Storage question

obijohn · Oct 4, 2023

I typically hang my buds a few days, roll up in a paper bag a while to slow dring, and then jar with some burps for a few weeks.

What I'm finding is after about a year the weed starts to smell funky and loses some potency, even though it's in a Kerr jar. I've been looking into either using one of those food sealers to vacuum stuff in a plastic bag for long term storage, or getting one of those things that vacuum seals the Kerr jars.

Confused how the jar sealer works, does it somehow suck air out with the lid on, do you need special lids to use this, or? Any input into what the best way to go appreciated

TCH · Oct 4, 2023

Do you keep a hygrometer in the jar with the flower? What is the humidity at when you jar it? When you open it a year later?

laddyd · Oct 4, 2023

obijohn said:
I typically hang my buds a few days, roll up in a paper bag a while to slow dring, and then jar with some burps for a few weeks.

What I'm finding is after about a year the weed starts to smell funky and loses some potency, even though it's in a Kerr jar. I've been looking into either using one of those food sealers to vacuum stuff in a plastic bag for long term storage, or getting one of those things that vacuum seals the Kerr jars.

Confused how the jar sealer works, does it somehow suck air out with the lid on, do you need special lids to use this, or? Any input into what the best way to go appreciated

I would also like to know. how the jar sealer function works.
Bueller? Bueller?

PopAndSonGrows · Oct 4, 2023

A year??? damn. Smoke your weed faster, lol :lol:

jk

I've personally never had that problem, but off the top of my head I'd look into Grove Bags, C-Vaults or other methods of what could be considered long-term storage. I suppose you could vacuum-seal some into a brick and see how that goes?

curious2garden · Oct 4, 2023

laddyd said:
I would also like to know. how the jar sealer function works.
Bueller? Bueller?

bluegill · Oct 4, 2023

Decomposition is still going to happen even if you don't open the jar. I opened an old buds jar recently to scrape the dust out and it smelled like shit in there. Might want to look into vacuum sealing buds if you don't smoke them within a year. Or, you at least should burp them every once in a while so that anaerobic bacteria doesn't build up.

Jjgrow420 · Oct 4, 2023

I use my vacuum chamber and vac the jars down then freeze them. I made a thread about it here somewhere.
I've moved onto Grove bags now no more funky weed.

obijohn · Oct 4, 2023

curious2garden said:
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So it works without any special lids? Cool, I also was gifted a seal a meal but without instructions I'll have to try and figure out .If there is some residual moisture in the buds, will vacuum sealing keeps stuff from getting moldy, or??

obijohn · Oct 4, 2023

Jjgrow420 said:
I use my vacuum chamber and vac the jars down then freeze them. I made a thread about it here somewhere.
I've moved onto Grove bags now no more funky weed.

Whether in sealed bags or jars, that's my thought as well

curious2garden · Oct 4, 2023

obijohn said:
So it works without any special lids? Cool, I also was gifted a seal a meal but without instructions I'll have to try and figure out .If there is some residual moisture in the buds, will vacuum sealing keeps stuff from getting moldy, or??

If you seal spores in there it will grow. I usually sealed mine about 3 months post harvest. I'd put the jar rigs on them but they weren't required.

TCH · Oct 4, 2023

curious2garden said:
If you seal spores in there it will grow. I usually sealed mine about 3 months post harvest. I'd put the jar rigs on them but they weren't required.

I always use the rings anytime I use jars for anything. I have trust issues with the lids by themselves.

curious2garden · Oct 4, 2023

TCH said:
I always use the rings anytime I use jars for anything. I have trust issues with the lids by themselves.

These are vacuum sealed. So I haven't actually needed them. But I put them on there because my OCD makes me complete the set; jar/lid/ring. Who am I to disagree with the natural order of stuff?

TCH · Oct 4, 2023

curious2garden said:
These are vacuum sealed. So I haven't actually needed them. But I put them on there because my OCD makes me complete the set; jar/lid/ring. Who am I to disagree with the natural order of stuff?

Same with canning foods. Not needed, but they seem naked without.

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Drop That Sound · Oct 4, 2023

bluegill said:
Decomposition is still going to happen even if you don't open the jar. I opened an old buds jar recently to scrape the dust out and it smelled like shit in there. Might want to look into vacuum sealing buds if you don't smoke them within a year. Or, you at least should burp them every once in a while so that anaerobic bacteria doesn't build up.

Not if you force out all the oxygen with inert gas (nitrogen, argon, etc) everytime you crack it open

thumper60 · Oct 4, 2023

I have seen properly dried bud vac sealed an frozen for over a yr no problems. A yr later cut that bag open just like the day it was frozen.

Jjgrow420 · Oct 4, 2023

thumper60 said:
I have seen properly dried bud vac sealed an frozen for over a yr no problems. A yr later cut that bag open just like the day it was frozen.

I just found a jar at the bottom of the freezer must be 2 yrs old. Tasted just like it did when I put it in there

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