So I Harvested, Whats The Next Step?

cool thanks for the info i appretiate it

dwcattempt said:

cool thanks for the info i appretiate it

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Well, you picked a good website.

they are dy already, i hung them up yesterday and 24 hours later they are all dry, so i put my herb in mason jars 1 quart size and filled up 6 packed and 1 of trim. tommorow afternoon i will open them up for 20 minutes and then put the lids back on.

they may feel dry to the touch after a day, but definitely have moisture in them still. Sweating the buds during drying, before curing will help out with the curing process. Dry for 3 or 4 days. Put in large ziploc bags for upto 12 hours, then hang to dry again for a day. Repeat a few more times. This causes the bud to "sweat" out the moisture from the inside out. Buds will feel dry when you put them in the bags, but 10-12hrs later will be soft again. Will be able to get into curing jars within 7 to 10 days, depending on the density. always flush 10 to 14 days before harvest. If your smoke is smooth with white ashes you have succeded. best o luck. 70 degrees and 45% humidity is bout perfect for harvest process. any higher than 50% will invite mold!!

As a rule they don't go into mason jars until the stems snap like twigs.

Roseman said:

We DRY pot, so we can CURE it.
We CURE pot, to make it taste sweeter, smell sweeter, to avoid bud-mold, to make it more Smokable, to get the chemical and clorophyll taste out, and to increase the potency. A GOOD cure takes 4 weeks, and some conisours (mispelled) cure it up to 6 to 8 weeks.

The idea behind curing was learned from tobacco growers. Curing is a biological process of allowing the SUGARS and STARCHES to change into something MORE pleasant to the taste and smell. Normally the SUGARS and STARCHES taste HARSH and not so pleasant. To grow, Plants need SUGARS that convert into starches from Fertilizers and sunlight. Curing also removes alot of clorophyll or the clorophyll taste that is sort of a grassy leafy medicine chemical taste and leaves a sweet tastey pleasant taste.
Also, we cure pot to avoid MOLD that can come within 30 days AFTER Drying.

We cure pot in jars, in darkness, in a cool place. After being placed in the jar, we store them in a dark cool place, then we re-open the jar once a day, smell it, inspect it, let it breathe for a few seconds and then re-seal it. IF we smell an unpleasant "nose pinching" smell, or see white growth, we need to immedialtey remove it from
the jar and DRY it some more for a few more days.

When you first harvest the buds, save some moist large stems in the refrigarator, in a baggie. If you dry it too much, you can add a small piece of stem back, to remoisten it some.

I have CURED pot one week in jars, and tasted it, and then Cured it 4 weeks and tasted it. If you will try the same experiment, or ask any experienced grower, you'll learn (taste) the difference. It is much more potent, and mush sweeter tasting, and smells much better too.

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Some of those buds look like they were cut about 3-4 weeks too soon ( imho ) bro.

this plant had been grown from seeds ordered threw nirvana, strain was sterling haze, never again i will grow a haze, i am going to stick with indicas, shorter plant, more dense buds, started another thread on my new grow check it out https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/218911-aurora-indica-5-gallon-bucket.html

dwcattempt said:

So I Just Harvested, And The Buds have been trimmed up and are hanging from strings in my closet. I have fans circulating the air and it will stay under 80 and humidity is around 45%.How Long Do I Leave them hanging before putting them in mason jars. i am assuming that you let them dry to the touch and then put in jars but i am not sure and this is the 1st harvest. help a brother out

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yo be sure try and snap one of the stems and if it snaps then put it in a mason jar but it takes about 5-7 days of hanging then in a mason jar which you have to open up every day so that its burped and gets fresh air for about 7 days and then you good to go

Everything looks great bar the Old Spice. Lose it!