drying and curing... what works?

I just finished my first harvest, did OK, half of it dried out and looks good, now curing, other half, I dunno... It dried brown... Could be strain too. But I need to work on this.

HOW DO YOU GET GREEN DRIED NICE BUDS?

I noticed light makes a difference, Also, used a dehumidifier. fresh air? Stem on or off?

So what works best?

search drying and curing, the box on the top right with the magnifying glass that says search after it.

Trim wet, rh ~60-70%, decent airflow ~500cfm, no light, temps 65-73°f, Hopefully this takes roughly 10-14 days before outside of buds becomes dry. Do not let any part of the bud become dry. if this happens to soon; up rh, lower temp, and/or decrease air flow. If a hay or foul odor arises increase air flow. When drying is complete, Jar for minumum of 16hrs to get moisture back to the tips. You can now add boveda packs or "burp" for 30 minutes and give airflow to the bud. Airflow is very important to the cure but so is maintaining 55-60%rh

After 2 weeks drying and 1 week cure you can start to sell, 2 months ideal

Good luck

@qwizoking
Do you recommend the boveda or hygrometer burping?

hang that shit all over the place with fans running. after stems snap, throw it in a jar with boveda. check with hygrometer untill it stabalizes. when your ready to use it, grind it on to a salid with some ranch dressing and have at it

Every qp i sell comes with a boveda on top and bottom..

Ive never found them to "absorb" or negatively effect flavor in anyway. Now subjectively of course i do find it a tad moist for personal smoke but in my mind thats not what its for is It.

I think theyre great, saves time and energy. Even if you dont have a large grow they can cushion a bit more for error..i want my customers to get the very best after all

You get them online for a good price?

Also how many gram packets do you buy? 8 or the large ones?

I've been meaning to switch to those but been lazy.

not really, even in bulk .
Considering a qp cost about $40 to produce.. the bovedas will be a significant factor when i drop prices here in the upcoming months, hopefully by fall.. but still worth it imo.. customer service is #1

8 top and bottom for a regular mason jar is what i do, might be overkill. Large one same for gallon jars...

Awesome info,

Thanks bro.

I think my problem was the fresh air...

But it reeks, I grow sealed co2.


so when you say airflow, you mean fresh air correct?

It's a two-part process - drying and curing. Drying is the removal of moisture and curing makes sure all the product has the same dryness. If we didn't cure we would end up with small crispy nugs and large wetter ones. So we dry for 2-3 days them put the product in sealable glass jars. That is the curing process and spreads around all the moisture that is left. No moisture = crispy critters so finished product will have enough moisture intact to give us the finished product we want. So dry for a couple days then put the product in a sealed jar for 12-24 hours. Product will seem wetter after first trip to the glass jar so count on 2 or more trips to the jar. Dry, cure, check, (probably) dry again and re-check until you are happy.

Good luck, BigSteve.

PS -- If you get things too dry you can put a slice of orange in with the product when it is in the jar. This will help the product re-hydrate.