Stealthy way to dry?

[johnnynice]

I've got 5 plants/5 strains going, and I want to do a staggered harvest, and also let the sativa-dom plants go longer, which means that I won't be able to use my grow-tent to dry the first buds that I cut. Does anyone have any suggestions for a stealthy way to dry my buds? By stealthy I mean smell-wise, I have found that drying buds tends to stink up the house real fast

 

[1itsme]

you could make a drying box and vent it into the tent. assuming you have a filter in the tent.

 

[TonightYou]

Having a carbon filter in the room, ONa GEL and nag champa.
works for me in apt

 

[johnnynice]

Thanks guys, I never thought about venting a box into the tent, good idea. Rep for you

 

[MYOB]

Get one of those big boxes for clothing from a moving store.

 

[Purpsdro420]

How much bud do you have to dry? If only a few ozs the smell shouldnt be any worse than smoking a jay. Just hang in the closet and throw a small ona block in there

 

[TonightYou]

I can tell ya right now the smell growing/choppinf/smoking are all different. I think most growers simply get desensitized to the odor. In veg, with a now needing replacement carbon filter, I can barely notice an odor other than plants. In chop, it fuckin smells. If you need to be stealthy, you need to take precautions. You can't judge accurately the odor, so have someone who isnt familiar take a whiff

Edited to add, I'm speaking of a few ounces at once. Plus some plants just fuckin smell more than others

 

[johnnynice]

I agree TonightYou, I've manicured a couple small plants in the house before, but even in summer with all the windows open it reeked up the whole house, and I've got a couple very smelly strains this time. I was going to manicure in my car somewhere to avoid that this time. Does anyone know if buds will dry properly in a sealed (tapped up) cardboard box? Or would venting it to the tent for air circulation be necessary

 

[TonightYou]

... in a car? What is this, Trailer park boys, lol

Dude ya got a few options. Even in a legal state or medical, doing any trimming or drying in a car simply doesnt sound like a good idea. Really aim to mask it. Cooking also comes to mind, shit bacon is an awesome, overpowering indoor odor.

I'd at least have some holes in the box. As buds are drying, they are biological exothermic processes. Just not a good idea.

 

[bass1014]

get a few brown paper bags and fill the bottoms each bag and hang the in your tent .close the top so light doesn't get in but the temps and humidity are perfect in your grow room for drying.. i have double bagged them just to keep light out.. just a quick fix..works great for a few oz's at a time

 

[robnarley1111]

get a few brown paper bags and fill the bottoms each bag and hang the in your tent .close the top so light doesn't get in but the temps and humidity are perfect in your grow room for drying.. i have double bagged them just to keep light out.. just a quick fix..works great for a few oz's at a time

Good info! I was also wondering how I'm going to dry my (first) harvest coming up next month; I'll still need my tent for flowering as well, since I have a perpetual grow.

Can I ask...does this work for flowering rooms with humidity less than ideal, such as 20-30%?

 

[gtran]

Easiest way is to go grab a 2x4 and some screen from Lowes or home depot. Build a little box and staple the screening to the wood. Put that in a small closet or bathroom and run a dehumidifier at 50 percent with a fan blowing from under the screen and the buds will be completely dry in two days. Ive done this with 4 harvests now and it is by far the fastest and easiest way.

 

[robnarley1111]

Easiest way is to go grab a 2x4 and some screen from Lowes or home depot. Build a little box and staple the screening to the wood. Put that in a small closet or bathroom and run a dehumidifier at 50 percent with a fan blowing from under the screen and the buds will be completely dry in two days. Ive done this with 4 harvests now and it is by far the fastest and easiest way.

Wouldn't drying in two days give the flowers a harsh taste, since the chlorophyll is still left in the plant when it dries so quickly, and the curing process is essentially over? Or do you start curing with jars/burping etc after two days? Like the OP...I really want to get a stealthy drying process going...without ruining my first harvest!

 

[TonightYou]

I dry in about 2-3 days due to very dry conditions. I find that I get a feel for when they need to be jarred. have a rh meter and try to grab the buds before they are crispy. Then just start the cure prices to begin. no harsh smoke after two weeks, even better smoke at one month

I start curing at under 70% rh, when they are still fresh, I will leave the lid off for a few hours. Come back. pop the lid on, wait a while as the rh climbs, repeat the process as it gets above 63% and so on.
if you over dry your buds, you will not get a good cure.

 

[robnarley1111]

I dry in about 2-3 days due to very dry conditions. I find that I get a feel for when they need to be jarred. have a rh meter and try to grab the buds before they are crispy. Then just start the cure prices to begin. no harsh smoke after two weeks, even better smoke at one month

I start curing at under 70% rh, when they are still fresh, I will leave the lid off for a few hours. Come back. pop the lid on, wait a while as the rh climbs, repeat the process as it gets above 63% and so on.
if you over dry your buds, you will not get a good cure.

What about hanging the entire plant for a few days, after a basic trim of the sugar leaves? Would that make for a slower dry for those of us in low humidity environments?

 

[TonightYou]

I hang my plants prior to this, but I do trim them first. Cant make good hash with dried up leaves.

 

[smegpot]

What about hanging the entire plant for a few days, after a basic trim of the sugar leaves? Would that make for a slower dry for those of us in low humidity environments?

I practically do that, I break off the limbs wishbone style and use the extra moisture in the stems to off set my low humidity and dry heat in my area. Usually get a proper 5-14 day dry cure (14 if its rainy season). It takes a little eye balling thats all, if a bud seems like its drying slower just hack more stem off.

Once I get a snap at a 45 degree bend, the stems get trimmed to size and into the jars they go. Seems to work pretty good for me over the last few harvests.