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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:35 PM Mar 2016

Longer term storage?

I have a few zips in quart Mason jars that have cured for 2 months now. I recently added Boveda packs to each jar. I burp the jars every few days at this point. I did burp them daily to start.

I'm going on a trip and was wondering how to store them for months at a time.
My first thought was to gently vacuum seal bag them and put them in the freezer.

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Longer term storage? (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2016 OP
I use my food saver, then put the bags in my freezer. B Calm Mar 2016 #1
Many years ago, before the days of vacuum sealers, we Arkansas Granny Mar 2016 #2
+1 Go Vols Mar 2016 #3
Good idea SHRED Mar 2016 #4
We've used the vacuum sealed bags and mason jars.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #5
Thanks for the info! Canoe52 Mar 2016 #6
I dry mine for maybe two days sorefeet Mar 2016 #7
I bought a wide mouth jar vacuum seal adapter SHRED Mar 2016 #8
I've used the stash cans with success RussBLib Mar 2016 #9

Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts)
2. Many years ago, before the days of vacuum sealers, we
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:47 PM
Mar 2016

would place buds in glass jars and freeze them. I don't recall exactly how long it stayed in the freezer, but everything was still fresh and aromatic when used. I don't know if the aroma would migrate through the sealer bags or not if they were used alone. They're pretty thick and heavy.

Canoe52

(2,948 posts)
6. Thanks for the info!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:53 PM
Mar 2016

I've been freezing mine in vacuum sealed bags, never thought of using mason jars. I'm going to switch now.

sorefeet

(1,241 posts)
7. I dry mine for maybe two days
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:02 AM
Mar 2016

they are still plenty green as to stay legal. In Montana you can have one ounce of usable in your possession, wet isn't usable. Then I put them in freezer bags, suck the air out with a straw, and toss them in the freezer. As I use it I take out a handful at a time, put it on a tray for a couple days and it's ready or cure it in a jar. Good for a year. I never use jars anymore.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
8. I bought a wide mouth jar vacuum seal adapter
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:30 AM
Mar 2016

It's from Food Saver.
I was a little hesitant if it would work with my Waring hand held vacuum seal gun but it does!!

My long term storage plan now is....a Boveda pack in each jar, vacuum seal the jars, and store in a dark cool place.

Thanks all!

RussBLib

(9,006 posts)
9. I've used the stash cans with success
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:36 AM
Mar 2016

So far, I've stored about 2 oz of high-quality weed in the fridge in those small soda stash cans. Each one only holds about 1/4 oz but even after six months in the fridge, the weed comes out fragrant and potent.

I've also noticed that with cannabis oil, they recommend you refrigerate it, but none of those syringes will even fit in a beverage stash can, so I have stored them at room temp, and after a few months, they are still as potent as ever.

The "stash can" industry needs to up its game a bit by making larger units with better seals for all of us who still live in red states where the state legislature is still Neanderthal.

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