Just chopped 1 of my blue dream. How long do you dry before the curre?
Depends on your drying environment but if you keep temps around 65 degrees with a fan oscillating around the drying room they should be ready in 5-7 days for medium sized buds, larger ones maybe 1-2 days longer. When the buds feel dry on the outside and the stems bend a little before they snap put them in jars and burp them 2x a day for 10-15 minutes at a time for 2-3 weeks to release the fresh grass smelling gasses out of the jar and then seal them up for storage. The longer you take to dry them the better they will taste and be smoother, I’ve heard some people on here aim for a 12 day drying period for the best smoke. @Redwood
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It’s always best to keep a close eye on them, once they are too dry there’s no coming back but if you put them in the jars and the jars sweat and the buds still feel wet you can always pull them out and give them a little more dry time and try again, people say wet a napkin and put it in a jar of dried out weed to fix it but I’m sure it damages the potency, taste and smoothness so I’ve never tried it but I have had some too wet and gave it another half a day to dry and jarred them up again and it came out great
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I would wait a little longer instead of having humid buds in a jar which is worst.
There’s a method to know if it is ready. You grab one bud and you pull from it, it there is a thread still attached to the steam, then it is not ready, if it snaps then you can start the curing process.
As @209MIKE says, depends on the conditions of the environment, and how big your buds are, and how thick are the branches. I usually go for 9 days drying, it takes about 7 to 10. Temperature between 65-75F.
They have to be in a dark place, you can check for mold or other stuff every two days.
The buds lose about 70-75% of their weigh, so don’t be mad if they get too small, is natural.
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