Do the Grove Bags regulate the humidity once sealed up for the cure?
I have a ¼ pound Grove Bag full and it’s reading 67% humidity. Will the Grove Bag still allow for proper curing at this percentage? Will it work the humidity down on its own without needing burped a few times a day?
I had it all in Mason Jars until one morning I checked them and there was zero aroma and the humidity inside the jars was a relative 68%. I panicked and packed all the jars together into a ¼pound Grove Bag and it’s been almost 1 week since I sealed it shut. It’s at 30 to 50 degrees in my basement and inside the hydrometer reads 67% RH. I have only cured in Mason Jars so far. My method is haphazard when it comes to curing. I’m constantly checking them and putting them in brown paper bags and back into the jars and into grove bags. I get very worried it is going to lose its terpense.
I usually burp then if they get much over 65% for a couple of days. The Grove bags will work the rh down over time to closer to 62%. One caution is that the cheap hydrometers are notoriously inaccurate. So you maybe actually in range. One suggestion is to raise the temp…curing works best at 68 - 70 F
So having them in a cold environment is not the best for curing then? My frame of thought is that if they are very cold the humidity stays lower and gives a better cure by keeping everything near freezing and preserving everything better?
Be careful with 1/4 pound size grove bags I’ve had problems with them sealing properly. You think they seal but don’t. Also you should leave space in the bag or jars. If you pack them it can cause problems. Better to leave about 1/8-1/4 of space. Did you use bodeva packs in your jars to control humidity?
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Cold is good for long term storage…the curing process happens a little warmer, but not so warm to lose terpenes. Grove Bags recommends 60 - 70F and Cannatrol uses 68F.
I know about the issue with the ¼ pound Grove Bags. The zip comes unstuck. I taped the top shut. Thanks. I have a lot of room at the top of the bag also. It’s not completely stuffed full. No Boveda packs in the jars. No … I don’t trust them. In the jars I would leave the lids off for a few hours a day and seal them up at night to control humidity. That’s what I’m wondering about these Grove Bags, if I should burp them also or does it do it itself? I noticed that if I keep the jars sealed while the humidity is high, it looses its aroma until I get fresh air circulated through the jars and the aroma came back. I would do this continuously in the jars through out the day for a few weeks. I’m wondering if the Grove Bags eliminate this problem and self adjust everything on its own?
Can I trust the Grove Bags to give a good cure without all the burping and everything? Can I just leave it sit sealed shut in a dark corner at 50 degrees F at 68% humidity inside the bag and everything will be cured in a few weeks, right? Or do I need to get that 68% humidity down? The buds are perfect. I just need for the aroma to come back out from the middle of the buds. They seemed to have dropped a lot of aroma after a couple weeks in the jars. The outside of the buds are dry but still a little moist in the centers where there’s some aroma left.
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I brought them up from the basement and into a kitchen cabinet. It’s warmer up here at 65 degrees F. I’ll give them a couple weeks up there and check them out. They’re already halfway cured. It’s been one month since harvest and drying began for these. 4 solid weeks. They are reading 69% humidity now that the temperature went up but I’m smelling them through the Grove Bags now though. Unlike before. Is this a good thing? I’m losing terps right? Too be able to smell them?
It’s not like I haven’t done this before. But I have had some bad cures.
I would stay the course for tonight…let the bags work. Surprised you can smell through the bags and I suspect the humidity spike is from the quick change in temps. I have put fairly “wet” buds…14% moisture content in the bags and they work their way down over time. I have never had a bad cure with the bags, but tend to use the 1/2 pound one more. Good Luck.
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Your not supposed to have to burb grove bags. I have used them for the last year and haven’t had any problems. But I also don’t have issues with jars and bodeva packs. I have about 30 jars now ranging up to a year old product and it’s still fresh as the day I put the product in. Anyway good luck I wish you much success with your decision.
I go by moisture in the buds at 11% before I bag it. Rh is not as important. I stored 2023’s harvest in my garage refrigerator. It dried out to the rh in the refrigerator under 30%, but being in the fridge it didn’t loose smell or flavor after I rehydrated it in my tent. Bags that were in totes under my bed dried out to much and at a higher temperature. Eventually equal to the rh in my bedroom. It was a lot harsher and had almost no smell after rehydration. I have 2024’s harvest in my lung room.
Well, the bag is taped shut because the seal broke off from the side of the bag. It’s seaping through the tape a little.
I have never ran a complete cure in Grove Bags. I always take the buds out and put them in mason jars to finish curing. This is the first time I am actually doing a complete cure in Grove Bags. I did have them is jars for a week though right after I dry trimmed them. But all the burping got to me. I want to see if these bags will work the last bit of moisture out of them without killing the good stuff that we all like.
After letting them sit overnight in warmer temps I do notice their stickiness came back because the buds are sticking together again. Humidity still reads 69%.
It’s good news to hear that these Grove Bags will still allow the moisture to evaporate and allow fresh air exchange without burping. I am trusting the process and I am keeping the bags sealed and not opening them several times a day like I do with mason jars.
What Boveda packs do you use for what sized jars? Because I store my stuff in the jars and if the Bovedas work without destroying terpense then by every means I will utilize them.
I did the same thing on my very first harvest to find out what’s up with everything as for drying and curing goes.
So, I had an ounce in a Grove Bag in my 2nd story bedroom in a drawer for a couple months and it tasted like crap! Nothing like the ones I kept in my cellar. The environment in my cellar doesn’t have steep temperature or humidity fluctuations and stays cool and crisp down there all year round. In my 2nd story bedroom it fluctuates and gets very hot and humid in the summer and winter hot and dry.
You dont need to burp grove bags as long as the weed you put in tests 11-12% moisture or 62% rh if you dont have a moisture meter. 69% is a little high. Have you checked with a moisture meter. It will eventually dry in the grove bag but it could get mold before it drys out enough. What the Rh in your house? If it was my weed Id dump it out into a tote for a little bit.
Probably a good idea but I think it’s just an influx due to the temperature change. I’ll give it another day.
Good plan. I have cured at least 150 ounces with the Grove bags and only had to burp them one time when I clearly put them buds it too wet. I regularly bag buds with more moisture than recommended and have never had an issue. I do not even put meters in them anymore. I did heat seal them the first few grows, but have stopped doing that. I just really make sure I sealed the zip-lock well. I consider 8 weeks the minimum cure, but have had them in the bags as long as 10 months with no loss of quality. - Good luck
I use pint and quart size large mouth jars. Bodeva packs 62%RH, are size 8 good for up to 1oz. They last a long time. I’ve had these for 10–12 months. They get hard like a cracker when it’s time to replace