Left them hanging too long. Dried to the point the point of crumbling at the touch. Put them in jars anyway. What's the best way to moisturize and cure now? Thanks in advance.
Orange peels and lettuce may help. just remember to burp the jars often to avoid excess moisture causing mold
Don't put food in with your weed in an attempt to hydrate it.. It's the prime source of the mold your trying to avoid.. A small folded square of damp paper towel will do the trick.. All you can do at this point is make it so you can handle it without it crumbling to dust.. No cure is possible with it so try again next harvest.. Here is my own dry and cure so give it a look and see where you can improve your own next try.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- My grow is So Calif and between the temps and the very low humidity it's very easy to over dry.. Even a single day to long on the line can ruin it all.. To keep the wife happy all my work is restricted to the garage so I get to be inventive at times.. If you search long enough you'll come across the 777 of curing .. This being the 7 days @ 70 degrees @ 70% humidity.. Works well if you have a temp and humidity controlled room.. We don't so we use jars to achieve the same ends.. While I started in jars this soon proved impractical trying to unscrew all the jars over and over.. Some trial and error later I worked out a method to limit exposure to our stone dry air and still get things done in a timely way.. I take the plant a branch at a time and trim close while seconds off the living plant.. All the leafs are standing tall and you don't get a better shot at trimming.. Hang.. http://forum.grasscity.com/uploads/m...1393031894.jpg Depending on temp and humidity this stage can take from 24 hours to a week.. just hung bud is dead limp to the touch after 12 hours or so.... When the buds start to stiffen when slightly compressed I remove from the branches.. http://forum.grasscity.com/uploads/m...1393031909.jpg And the buds get placed in cut down paper shopping bags about 3 inches tall.. http://forum.grasscity.com/uploads/m...1393031922.jpg Next I place the bags in a air snug-tight container.. Mostly I use either an Ice Chest or a New unused Trash Can.. I try and size the container to the load.. You don't want 1 bag of buds in a trash can.. While I did use several hygrometers early on for this stage I've since found I can do it all just by feel now.. Leave bags in can till limp to the touch again.. This first day that won't take very long. a couple of hours... Once limp remove from container and set bags out till stiff when compressed slightly.. I'll flip the contents of the bags to a third bag to get the lowest buds up on top.. I'll continue this rotation of the bags into and out of the container gradually spending less and less time exposed.. the last few days the bags will only be out an hour or so.. This takes me about 7 days.. This is where I do use the Hygrometers.. The can is now acting like a large jar.. Your best readings come in the morning after the can has had 12 hours or more to stabilize and will tell you how much exposure your product will need that day.. Combined with a hygrometer telling me what is outside helps.. http://forum.grasscity.com/uploads/m...1381192804.jpg A full can requiring a single meter as well as being able to get the product in and out rapidly made this a much more practical way at least in the extremely dry SW USA.. Once the can has reached 65% and 7 to 10 days have elapsed It gets jarred in Half Gallon mason jars with a 62% Boveda 60 gram and I'm done.. 60 days minimum cure time for me.. Longer is better but you'll have a very respectable smoke in 2 months.. http://forum.grasscity.com/uploads/m...1393296931.jpg Caution this may get you a large container of mold in a less dry area.. Just what I've worked out in my smoking hot and extremely dry garage..
I'm using lettuce and it's working great so far. Buds have been rejuvenated, they smell great, even getting back the sticky. I've been replacing the lettuce each time I open the glass jars - about every 12 hours. Watching closely for any signs of mold. I am going to remove it for good tonight, which will be 48 hours with the lettuce. I didn't use paper because of the chemicals that can be leached.
Just put a 62% Boveda pack in the jar and your done.. It's how you should be finishing and curing with anyhow.. Don't let your buds dry past the mid 60s humidity http://www.bovedainc.com/store/herbal/#c
Yeah, I made some mistakes in the end game on this grow. I won't harvest too soon or dry too long again. I'll have something better in place for the next batch. I think I'm going to build me some cabinets for storage and curing. Something nice like here http://cannador.com/shop/
Hey Brass, the links to your pictures aren't working on the app. I think I'll go with your cure method for this first small harvest