and put on the exhaust fan!???
Might work! Thanks for the link...

Damned place is going to have a run on the little buggers..

Richard Owl Mirror · #9 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 10:24 AM

What is the factual reason people hang their marijuana to dry?
Why not just allow the plant to die naturally, standing in place?
Besides space and convenience of ridding yourself of the bulky leaves, is there any other reason that one should cut the buds off the plant and hang them upside-down?

justanotherbozo · #10 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

What is the factual reason people hang their marijuana to dry?
Why not just allow the plant to die naturally, standing in place?
Besides space and convenience of ridding yourself of the bulky leaves, is there any other reason that one should cut the buds off the plant and hang them upside-down?

i guess the best reason for not just letting them die naturally is that by doing so you
allow ALL the trich's to go amber. actually, they would degrade even more if you
just let them die.

what that means is you lose some of your control of the quality of your final product,
ie: harvesting a bit early, while trichs are cloudy but not amber, gives a more 'up' and
social buzz while harvesting a bit late, when 20% or more of the trichs have turned amber,
will give a more 'couchlock' stone.

as a cultivator, i like every little bit of control i can get!

anyway, here's a couple pics, first of the box i used for the first year or so of my 'career', lol!

then, after i decided i needed something bigger, more permanent, more durable and
more stealthy, i dug this out of someones trash, knocked out the bottoms of the drawers,
stapled in some screening and Voila! ...instant, invisible drying box! (lol, although it's
cloak of invisibility is somewhat compromised by it's reek! ...i'm considering a
fan and dryer sheet combo, lol.)

in any event, all i do is put them in the 'drawer' for about a week, checking and
turning the buds daily until they feel dry to the touch. ...and i don't wait until
they are so dry that the stems snap, just until the buds feel dry when i gently
squeeze them. (btw, i snip the buds from the stems at this point as they are no
longer needed)

then it's off to some plastic coffee cans for about another week, with the caveat
that sometimes, when i burp the cans after the first day, i find that the buds
are very moist again and i put them back into the 'drawer' for another day or so.

after that they go into the jar's where i continue to check them with decreasing
regularity until the buds are all gone, lol, ...or they have dried slowly enough
to be safely put away for a month or so to get that final 'cure'.

one thing i can say though, and i say it from my bottom to my heart, ...lol, if you can grow
enough to be able to put some of your bud into a jar and leave it for that final
'cure', you will be a VERY happy camper once you break out that bud and fire it up!

Lumix · #11 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 11:45 AM

Buds are hung to dry for 10 days in a curing barn.

Richard Owl Mirror · #12 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justanotherbozo

i guess the best reason for not just letting them die naturally is that by doing so you
allow ALL the trich's to go amber. actually, they would degrade even more if you
just let them die.

what that means is you lose some of your control of the quality of your final product,
ie: harvesting a bit early, while trichs are cloudy but not amber, gives a more 'up' and
social buzz while harvesting a bit late, when 20% or more of the trichs have turned amber,
will give a more 'couchlock' stone.

as a cultivator, i like every little bit of control i can get!

OK thanks
So basically it's to stop the process when and where you desire.
Now, after the buds dry for a week or so, and you put them in jars. You still need to continue opening the jars to air them out ? Is this done for the entire time they are curing or just until you see that they are not moistening up?
I would hate to go through this whole process, put my buds in a jar and return a month later only to find a bunch of moldy useless buds.

Oh one more thing, if you are going to make Hashish from the buds, do you still need to cure them?
I'm thinking of making one of these:

and doing at least half of my harvest.
My thought is that this will allow my stash to go further between harvests.

Pappy · #13 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 12:39 PM

The first few days of being in the jars, they need to be opened to allow the moisture left in the center of the bud, to equalize to the outside of the bud. While exposed to the air, the outside of the bud will feel dry. When the jar is sealed again, the moisture once again equalizes. Eventually, the total moisture is low enough that it will not promote mold, but will allow further maturation.

I usually leave the jars open for half an hour, or so, 2 or 3 times a day, for about a week. Then, once a day, for about a week. The bud can be cut with a pair of scissors, but doesn't crumble into dust.

Pappy

justanotherbozo · #14 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

OK thanks
So basically it's to stop the process when and where you desire.

yeah, for me at least, that is definitely part of it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

Now, after the buds dry for a week or so, and you put them in jars. You still need to continue opening the jars to air them out ? Is this done for the entire time they are curing or just until you see that they are not moistening up?
I would hate to go through this whole process, put my buds in a jar and return a month later only to find a bunch of moldy useless buds.

please keep in mind Richard that i am no expert, i'm just a guy in his 50's
who has been a lifelong weed smoker and who was forced by age, infirmity
and poverty to begin to learn to grow my own! ...i couldn't afford anything
but middies and sometimes not even that and that became intolerable!

so a couple 2, 2 & 1\2 years ago i started poppin' beans!

another thing you should consider when you evaluate my advice is that i am,
and have always been a micro-grower, this has never been about money for
me but rather it's been about quality and availability, with the caveat that i don't
have any, ...lol, money that is, 'cause i now always have plenty of the best quality!

what i'm getting at is that i've never grown enough to have it last past a month
or 2 at the most!

all that being said, it's my understanding that, once in the jar and burped and
dried to the proper 'doneness', it can be left virtually unattended, in a cool, dry
and dark place in sealed containers, for up to a year! ...although i'd be hard
pressed to keep myself from checkin' in on my little bud's at least once a week!
lol, and i smoke it up at a pretty good clip too, if i say so myself!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

Oh one more thing, if you are going to make Hashish from the buds, do you still need to cure them?

it would be my assumption that, if you started with good quality, well cured
and potent bud, you'd get a much better end product than if you made the hash
with good quality, uncured, so not as potent, bud.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

I'm thinking of making one of these:

and doing at least half of my harvest.
My thought is that this will allow my stash to go further between harvests.

and thanks for the vid, i'm such a frikkin' McGuyver i'm certain that this is in my future! ...lol.

and i'd also have to assume that making hash with half your stash will make your
stash go faster rather that further.

why not just save your trim, and manicure your buds VERY carefully to create
plenty of top notch trim, which should give you enough to generate a few grams
of some sweet bubble or ISO hash as a very tasty, private stash, only share
with your bestest friends, kind of treat, lol.

lol, that's my plan anyway.

Richard Owl Mirror · #15 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justanotherbozo

yeah, for me at least, that is definitely part of it!
please keep in mind Richard that i am no expert, i'm just a guy in his 50's
who has been a lifelong weed smoker and who was forced by age, infirmity
and poverty to begin to learn to grow my own! ...i couldn't afford anything
but middies and sometimes not even that and that became intolerable!
so a couple 2, 2 & 1\2 years ago i started poppin' beans!
another thing you should consider when you evaluate my advice is that i am,
and have always been a micro-grower, this has never been about money for
me but rather it's been about quality and availability, with the caveat that i don't
have any, ...lol, money that is, 'cause i now always have plenty of the best quality!
what i'm getting at is that i've never grown enough to have it last past a month
or 2 at the most!
all that being said, it's my understanding that, once in the jar and burped and
dried to the proper 'doneness', it can be left virtually unattended, in a cool, dry
and dark place in sealed containers, for up to a year! ...although i'd be hard
pressed to keep myself from checkin' in on my little bud's at least once a week!
lol, and i smoke it up at a pretty good clip too, if i say so myself!
it would be my assumption that, if you started with good quality, well cured
and potent bud, you'd get a much better end product than if you made the hash
with good quality, uncured, so not as potent, bud.
and thanks for the vid, i'm such a frikkin' McGuyver i'm certain that this is in my future! ...lol.
and i'd also have to assume that making hash with half your stash will make your
stash go faster rather that further.
why not just save your trim, and manicure your buds VERY carefully to create
plenty of top notch trim, which should give you enough to generate a few grams
of some sweet bubble or ISO hash as a very tasty, private stash, only share
with your bestest friends, kind of treat, lol.
lol, that's my plan anyway.

Thanks, seems you and I are in the same boat ;>}
I grew one plant about 2 years ago but, now that my state has given me permission to grow and posses marijuana, I'm trying to do it as best I can.
My plant I have now went a bit further in veg than it should so she's a monster now. Hopefully that will translate into a big harvest.
I started a few more in the same flower closet at a much younger age so hopefully they won't get as overwhelming.
You are probably right about not using the buds but, only the trimmings.
Yeah that machine is pretty simple. I've seen the more professional models sell for $500-$1000.
BTW, I found this info for where to buy the screen.

Quote:

Howard Wire Cloth Co., 800-969-3559, www.howardwire.com
F.P. Smith, 800-323-6842, www.fpsmith.com
Direct Metals, (847) 599-0233, www.directmetals.com

Good luck & post a pic when you make yours, I'll do the same.

justanotherbozo · #16 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Owl Mirror

Thanks, seems you and I are in the same boat ;>}
I grew one plant about 2 years ago but, now that my state has given me permission to grow and posses marijuana, I'm trying to do it as best I can.
My plant I have now went a bit further in veg than it should so she's a monster now. Hopefully that will translate into a big harvest.
I started a few more in the same flower closet at a much younger age so hopefully they won't get as overwhelming.
You are probably right about not using the buds but, only the trimmings.
Yeah that machine is pretty simple. I've seen the more professional models sell for $500-$1000.
BTW, I found this info for where to buy the screen.

Good luck & post a pic when you make yours, I'll do the same.

thanks man, although i'm probably more than a year away from any need
for this!

btw, have you ever considered trying a SCROG? not being legal myself, i run a SOG
but for someone like you, SCROGin' is probably the way to go!

i'm sure i've posted this link before but this guy's work is well worth checking
out, i think you would really enjoy the read, plus, i'd bet you'd learn a thing or 2, lol.

anyway, here's the link
DESTROYER on Ice - 250CMH Freezer Grow - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

Richard Owl Mirror · #17 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justanotherbozo

thanks man, although i'm probably more than a year away from any need
for this!

btw, have you ever considered trying a SCROG? not being legal myself, i run a SOG
but for someone like you, SCROGin' is probably the way to go!

i'm sure i've posted this link before but this guy's work is well worth checking
out, i think you would really enjoy the read, plus, i'd bet you'd learn a thing or 2, lol.

anyway, here's the link
DESTROYER on Ice - 250CMH Freezer Grow - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

Thanks I'll check it out.
BTW, I just took a photo of my plant while I had it outside of the closet.
I decided from reading that I should leach my soil now that I'm half-way through flowering.
The pot it is in measures 15 inches square, for size comparison.

purplehaze4u · #18 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009, 03:04 PM

yea bozo i like your idea.. i am going to do a slight modification version of that.. i have limited space to work with so what i am going to do is build myself something to go under my aero chambers this way the temp and humidity can be controled thanks