Tips to Help you Dry & Cure your Cannabis!

Great tips to help you dry and cure your juicy buds

Two things to first take note of.
There is a difference between drying and curing buds.

First you dry your buds, then you cure them, as we will explain further.
Second, drying your buds doesn’t mean putting them into a warm oven and drying them to a
fragile crisp, no.

Drying is more a case of reducing the moisture content but only so much.
If you ever use rolling tobacco you’ll know what we are talking about when you compare
smoking a rolling with tobacco from a newly opened pouch of tobacco to smoking one you
make with tobacco that was opened a month ago and that’s now as dry as a dead dingo’s
whatsit!

The first is a smooth smoke, the second is harsh as hell and makes you want to cough your
lungs up!

So, let’s talk about drying your buds.

You can do this by drying them while still on the branch, or you can trim them first and dry
them on a rack, remembering to turn them frequently to stop them flattening out.

We recommend trimming your buds first as once dry, they are more fragile and prone to
shedding when messed around with.

Drying should take about 7-10 days depending on the environment, which is ideally around
45-55% humidity as you only want to reduce the moisture content by roughly 15%.

Once dry and you have trimmed buds, you want to fill a mason jar or other wide-necked jar
three-quarters full to allow air to circulate.

For the first couple of days open the jar and check that there is no sign of mould. Allow the air
to change and then seal the jar back up, keeping the humidity level around 62%

After a couple of days, this ritual only needs to be performed once daily, for a minimum
period of two weeks, after which your buds are smokable, but we recommend you wait a bit
longer if you can in order to maximise the flavour and smoothness of the smoke.

In a perfect world you will be looking at buds that have taken eight weeks to cure and inside
the jar keeping the humidity level the same to stop the buds drying out completely.

Once cured, you can also consider popping humidity packs into your jars to stop any further
drying out of your weed.

Following that, all that’s really left is to sit back and enjoy. Let us know how you go about
curing your buds in the comment section below.

[davidbryden]

Here in California, most of us homegrowers seem to all do a dry trim these days. We used to trim "wet" back in the prohibition era because it was all about getting it processed ASAP. And "bag appeal".
These days, after I "buck" the big fan leaves I'll hang the whole plant in my my old 2' x 2' grow tent with an inline fan (on low) exhausting it.
My summer temps can be well over 100f but I aim for a steady 60% RH/60°f for a "long as possible" dry time. In my dry environment, its usually 10-12 days. When the stems are dry enough to snap, that's usually TOO dry, so I have to put them in tubs or jars when the buds feel a little crunchy on the outside, but still spongy. I then may need to burb my jars periodically during the first weeks of cure. A digital hydrometer inside the container helps tell me when I reach that 60% RH target. At that point I might add a Bovida pack to maintain that humidity. Store in a cool, dry, dark place!
I'm not so concerned with appearance anymore ( I don't really sell it anymore) and I can take more time to dry it now. It's ALL about preserving the terps and trichomes instead.
I try to do the least amount of handling of the flowers as i can during my process so as to not damage any trichomes. I'll typically even leave a few sugar leaves on my buds as a protective "bud blanket" (or "farmer's trim" as some call it).
I don't mind having to trim a few leaves off as I break up the bud to roll a fatty! 😂 Speaking of which....
Cheers!!😶‍🌫️💨💨💨💨
✌️💚🌲🌏☮️🕊

[rubberknees]

Old school here: after hang dry, put into brown paper bags, single layer, and put in dry, dark place to cure until the center stem snaps when folded. Been working for 36 years.

[anthonycurtis]

Just started my first grow 2 months ago and now I’m already growing 2 large cannabis plants almost ready for flower. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that the entire grow was thanks to this channel ❤, everything a newbie needs to know will be on here and Reddit! Much love and good luck gromies!

[DerSiegdesZ]

Never wet trim as a beginner or they dry too fast if u not able to maintain a stable environment for drying. Minimum 55% humidity not over 60%, Temp. 60F or 16-18 Celsius, and 14 -16 days. The slower the better

[toddburgess]

I have found an overall improvement in cured bud being frozen in the curing jars.
Being careful when frozen, the flavor and potency are boosted over the same batch of buds that were stored with moisture packs in the jars and in a dark closet.
When you're confident the curing is complete, pop them in the freezer. When in need, thaw overnight to avoid knocking frozen trichomes off, pick buds, then refreeze.

[marlonsmith]

Not a lot about temperature, apply the 60f/60rh rule if you can.. too much heat can evaporate terps or dry too quickly.

[violentnewworld]

I recommend fridge drying to anyone who hasn't tried it. Just try it with a couple buds. It's dries out way slower and the bud keeps it's shape, more size and looks way better.

The dry is more even and traps the flavour inside.

Just test them in a jar after 2 weeks, you can even finish the dry in the usual way if you are near enough the cure zone.

[michaelteran]

Harvesting today yay! I do this same dry and cure method except I dry mine in a dark room and I have to cure in buckets with tight lids. I don't have enough glass jars for what I grew!

[tjizzle]

I had a white widow female and a purple haze male....after season used the seeds and u wouldn't believe how widow

[DK-prny]

Grove Bags are the way to go for curing.

[TRXY]

I have a question. If i leave cannabis buds in a shoebox for like a week, will they dry? Lemme know.

[mishham]

Pretty much what I do already so I'll keep up the good work lol

[jontecarlo]

It literally almost took a year for my weed I am smoking to finally be From seedling to smokeable.


That is some craftsmanship. Hats off to you growers/trimmers/curers. I want to learn too

[williamray]

I like grove bags. I grew a plant last year that was great soon as it dried.😊

[angrypastabrewing]

Make sure you dry and cure your buds in the dark. It’s very important or you can lose the potency of your buds

[austinreese]

Shashamane. In the 1960s, Rastafari immigrants from the Caribbean began to settle on land near Shashamane which had been set aside for them by Emperor Haile Selassie I. Subsequently,  Shashamane has become known for its cannabis cultivation, largely meant for local consumption

[jesserey]

So is hanging it by the root and wrapping a tarp around it and not efficient should I let it dry without the tarp

[NOT_SURE..]

drying buds, HA, i cant even get seedlings going, ive had a sh*t year, wind killed my first 3 plants, council workers found my second grow, police took my 3rd grow, 1 person ripped me off on ebay (no seeds arrived) and during all this my germination rate is about 10%, the only plants i have growing are the ones ive thrown out in the garden in rage, which have rooted.

[BigSlinkDog]

Good Video, and Great Comment Section ✔️

[AlexandreG]

I see everywhere that the plant has to lose 70 to 75% of its weight.
But you're saying the goal of the drying phase is to make it lose 15% moisture.
That doesn't add up, can you explain?