Preserving your cannabis - Do you rehydrate bodeva packs.

[Kosherbubba]

Just wondering if anyone has had succes on an easy way of re-hydrating bodeva packs. I have tried the method below but it gives of a smell afterwards that mixes with the weed causing the weed to smell different too. Any other techniques? Or should I avoid rehydrating bodeva packs.

 

[Squiby]

I rehydrate my Boveda packs but I don't allow them to come in direct contact with something wet. I rehydrate them by exposing them to a higher rh.

I take two glass dishes where the smaller one can sit inside the larger and where the larger has a tight fitting lid.

I use glad Lock n Lock containers. Something like this.
https://www.amazon.ca/Lock-Starfrit...TF8&qid=1515887157&sr=1-4&keywords=glass+lock

Place a little bit of water into the large dish. Place the small dish inside the large one. So now you have a little moat around the small dish. Place your dry gritty spent Boveda in the small dish and put the large lid on the works. Let that set-up rest for a few days and check your Boveda packs. When they are dehydrated and supple again, remove them from the dishes and store them in the zip lock package they came in.

If you over hydrate them by leaving them in the containers for too long they get over bloated and don't work as well.

 

[Kosherbubba]

I rehydrate my Boveda packs but I don't allow them to come in direct contact with something wet. I rehydrate them by exposing them to a higher rh.

I take two glass dishes where the smaller one can sit inside the larger and where the larger has a tight fitting lid.

I use glad Lock n Lock containers. Something like this.
https://www.amazon.ca/Lock-Starfrit...TF8&qid=1515887157&sr=1-4&keywords=glass+lock

Place a little bit of water into the large dish. Place the small dish inside the large one. So now you have a little moat around the small dish. Place your dry gritty spent Boveda in the small dish and put the large lid on the works. Let that set-up rest for a few days and check your Boveda packs. When they are dehydrated and supple again, remove them from the dishes and store them in the zip lock package they came in.

If you over hydrate them by leaving them in the containers for too long they get over bloated and don't work as well.

Great tip! Just wondering do you get condensation on the lid worried that water droplets may be hitting the bodeva packs.

 

[MinnBobber]

Great tip! Just wondering do you get condensation on the lid worried that water droplets may be hitting the bodeva packs.

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The method in the video sucks IMO as you don't want wet towel in direct contact with your Boveda.

MUCH easier and MUCH better method is as Squiby noted:
Bovedas in small container which is set into a bigger container with a little water in bottom. Cover snaps onto big container and you have a high humidity, non-direct contact rehydration chamber.

When Bovedas get exhausted, they feel a little gritty/sandy. When rehydrated they go back to a proper "squishy" feel

 

[Slagzord]

This is all very helpful. Thanks @Squiby. Just picked up some Boveda recently and this will save a few bucks over the medium-term.

 

[Squiby]

Great tip! Just wondering do you get condensation on the lid worried that water droplets may be hitting the bodeva packs.

No, condensation has not been a problem at all. This may be a concern in a really hot environment. I keep my house on the cooler side overa!l.

 

[Dynavaper]

Gosh! I always threw them away if they became grainy. I had no idea that they could get rehydrated... Thank you, this will save some money over time!

 

[biohacker]

I won't ever use boveda packs again unless it's a few days before a squish for rosin. I find that they rob way too many terpenes. I've lost a lot of aroma because of these damn things that I thought would only help serve my needs.

 

[Kosherbubba]

I won't ever use boveda packs again unless it's a few days before a squish for rosin. I find that they rob way too many terpenes. I've lost a lot of aroma because of these damn things that I thought would only help serve my needs.

Does everyone feel the same. I thought bodeva packs make sure that the cannabis is preserved over time without any loss of terpenes. The only problem I had is when I preserved my cannabis with rehydrated bodeva packs but I reyhydrated the incorrect way. I wet paper toweled them and caused a wiered smell which affected my cannabis smell. But I assume the bud is still o.k. for medicinal purposes.

 

[Alexis]

I won't ever use boveda packs again unless it's a few days before a squish for rosin. I find that they rob way too many terpenes. I've lost a lot of aroma because of these damn things that I thought would only help serve my needs.

Can you completely rule out the possibility that the herb's aroma has become less detectable due to being more moist?

I have always found that when the moisture level is on the higher side, the smell drops off, and increases again when it gets drier.
It has been reported elsewhere that some growers avoid using humidipaks for the first 4 weeks of the cure, as they have found it can interefere with smells.
When the buds are at about 60% or below, I believe the smell will be more obvious.

 

[Kosherbubba]

Can you completely rule out the possibility that the herb's aroma has become less detectable due to being more moist?

Its possible but I really ruined my bodeva packs and the bodeva pack itself started smelling odd, chemically odd. But just a questoin. How long can you keep cannabis without bodeva packs. Don't they just dry out to the point they are unvapable?

 

[biohacker]

Does everyone feel the same. I thought bodeva packs make sure that the cannabis is preserved over time without any loss of terpenes.

That's what I thought too, but I learned the hard way, as did @lazylathe. There was a noticeable loss of terps/aroma using the packs. Taking them out had them return to life somewhat, but they were never the same. I stumbled upon something I read on reddit, but it meshed with my experience so I stopped using them. Never had an issue since. I have recently re-introduced them just due to a rosin squish coming soon, but I don't think they will make any difference since all my strains were properly cured/stored to begin with.

Can you completely rule out the possibility that the herb's aroma has become less detectable due to being more moist?

I have always found that when the moisture level is on the higher side, the smell drops off, and increases again when it gets drier.
It has been reported elsewhere that some growers avoid using humidipaks for the first 4 weeks of the cure, as they have found it can interefere with smells.
When the buds are at about 60% or below, I believe the smell will be more obvious.

That's like the complete opposite of my experience. The drier the less smell... never have had it the other way? Usually as the buds dry too much the terps are evaporating due to oxidation?

How long can you keep cannabis without bodeva packs. Don't they just dry out to the point they are unvapable?

If the flowers are properly cured and sealed/stored properly in an airtight sealed container in a cool dark environment, IMO the flowers can last an EXTREMELY long time, like well over a year+.

 

[macbill]

I rehydrate my Boveda packs. I place a Boveda pack in a gallon ziplock, with a new sponge dampened with distilled water. Works for me, not quickly though.

I've had very good luck with long-term storage. A quart Mason jar holds 2 oz (56 gr) and I place Boveda'd jars in a small beverage refrigerator set on the warmest setting (cool, not cold). I had never considered oxygen absorbers until I read a fellow FC member's suggestion. Just today I received my order of Oxy-Sorb. It can't hurt to add them to each jar. Oxygen is the Great Destroyer.

 

[Squiby]

some growers avoid using humidipaks for the first 4 weeks of the cure, as they have found it can interefere with smells.
When the buds are at about 60% or below, I believe the smell will be more obvious.

I completely dry my bud and it cure for a couple of months before introducing a Boveda pack and an Oxygen pack to my bud contained in a mason jar that I then vacuum seal for long term storage. Packed this way and stored in a cool dark place, you can expect your bud to remain preserved for years. I can personally vouch for at least two years.

 

[Ramahs]

I just put a large ziplock bag containing a bowl of filtered water and a couple expired Boveda packs sitting next to the bowl, in a cabinet, with plenty of air in the ziplock bag...and forget about it for a couple of weeks. Recharged Bovedas.

 

[Baron23]

Does everyone feel the same.

In a word, no.