Harvest & Curing Unexpected emergency drying and curing/storage! Please help a brother in need :( RIP

[Mortein]

Hi guys!
I came here hoping someone might be able to help me out with a problem of mine. You see, I’m at the very end of my grow, and it’s almost time to harvest. The problem is that I unexpectedly have to leave the country for a few weeks (death in the family), leaving me with absolutely no time to dry and cure.


I have to leave in 5 days, so if I harvest today, that leaves me with basically 4 days for drying/curing. I know it might seem meaningless right now, but is there any way I could dry it for 3-4 days, then put it in jars with Boveda packs and leave it for 5 weeks? If anyone has some helpful advice I would really appreciate it, he wouldn’t have wanted it to go to waste!

 

[JM]

dry at higher temps... get it to "stem snapping" point... thn put ina paper bag maybe?

see also:
https://www.autoflower.org/content/perfect-cure-179/

 

[p man]

what about in a paper bag and putting it in the veg tray in the fridge...what would happen if you freezed it and then came back to finish the cure?

 

[GreenGnostic]

I know there are a couple posts around about freeze drying bud, that sounds like it would be exactly what you need. Also see the water curing post it might help if you need to "fix" the buds if whatever method you do use produces harsh happy.

 

[p man]

almost forgot that one here's a link to my water cure journal .https://www.autoflower.org/f23/my-water-cure-journal-12342.html ...I'd still consider freezing part of it then curing the rest of the way when you get back

 

[Georgia]

water curing could be suitable.. if you do a water change every 8-12 hours it really could in three days, though my shortest water cure was five. It's sketchy..
What about a friend? There must be 1 friend who could be trusted..
There really is no substitute for properly slow-cured weed.
Though if ya froze it, then thawed it and water cured when you got home.. Water curing is some super-smooth smoke, if not quite as tastefull..