Vacuum Sealing (for curing and storage)

jonnygreenjeans said:

Well that kind of didn't address my comment lol. Although I do agree about the freezing bud becoming brittle, I believe that has a negligible effect. During long term storage the jars wouldn't be moved nor would the bud be agitated much. Even if the trichomes do fall off of the bud, they will be caught at the bottom of the jar. Also, what is on the outside of the bud is a fraction of the total THC that bud contains, so even then you will still get high if you smoke it. So back to what I originally wanted to know is if vacuum sealing during curing impacts the process?

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I was always thinking the same thing. When you grow weed you know that the bud is filled with thc, not just on the outside of the bud. I heard someone say that once and I laughed. I also like it when people say they have big colas? I found big colas are just small little buds on a big branch. What we learn when we grow.

Decarboxylation is the term used. Once in the jar u need to refresh the oxygen. It's part of ripening. Once it's dry enough to go in jars put the lids on and put the jars in a cool dark place. Check on the humidity level in the jar in about 3-4 hours or a little longer. The flowers should feel dry like when u first put them in. If the flower seems wet take them out and leave them in the open air then repeat this step until it's not wet feeling. After u do,that burp the jars(take the lids off) for 15 mins then seal them tight again. It's a process that you will be able to master but it's trial and error. Keep at it.

Decarboxylation is actually the process of converting THCA to THC by using HEAT, such as when you smoke or vaporize. If you want to cook with cannabis, you must heat the herb in oil or butter (yes there are other ways too) to convert the THCA to THC in your cookies and brownies. Eating raw cannabis will NOT get you high.

After a month of curing (burping jars) I plan on vacuum sealing my jars. I want it to cure 1st. *Very interested in this process so I'm going to follow this thread.

I vacuum seal in mylar, I cure in gamma seal buckets , unfortunately once your at a certain amount , jars are just to space consuming, alot of the pro companies vacuum seal in 48" sleeves . I've started doing the same thing with mylar. It requires specialized vacuum sealing equipment though I use a " magic seal" sealer , and steelpak mylar rolls for the bags. In my personal experience ( I've never vacuumed with regular vacuum seal bags) once you pop one of my sleeves the buds fluff right back up with no massive impact( they are already quite dense ) and the mylar has no magnetic like effect on my trichomes, out of my 100+ clients , not a single one has noticed any decrease in potency or flavor!! So if your flat out of space z I recommend it for sure!

Ensure your bud is properly dried, put it sandwich bags first then put it in the vac bag, vac seal it fairly tight but don't squeeze the buds to the extent of turning your weed into a brick, you're curing it not smuggling it. I'll do that for about 4 hours then crack it back open, air it out for however long based on how the bud feels and repeat for even longer the next time.

It's a faster way to cure more and as others have stated having 20+ jars isn't ideal for everyone. What's nice is you can reseal the bag at any size when you take some out. Compared to jars where you'll need to downgrade the size to maintain a good rh as the amount of bud lessens.

My cousin grew for about twenty years and he taught me his ways he swore up and down vacuum sealing in Mason jars not only makes your herb last longer but it supposedly draws out around 1/3 more trics and he swore up and down adamantly on that and I believe him he grew some of the best herb I ever had and it was gorilla grown outdoors in northern MN, he swore good quality was always almost all in the cure and the canning/vacuum sealing into jars..

But make sure it's co.pletely cured before vac sealing into jars, the idea he taught me is to not have to Crack it open for it to breath, if your cracking it open your not intensifying the trics...

Assuming after proper dry and cure, any opinions on placing a Boveda pack in a jar before vacuum sealing? I'm thinking that consumer grade vacuum sealers aren't capable of removing 100% of the air, especially in a rigid container like a jar.

jason218 said:

My cousin grew for about twenty years and he taught me his ways he swore up and down vacuum sealing in Mason jars not only makes your herb last longer but it supposedly draws out around 1/3 more trics and he swore up and down adamantly on that and I believe him he grew some of the best herb I ever had and it was gorilla grown outdoors in northern MN, he swore good quality was always almost all in the cure and the canning/vacuum sealing into jars..

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You cousin may have grown some stellar bud and putting buds in a vacuum is great for long-term storage, but will in no way "draw out" ANY trichomes; that's just not how things work.