I've googled whether weed can be cured like tobacco so the chlorophyll goes away and I've come up with nothing. I know when tobacco is first dried with heat rather than the more traditional tobacco curing process, tobacco leaves retain their chlorophyll, but again, I'm wondering if there's a method to cure weed so it's brown. Fermentation? Or would a tobacco-type curing process degrade the potency level too much?
agree with @sweedright interesting to learn that tobacco types gets cured different ways, some heat, some air dried, some sun dried... Tobacco curing | PMI - Philip Morris International
I get that heat and curing don't mix well with cannabis. Although years ago I did cure some of a harvest by submerging mason jars in a warm water bath and it turned out pretty darn well. Air dried, sun dried tobacco leaches out the chlorophyll. I'm wondering if anyone has done something similar (ie leaching out chlorophyll) in a weed curing process.
theirs drying as in vaping out the water, 2-3 weeks at around 70F. then theirs the cure thats an attempt to vape out the chlorophyll over time, 2-8 weeks venting daily a slow boring process but well worth it, I've done the water cure for me thats place your fresh cut weed in water of 70F for 2-4 days the longer the better but with a loss of flavor..still get a hit tho check this: Original Guide to Drying and Curing Marijuana Buds | Grow Weed Easy cheers
Curing has been necessary to preserve herbs and food since the beginning of times and cannabis flowers are no different. As soon as a plant is harvested it will start to degrade as it is not connected to a nutrition font anymore, enzymes and aerobic bacteria break down excess sugars and starches. The process of curing will actually force the plant to use those sugars, starches and nutrients before they get a chance of drying out, maintaining flavour, smoothness and improving potency. All of this is explained when we understand that the process of creating valuable chemicals will continue even after harvest so having the ideal climate (temperature and humidity especially), will help to improve potency by allowing that non-psychoactive cannabinoids carry on transforming into acidic cannabinoids such as THCA, CB DA,and others.
Curing buds by fermentation has been done but I've never tried it or known anyone who has. Here's a strange and interesting read you may enjoy. The Malawi Cob (https_fieldsofgreenforall.org.za)
I read about that years back and much of it don't add up as the THC will degrade too overtime, but those who have done it speak well of it,, who can wait that long ...lol still its better than blowing $4k on a canatrol cabinet ...lol
Sorry. It may be because links to other weed forums aren't allowed? It's an easy google. That was my thoughts too. Even if I could get past the idea of storing the cobs buried in goat shit I still think the THC would degrade however the lack of oxygen and light may slow the process a little.
is very popular with those that eat corn, hell Im still looking for corn seeds ask for corn in europe the shop guys look at you crazy
I'm assuming you guys don't make tamales that often. They're also wrapped in corn husks. Amazon sells corn husks but I see that Amazon UK doesn't currently have them in stock. All of the markets around here (New Mexico) sell corn husks.
Buddy I'm busting my nuts just to find corn seed! now day 4 2 days ago I got corn kernels from the freezer trying to germ them No that didn't work, so about to resort to amazon lol why is it so hard and thats just corn, weed seeds no problem crazy world
I'm going to definitely try a modern version of the cob method when I have enough to experiment with this. I've also been watching a lot of tobacco leaf curing and fermenting vids. I'm not sure weed would dry and cure the same way. Namely, the loss of chlorophyll. In all the tobacco drying/curing/fermenting vids I've watched, the first step is to dry the leaves until they're bone dry. During that first step, the tobacco leaves lose their chlorophyll and turn anywhere from light to medium brown depending on the type. I don't believe weed, if dried bone dry loses much chlorophyll? I accidentally dried a bunch years ago that stayed as green as could be. After the first step of drying the tobacco leaves, then in the second step, the leaves are rehydrated until pliable with water mist over a day or two and then any number of fermenting/curing methods are used.
I read you guys don't grow much corn. Have you ever had fresh corn on the cob? Anyway, I'm sure you know it's too late to grow corn this summer. For eating, get sweetcorn.
One final thought on why people think cobbed weed is more potent. Look at how dense the cobbed weed is compared to jar cured bud. A pinch of cobbed weed probably weighs 3 times more so if it was half as potent that pinch would still contain more thc.
