Hi

Am eargerly looking forward to curing some buds of my own. In anticipation wondered how long people cure their own buds for?

Whats like the standard time for a good cure. Is it true that the longer you leave dried buds curing properly the more they develop taste. Does a long cure affect the potentecy?

Been getting sick of getting damp, dark green shite from indescrimanate dealers. All about money over quality. Cant wait to cure my own shit....

THX

I try and cure my bud as long as poss.
I start smoking when they are dry.......but I keep the bud in jars all the time....so they are always sort of curing.
I notice that the buds do taste better after about 2 weeks in the jars.

Potency, is a well discussed topic in curing. Personally I would say that curing does enhance the potency, but could not say for definate....but the last buds in the jar always seem to get me more melted.....

Maybe your just on that level after smoking the rest of the jar?

I read somewhere that the ideal curing time is 4 weeks. I guess it must all come down to how long your stash lasts.

i cant really smoke anything under 2 weeks. its never enjoyable.

my currant smoke is just over 6 months old. there is little gain letting it get older. a couple of months is needed before i call anything cured nicely.

I got all my info from the cannabis college in amsterdam...it does exist, in the red light district, they told me that it act's like a fine wine and the longer you leave it the better it will be, smel taste and strength. They said the minimun time should be 1 month and the best to be 3 month, they said it is a waste if not left for at least a month, i know people who only leave it for a week but i'm sure their advice is good. Personaly i leave it for a month, don't have the will power to leave it longer

"Maybe",...

Yeah, it all depends on how long your stash lasts....

Yeah id heard similar to you satan. Six months sounds good FE, you must have either lot of jars or Jedi Pataience powers of some description.

Do the Buds start to deteriorate after extreme time. Has anyone smoked any real vintage buds?

the gear, and the smoke, both get softer. even tough bits of small twig will crumble to dust between your fingers after a good 6 months. oldest ive smoked was about 12 months. it was very soft and smooth, and had been kept in a well cured wooden draw kept shut, so picked up some sandlewood qualitys.
ive smoked older, but its not possible to date it, and it was found in storeage boxs it had fell in by mistake. i estimate 7 years or more. it had no physical strength left to it. it just powdered when you tryed to hold it. still... i managed a spliff and it was nice. tasted a tad of plastered old loft, but you could tell what it was and it worked although a bit midweek


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the 4 small jars are curing. uk cheese, ice, super skunk and friesland.
two big jars are 3 months old. lefts curing, rights table weed(run of the mill guest weed) and there both pineapple, an sk1 phenno similar to the pure which you will be seeing cross's of soon.
big jar to the left, 6 month old pineapple. behind it a 3 month and a 6 month sheva shanti.

its a growing collection. ive a herb rack and bottles to tidy it up when the time comes

I smoked some hash once that was stored for about 16 years.

It belonged to my mum, she forgot about it in her make-up box. During a tidy up last year she found it and gave it to me. It was only small and didn't look all that but had a very late aroma.
I Crumbled it up, mixed it with a bit of baccy, hit it in a bong. At first i didn't feel anything and thought it was shit, tasted nice no harshness at all. Then about 15/20 mins later i was giggly, then the hounds and I went for a long walk, came back, i sat down and felt incredibly stoned.

Didn't even smoke again that night, didn't feel the need.

I was trying to save a budd from my first harvest for when i get back from the Dam, unfortunately temptation got the better of me and i smoked it last week

But i also read that cannabinol (CBN) or maybe it was cannabidol (CBD), i forget, but i think either of this enhances in drying cannabis.

wow

I usually cure on average for about 6wks, quite often longer.....I feel it does make a huge difference
When they're dry they go into their jars, burped for a week and always kept in their jars in the dark.
By the time I get to the end of my crop I have usually had weed in jars for 6/8 wks. I cant smoke it any faster
Good luck with the curing!

Ms Powerband

I smoked bud that had been curing over a year, as the jar had been forgotten about (blame the rest of the harvest for that) and the few joints I had from that jar were maybe the best I had from the whole harvest, the taste and the high were amazing.

It was green spirit strain in case anyone is wondering

Longest I ever managed was September to April, so six months. Twilight from Dutch Passion.

cbd blocks the thc effect from what ive read

Not blocks - synergises with - maybe taking the rough edges off the pure THC effect.

just what ive read

I've developed a bit of a method, probably through having a choice between good and worse bud...

I basically crop my yeild and then seperate the buds into 'Best' through to 'Worst'. Now, there use to be a lot more nearer to the 'Worse' side, but thankfully i'm a bit better at it now! So anyway, i jar them up accordingly - so all the Best ones are in one jar and then about 5 or 6 jars in total for the different grades going to Worst. Then, when it's dry and ready to smoke - i start on the crappest jar. It's usually always good and not bad at all. So round about this time i've already been in flower for a few weeks and thigns are looking good. By the time you get anywhere near the last jars - you've got another crop coming down and the best from the first crop can be put aside for the new stuff off the second.

After a year of this, you'll have a nice selection of some of the best buds you've ever grown or smoked. Be sure to label the jars with the variety and crop date. It's always nice to look over them.

Keye.

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This bud has been cured for 7 months and the hash for 3. Gonna roll a combo now. WRussian.

Oh I do hope you enjoy that! And after waiting that long I have no doubt that you will....give us a report!

Ms Powerband

Circumstances recently forced me to return to the UK to deal with the items in my long term storage. Amongst these I had about 5 ounces of Powerplant and White Widow which had been storing in glass or aluminium jars for just over 1.5 years. Last time I tried some was about 9 months ago and then it was INCREDIBLY STINKY and pretty damn strong. The trichomes looked cloudy (not amber) on both and the highs were pretty intense.

Now when I got the jars out this time I noticed the smell had greatly lessened. It used to be the case that if you opened a jar the whole house stunk of weed within 60 seconds, but now it was just a gentle waft of spicy aroma. The main difference though was that the trichs on mainly the white widow had turned completely brown! I thought it was mould or something at first, but a look under a loupe showed that almost all had turned from Clear/Cloudy to brown. It was definitely not like this last time I saw it. The Powerplant had a scattering of brownish trichs but it was mainly on the WW.



The smoke had become more trippy, crazily strong, but still not too couchlocky. The first time I really properly smoked it I had a full on panic-attack and near white out after hitting just a couple of bowls in my pipe something I never do, especially after such a small amount. There was a greater alertness - like drinking 5 double espressos - and my muscles became kinda twitchy and tense. It was possible, though inadvisable, to go out in public after smoking, even if it did make your eyes into bloodshot dope-fiend identifiers. Seriously, it had developed full on tripping characteristics which simply weren't there before - a bit like light shrooms in the disorientation and balance departments. Not something that's too pleasant when you're expecting a nice chill and conversation.

The aroma when broken up was still rich and the flavour when smoking was stronger and more refined than last time. The flavour lingered in my mouth for much longer than before and was nice with a nice cold glass of water.


Conclusion from my little study - Weed is "best" between 3 months and 9 months cure, then can develop into a very different smoke. After 1 year I think aroma decreases and the THC either degrades into secondary cannabinoids, or converts to CBN. Either way, it makes it a more devestating smoke.

It was in fact TOO STRONG for me - so I only got through a little bit before packing it away in a different location for another year (or so). So one year from now I'll give you a smoke report again when it'll be 2.5 years old. Should be.... interesting.


B8 - doing it all in the name of science!

Why not just smoke it in smaller amounts? You drink beer in pints, and whisky in shots...

Cure for 2+ months if you can. Ideally you'd keep it in a separate jar from your immediate smoke so that it isn't opened constantly. If you take from the jar regularly between curing then you might occasionally need to smear a drop of water around the jar rim so that the jar acts as a humidor for the buds.

this summers been a problem. opening a jar in the day has let in reasonable air, but crashing night-time temperatures has then sent the gear damp. as i smoke neat, ive had to really work at having stuff i can smoke without leaving it on the tv.

thats nothing though. my main stash is in a bag and has been damp/dry that many times it looks like the plants grown until leafs sticking out the buds were dead. Its perhaps softened the smoke a little, but the appearance.... oops.




now some of the sk1 is past 9 months it tastes just like the better oil that its made. its very hash like, and the sk1 taste has just about gone.
im no expert, but i believe the taste and smell are largely from terpenes? which are water soluble hence water washing takes them away. the hash side of the taste, which is usually hidden in the background, must be locked in the oil, or actually an oil, as its got staying power.

I think it's that the shorter lived smell is comprised of highly volatile terpenes and the longer lived smell is comprised of less volatile terpenes. The terpenes with higher boiling points hang around much longer.

nice one gunna

this sk1 shows afgan traits, in that its point is similar, and the hairs look similar. The taste thats left is very much like smoking very good hash, so im going to go with that as being the lasting aroma's roots.

there is afgan in it i hope
i looked it up, but the banks not saying.