Q: I have a plant that has produced flower that is crazy grapey, like a grape jolly rancher, after 10 days of dry time and a few days of curing and burping.. I am scared that it will lose the grape flavor in the cure process. Any recommendations on how to better preserve or develop certain flavors during the cure process?
A: Other than growing, curing is the most important step in getting good quality cannabis to smoke. Please know that relative humidity inside and outside the jar and how dry or not dry your bud is will greatly overall change each time and depending on the time of year and moment to moment weather patterns. The best advice i can give is keep following your nose. The stems should snap before jarring to cure. More burping more often in the first 2 weeks of curing 3-4 times a day, 30minutes to a couple hours open depending on your feel for humidity and overall need to dry vs just let the bud breath and let out what ever has been off gassed in the curing process. The second two weeks it can be once or twice a day. After a month you should have fully cured bud. Stored properly in a glass jar out of light the bud should be good for long term storage after 30 days. Most weed is like a fine wine, cured for 3-6+ months you have something very special. If it starts to smell like grass its too wet, pull it out and let it dry out more. If it doesn’t smell or seems to not be coming out fully use a humidity packet. Follow this link for more information on the humidity packet and their idea on curing. https://www.bovedainc.com/boveda-is-the-answer-to-all-your-cannabis-curing-woes-2/