GreenX How to's... How to Water Cure (w/pics)
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GreenphoeniX
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Just easier with a big roach, i hate small roaches with a passion hahaha. It didn't need to be as big as it is, but that's just how it turned out 
The sim's Bob Newbie
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So...does it mean you go straight to water jar from plant without hang drying first? 
GreenphoeniX
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Sure does. You hang dry it after the water cure, takes about 24-48 hours to dry once hung. You may want to put something, like a towel, under them coz they will be dripping water when you first hang them, but trust me, they dry fast.
SpruceZeus
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Excellent tutorial, i still dont know if i'm sold, but +rep for the solid post!
GreenphoeniX
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I'm not trying to sell anything here haha, just give the info to the people seeking it.
I do highly recommend trying it with a small portion of your harvest, even just one bud if your paranoid or simply not that keen, I wouldn't recommend doing it with your entire harvest, specially if you're guna be selling it. But for personal use, definitely recommend trying it with at least a small amount.
Cheers!
kronikeaf420x
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nothing else to say......VERY NICE
BudHawkins420
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Green phoenix, you are the man
GreenphoeniX
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Damn straight! Haha, cheers.
toocoolo
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Alright, you convinced me: I'll water cure a portion of my crop.
I just need one final detail: after the 7 days of water curing, when hanging the bud for a couple of extra days, isn't it in big danger of making mold? or even after that, when storing the bud in jars? Im a newbie, by the way.
Thanks!
I just need one final detail: after the 7 days of water curing, when hanging the bud for a couple of extra days, isn't it in big danger of making mold? or even after that, when storing the bud in jars? Im a newbie, by the way.
Thanks!
Land of the Free?
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Never heard of this method. I would be scared to submerge my sweetness in water.
whatta bout mold, or quality? Is it really worth it? Ergh dunno
whatta bout mold, or quality? Is it really worth it? Ergh dunno
GreenphoeniX
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Hang em up with a fan on them or around them, mold is unlikely because it likes to grow in damp places, not sopping wet places lol. And mold is usually a problem when air curing because the bud is damp for many days or possibly a few weeks, where as with a water cure, once the bud is hung to dry it dries so fast that there really isn't time for mold to grow, try water curing a small amount, I bet you'll be surprised as to how fast it dries, especially if you've got good ventilation and air circulation!
We're talking drying fully in 24-48 hours. And as for storing it. As long as you dry it properly, no way you're getting mold, there's less chance of getting mold after a water cure than there is after an air cure.
Mold - Read above.
Quality - Depends on what you consider quality. THC is not water soluble, so you won't be losing THC in anyway other than general handling, which can be avoided no matter how you cure coz if you wana smoke your bud, you got to touch it haha.
Worth it? - HELL YES! At least try it with a small amount of your next harvest, you can even just water cure one gram if you want, then you can decide for yourself if you like it or not.
All I can say is I highly recommend at least trying this with a small amount of your bud. If you don't like it then don't do it in future or with a larger amount, but definitely try some!
You won't no if you don't try!
Cheers all!
akornpatch
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Good God man! Lay off the nutes! That's some crispy critter you got there. LOL I'd be water curing it too if that were mine.The grow medium is a basic bubble bucker (hydro I guess), all the other plants were grown in soil, but that one was grown in the bubble bucket, from clone to flowering, that's why I used it for the water cure, my other stuff is organically grown, but that stuff was fed synthetic hydro nutes, and I never 'properly' flushed it, I just stopped adding nutes bout 1/2-3/4 of the way through flowering haha, topped up the water in the bucket a couple times, never had to fully change it.
Now the last plant I did in a bubbler bucket was a little larger than that hahahah:
GreenphoeniX
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Actually mate there's relatively no nutes in that solution, was pH lockout altering levels of nutrients resulting in build up of other nutrients causing lockout of other nutrients again. And none of the physical characteristics of the 'problem' went back into the bud itself, so when manicured and dried it looked just like anything else you see around.
And that yielded about 7 ounces fully manicured and dried bud, not a bad result, was some of the most potent stuff that phenotype has ever produced for me, I figure it must of been the stress, the plant responded well to it I guess
I just water cured some bud and it came out great. I had a few sample buds drying, got impatient and through half in some water for 5 days, and let it dry for 2 more and it smokes great. It keep it's stickiness, but did loose the smell and taste. Beats the hell out the microwave.
GreenphoeniX
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Haha, sure does beat the microwave! Nice to see people are willing to give this a try and are seeing how useful and good it can really be.
Just a quick update on my water cured buds. I ended up putting them in a jar with some air dryed bud that was curing and they picked up a lot of the smell and taste that wasn't there after the water cure. So after all said and done there really is'nt much difference in the end product except it's ready to smoke alot sooner. Don't be afraid this shit works
I just did this and used a dehydrator to dry them. I got what i think to be mold on my bud. It was white webby stuff, like a spider web. Right after it was done water curing i took it straight out and put it in my dehydrator at 95 degrees and it dryed for 3 -4 hours and i took it out and to my displeasure saw white fuzz on it. I don't understand what i did wrong... Did a full 7 day cure, the bud was totally submerged in distilled water, changed every night and put it in the dehydrator at 95 degrees for 3-4hours and mold formed....
Do the stems have to be submerged in the water as well? Mine wasn't and i was wondering if thats why i got mold....
Also the bud that got moldy, can i water cure it again to get rid of it? How long should i water cure it for to get rid of the mold?
Thing is im not 100 percent sure it was mold, but it was white and kinda fuzzy.
I need help! I have many more buds that are water curing that i don't want to mold
Do the stems have to be submerged in the water as well? Mine wasn't and i was wondering if thats why i got mold....
Also the bud that got moldy, can i water cure it again to get rid of it? How long should i water cure it for to get rid of the mold?
Thing is im not 100 percent sure it was mold, but it was white and kinda fuzzy.
I need help! I have many more buds that are water curing that i don't want to mold
