Whats the deal with paper bags?
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stonerman
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Yea, I don't like to use paper bags to cure, I think its just extra bud handling, once its in a mason jar I just burp it until shes perfect. I have used them in the past, They help take in a little moisture from the buds, Usually don't stick the bud in there until its been dried for a bit already. But yes, they help slow down the drying process. Shoe boxes work excellent to, depending on how much of a "cure" you want to do.
bigbillyrocka
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I did the paper bag amd imprived upon it. Lol so to speak...
I filled a PS3 box half way and did what one would normally do with a bag. Its cardboard and works great, and leaves a great scent.
I filled a PS3 box half way and did what one would normally do with a bag. Its cardboard and works great, and leaves a great scent.
zer0ed
Active Member
The better it will taste.
The chlorophyll, (where plants get their green color from) in the plants taste bad and i think is where the cut grass smell comes from.
But it takes time to break down. and it exits the plant as the moisture leaves.
and if you dry to quickly you can dry faster then the chlorophyll can break down, leaving it behind.
(or something like that.)
SimonD
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If you'd like to preserve as much of the external trich content as possible, doing the shredded paper thing isn't really a great idea. The process acts as an industrial tumbler effectively stripping the product as it's moved inside the bag.
Simon
surfhead
Well-Known Member
doesnt get tumbled just sits there . also that is why you use lunch bags. been doing this method for many years . so im not buying that story !
k0ijn
Scientia Cannabis
I think Simon is right on this.
It's debatable just how much the buds are tumbled (wether one turns them, moves them etc while in the bags) and therefore how many trichomes can be lost.
I'd assume you can lose quite a lot.
I've never done the bag method but I tend to be very (sometimes over) protective of my plants and final product.
I would never leave them in bags with shredded paper inside and then procede to turn them and jumble them (as guides say you should do).
SimonD
Well-Known Member
Please understand that trich do not rehydrate. Once a trich dries on its stalk, the head can be snapped fairly easily. As a side note, the concept is sometimes used in hash-making, where the skuff is dried and then rehydrated, as to keep the glands in the screen without additional plant matter falling in. If you'd ever used a (hash) tumbler, you could witness the effect for yourself. It's not a "story."
Simon