Too Dry!

So I had my babies hanging In my area, It usually takes a little over a week til i go to jars. yesterday i decide to give em a check,CRUNCHY and DRY !!! low humidity or what? I dont know!! Its been 5 days...Is there a trick to get some moisture to them? I have em all In jars now but I think most If not all moisture is gone....anybody have any tricks or suggestions???
Thanks!!!

Dux.

Damn man, it sounds like you did dry them for too long...that sucks.
What you can do now is either leave the buds to be dry and easily crumble-able in order to roll easier J's.

Though, if you don't want to do that, there are a few things you can try.
Here are some of the best tips that I found on the net:

1. Get a cotton ball, wet it, place it in tin foil, poke holes in tin foil. Let it sit in jar with bud, for couple hours, should return moisture to your buds.

2. I've seen some growers stick a wet paper towel to the edge the container and seal with success.

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3. Another trick is to put your buds in a jar along with a few fresh orange peels. Shake the jar or rearrange the nugs and peels every four hours so to ensure better moisture distribution. Be careful how many orange peels you use because you can easily over moisturize your nugs. Have used it many times before with “crumbly” bud. Also, it adds a nice citrus flavor/smell to your buds which may not work well with all strains.


4. Skin just the other layer of a lemon peel and stick it the jar overnight. A couple of strips will do. Remove the peels in the morning to prevent mold. You should be good after that. Just keep “burping” the jars a regular intervals and the faint smell of lemon should dissipate as well if you burp enough.

5. I have always just taken a fresh small bud plucked from a plant (of course it matters to have such) and throw it in with the too dried, and seems to have worked well in the past. And you can monitor it and take it out once the desired moisture has been achieved, or even add another if that one dried out.

6. Putting the dry buds in a bag with a slice of fresh bread and leave it overnight. Brings back just the right amount of moist back to your buds when too dry. Potato peels work fine as well but both can leave a smell and a taste that may be undesirable…

7. Lettuce (fresh) is the best for least flavor transfer. About 3 hours in the jar would do it. But you should check it yourself

8. A piece of apple would probably serve best. It does not contain the aromatic oils of the citrus fruit and none of the yeast which could also cause mold, like in the bread.

...Wow!! thank you !!!!!! that was more than enough help...thanks again !!
Dux.

For sure, happy to help

wow that was awesome. def some good advice. i have a question though, anyone ever put a hygrometer in the jars to see what the humidity gets to? ive been doing this and at first it got up to 75% quick. i took them out and put in paper bag for a day now back in jars and it slowly creeps to 70 i would say takes half a day ive burping 3times a day now. opinions on what humidty should be in the jars?

powerslide said:

wow that was awesome. def some good advice. i have a question though, anyone ever put a hygrometer in the jars to see what the humidity gets to? ive been doing this and at first it got up to 75% quick. i took them out and put in paper bag for a day now back in jars and it slowly creeps to 70 i would say takes half a day ive burping 3times a day now. opinions on what humidty should be in the jars?

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sorry man, I haven't tried that and I'm not sure what the humidity should be in the jars :/ what I do know is that if you see condensation on the sides of the jars, the buds need to come out and air dry some more before going back into the jars repeat until desired sticky/crispiness

Weedoozie said:

Here are some of the best tips that I found on the net:

1. Get a cotton ball, wet it, place it in tin foil, poke holes in tin foil. Let it sit in jar with bud, for couple hours, should return moisture to your buds.

2. I've seen some growers stick a wet paper towel to the edge the container and seal with success.

~~~~~~ORGANIC METHODS~~~~~~~

3. Another trick is to put your buds in a jar along with a few fresh orange peels. Shake the jar or rearrange the nugs and peels every four hours so to ensure better moisture distribution. Be careful how many orange peels you use because you can easily over moisturize your nugs. Have used it many times before with “crumbly” bud. Also, it adds a nice citrus flavor/smell to your buds which may not work well with all strains.


4. Skin just the other layer of a lemon peel and stick it the jar overnight. A couple of strips will do. Remove the peels in the morning to prevent mold. You should be good after that. Just keep “burping” the jars a regular intervals and the faint smell of lemon should dissipate as well if you burp enough.

5. I have always just taken a fresh small bud plucked from a plant (of course it matters to have such) and throw it in with the too dried, and seems to have worked well in the past. And you can monitor it and take it out once the desired moisture has been achieved, or even add another if that one dried out.

6. Putting the dry buds in a bag with a slice of fresh bread and leave it overnight. Brings back just the right amount of moist back to your buds when too dry. Potato peels work fine as well but both can leave a smell and a taste that may be undesirable…

7. Lettuce (fresh) is the best for least flavor transfer. About 3 hours in the jar would do it. But you should check it yourself

8. A piece of apple would probably serve best. It does not contain the aromatic oils of the citrus fruit and none of the yeast which could also cause mold, like in the bread.

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I know it's an old thread but .... Damn man, I just tried your organic orange peel method and it worked great !!!

I left 4 pieces in the jar with the dried MJ, left it for 7 hours (shaking the whole thing every 3 hours) and they are back to a good stage !
Thx !!!