residual water content level magic and doubts

Discussion in 'Harvesting and Processing Marijuana' started by guappone, Jan 5, 2011.

  1. I'm done with the drying my first time but I have doubts on managing FINAL JARRED buds. I grow for myself but in the case I have to give some to friends to recover costs, what is "current, normal, acceptable residual water/humidity level in bud you give out ? This is what i learned so far:

    1. I put buds in jar a first time after 3days hung ad 1 day paper bag: say weight was 100grams at that moment
    2. I discoved after little that it was TOO EARLY and bad smell started so..
    3. I put them back in paper bags in a vented room
    4. after about 3 days, checking steam breakability, I moved back to jars. This time weight was about 70g, ie, beside weight lost in first 4 days , bud lost AN OTHER 30% and they were REALLY DRY yet steam not snapping (paper bag was slightly open not clipped or other).
    180 cm (6 ') sativas manicured buds was now weighting about 1 oz!!! This was a SHOCK. I thought I OVERDRYIED THEM so I..
    5. put orange peel in jar and after 2/3 days they ALMOST recovered the lost 30% so i removed peel and left buds in jar for hopefully final stay.

    Now one weight or an other is ok for me. But when I gave 10g -just out of jar - to a friend he after some days said the weight was BADLY REDUCED...

    so, the Q... what is commercially acceptable in term of residual humidity in buds that you dont smoke directly?


    Thanks for any suggestion!
     

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