Water Curing Is The New Trend??

In this video I talk about the sudden trend of water curing. What are your thoughts on water curing? Let me know in the comments below! NOTE: This is a re-upload. It was uploaded to my Talk channel and KZbin suppressed it. So moving it to this channel with all other suppressed videos.
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[@MrGrowIt]

Should I try water curing and make a video with my results?? Hit the like and comment!

[@larsingre5615]

Yes, please!

[@liberte.3.6.9]

Rather you than me 🤣🙌

[@RenePatrique]

I'd love to see you trying this, and see your results (lab tested?) and have your personal take on this! - 👍

[@gavincooke1982]

Yeah this needs to be done. An end comparison with a few different techniques of curing, all from the same yield and then a consuming test from the Stash

[@PedroRedeyessss]

yes please. you probably have to much 😅

[@superkoopatrooper4879]

I tried it with an ounce. It makes the buds look washed out, almost grey. Makes it taste almost woody but in a stem kinda way, not a gg4 way. They shrink more than they otherwise would once dried and the bag appeal looks awful. The terps are all gone and the high isnt the same.

[@youngnixx88788]

use kool-aid next time

[@hajimenoippo4449]

Apple cider next time

[@MrSuperG]

mud water is the best then deep in the ground about foot for three months.

[@foleydave26]

​@@MrSuperGthen use it as a suppository. Works every time.

[@truthhurts361]

Also alles in allem eine absolute scheiße 😂

[@shane9994]

Rip terps

[@swankshire6939]

Terps aren't water soluble either. It's why bubble hash is a thing.

[@terriludolf6101]

Rip, bugs

[@bibson1405]

@@swankshire6939 some terpenes are definitely water soluble!! That's why certain strains don't wash through the full flavour into their bubble hash!!!

[@joebanks9529]

@@swankshire6939 Some actually are water soluble.

[@jerzygibon2225]

it's true, I did it, but it loses its smell

[@jaketaylor3635]

Your Terps will be completely gone.. Trust me tried it before. Smoke was smoothest than ever tho

[@carlosrodriguez-xt1ug]

Damn this makes me feel so old and im only in my early 30s. My buddys dad since I can remember has always grown and he talked about this when I was at least 13-14. He totally is against it and one of his buddys ruined a lot of his harvest "Water curing". So thats always been a no for me just because if the OG's were telling me not to im going to listen.

[@BrizaBus]

Same brother I'm with you 😢😅.

[@tsuobachi]

You listen to people who have more experience than you? Wow, that's very rare. I guarantee you've saved yourself a lot of wasted time and effort by doing that.

[@carlosrodriguez-xt1ug]

@@tsuobachi Wow I know right what a crazy coincidence who would of ever thought? It must just go over everyones heads I'm guessing from such a intelligent reply.

[@alphaomega8373]

To each his own, ill just keep hanging mine.

[@somerhythmviews5533]

U deserve to try it tho some of you growers with experience

[@shaunclos1810]

That would be a cool experiment. You could even just soak half of the buds and hang the other half of the plant traditionally, that way you could compare taste/smell/affects results of each technique from the same plant. Could be interesting!

[@jasongivens6023]

You don't hang bud to cure it but you do dry bud you dry it by hanging it two diff processes

[@Hansen710]

you can always make more, just start with a bit to test smoke.. testing it on different types, is probetly more inportent. with a old school outdoor you might find this method more usefull then with a high end indoor bud it also depends on your taste preferences, some people like the taste of chlorofyl.. and they get buds with dark green or purple color for example

[@UpInSmoke735]

simple.....NO......love what I grow and I would never waste any doing this.

[@BBB-yu2lv]

I've been enjoying your program for years, this is my first response, I've used many techniques that you use your self but this will not be one of them, trident true, cut it, dry it, jar it, humidity packs ,and yes burp it😂, will continue to enjoy your program, Thanks for all you do, BBB

[@evlgenius74]

in my experience water curing is only really useful to try to salvage moldy bud and even then i wouldnt smoke it. maybe edibles?

[@jeffspritzer6669]

Trident true🤣🤣🤣

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​@@jeffspritzer6669 the truth that rules all the oceans.

[@LoveWins]

If I wanted bud soup, I'd make some bud soup. I'll stick to jars and bags haha

[@tru_vision_bulliez]

The smell an taste is a very important part I would never do anything to reduce turps

[@scotttheoldfisherman6518]

Find out about this in the mid-seventies. My next door neighbor was in Florida for a couple years and they got a bale of cannabis that washed up on the shore. I saw how the leaves were curled and discolored from the water. Pretty crazy way to find that out. Looking forward to your next video catch you on the flip side my brother. ✌️

[@CryptoSToN3R1]

I will try it with one plant maybe just a few nuggets not the whole plant first

[@patrickbeguin6719]

Don’t 🙏🏽🤣

[@Andre-nb4ex]

Tried it, the smoke wasn't good but still made great edibles

[@michaeldix3139]

Tried this a few years back. For me it seems to wash out the flavor

[@GBH293]

I appreciate your balanced well organized video conversations. No BS and your interview style keeps things on track while sharing ranges of information. I think adding short focused segments such as this is a great idea and a valuable teaching technique. I believe it will expand your audience while affording those of us who follow you interesting insights. So, yes more like this!

[@MrGrowIt]

Thanks so much for your positive words! I'm glad you like the content. Cheers!

[@user-zf7rj6yj2b]

I've done this a few times over the years and got 3 beneficial take aways from it. The smoke is WAY smoother, the cure time is shorter, and the edibles I've made were really good. Downsides are less weight, bag appeal, and definitely a loss in terps/flavor. I've never noticed a loss in potency. Try it with a small amount and compare for scientific purposes 😊

[@TrentsGotAGarden]

This was rad, definitely do a video of you trying it, that would rock, thanks for sharing Chris!

[@Killamanekam]

See the fact that you never done it and just had me watch this video is insane!

[@hayro1088]

Been watching you for years. Because of your information you have passed over the years, I have become Mr. Grow It! People come to me for growing info all the time now because of what you have taught me. Your channel changed my life, thank you

[@MrGrowIt]

That’s so cool to hear! I’m glad it’s made such an impact on you. Cheers 🌱

[@xiggroc]

Slapper vid ! Informative banger vid ! Takin snappers of sweet tea out the tank glass max !🔥👏

[@TheHighClass420]

Sounds interesting 🤔 may have to look more into that!

[@mcbeardy304]

Thanks @MrGrowit your video short on the topic was more balanced and less synical than other youtubers. Remaining impartial is an important step when analysing something that is different to what we're used to. I had to water cure for a couple of years when I lived in a condo in a highrise tower. I had no space for a separate drying area and drying in my grow space meant postponing my next grow. More importantly, preventing any odors from escaping was absolutely mandatory. Water curing solved both of these problems. Water cured buds lose a lot of their smell, yes. Water cured buds shrink and lose weight, yes. Water cured buds lose color and bag appeal, yes. But if you lived in prohibition-land and had the option of this or nothing at all, what would you choose? In my experience water curing did not provide a superior end product, but it did solve problems that would have otherwise prevented me from producing my own medicine. I now live somewhere else and I air dry and cure ONLY. I am however grateful for my experience, even if it was forced, as now I have a skill and knowledge that I previously did not.

[@GBH293]

Valuable experience. Thanks for sharing.

[@istpcreations6969]

I’ve done it and it works just fine, you do lose terps, but as a last resort(bugs hit last week of flower or something) then it’s great cause it will wash them away as well. Is it my preferred method no, but water curing can save a harvest.

[@BubbaStewart-lm5sg]

Which green did you make yourself Chris would like 2 try it ? I would watch if you done it would be interesting 2 find out

[@metasamsara]

you should make a diy stealth bucket grow that can fit in a cupboard and filters smell

[@northwestjay8863]

Oh dang!!!! I'll have to try it. Cheers Mr.Grow it 💚✌🏼

[@MrGrowIt]

Hey man good to see ya here! I tried it and I’ll never do it again lol. Video coming at some point in the future 😄

[@Winteryears]

I use water curing for any weed that has some bud rot. That weed I process for edibles.

[@tyronehancock3468]

So were going backwards curing then drying? So does it still take 10-14 days to dry after water curing? And after we dry using this water method do we go into the jars without burping and just put them on the shelves for storage?

[@aberodriguez4149]

Lol I came upon your channel by seeking information about water curing your 3D resin prints and when I heard you talk about buds..... Hmmm never heard anyone address their 3D resin prints as buds. However 3D resin prints can be water cured I just wanted to see what other channel was doing this not knowing this method was being used for a more organic process. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge it is always great to learn other fields processing procedures. XD

[@Electric_Skunk]

If I grew outdoors and had a lot of fine particles in the air blowing around, potentially collecting over time, maybe. I grow the most pungent flower I can, I like it to be loud. I also have a feeling you’d be losing the profile that cane with the flower and gaining whatever profile the water imparts on it.

[@Learntogrow420]

I tried it last October, it made the nuggets hard as a rock, the original product was spindly. Could barely smoke it it was so dense

[@leoisso7033]

I would not want to try it just because my harvest of 3 plants each year is not enough to risk losing some and I love my terpenes 🙃 But I would love to see an experiment and hear about the results.

[@imothy]

Lets talk more about budwashing before we go into full water curing, i've done budwashing with my outdoor plants, and I also want to add, that the terpy-est and most potent buds i've ever grown were from an outdoor autoflower plant that I did budwash. This water curing thing sounds a little crazy though!

[@LoboGrow]

Interesting concept, I was not aware....

[@hiroyopoetker]

In hight humidity areas water curing allows the buds to dry full! It sounds odd but a 2-3day water cure then, hang the material and it will dry more even then if just hanged! Also end product, I have found a 2-3 day water cure once dried has nice buds compared. This is my opinion but in my experience of water cured vs hang dried in the end, the same terpenes are volatile so do you let them wash off or dry off, its the same!

[@99glen]

This was a "trend" back in the day because it smelled to bad too hang dry plants. :D It worked enough to sell it back in the day because nobody cared they just wanted something to smoke :)

[@levikylie]

Does it matter if ur using hard or soft water ?? Im not even sure what those mean lol... or does it matter if u have a high ppm in ur water ?

[@jaybird634]

Hey Chris , how do you feel about neem cake ?God bless , and thank you .

[@jimmiewomble416]

I gave it a shot in the 1990s on a mostly sativa variety I had grown. It tasted much less "green" and reduced the total weight by about 25% overall. It did smoke smoothly, but it lost a lot of terpenes as well. More like hash than bud.

[@jpc67nova]

May try it in the future.

[@BonBonAlex]

My question would be how to dry it cause isnt there more potential for mold in your buds if u dry it to slow or anything? it it overall a bud soaked in water..

[@joeyheffe]

Isnt this why you flush the flower in the last stage of growth? To rid of any unwanted chemicals and such? I have bought bud that didnt smell like anything and I thought it was strange. Maybe they water cured the bud, idk. But I would definitely pass on the water curing.

[@Hhuhbvhjbhjb]

Don’t know how true it is but here in upstate ny we use to get a lot of weed through the Mohawk reservation. It never had a smell at all and people would say it was water cured. This early 2000s. Guess it made it easier to snuggle with no smell

[@TomH1947]

Interesting subject. Yes, pls. make a video w/ comparison to the same plant cured traditionally vs water cure. How about trim & keif uses.

[@parkpatt]

Between cat hairs, dust, and fungus gnats, I definitely understand the appeal of water curing or bud washing, but I'm too much of a maniac about flavor to try it personally. Definitely interesting!

[@Flyboyminer]

Gat dam kitty hairs, I feel you on that one.

[@marcinn6312]

I have put some dried but not cured popcorn buds and trim from a grow harvested 10 months ago into a freezer (-16C) just to keep it for worse time or consumables. Recently I got back to that bag out of curiosity and let me tell you... The minor buds I discarded before now got that smooth cured smoke and the taste/aroma... just crazy. Its dry, smokes well and uniform, but its completely different experience. It smokes like dry, cured weed, but has the flavor, taste and aroma of fresh, ripening bud. It literally went to 1st place quality wise for me. Wonder if its the freezer or the 10 months time... And yea, I had normal, dried/cured, same plant, same aged stock to compare with. Maybe try that, make a video with your opinion on that? 10months tho...

[@commenter-in-chief7149]

That method of jars and days on end will give you nightmares. 10 minutes held under in a bucket however will do no damage at all as long as you get that all back to dry by vigourously shaking the drips out and getting a cold fan on , and then rack it out . Vegetables of all kinds often benefit from a quick soak in l'eau du vie depending on whats sensible before prep before prep for consumption. Adding some salt apparently draws out a lot of the chemical contaminants in modern crops because the water/salt intrracts with plant at cellular level. If youre throwing out chorophyll and contaminants while cooling and hydrating your crop with the water your throwing out its only good. If your leaching your terps as in by days later itll lose a lot of everything . Try 10 minutes , and do not even sip that leachwater unless you want to try out narcossis or similar for the next 12 hours. In practise its going to immediately de angrify a cut stalk or shucked green by cooling the reactions to the fact you just attacked it . Its going to start the process of water and sugars leaving in a continous natural manner instead of it wishing for drink as it dies . Youre looking preservation not petrification especially of crops brought to full fruition as in once the stamens of the true flower are present. It seems to be that people miss spraying the molass and seaweeds and teas on directly too fearing water for mould but its only latent damp being allowed thats the issue : cold leds , and you cant spray under strong light . Other than proper freeze drying its a way of getting a step on again on it .

[@RobMyself]

I raised my hand and now I feel old

[@iamgrateful]

I did this in 1980's with brick weed. It did make a smoother smoke.

[@louiesgarden]

I have an outdoor harvest coming up that will need bud washed due to an aphid outbreak early in flower. Ill bud wash half the plant as i usually do and try a portion of tops water cured. Ill let you know if i see any benefits or detrimental effects. Should be coming down around the 4th. Great info as always

[@3dp_edc]

where the hell are you growing that your harvesting in july? lmao

[@aussieauto7314]

Now is it better to use distilled water or do u just use tap water

[@CryptoSToN3R1]

Mr. Grow it! Never heard of water curing 🤚

[@TheMrStaubsauger]

i havent smoked skunk myself and from the smell description i dont plan to. but maybe that technique could help. would be nice if you could try it for us. drying 1 half traditionally and 1 half water cured, from the same plant

[@rjdaire38]

Am I alone in thinking Mr Grow It kind of looks like grown up Eminem? I'm just waiting for him to show up with spaghetti on his shirt and drop bars lol

[@davidpaylor5666]

I tried it with some of the popcorn from a grow a few years ago, It did work, sort of, but it turned some very fragrant Girl Scout Cookies into something that looked like a bag of old leaves and completely killed the fragrance. It was like smoking something that you found in a jar after three years, if you know what I mean. Not bad weed but not weed you'd chose to buy. But give it a go and make a vid, it's an interesting technique.

[@jackforbesjr7052]

I'd try it on a smaller batch see which buds come out different than normal curing as for taste and potency.

[@mean-green4003]

Can u do it when they are already dry?

[@downlowgarden7103]

I don't think I would ever try it.. to big of a risk for mold. I'm happy with just cutting an drying then just smoking it lol

[@Raumance]

There is no risk of mold when you do it right.

[@immunitycorrupts3641]

yeah no thanks

[@garafraxagoodies9768]

Would love to see you do an experiment on a small jar 🫙

[@keorakeora]

Perhaps a short series doing this needs to be made. Hmmm

[@fernandovillalobos8248]

If you have an outdoor harvest this is a good thing to try.

[@deadli-us]

I did bud washing with my outdoor plants last season to remove powdery mildew and the taste and smell were great. For curing though… doesn’t seem like a great idea to me.

[@Goatex100]

Is there a chance of mold formation when water curing? Never heard of this process.

[@evlgenius74]

no chance on mold. some people actually use this method to "salvage" moldy bud. mold likes humid but not wet. you do have to be pretty aggressive with the cry tho. lots of air movement is needed.

[@adambergeron9113]

Stash blend is amazing product I bought it on Amazon I've been using it for about a month

[@TheMisanthrope.]

Like dissolves like was what we learned in high school chemistry. So if those "bad" things are to be removed by water curing they better be water soluble.

[@peterevans5899]

Yes man do it! I'm to scared to try it myself first 😂

[@crlock]

I don't know, but, processing flowers with water, be it for bubble hash or this, leaves many of the minerales and other substances present in the water you are using in your final product. Water may evaporate and some of the chemicals present in it too, but not all. Ooor maybe i'm just over thinking it?

[@Joshua5654]

So your left with bud terpene water can’t you then extract the terps without heat and add them to some extracts

[@duketogosuperhappyfuntime1548]

Man hell NO! No way am I putting in all that time money and love to drown my beautiful flowers, someone must be smokin' and it isn't the G C strain.

[@SoulReaper_13]

I'm only in my 1st grow. I've heard of bud washing but not bud curing!?! I'm not really sure that I want the wonderful smell weed gives off and or possibly any potency... maybe for some it's needed but fortunately for me I get to keep all the awesomeness weed provides!!💯🤘

[@brandonsansom514]

You could try it on one plant and compare it to another plant

[@normagee]

I'll let you try it Chris..haha 😁, let us know how you get on ?..im very intrigued indeed & great subject 😎

[@agram420]

done it like 10, 15 yrs go when i first heard bout it, only reason why you wanna do it is either stealth bc the smoke almost does not smell like weed akin to vaping weed, or to flush out nasty shit. otherwise i wouldnt recommend it but its straightforward. everyone should try it atleast once to see

[@friendlyghostkinda]

0:57 my head is saying no. My logic is telling me to listen. If you make hash after with the left over liquid, would be interesting to see what’s left

[@brucecrawford9428]

😊😊 what about dry/cure in a wine frig?

[@kakastachi]

I feel like it would wash out the anthocyanins. You get benefits from them as well.

[@shaneparker5255]

Had this explained to me years ago though it was a bit funny but over the years I've heard it come Up a few other times all from experienced growers

[@MUDSWAT]

I think you should try it for science. For me it sounds like its really not worth it. The loss of Terps, the effort of changing the water and keeping it the right temp twice a day. Just seems like too much of a process and I will keep to Jar Curing. I've heard of refrigerated curing and that maybe interesting to try as well. 🙂

[@Username-es1iy]

Do it for the views but personally I wouldn’t do it, no need to make an easy thing like drying curing difficult

[@mitchl.9421]

I have a bunch of stuff that I don't like the terpines of it but it will get you high... I'm just going to try it out to see if it works for getting the taste out so I can run it through my bho system and turn it into diamonds; that is the idea I just got after watching this!!

[@Userx4566]

Hi Mr Grow it, Yes i try that and the problems are with the terps thé flavor dissapear and i think the thc level is the same but the final product is not good I never test a second Time

[@joshmcb6042]

Im always down for trying something new to learn from

[@toddbooth7382]

Might try one jar see if it works

[@jimhuntington8621]

Please discuss hydroponics more. Thanks . Kudos on your Chill Out, great success!!

[@jfssparky]

I knew guys who did it in 5 gallons ro mixed with one 12 oz bottle of Peroxide. They would only soak for no more than 5 minutes. Then rinse again in ro. They said it cleaned the buds of all Contaminance. And that's the way they wanted their medicine

[@ogxgr7645]

I bud wash and as for me the bud taste a lot better but still very time consuming I say it's a good way to clean buds

[@oldworldchris4187]

That kind of makes sense!

[@JeremyKnutson-vm2jb]

Well Chris I sure would be interested to hear how your experiment goes if you try it . Seems like a pretty busy process with weighting down buds and changing water that often.. interesting

[@mikebillie493]

I tried it and there was no smell or taste after, same plant I tried hanging curing... Alot better

[@scottrichards3587]

I grow mine indoors, all organic, distilled water at base of plant. Nothing ever sprayed on plants. I want every micro-gram of my terps. Dumbass idea to rinse them away.

[@anthonycatania5613]

This channel gives solid advice 99.999% of the time. This is that 0.0001% where you want to avoid this nonsense. The overhype on such a garbage method of Curing is hilarious. Do yourself a favor and have a couple harvests where you cure old school and then get yourself a Cannatrol and relax. Cannatrol has been such a solid purchase and once you get used to it you can tweak/customize it for whatever you're heart desires.

[@graemewhite5029]

I don't smoke, so have always water cured my bud (tap water through a filter jug) to go into edibles and as I want the effect, but not the taste, it suits me ? I do agree that the bud looks a bit shit, but as it's going in the slo cooker with coconut oil it hardly matters ?

[@justme-ud2vk]

ive heard some crazy crap come down the pipe . this is the craziest. . didnt know it was a thing. no way..

[@vylemsobotka3653]

it's mostly a thing in places where we'd can be laced

[@wildeninja2836]

I “water cure” my AVB since thc isn’t soluble in water it makes edibles taste way better lol

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

Not a chance. However ....I may have grown in a swamp many years ago and it rained damn near everyday. 100% humidity. Lost a little to bud rot and mold...but also had the best smoke around when it went well. To much moisture has never been good to me ! So...now after 35+ years of growing as far as "water curing" goes...not a chance !

[@nvmcstitch]

You did a video like 2 or 3 years ago about this topic, I left a comment there which covers results etc. It's worth it for select bud types, research that bit and enjoy a new experience. Even if only once. My regret was I didn't water cure the whole plant only 1oz such a sad thing the water cured was way better all around.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

I've heard Kyle Kushman talk about it but I don't remember the details. It sounds risky and messy. If someone wants to try it, hey, it's their bud. I wouldn't try it.