AllenHaze
Well-Known Member
Hey RIU. I'm sick of hearing people telling others that they are losing something by quick drying there buds or specifically that using a microwave is wrong and possibly fatal to your trichomes. I am here to say otherwise.
Some of us grow to supplement our medicine instead of having to pay for it all the time. Sometimes we are stuck waiting for something to finish and not wanting to pay out of pocket for something. I feel your pain.
I have been using the microwave to quick dry my buds for over a year now and have some tips for you guys trying to get an early sample.
- Have a few GLASS or CERAMIC plates ready and some tissue or paper towels several ply thick to cover your buds. You'll be transferring your buds form one plate to another and if your plate starts to feel too hot this gives you the option to quickly swap out plates.
- Place buds on plate after severing from and removing the majority of stems
- Cover with TP or PT.
- Set cook time to 2-3 minutes
- Each time you place the plate of buds into the microwave cover with the pt or tp
- You'll only be cooking for 4-8 seconds at a time.
- After each 4-8 second interval remove buds from microwave and place on another plate
- Wipe off water that appears on the micro waved plate (under the buds)
- Place buds back on the now dry plate and repeat the process.
Do this again and again until you see little to no water under the buds at the end of an interval.
For me this usually takes about 10-15 minutes for a few grams of DRY bud.
This method strips most of the unique flavor of the bud away but leaves potency.
Using less time per interval is going to save you some flavor but take a few minutes longer to finish.
Using more time (8 seconds max I advise) is faster but a lot of flavor is stripped.
DO NOT cook longer than 10 seconds at a time or you WILL burst your trichome heads and lose potency and always remember to cover your buds.
Don't do ten second cooks. Many microwaves vary so it is better to use less cook time such as 4-8 seconds.
What you are doing is essentially using the microwaves to pull water out of the center of the bud.
Good Luck folks.
![Peace :peace: :peace:](/styles/smilies/peace.gif)
Before and after photos of some quick dried super-danks (Satori) below
Some of us grow to supplement our medicine instead of having to pay for it all the time. Sometimes we are stuck waiting for something to finish and not wanting to pay out of pocket for something. I feel your pain.
I have been using the microwave to quick dry my buds for over a year now and have some tips for you guys trying to get an early sample.
- Have a few GLASS or CERAMIC plates ready and some tissue or paper towels several ply thick to cover your buds. You'll be transferring your buds form one plate to another and if your plate starts to feel too hot this gives you the option to quickly swap out plates.
- Place buds on plate after severing from and removing the majority of stems
- Cover with TP or PT.
- Set cook time to 2-3 minutes
- Each time you place the plate of buds into the microwave cover with the pt or tp
- You'll only be cooking for 4-8 seconds at a time.
- After each 4-8 second interval remove buds from microwave and place on another plate
- Wipe off water that appears on the micro waved plate (under the buds)
- Place buds back on the now dry plate and repeat the process.
Do this again and again until you see little to no water under the buds at the end of an interval.
For me this usually takes about 10-15 minutes for a few grams of DRY bud.
This method strips most of the unique flavor of the bud away but leaves potency.
Using less time per interval is going to save you some flavor but take a few minutes longer to finish.
Using more time (8 seconds max I advise) is faster but a lot of flavor is stripped.
DO NOT cook longer than 10 seconds at a time or you WILL burst your trichome heads and lose potency and always remember to cover your buds.
Don't do ten second cooks. Many microwaves vary so it is better to use less cook time such as 4-8 seconds.
What you are doing is essentially using the microwaves to pull water out of the center of the bud.
Good Luck folks.
![Big Joint :bigjoint: :bigjoint:](/styles/smilies/smoking.gif)
![Peace :peace: :peace:](/styles/smilies/peace.gif)
Before and after photos of some quick dried super-danks (Satori) below
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