If the above is not reason enough, here is a more scientific explanation: Drying bud converts crude acidic THC from its nonactive form into a neutral pH psychoactive substance. Each THC molecule has to lose it's moisture content in order to become fully psychoactive. As Fatima mentioned, heating can make THC readily active by immedietly vaporizing the bud's moisture content away.
However, as Fatima also mentioned, aging is important too. First the bud is "dried", but can still contain some moisture within. By using the "cure", the THC slowly becomes psychoactive.
Curing builds a more uniformily dried bud with a better burn and taste. Almost all the THC converts to the usable psychoactive cannabinoid over the alotted time, without the degradation from drying the bud rapidly with heat. According to Starkes and Clarke, cured buds undergo a: Reduction in Chlorophyll content, Reduction in plant starch content, Reduction in nitrate levels, Loss of moisture, Loss of volitile terpenoids, and the polycyclic aromatization of other terpenoids.
All of these phenomena reperesent a loss in weight, and gain in net potency except for the polycyclic aromatization of terpenoids which affects flavor.
Note: over time THC will start converting to useless cannabinol CBN , which it can do in its carboxylized form no problem. Cured buds pack in bowls easier and break down into blunts and joints without difficulty.
Hash that has been cured forms a beautiful rhine around the outside with a rich creamy inside. Cured bud and hash is great and worth the trouble. The taste is awesome as all the excess chlorophyll has been broken down. A smoother smoke is created. In my mind, curing bud is like tenderizing meats Post reply. Insert quotes…. Similar threads. But a slow dry definitely helps with the smoothness of the smoke and flavor.
The aim of what you are doing is evenly finishing the slow dry process, so that mold will not grow when the buds are stored long term. I don't know about all this. But possibly. When you see the trics go from milky to amber It is caused by oxidation. It changes from one cannibinoid to another, I think cannibinol.
Maybe curing does something similar. Where's an expert?? Well i'm definitely not an expert but i have read several places among them a blog for biologists discussing this. Can't remember all the fancy details, but i remember the essence: "Marijuana WILL increase potency if cured properly" I think i feel the difference.
The well stored jars that have been stored for months or so definitely never dissapoints me ;O. Wordz Well-Known Member. Most of my last harvest was dried for about a week and a half without any curing, and the high didn't seem "complete", it was more along the lines of a strong buzz that would last only about minutes at max. After the rest of the dried buds were cured in glass mason jars, the length of the high increased significantly.
From that experience I'm convinced curing is a necessary stage to bring out the full psychoactive properties of cannabis. There are no reports on its activity in humans, and it is found in small amounts, if at all, in fresh plant material. If "Potency" is defined as a feeling that takes you away from the normal everyday state of awareness unaffected by anything added to the body, then Yes, curing does increase potency. Curing further reduces the amount of moisture in weed after the initial drying and during that reduction, the ratio between the amount of plant matter and the substances that take you away from a non-high state increases to more of that latter.
The high may be more "couch-lock", but it is more high, less plant matter. If the point in getting high is to not be straight, then curing most definitely increases the potency of pot. BTW, I was curing pot when the guys writing the grow books were still pulling milk out of mama. They should have asked ME!
There are many different cannabinoids in cannabis that have their own unique effect and can have a strong influence on the high. While cannabinol may be of a higher concentration in cured buds, it's hard to say what the levels of other cannabinoids are for cured buds.
POTUS said:. From everything I have read, once you harvest your plant THC production stops, but the THC can degrade into other psychoactive cannabinoids. BUT these other psychoactive cannabinoids tend to give a more couch-lock type of high. I personally do NOT like the couch-lock zoned out high. I prefer an up-high which is why I grow sativas.
So should I be curing at all or will I get a better up-high if I don't cure? Also no scientific link has been found between pot and depression. Kupunakane Guest. Yo Ho Peeps, I got this idea going in my head now. Since we all agree that drying and curing improves the taste of the smoke, Then I think that we also have more than enough folks here to do our own study.
I too love the learning, and studying process, and what better place than here amongst all our friends. Joined Feb 16, Messages Reaction score There have been a zillion Psychological studies that have come to the conclusion that many people are prone to depression when they use pot.
A simple Google on "Psychology depression" will bring back a load. Studies involving people and pot are usually done on people with no history of pot use. That gives them a good base with no pre-drawn conclusions or experiences. KingKahuuna said:. You must log in or register to reply here. Latest posts. Do you grind your weed before smoking it?
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