Sweetspot range for hang drying...

[pacifier]

Happy New Years guys & girls!
What is the “sweet spot” temperature & humidity for drying. From doing some reading on here, can see a lot of ppl are saying to hang dry for 2 weeks. I was aiming for 60f - 60%r.h ... not looking for a super quick dry, but also conscious of not getting mould! What would you say is the perfect range for both? Blessings

 

[OGBudz]

Not saying it's perfect but i do 65-70°F / 55-60%Rh

 

[pacifier]

Cool, mines 63f-56% atm.. not bothered about it drying super quick . Will bump the heater up to 65,60 is a bit low I’m thinking. And easier to keep humidity in range when it’s a bit higher..

 

[Kingrow1]

Temperature is the important factor not humidity and will find bud is the same at high or low humidity. Two weeks is a guideline so peeps can observe it dry and then get flavour and taste.

If i said the cure is nit needed so hang till its a finished product and aim for it to be dry in a werk or slightly less to avoid mold.

You the grower will know when its dry as after a few days it will snoke in a joint but keep sampling until the flavour and taste come through.

Now once you have got it to dank tasty prolimo from drying you know when to jar.

Be carefull, years of boveda and trolls means its hard to find the right knowledge and i and others have worked hard to bring you the hang dry like it should.

Again if you can grow weed indoors you most likely have the right environment to dry without fucking with humidity.

I dry sub 30%, ya it dries slightly quicker but has no effect on final product - enzymatic processes is not humidity based.

Dried bud is between 10-15% moisture of the wet bud, include the 10% organic matter by weight and you see why bud looses 75% of its weight when drying.

Those who want to understand the science behind humidity should google 'Equilibrium Moisture Content'. Bud is slightly moister in moist environments and drier in drier enbironments but dosent make a difference as all smokes dank ass fuck

 

[pacifier]

Temperature is the important factor not humidity and will find bud is the same at high or low humidity. Two weeks is a guideline so peeps can observe it dry and then get flavour and taste.

If i said the cure is nit needed so hang till its a finished product and aim for it to be dry in a werk or slightly less to avoid mold.

You the grower will know when its dry as after a few days it will snoke in a joint but keep sampling until the flavour and taste come through.

Now once you have got it to dank tasty prolimo from drying you know when to jar.

Be carefull, years of boveda and trolls means its hard to find the right knowledge and i and others have worked hard to bring you the hang dry like it should.

Again if you can grow weed indoors you most likely have the right environment to dry without fucking with humidity.

I dry sub 30%, ya it dries slightly quicker but has no effect on final product - enzymatic processes is not humidity based.

Dried bud is between 10-15% moisture of the wet bud, include the 10% organic matter by weight and you see why bud looses 75% of its weight when drying.

Those who want to understand the science behind humidity should google 'Equilibrium Moisture Content'. Bud is slightly moister in moist environments and drier in drier enbironments but dosent make a difference as all smokes dank ass fuck

Nice info, thanks man! But, what temperature should I try to set it to you think? What’s the optimum range? Thanks

 

[Kingrow1]

I could answer many ways but its not a question ive seen answered to exact points. We dont want to force dry and too cold is just plain bad.

Room temps - if you need a number say 20c or around there.

In reality you will have to practice a little.

The temps that see it dry in a week or less.

Ya know its pretty open as long as you dont get too hot or cold - weed loves the same temps we do hence why indoor growing works so.well

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Temperature is the important factor not humidity and will find bud is the same at high or low humidity. Two weeks is a guideline so peeps can observe it dry and then get flavour and taste.

If i said the cure is nit needed so hang till its a finished product and aim for it to be dry in a werk or slightly less to avoid mold.

You the grower will know when its dry as after a few days it will snoke in a joint but keep sampling until the flavour and taste come through.

Now once you have got it to dank tasty prolimo from drying you know when to jar.

Be carefull, years of boveda and trolls means its hard to find the right knowledge and i and others have worked hard to bring you the hang dry like it should.

Again if you can grow weed indoors you most likely have the right environment to dry without fucking with humidity.

I dry sub 30%, ya it dries slightly quicker but has no effect on final product - enzymatic processes is not humidity based.

Dried bud is between 10-15% moisture of the wet bud, include the 10% organic matter by weight and you see why bud looses 75% of its weight when drying.

Those who want to understand the science behind humidity should google 'Equilibrium Moisture Content'. Bud is slightly moister in moist environments and drier in drier enbironments but dosent make a difference as all smokes dank ass fuck

Temp and relative humidity both matter when drying weed. The lower the humidity the faster the buds will dry. Same with temp, the higher the temp the faster it will dry. It's just basic science.

 

[pacifier]

Temp and relative humidity both matter when drying weed. The lower the humidity the faster the buds will dry. Same with temp, the higher the temp the faster it will dry. It's just basic science.

Yes I agree. What do you aim for, for both?

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Yes I agree. What do you aim for, for both?

I try for around 50% RH and 65-70 degrees. But sometimes I will start with a lower RH initially, and then increase it as they dry, especially if they're really fat and I'm more worried about mold and shit.

 

[Kingrow1]

Temp and relative humidity both matter when drying weed. The lower the humidity the faster the buds will dry. Same with temp, the higher the temp the faster it will dry. It's just basic science.

I write the basic science on humidity for these boards and drying speed make no difference as long as its not forced.


Re read my first statement dont try and jack ass me.

Humidity is not a factor of enzymatic process end off....

 

[LinguaPeel]

You want your room to be bone dry when you bring them in,then let moisture in the plants be your first adjustment to rh before adding additional humidification. You could let the root control the drying speed, Personally I never add water to the air surrounding drying/curing bud. I simply enclose the space more and more, until they are triple vaccum sealed for long term. #SlowbaggitTek


Drying is extremely overthought because so many people refuse to produce sticky weed that gets better nor worse with time and dryness. Sugary tacky high Brix buds won't really mold, and take as long to cure as if they were 50% hash, because they roughly are half resin by weight when the moisture content is finally brought down.

When it comes down to it, that's the only right answer: put the grow store products away and grow bud that simply can't be fuckered. I put 8 cups of rock dust in a 15 gallon pot, inoculate the roots with myco and continue to feed trace minerals and trichoderma throughout the grow. There's your answer to drying problems.

Even my defoliation holds crazy smells indefinitely and gives 100x worse cottonmouth than anything on a dispensary shelf and I'm about a 6/10 on the dank scale compared what plenty of people grow... If I worried about temps and rh maybe I'd be up there around an 8 but losing a few monoterps ain't the biggest deal in the world. People act like monoterps are the end all of quality, but there ain't no one whose gonna pick some monotone Limon crap over some crazy hashy funk that makes you jump out of your chair just sniffing it (and then has an even crazier flavor)

I just wish some of those 10/10 growers would enter a public cup every once in a while to show how low the publics stank-o-meter needle is. Most people have never even seen clean Cannabis before let alone top quality Cannabis. Guess it's too much pressure since the DEA has a habit of removing the dankest bud from small growers and leaving all the big time schwagg pushers be.