VirginHarvester
Well-Known Member
Does available oxygen play a necessary role in MJ's curing phase? One problem with curing in glass jars is the potential for mold. In an airless container their is no oxygen for the mold to grow.
There is a new container available in department stores, perhaps Walmart, that locks down airtight then you press the lid where a valve allows air out but not in. You can still burp the buds daily, but their is little or no oxygen in the container once you top-press the air out. If the air is needed for curing, well then it's not going to work, I guess.
One thought that interests me about it is whether or not a partial or total absence of air in your container will slow dry and slow cure your MJ, which accomplishes what some more complicated and perhaps risky methods do but in a safer way with a lower chance of mold(less air= less mold growth).
These containers are hard plastic, not glass. Because of that I would think cool temps and even a dehumidifier is more important unless glass is just as likely to attract moisture. In that case I suppose it would be a wash as far as either container increasing humidity concerns for the weed inside. Even if it got a little moisture from your environmental air, it wouldn't likely mold or anything because the mold needs oxygen, just slow the drying process. If you thought it was a little moist, burp more thoroughly each day.
There is a new container available in department stores, perhaps Walmart, that locks down airtight then you press the lid where a valve allows air out but not in. You can still burp the buds daily, but their is little or no oxygen in the container once you top-press the air out. If the air is needed for curing, well then it's not going to work, I guess.
One thought that interests me about it is whether or not a partial or total absence of air in your container will slow dry and slow cure your MJ, which accomplishes what some more complicated and perhaps risky methods do but in a safer way with a lower chance of mold(less air= less mold growth).
These containers are hard plastic, not glass. Because of that I would think cool temps and even a dehumidifier is more important unless glass is just as likely to attract moisture. In that case I suppose it would be a wash as far as either container increasing humidity concerns for the weed inside. Even if it got a little moisture from your environmental air, it wouldn't likely mold or anything because the mold needs oxygen, just slow the drying process. If you thought it was a little moist, burp more thoroughly each day.
