Harvest & Curing Vacuum sealing mason jars with Boveda packs

[BII]

I’m curious as to why you do not consider something sealed with a vacuum sealer as being truly vacuumed sealed. I seal foods and perishables in mason jars and plastic bags with an electric vacuum sealer and they would not stay as fresh if there was still air in the container.

You are just sucking some air out, creating a partial pressure differential, not creating vacuum, the absence of air or other matter in gaseous state, as in space. Under near vacuum, all water and other liquids (including some valued lower terpenes) would evaporate (vacuum desiccation); the material would dry completely, to 0% relative humidity. Obviously, that is not happening, and whatever air pump you have is not a real vacuum pump.

Messing around with vacuum can be very DANGEROUS. Glass jars could easily implode. Take a look at glass vacuum desiccators and see how thick their glass is.

 

[Another One Bites the Dust1]

It is good to 'suck' all of the air out of jars AFTER cure is complete, for me that means minimum of three months. I still use and keep Boveda Packs in my jars. I also vac seal cured flowers in bags and put them in the freezer.

Vacuum sealers are not dangerous if you really pay attention when removing the air from jars.

I just started making Mawlai syle Cobs (totally different type of curing/fermenting) , in which you also vac seal your flowers and sweat in dehydrator. Going to be cobbing up some high CBD flowers in a few minutes.

Peace

 

[Mizzo81]

It is good to 'suck' all of the air out of jars AFTER cure is complete, for me that means minimum of three months. I still use and keep Boveda Packs in my jars. I also vac seal cured flowers in bags and put them in the freezer.

Vacuum sealers are not dangerous if you really pay attention when removing the air from jars.

I just started making Mawlai syle Cobs (totally different type of curing/fermenting) , in which you also vac seal your flowers and sweat in dehydrator. Going to be cobbing up some high CBD flowers in a few minutes.

Peace

I’ve heard about this cob curing. Heard it gives a totally different funk to the buds. Almost like a fermenting

 

[wwwillie]

Here’s,a,thought too. I don’t vacuum seal,per say but I do use new lids, use a small 62% Bobeda, and a few oxygen eaters. I warm the jar slightly with hot water just before I tighten the seal. That gives me a good seal and preserves everything nicely. I have a few jars almost five years old now. Opened one the other day and it had a great seal, I had to use n opener the content was great.

 

[McDee]

@lunarman I dont think it matter if its sealed with air removed unless it's going to be sealed and left go for a long period of time. If you going to be opening then what's the point. I put paks in and leave go. I dont have enough to let it cure for a year lol. How long you going to let go? @wwwillie when you say oxygen eaters what are you referring to if you dont mind me asking?

 

[wwwillie]

@lunarman I dont think it matter if its sealed with air removed unless it's going to be sealed and left go for a long period of time. If you going to be opening then what's the point. I put paks in and leave go. I dont have enough to let it cure for a year lol. How long you going to let go? @wwwillie when you say oxygen eaters what are you referring to if you dont mind me asking?

It’s what I always called them I’ll,have to look.

Edit: They’re called Oxy-Sorb. They are a little pack that absorbs oxygen to reduce oxidation in order to preserve the good stuff. Used in food storage.

 

[McDee]

It’s what I always called them I’ll,have to look.

Edit: They’re called Oxy-Sorb. They are a little pack that absorbs oxygen to reduce oxidation in order to preserve the good stuff. Used in food storage.

Excellent! Something new to get, thanks.

 

[McDee]

@wwwillie looking at some oxy-sorb on Amazon are they reusable? Not sure how many to get, if they are reusable I wont buy as many.

 

[wwwillie]

Re-usable up to a point, similar to a Boveda pack. They do “wear out” after a while. They make indicators that you can use. One of those bits of paper with a color change dot on it. Since I mostly use them for long term archiving, like years, I usually don’t run into that. I’m almost through my first bag of 100 after almost 4 years. For sure they are useless when they get all hard. Oh, and I store the packets themselves in a mason jar with a good seal. They still work like new.

 

[McDee]

Re-usable up to a point, similar to a Boveda pack. They do “wear out” after a while. They make indicators that you can use. One of those bits of paper with a color change dot on it. Since I mostly use them for long term archiving, like years, I usually don’t run into that. I’m almost through my first bag of 100 after almost 4 years. For sure they are useless when they get all hard. Oh, and I store the packets themselves in a mason jar with a good seal. They still work like new.

Ok, cool. Wasnt sure if it was like silica. I rehydrate my bovada with distilled water lol.