Drying/curing update.
Drying/curing update.
After hang-drying them whole for 5 days, I moved the unseeded branches to paper bags (keeping as much stem as I could but removing large fan leaves), then surrounded those in a paper grocery bag. After a day I started getting anxious about over-drying, so I dry-trimmed and moved them to jars. They've just started curing, but they are already smelling like they have been curing in the jars for a week or so. The paper bags were an experiment, which I gave up on about a day in, so I don't want to make any inferences or claims based on it. I suspect that approach may be better suited to a lot of flower filling a bag, rather than several small plants in separate bags, because that extra paper may absorb more moisture. Maybe the flower would have benefited from staying in bags longer, but it's too easy to over-dry here in the winter.
I don't think I'm going to get a great flower yield this time -- probably around about 10-15g from each plant, 2.5-3 oz total -- but that isn't counting several branches on each dedicated to making seeds, particularly on the WAs and BB#3. After I extract the seeds, all that trim will get dry sifted, as will a full quart jar of very frosty sugar leaf trim, mostly from the BB#3, MS, and WWs.
Updates:
- WA3 & WA4: These have had a sharp smell that cuts through all of the others since mid flower, and guess what, they still do. Bodhi's description of Cheech Wizard (the photoperiod parent of Wizard's Apprentice) calls it a "green curry OG". Strange, intriguing. Both jars smell pretty similar.
- BB#3: I couldn't pick up on a distinct smell from this one pre-harvest (generally earthy?) but now it's got a very strong, lingering gas smell, even louder than the WAs. I'm not familiar with the nuances of gassy strains, but the BB#3 reminds me of my CDLC, albeit without its acrid garlic/sulfur notes (which aren't my thing). So, dark/gassy/earthy. Also, it looks really striking in the jar.
- MS: This is my favorite smelling one of the bunch, even more than the WTR4. It's strong enough to stand up to the previous three plants, and is exactly what I'd hope for from "mango haze". Mango, haze. Yum.
- WW1 & WW2: These smell like low-key funky citrus. Distinct, but not as intense as the others.
- WTR4: This developed a mild chocolate smell late in flower, and curing has brought out a more dominant "fruity pebbles" smell. According to Breeders Syndicate episode s04e02 ("Crybaby Organics Talks Cannabis Scent Exploration"), that's a variant (stereoisomer, IIRC) of linalool. Whatever it is, it's one of my favorite cannabis smells.
I'll update again after I've extracted seeds, and once I've tried them all a couple times.
After hang-drying them whole for 5 days, I moved the unseeded branches to paper bags (keeping as much stem as I could but removing large fan leaves), then surrounded those in a paper grocery bag. After a day I started getting anxious about over-drying, so I dry-trimmed and moved them to jars. They've just started curing, but they are already smelling like they have been curing in the jars for a week or so. The paper bags were an experiment, which I gave up on about a day in, so I don't want to make any inferences or claims based on it. I suspect that approach may be better suited to a lot of flower filling a bag, rather than several small plants in separate bags, because that extra paper may absorb more moisture. Maybe the flower would have benefited from staying in bags longer, but it's too easy to over-dry here in the winter.
I don't think I'm going to get a great flower yield this time -- probably around about 10-15g from each plant, 2.5-3 oz total -- but that isn't counting several branches on each dedicated to making seeds, particularly on the WAs and BB#3. After I extract the seeds, all that trim will get dry sifted, as will a full quart jar of very frosty sugar leaf trim, mostly from the BB#3, MS, and WWs.
Updates:
- WA3 & WA4: These have had a sharp smell that cuts through all of the others since mid flower, and guess what, they still do. Bodhi's description of Cheech Wizard (the photoperiod parent of Wizard's Apprentice) calls it a "green curry OG". Strange, intriguing. Both jars smell pretty similar.
- BB#3: I couldn't pick up on a distinct smell from this one pre-harvest (generally earthy?) but now it's got a very strong, lingering gas smell, even louder than the WAs. I'm not familiar with the nuances of gassy strains, but the BB#3 reminds me of my CDLC, albeit without its acrid garlic/sulfur notes (which aren't my thing). So, dark/gassy/earthy. Also, it looks really striking in the jar.
- MS: This is my favorite smelling one of the bunch, even more than the WTR4. It's strong enough to stand up to the previous three plants, and is exactly what I'd hope for from "mango haze". Mango, haze. Yum.
- WW1 & WW2: These smell like low-key funky citrus. Distinct, but not as intense as the others.
- WTR4: This developed a mild chocolate smell late in flower, and curing has brought out a more dominant "fruity pebbles" smell. According to Breeders Syndicate episode s04e02 ("Crybaby Organics Talks Cannabis Scent Exploration"), that's a variant (stereoisomer, IIRC) of linalool. Whatever it is, it's one of my favorite cannabis smells.
I'll update again after I've extracted seeds, and once I've tried them all a couple times.
