Hello again guys, i heard from a well informed friend that the best way to cure weed is to bang it all into an air tight jar, get all the air thats in the jar out (i was told to suck the air out using your lips) then seal it back up and bury it roughly 3 feet underground. Because the air temp is exactly the same all the time with no fluxuations its ment to do wonders, much like fermenting wine n whisky n that.
If you leave the jar in the earth for a month, it becomes grade.. if you leave it for a year, it becomes PIff.. however leave it for any longer and it will be the best darn thing you will ever smoke!
Im wondering whether this is the true method and if anyone else has heard of something like this?
If so i have a few questions about it.. Like do you have to cure the weed before putting it in the jar for its long term curing time?
And is there not a better way to get the air out of the jar, rather than sucking it?

Cheers guys any help would be great.
Fingerz..

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never heard of that before! doesnt sound to realistic to me? could be wrong though. if you are going to do that then i would sugest that you dry the bud properly before putting it anywhere near the jar. if not im sure it will just mould. also how can you suck all the air out when as soon as you take your mouth away from the jar surely it will fill back up with air before you evenget the lid on. apart from that it just sounds a complicated way of drying. what you want to do which imo is probably the same if not better and way easier, dry it properly then put it in jars and leave it at the back of your cuboard for a good week or two. burp it every day and turn the buds to make sure that not mould is forming. then after its BONE dry you can leave it sealed in the jar for a long while in the dark. imo that will do exactly the same but saves you digging a hole for it. i could be wrong though but never heard of that before. just seems like your trying to over complicate things. if you jar it up when even slighlty wet when you digg it up in a couple weeks time all you will have is black mush left.

I'm off to get me spade!

Vacume it.Buy the vacumeer for food,its like 50P at the most and it comes with vacume bags and tapeweare.Its great for keeping it fresh just dry it good before closing.

proper thai stick is supposedly buried in the ground (usually a barn.....because most thai locals,or the ones with land to grow,are usualy farmers and the house adjoins the barn/stable,and this stops the water from seeping thru the soil,instead of them just burrying it outside...stilll with me? )they do this for (i think) around 6months 2 a year and then dig it up.thinking about it,this is probs done because the temp stays at a constant temp down in the ground whereas above ground,in thailand,it is rather hot/humid.i think this is why "thai stick" is burried.In england tho,i suppose you could do what u have suggested,ordry your bud,jar it up once it's dry,place it in air tight glass container burp it every day for around 2weeks to a month, then take said container,put a sock round it (dark one) or just paint the outside of the jar so that light cannot seep thru the glass and destroy/deteriorate the thc.store for as long as you can handle not smoking it...."th bang bang is on point"....sit back and enjoy...

in malawi africa they berry it in a big leaf thing ,sorry dont know the name,and leave it for how long then dig it up ,and smoke.ive heard of the bamboo wraping method to,same as but put into bamboo sheets and rolled up ,but as said its the mold problem.better off to dry it as said and cure in a dark place untill its smoked

The reason its put underground is because its a steady temp down there, not to complicate things.. i heard of this method from a mate who read it in a completely organic hydro grow book.
Yes i aggree you would have to completely dry it out before curing it in the sealed jar, othawise yeh it would turn out brown mush!
Fingerz

Plus if i were to just bang it at the back of a cupboard, the temp wouldnt be at a constant, cos a house has central heating. ive heard a fridge is also good place to put it, if your jars are completely sealed air tight

putting it in the ground wont change the taste or the high in any way! if you left it in the back of your cuboard for a year it would still be piff. the reason that it gets better with curing is because over time the chemicals break down. whcih is why it changes from a dark green colour to a light green colour with curing because the chlorophyll pigments break down. the same with the chemicals. hence the longer you leave it the more of a 'piff' smoke it becomes. light degrades thc so being buried would help slightly but imo no more then being in the back of a dark cuboard. there are other ways to control temps other then burrying it. hence thats why i said your over complicating it. just because it works doesnt mean its not gonna do the same thing. burrying things in wrapped up leaves is different to putting it in a jar in the ground. because using a tobacco leaf or a plam leaf will allow the weed to breath where as having it in a glass jar wont so ANY mostiure in the bud will come out but wont be able to escape=mould. also not to mention the bad weather in the uk means that everytime it rains the the soil will be damp and soggy meaning if not airtight then i suspect it would eqaul mould again. sounds feasible in hot countries but probably not ours. ive never tried this so it probably can work but will lead to a hell of alot of problems if not done CORRECTLY. just my opinion neway.

fridge is ok for storing weed but again can lead to damp weed when taken out. think thats why you see such damp homey but you can tell its had some sort of drying done to it. never tried in jars so mabye could work.

don't put in the ground unless bone dry and you've got a metal army issue ammunition case to use. Friend of mine lost a big lot burying underground in Spain. Loads of it turned to mush. And local hippies dug some up. Best thing smoke it.

This is what I use
3 quid from the range sprayed matt black bit of greese proof between the opening and the rubber (all rubber smell's) and stored in a constant temp


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e2a thats a 3L jar shaman bout half way throu and some of it is lemony smelling

Don't underestimate how much time it takes to reach full power

I stored some for over 1 year, it was spectacular, it was excellent when it was first cured (14days) but after this time in a dark place in a baggy it was something else

This was about 1/8th I forgot about Just in the back of a draw. I'd not be too fussy over the storage, dark place, sealed that'll be fine, make sure its nice and dry

I think thats a half arsed way of curing it like tobacco is cured in big piles. Unless you really know what you are doing then you are going to end up with a pile of mush.

During one of my rare tidy ups, I came across a couple of jars that have been there for about 14 months. Looks sort of manky brown and has the faint aroma of cat piss mixed with old book. Tokes lovely though, very smooth.

The jars being wrapped up in loads of textiles has probably stabilised the temps, I wouldn't put too much emphasis on the burying part of it, we don't live in the tropics.

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Looks good, bet u cant wait to smoke the shit outa that! sounds lovely mate... where do you store your pots of piff where the temp is constant?
Fingerz

You have some good points mate, yeh theres probly hundreds of other much easier ways of doing it, i just heard this was one of the best (complicated and not very accessible tho i must admit).. i dont see why it shouldnt work in our climate, why would it have to be hot? all your looking for is a iplace where the temp doesnt change? whether it be hot or cold it surly doesnt matter?
Fingerz

I managed to get a fire safe like they have in a data centre

all that burying in the ground malarkey sounds a bit urban mythish, I'm sure it's been done but if it made so much of a difference it wouldn't be such an illusive tale, everyone would be doing it wouldn't they?... into glass jars and back of the cupboard works for me though

God knows mate, try it for yourself..? maybe noone ever trys it because it means digging anouther fat hole
Fingerz

I'm thinking that if you live in Africa or somewhere where it is considerably hotter than here, putting it in the ground to cure as a drying room makes sense - but I'm pretty sure that for anyone living in Western Europe it's better to jar it indoors (and somewhere indoors dark, cool and with constant temp).

I do the first stage cure in brown paper bags for a few days and then into jars for the rest of the cure/until I smoke it.

Btw, I put my mason jars in a cheapo ikea black plastic storage box and then keep that box on the floor - saves the need to spray a jars and keeps the jars cooler than up on shelves or in a cupboard

GN

basically I read this piece of information in the last passage of a huge hydroponics book, which is British! I cant tell you the name of the book as the person who showed me the passage (a hydro grower himself) simply told me to read that single page, as he was going to try it too, and I didnt even bother looking at anything else.
From what I can remember, the author told how he went to a fellow hydro growers yard who had buried a small amount (Q to a Half O im guessing) of one of his crops for 2 years, when they dug the jar up and smoked the product, it was the best thing he had ever smoked on, this coming from a hydro grower who has OBVIOUS years of experience with a huge paper back book full of every bit of information ever needed.
Obviosuly it depends if the crop is grown well and smokes nice already, as just putting some dirty homie into a airtight jar and burying that will not transform it into amnesia haze, this is not what im saying.
Also, this is not a technique of drying, i mean you could if you really wanted? but this would be perfect for say taking 20% of your yield, and using the technique for a personal amazing smoke!!

drill a hole in jar lid and use a syringe to suck air out-then silicone/ glue hole up- hid some liberty caps away like this for 6 months-double strong when retrieved em- blew my tiny mind

perfect answer!! well done mate you know the deal

If an ounce had been split, half buried outside and the other half kept in a cupboard, that would have been an experiment with a control.

As is, there's nothing to say if it was the burying, the passage of time or the time passed plus burying that did the magic.

now i dont remember exactly but there was something about the way the left over co2 in the jar and inside the bud mixes with the oxeygen which then does something to the bud that has some kind of reaction, and over time just keeps getting better, i think the author of the book would of tried both techniques, but at the end of the day I dont see puttin jared buds into the back of a wardrobe much of a technique, more of just a obvious thing to do? I dont know but what I DO know is that we are going to bury some, and not bury some, and then come back to this post with a real first hand answer!

I tried Coffee Bean storage bags last time.

They are about 40p each and hold up to about 75g. They are resealable, tough and lightproof, and have a little breather valve that doesn't let any moisture in. I sealed them most of the way then sucked the air out with a straw. Really convenient, and good results.

The stuff at 2 months old was definitely much better than after initial 2-3 weeks gentle drying and a few days cure.

They're easily available from good coffee outlets online.

BA

Them baggies sound pretty handy m8! Mite av to giv em a go on abit of this years croppage, got a coffee accessory shop in town as it happens
Fingerz

So flush with weed you got fookin jars lying around? Hahaha

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Yep, the malawi thing is the outside leaves of corn on the cob hence why when in malawi when you buy some erb its called "Malawi Cob" because it comes all wrapped up in the outside of the cob

Stay cool

Take a look at the grow in my sig. That was a side project, the yield from it could have been zero and I wouldn't be running dry. It yielded 700 grams from a 600w Grolux. By the time I start toking it, it will be over 6 months old. With my cellar grow, I went for whatever keeps me self sufficient as easily and reliably as possible and that's what I got, tick tock clockwork self sufficiency.

God is in his heaven and lazi is a very happily stoned bunny.

getting on this bury weed topic. Years ago a mate of mine had some weed that had been buried and it was super and looked like dirt. Was buried with dry ice.There is a true story of a young fella who dried something like this and died from a black mold that infected him!!!! Scary that so be careful.Showgirl

how about filling the jar with c02?
isnt that what they use when recorking a bottle of wine to keep it fresh?

Burying cannabis.

People sure like to make things a lot harder than they need to be.

I'm not sure what it would do for the cure, but it will leave a sour after taste. And not a nice one.
You want to use an inert gas like nitrogen if you are going that route.

I buried about 8 ounces in my garden a few months ago, but I did this for security reasons. I'll dig it up in a year or two. I'm hoping that no moisture has got into the jars. I bought the best quality restaurant-grade jars I could find, and wrapped them in plastic bags. It would be nice to be able to check on them though!

Aging your bud like fine wine is worth the wait! I recently smoked some Arctic Sun that was over 3 years old stashed in a sealed jar, and it was the nicest smoke I have ever had. It had degraded to a pale green / grey, almost no colour left at all. The best thing was that I didn't get the aftertaste in my mouth like I usually do.