Page 49 - Daggabay Magazine Issue 2

Stoners Corner
Buds break off at freezing temperatures.
Always let frozen buds come to room
temperature before handling.
Refrigerate Your Buds (Avoid!)
Buds stored in the fridge mold, even in air-
tight containers. Either keep buds outside
the fridge or put them in the freezer! If you
must use the fridge, it’s especially
important to make sure buds are dry to
avoid mold, and keep them in the back in a
crisper where the temperature and
humidity don’t fluctuate as much. But
again, if possible, avoid using your
refrigerator to store buds just in case; a
regular cabinet or drawer is usually better.
Plastic Baggies (Avoid!)
Although this is the most common way for
non-growers to store cannabis, it’s one of
the worst. Buds lose their smell and get
dried out and brittle in plastic baggies. The
potency degrades quickly, and the lack of
protection means that handling the buds
crumbles them. We should only use plastic
baggies short term, or avoided altogether.
If you need to store a negligible amount of
bud, it’s recommended to get a UV-proof
glass stash box (will also prevent smells
from leaking out!). As a bonus, a small
glass container can help buds continue
curing.
Don’t use a plastic baggy for long
term or even at all if possible.
Note: Freezing buds are controversial
because it’s easy to lose trichomes
when moving frozen buds. You need to
be careful when handling frozen buds
as the trichomes (glitter) become
brittle and can easily break off at
freezing temperatures.
However, if this happens you can still
collect trichomes from the bottom of
the container and use them (just like
the kief that falls to the bottom of a
grinder!); the trichomes do not
“vanish” into thin air.
You can dramatically reduce this
problem by always letting buds come
to room temperature before handling
them. The fact of the matter is