monty Python
Active Member
Hi all. Just like to share my first ever harvest and have a couple of questions regarding curing.
The strain is lemon skunk from greenhouse and was growin under a 250w, heres a pic took not long before harvest..
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I chopped the plant in different stages, starting off with the bigger sidebranches. {they 'dried' in 3 days} Then the main colas and the lower popcorn buds. I think it all dried a little too fast though, as after 3-4 days the buds were quite crispy to the touch but the stems were still quite bendable. But i thought it would be best to get them into jars rather than have them dry out even more. They were dried in a diy drybox attached to my tent, with a pc fan extracting but was getting very low humidity in there.
I weighed this semi dry bud before i jarred them and got 46g. So now theyve been in there for a 4 days now. been burping 3 times a day, all looks ok and smells great. The larger main colas have darkened more already than the popcornd bud from lower down. Buds do feel a little hard/crispy around the edges still.
Feel quite compact/dense when i squeeze them a little. Stems are drying up, but still not getting the snap. Weighed again today and have 38g.
So, i really dont know if my bud is curing the way it should. I know its early doors as far as curing time goes but i just wanna make sure the bud isnt gonna dry out too fast still and if i should maybe add a wet q-tip to the jars every now and again?
Theres not a huge amount of bud there so i dont think im in any real danger of mold.
How should bud feel when its been cured properly? I want to get a good idea on what im trying to achieve here. Should it be like soft, but not moist soft? A little bit crispy or brittle on the outside?
If i drive a pair of scissors through a mature bud, what should it be like, would it crumble into fine dust or lumpy bits ? Fluffy or coarse {the reason i ask is thats how i smoke my bud, i just roll j's and cut through the bud into powder and sprinkle in}.
Also when curing, if stems are still bendable, should i burp more, or leave it open for a longer period of time at each burp ? Will that help any ?
I know those questions can be tricky to answer as there is alot of different varibles to take into account. But any input at all is welcomed.
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Thanks for looking.
The strain is lemon skunk from greenhouse and was growin under a 250w, heres a pic took not long before harvest..
![ls 17th 3.JPG](/data/attachments/744/744011-57ac2736a8ad93012ecb329913bc29d0.jpg)
I chopped the plant in different stages, starting off with the bigger sidebranches. {they 'dried' in 3 days} Then the main colas and the lower popcorn buds. I think it all dried a little too fast though, as after 3-4 days the buds were quite crispy to the touch but the stems were still quite bendable. But i thought it would be best to get them into jars rather than have them dry out even more. They were dried in a diy drybox attached to my tent, with a pc fan extracting but was getting very low humidity in there.
I weighed this semi dry bud before i jarred them and got 46g. So now theyve been in there for a 4 days now. been burping 3 times a day, all looks ok and smells great. The larger main colas have darkened more already than the popcornd bud from lower down. Buds do feel a little hard/crispy around the edges still.
Feel quite compact/dense when i squeeze them a little. Stems are drying up, but still not getting the snap. Weighed again today and have 38g.
So, i really dont know if my bud is curing the way it should. I know its early doors as far as curing time goes but i just wanna make sure the bud isnt gonna dry out too fast still and if i should maybe add a wet q-tip to the jars every now and again?
Theres not a huge amount of bud there so i dont think im in any real danger of mold.
How should bud feel when its been cured properly? I want to get a good idea on what im trying to achieve here. Should it be like soft, but not moist soft? A little bit crispy or brittle on the outside?
If i drive a pair of scissors through a mature bud, what should it be like, would it crumble into fine dust or lumpy bits ? Fluffy or coarse {the reason i ask is thats how i smoke my bud, i just roll j's and cut through the bud into powder and sprinkle in}.
Also when curing, if stems are still bendable, should i burp more, or leave it open for a longer period of time at each burp ? Will that help any ?
I know those questions can be tricky to answer as there is alot of different varibles to take into account. But any input at all is welcomed.
![lsh4.jpg](/data/attachments/744/744035-3e70a829211d3e8361c715b428712f7b.jpg)
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