2 Weeks Curing Smoke Trial

[Heatwave]

Hello All...I have just trialed my 2 weeks cured buds for the first time, and I must say It was an extreme heady high...which i am not sure if I like that much. I now plan to cure for at least another 2 weeks, to see if the high becomes more gentle.....But here is my questiion : When trimming leaves off buds before drying...i did leave the small sugar leaves on the bud, since they were so full of trichomes....my question is....will the small sugar leaves affect : the smoothness of the smoke...and more importantly will the left on sugar leaves affect the type of high...?...any comments would be most appreciated.....

[oldjarhead100]

when you harvest is what gives you the type of high ,if you have a heady high you probably harvested to early when your trichs were still clear instead of cloudy with a few amber

I leave the sugar leafs on what will effect your taste and smell and smoothness is the curing process , I open and close my jars for a while after they are done (at 62% rh)

[alltatup]

Hi Heatwave: Some questions for you:

1. What was the strain?
2. What color were the trichomes when you harvested your bud?

If you harvested a bit early, you might get a racier head high, or if your bud is a Sativa-dominant strain, it can produce that effect.

https://www.growweedeasy.com/harvest/

The high may not change, but you might. Give yourself the chance to get used to the high, and make sure you're in totally relaxed circumstances when you smoke it. Try doing something that you think the head high might be good for, like something creative. When it's a "cerebral" type high, use it to its best advantage.

Know what I mean? When you smoke an Indica that's been harvested at the right time for total body relaxation, you don't do it before you have to go to work or whatever. Different kinds of highs are good for different things.

If you left a lot of sugar leaf on, it may make the smoke harsher, but it's great for vaping cuz you get all those trichomes added to the bud, but none of the harshness of smoke.

Finally, there's controversy about what the cure does. Be your own guinea pig and note the differences at 1 month, 2 months, etc.

https://www.growweedeasy.com/drying-curing/#step-5-place-buds-in-jars

[Redwasp]

When you say vap do you mean turning it into oil first?

[alltatup]

No, I mean vaporizing it rather than smoking it.

[Heatwave]

Hello Oldjarhead and Alltatup....Thank you so much for the responses. Not sure of the strain...i know they were auotflowering...clones taken from a motherplant...will find out the strain...... I was waiting for the tris to get amber before harvesting, but then my plants were attacked massively by what i think was fungus knats, by the time i realized this....it was too late, and my smaller plants died off very quickly...so i had to make the call and harvest the remaining plants with only some of the trichomes cloudy, but none amber.
I guess i will have to cure for another few weeks and see if the headiness slows down a bit....but yes Alltatup....you are right..about different highs for different circumstances...it wasnt a bd high...just a heady one...so like you said...adapt me..to the circumstances i guess......

[alltatup]

Heatwave, I've read that trichomes are at their most potent when they're clear and barely beginning to turn cloudy. So your bud sounds like it's pretty potent!!!

[Redwasp]

It will calm down a bit after another month or 2 of curing. How much i cant say. But just use that as your workout weed. If you want pure couch lock body stone try out Aurora Indica next time. Its the king of couch lock.

[alltatup]

Redwasp, that is not always the case. If it's a cerebral strain, it's gonna stay cerebral. Also, if you want an Indica like Aurora I. not to produce zombie-like couch lock, harvest earlier. I love Kushs, and I don't wait for many amber triches to appear. I harvest when most are cloudy with some still clear and an amber here and there, and there's no couch lock. Just pure relaxation.

[Ell]

so i had to make the call and harvest the remaining plants with only some of the trichomes cloudy, but none amber. that is it imo

[Redwasp]

Alltatup, i was not saying it wouldnt stay cerebral. Just saying it can mellow some with curing. I find sativas can give a headache sometimes if not properly cured and to me seem a bit to speedy at week 2. By week 4 i love them. I love the energy and enthusiasm that they produce. Thats why i call it workout weed. Or paint your house weed. Just do not sit around doing nothing or your mind will think of all kinds of crazy shit. Get up and do something and you will love it.
And i love my couch lock weed too. At night when its time to watch tv and eat there is nothing better. For a non couch lock body High I like carmelicious. For a mellow but very active uplifting feeling that helps alot with pain of all kinds try Rasberry Cough.
All in all its best to have a good selection to choose from depending on what you need atm. Energy, enthusiasm, pain relief, stomach issues, anxiety, or recreation.

[Redwasp]

Alltatup im familiar with the prefilled vaps that you get from dispensaries. I assume this is not what you are refering to(making your own obviously.) What other way is there to vap it?

[alltatup]

Redwasp I'm referring to a vaporizer--not a vape pen for cannabis juice (though I have one of those too and I make my own canna-juice). The picture is the one I own. It has a very nice, large bowl so I can load it up and it gets 2 or 3 people very high. I quit smoking because it's too hard on my lungs. I love my vaporizer. You can really taste the bud.

[Redwasp]

Thank you. Yes i have the type for liquid forms. Very convenient. I started looking after you mentioned it above and am going to order one tomorrow for dried herb. Still researching brands.

[alltatup]

Redwasp From all the research I've done, you don't want to use any canna juice containing propylene glycol: some of it converts to formaldehyde when vaporized!!! As I wrote above, I'm going to be making my own canna juice using MCT (medium chain triglyceride made with coconut oil), which I understand is the safest.

I have a vape pen with re-fillable cartriges that can be filled with oil as well as juice. This is the one I got: https://www.vapornation.com/kandypen...vaporizer.html