I’m chopping some Bruce Banner autos right now. The drying and curing seem to be my weakest area. Anybody got insights?
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Not sure what your experience level is, but ideally you will want to get environmental factors dialed in. Many people will tell you to go 60% humidity 60 degrees f This will give you a nice slow dry ,which will allow buds to retain terpenes. Smoother, more flavorful smoke. I attempt to get my environment into the mid 60’s and 60% humidity. BTW Welcome to ILGM forum.
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Welcome to the forum.
Dry for 7 to 10 days at ~60% relative humidity and ~68F.
Cure with the same conditions in a Mason jar or a Grove Bag. If using jars you will want to open (burp) the jars a couple of times each day for the 1st week, then daily for another week or 2. How long people cure is all over the place. I cure for 3 weeks, others will cure for as short as 2 weeks or as long as 2 months.
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Also you need good airflow into drying area if possible. But nothing blowing directly on the buds.
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Sorry, I keep thinking of other things to add. As far as your cure, are using glass jars? If so it’s important to have your humidity levels between 58-62% Make sure you are checking levels regularly, open and burp jars a couple of times a day, if possible. You also may want to consider Grove Bags, I’ve been using them for a few years now and couldn’t be happier. No more burping jars 
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Been growing about 5 years. It’s always been good buzzz but too harsh. I’m staying in stock but trying to improve quality
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Thank you, I use mason jars. That’s exactly the info I was looking for. I’ve been cutting corners in the curing process. Only burping occasionally but for longer periods. I don’t recommend that. Stays wet too long. I need to kick up my diligence
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Will look into Grove bags. I’m a newbie on that one
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Hi and welcome aboard!
I have used grove bags for two years and have had great results. I found my harsh smokes were from either unwashed buds or from stuff I didn’t dry/cure well. I also go as close to 60/60 for drying, I shoot for 10 days in summer but only get about five days inw inter cuz the RH in the dry space is about 40%. Sweating the buds in a closed paper bag helps with that. I did have some coughtastic herb from my papaya bomb last night, and notice that my dry time on that was kinda short.
Some folks also use a water cure to help smooth out rough smoking herb. @JaneQP recently went through that process if yer curious
Again welcome; good luck with your harvest
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Everyones has you covered now.
Welcome and happy harvesting!
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You won’t be sorry using grove bags, I tossed all my mason jars 2 years ago.
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So it looks like with grove bags you just dry it about 10 days, then assuming it’s right, pack it in like 1oz grove bags and in about a month just start enjoying your nugs til they’re gone, then refill the bags and repeat. Sound about right?
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Yep. I do put a hygrometer in there if I am worried about the herb being too humid when I trim, check it after 24 hrs and if it is between 58-62% take hygrometer out and let it chill. I like a month at least in cure. Some folks like longer, some don’t care. But you will notice a difference if you try day1 dry vs day 31 dry/cure. I think it’s smoother when ya let it cure a few weeks
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Thanks for your input. It brought about some changes in my methods. Looking forward to enjoying the improvements. Found some grove bags at Amazon.
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Cheaper if you just go to their site…
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