Harvest & Curing Vine ripening

[SCARHOLE]

Anyone else here vine ripen their buds?

Basically I stop watering an trim the leafs.
BUT I DON'T CUT THE PLANT DOWN.
This makes the plant dry nice an slow.
My shed hits 100"+ and by doing this my plants dry in a week or 2 rather than a day or 2.

They taste great!
If y'all have issues drying in the heat I recommend it.

 

[bud head]

what if it's a hydro grow ...would you empty the water then cut off the roots (so they don't start stinking?)...I try to cut all the top section off my plants then leave the rest on to grow/ripen some more (as posted here check this link to my latest 'haul')... https://www.autoflower.org/f10/thai-fantasy-20157.html

 

[SCARHOLE]

Dont know if this would work in hydro
Maybe put the roots into a baggie so they don't dry out instantly?

The tops of the plant dry twice as fast as the bottom when vine ripening.
So the bottom of the plant finishes a week or 2 after the tops.

If y'all dry in the heat it's the bomb.

 

[SCARHOLE]

I heard about it from Columbian buds in the old days .
They used to girdle (choke) the stem with wire to stop the water because they grew in wet soil outdoors.

Doing it this way buds never smell like hay when drying
Jar curing was always hit an miss for me...

 

[realcarlos]

What if your place isn't that hot? Would this still work?

Scarhole: So you leave your plants in the pot. Don't water it, trim the leaves and after a week do you jar and cure them?
Also how do you know their ready? Do you snap the stems?

 

[Epic Genetics]

ive forgotten plants in the harvest room sitting just how you mention , they really seemed to degrade , do you leave lights on or stay 12/12 ?_ when i leave the harvest room it sits dark until i return days/weeks later

peace stylez rasta smoke

 

[SCARHOLE]

If is not as nessacery when its cool
But it works, just slower.

It's crispy dry on he very tops, an still moist down low when i eventually cut it an trash bag it for a week.
I cut it down About 2 weeks with out water in 1 gal containers.

I don't even jar any more.( exept seeded plants to keep seed seperate)
Just put the plants in a trash bag stem an all.
And pick pieces off em. Lol
No real cure to speak of either, just slow dried.

Folks shit on how good the Sirius lemon haze tasted I dried last...

 

[realcarlos]

So instead of keeping them in jars you keep them in trash bags?

 

[SCARHOLE]

Lol
Yes

Unless its seeded then i store it individually.

But I do rehydrate about 5gr of weed to smoke each day with Boveda 63% humidipacs.

 

[realcarlos]

Thanks for the quick responses. Is the rehydration necessary?
So crispy dry on the top and moist on the bottom (are you talking about the buds or stems) and that's when you cut it down?