KrAzY Buds
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I have just completed my 4th grow! Each one has been a little different each time, and Ive been using several techniques to learn as I grow. Just to preface, this particular grow started from seed inside, was sexed, and then put back into vegetation outdoor. I did not use any fertilizer, and grew with Fox Farms Coco Loco potting soil. I used two different drying methods.
Before I culled everything, I took a few branches and wet trimmed them, following by using a large paper bag to single layer the trimmed buds. There was lots of space in the bag and nothing was layered. I placed them in a non controlled environment where the average humidity was around 60-65 and temperature about 70F. They were left in the bag to dry for about 9-10 days before jarring. Each day the folded bags were shaken up to avoid any mold. The result was pretty tight and dense buds! The kind of ‘bag appeal‘ you would typically find at a dispensary While there was still a natural aroma to them, it was not very pungent, but definitely not hay-like.
The rest of my harvest was hung, fan leaves and all, in a mostly controlled environment. With a dehumidifier, humidity stayed at about 55 degrees on average with around 64-69F temperature. I waited until day 7 to take down and trim, followed by jarring. When I took a few sample buds and jarred them, the hydrometer was reading around 60h, so right about the exact humidity they should be to begin curing. I noticed tho that my buds were not very dense as they were drying, and almost “stringy” or loose to break apart. Like ribs cooked in a crockpot, kinda falling right off the bone is the best way to describe how they felt. Some of the denser buds stayed well compacted, but were not as tight as the paper bagged buds. While I wouodnt say the buds were too loose, they definitely did not exhibit the same kind of bag appeal as the other used method. A fuller aroma was maintained more than the other buds as well. There was close to no light in the dry room, but not completely dark. I am now 3 weeks into the cure and the result has not changed much. The humidity in the jars is right around 56-58 and they do not seem to feel completely dry to me.
I write all that to ask, how I can make my hanging buds dense like the bagged dry method?
I learned by researching that hang drying is the best method to dry because it is better to dry slow. My personal experience showed me tho that method used does not provide the same results as the bag dried that I prefer. I know the environment can better be controlled, so I am hoping that factor was what prevented the buds from tightening better? I found the aroma was better maintained and I found trimming to be much easier. (Just my opinion).
The bag dried buds lost a bit of their smell but have since increased during the cure. I like how the buds are well compacted and break apart more like buds I would buy. I have rarely had buds that are loose like the ones I hung to dry. Its just the buds that dried in a higher humidity environment compacted better than the lower humidity with both around the same temps. Just curious as to what everyone thinks as to why I got the results I did and what I can do to get that same bag dried compact buds with the slower method of drying. Thanks!
Before I culled everything, I took a few branches and wet trimmed them, following by using a large paper bag to single layer the trimmed buds. There was lots of space in the bag and nothing was layered. I placed them in a non controlled environment where the average humidity was around 60-65 and temperature about 70F. They were left in the bag to dry for about 9-10 days before jarring. Each day the folded bags were shaken up to avoid any mold. The result was pretty tight and dense buds! The kind of ‘bag appeal‘ you would typically find at a dispensary While there was still a natural aroma to them, it was not very pungent, but definitely not hay-like.
The rest of my harvest was hung, fan leaves and all, in a mostly controlled environment. With a dehumidifier, humidity stayed at about 55 degrees on average with around 64-69F temperature. I waited until day 7 to take down and trim, followed by jarring. When I took a few sample buds and jarred them, the hydrometer was reading around 60h, so right about the exact humidity they should be to begin curing. I noticed tho that my buds were not very dense as they were drying, and almost “stringy” or loose to break apart. Like ribs cooked in a crockpot, kinda falling right off the bone is the best way to describe how they felt. Some of the denser buds stayed well compacted, but were not as tight as the paper bagged buds. While I wouodnt say the buds were too loose, they definitely did not exhibit the same kind of bag appeal as the other used method. A fuller aroma was maintained more than the other buds as well. There was close to no light in the dry room, but not completely dark. I am now 3 weeks into the cure and the result has not changed much. The humidity in the jars is right around 56-58 and they do not seem to feel completely dry to me.
I write all that to ask, how I can make my hanging buds dense like the bagged dry method?
I learned by researching that hang drying is the best method to dry because it is better to dry slow. My personal experience showed me tho that method used does not provide the same results as the bag dried that I prefer. I know the environment can better be controlled, so I am hoping that factor was what prevented the buds from tightening better? I found the aroma was better maintained and I found trimming to be much easier. (Just my opinion).
The bag dried buds lost a bit of their smell but have since increased during the cure. I like how the buds are well compacted and break apart more like buds I would buy. I have rarely had buds that are loose like the ones I hung to dry. Its just the buds that dried in a higher humidity environment compacted better than the lower humidity with both around the same temps. Just curious as to what everyone thinks as to why I got the results I did and what I can do to get that same bag dried compact buds with the slower method of drying. Thanks!
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