Room temp during dry

[Username85]

Back with another question for the group: what is the high end of the room temp for dry before shit goes bad?

im at least a month away from chop, but checking my dry room situation I see my temp is around 75° with a 50%RH.
Is 75° too warm?? My tent and dry room are in a place that’s very hard to cool, so adding a/c is a virtual impossibility.
Just want to know what I’m in for if temps stay where they are

 

[Dank Bongula]

Sometimes you just gotta work with what you got....in those conditions your crop would be dry in like 4days.

How much are you going to be chopping? If it ain't so much, you could definitely employ the cardboard box method. This shit will allow you to cool in the low 60s and keep humidity in that 50%range with a few frozen water bottles and a hanging wet rag inside. Your dry can easily be extended to 8-10 days doing it this way.

 

[Mookjong]

Im in the same boat. Gonna be drying what looks to be around 8 oz. My dry room is 69-70F and 50% humidity. Can be easily cooled. I was thinking of using a hot and humid green house. The temps there are around 80-100 with 70%rh or higher depending adjustments.

Dank, are you saying its best to dry it slowly? I got a sativa dominant auto with weird looking buds that I wanna make sure they form into something presentable. I've never dried a sativa with all these weird tails...

 

[Username85]

Sometimes you just gotta work with what you got....in those conditions your crop would be dry in like 4days.

How much are you going to be chopping? If it ain't so much, you could definitely employ the cardboard box method. This shit will allow you to cool in the low 60s and keep humidity in that 50%range with a few frozen water bottles and a hanging wet rag inside. Your dry can easily be extended to 8-10 days doing it this way.

Honestly not sure how much it’ll yield, my guess is maybe around 4 Oz. I only have 2 plants in a 3x3 with an SF1000 so yield isn’t going to be big.
I’ll look into the box method, thanks for that.
Do you think the bud will suffer much from a quicker 4 day dry?
This is maybe my 3rd grow and only one I’ve done somewhat right, don’t want to bungle it at dry.

 

[Username85]

Im in the same boat. Gonna be drying what looks to be around 8 oz. My dry room is 69-70F and 50% humidity. Can be easily cooled. I was thinking of using a hot and humid green house. The temps there are around 80-100 with 70%rh or higher depending adjustments.

Dank, are you saying its best to dry it slowly? I got a sativa dominant auto with weird looking buds that I wanna make sure they form into something presentable. I've never dried a sativa with all these weird tails...

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Yeah I’ve always read/heard you want to dry slow-around 10-14 days I think is the target. Drying in temps that high is sure to dry em super fast and likely result in a harsher smoke

 

[Mookjong]

Well my plan is to hang mine whole for the first 7 days then split the branches for another 7 days. In my basement at 70F 50rh. Then jar it to 62rh. So I guess Ill just leave the green house idea alone. I think the slow dry will help those weird buds form. Hoping to build just a little more confidence..

 

[bam0813]

I'd be careful with air circulation at 70% rh

 

[Dank Bongula]

Honestly not sure how much it’ll yield, my guess is maybe around 4 Oz. I only have 2 plants in a 3x3 with an SF1000 so yield isn’t going to be big.
I’ll look into the box method, thanks for that.
Do you think the bud will suffer much from a quicker 4 day dry?
This is maybe my 3rd grow and only one I’ve done somewhat right, don’t want to bungle it at dry.

Then you can use two boxes, one for each plant...when I dried in my 3x3, I could not get the temps below 70 unless I went crazy with the AC in the house....even 73 was too cold for me in there. The dry took about 5 days and some parts of two plants were definitely over dried.

You want to prolong the drying process in a way that allows the plant to continue breaking down sugars, starches, moisture and whatever other plant processes are going on... chlorophyll breaking down...all this witchcraft stuff that plants do, and I don't fully understand exactly. But you can research the why....I'm sitting on a toilet right now and just firing off.

 

[Dank Bongula]

Well my plan is to hang mine whole for the first 7 days then split the branches for another 7 days. In my basement at 70F 50rh. Then jar it to 62rh. So I guess Ill just leave the green house idea alone. I think the slow dry will help those weird buds form. Hoping to build just a little more confidence..

Depending on size and bud structure, you very well may not make it 7 days at 70°. Leave as much foliage from the plant as you can when you chop it to prolong, but I would suggest drying at a little lower temp. But if 70 is the best you can do, then just keep an eye on them and start checking stems at day 4

 

[Roy O'Bannon]

I dried in my tent, not saying I did it right either....
Hung in my zipped/dark tent. Left ac infinity of 65rh for high side.
turned a/c down in shop to 68 ish is all I could get.
ran a dehumidifier set at 50 in my case. Had to play with it to get the tent rh right.
I put my fan on my light timer and set it to run about 15 min per hr. I switched between am and pm on the clock 2x a day to get 24 hrs of operation like that. Seemed to work. Took about 7-8 for 6.5 wet oz to seem about right for jars.

Most important step, I obsessed over every drying thread and even priced a freeze dryer... so yeah Good Luck!

 

[Lordhooha]

Back with another question for the group: what is the high end of the room temp for dry before shit goes bad?

im at least a month away from chop, but checking my dry room situation I see my temp is around 75° with a 50%RH.
Is 75° too warm?? My tent and dry room are in a place that’s very hard to cool, so adding a/c is a virtual impossibility.
Just want to know what I’m in for if temps stay where they are

I generally do 65-68 degrees 55% rh for the 1st week and drop to 50% except for now when the humidity outside is 70+ I set it at 45%

 

[Mookjong]

Then you can use two boxes, one for each plant...when I dried in my 3x3, I could not get the temps below 70 unless I went crazy with the AC in the house....even 73 was too cold for me in there. The dry took about 5 days and some parts of two plants were definitely over dried.

You want to prolong the drying process in a way that allows the plant to continue breaking down sugars, starches, moisture and whatever other plant processes are going on... chlorophyll breaking down...all this witchcraft stuff that plants do, and I don't fully understand exactly. But you can research the why....I'm sitting on a toilet right now and just firing off.

Do you have a "tek" for this box method you're talking about. It seems familiar but I'd like to have it if you do.

 

[Dank Bongula]

Do you have a "tek" for this box method you're talking about. It seems familiar but I'd like to have it if you do.

Like anything else, you just gotta use your stoner brain and work with what you got

General guidelines I use - Get a cardboard box roughly twice the size of your plant. Stand it up on its end. Cut a few c-shaped flaps on sides, top and back. These flaps will allow for air circulation. Stick a rod through the top of the tent or secure some wire through the top...or take even a wire hanger and jimmy it in the top...just put something in there that will allow you to hang your plant from the top (cardboard wardrobe boxes work great). Place a couple frozen water bottles on the bottom. Remove or add bottles depending on temps your hygrometer shows in there. Inside find a place to hang a wet rag or place a stand in there to drape a wet towel on. You're looking for a range of mid 60s and a rh of 50-55%. Easy to achieve. Set a fan to circulate the air in the room, but don't just set a fan pointing directly at the box. Using this method, you can wet trim if you would like or even dry individual branches. The more shit you leave on the plant, the more you have to watch humidity and your drying will take a bit longer.

 

[Dank Bongula]

I dried in my tent, not saying I did it right either....
Hung in my zipped/dark tent. Left ac infinity of 65rh for high side.
turned a/c down in shop to 68 ish is all I could get.
ran a dehumidifier set at 50 in my case. Had to play with it to get the tent rh right.
I put my fan on my light timer and set it to run about 15 min per hr. I switched between am and pm on the clock 2x a day to get 24 hrs of operation like that. Seemed to work. Took about 7-8 for 6.5 wet oz to seem about right for jars.

Most important step, I obsessed over every drying thread and even priced a freeze dryer... so yeah Good Luck!

I was looking at those $1500 cannatrol drying and curing fridge thingies...but the cardboard box worked so damn good I can't buy that thing in good conscience now.

 

[Username85]

Like anything else, you just gotta use your stoner brain and work with what you got

General guidelines I use - Get a cardboard box roughly twice the size of your plant. Stand it up on its end. Cut a few c-shaped flaps on sides, top and back. These flaps will allow for air circulation. Stick a rod through the top of the tent or secure some wire through the top...or take even a wire hanger and jimmy it in the top...just put something in there that will allow you to hang your plant from the top (cardboard wardrobe boxes work great). Place a couple frozen water bottles on the bottom. Remove or add bottles depending on temps your hygrometer shows in there. Inside find a place to hang a wet rag or place a stand in there to drape a wet towel on. You're looking for a range of mid 60s and a rh of 50-55%. Easy to achieve. Set a fan to circulate the air in the room, but don't just set a fan pointing directly at the box. Using this method, you can wet trim if you would like or even dry individual branches. The more shit you leave on the plant, the more you have to watch humidity and your drying will take a bit longer.

When you use this method, do you even leave the large fan leaves on?
I was planning a dry trim this time and very curious to try this box method.
I may even just try drying one plant in my room as originally intended and one with this box method.

 

[Dank Bongula]

When you use this method, do you even leave the large fan leaves on?
I was planning a dry trim this time and very curious to try this box method.
I may even just try drying one plant in my room as originally intended and one with this box method.

That is how I started...by just trying one. You can take the large fans off.

 

[Username85]

That is how I started...by just trying one. You can take the large fans off.

Thanks Dank, much appreciated

 

[I_grow_weed]

That's all I use to dry is cardboard boxes. You can get a wardrobe box from home depot or 2 packing boxes taped together works too. Plus they are cheap

 

[ElGrandeMongo]

I was hoping to harvest this weekend, but with record breaking heat and subpar AC I don't think that's going to happen.

Good to see the ideas here on how to deal with drying in higher temps... But living in a heavily insulated place near the arctic, I think my only choice is to wait until the weather cools. There's no way my portable AC unit can keep up with the temps in my place in this type of heat.

 

[I_grow_weed]

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