I got a bunch of hygrometers. Non are very professional or extremely accurate but the are close enough. Nothing to control but i do have a good sized humidifier and a small sized dehumidifier for small spaces
Am i ready to chop?
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kovidkough
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I wouldn't add any humidity only controll the release of it building up
kovidkough
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basically you want to burp the tent like a jar, slow and low and avoid moisture build up
Doug Dawson
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They look great, nice job. You are defiantly in the harvest window. I would give them another week or even a couple weeks just because you said "i am looking for the strongest couch-lock high i can get". That said I would think it would be perfectly fine to harvest now. Your call.
Damn that might be hard because i am drying in the same room i am growing the rest of the plant is growing in. Humidity outside is high here in souther ontario. If i crack the window and will it raise my rh and decrease my temps?
kovidkough
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id say move the tent to another space then
control the RH before temps.
lower temps better flavor, high RH chance of mold
imho id prefer duller flavor to running mold risk
Thanks man. i will chop tomorrow a couple stems and save everything for later next week when i have the time
kovidkough
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sometimes that's the best test. flavor isn't all the way there, but the buzz should be
True? Will 45-50 rh do or that’s way too low?
Doug Dawson
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That's a good plan. Good luck, hope it turns out amazing for you.
kovidkough
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that might dry them faster but not by much , mine dry in 5-6 days exposed to 42rh , its winter here and hard to get rh up aswell. but I see no loss in potency
fall harvest and summer comes out better, but I dont dwell on it to much. smokes the same
Wizzlebiz
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@Doug Dawson has explained it to me a couple times before but I smoke to much weed to remember details beyond starches in roots get transferred up to the plant when lights come on.
I just dont remember what he said about how it affects the plant.
Doug Dawson
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That is basically it. Starches are stored during lights on as I understand it so the plant has food during dark periods. Those starches/food stores are used during the dark period and than replenished during photosynthesis. That said I don't know that those starches make any difference from our perspective. I have talked to some great growers who just don't pay attention to it and it does not seem to make a difference. I chop before lights come on or turn lights off at normal time and leave them until I chop. Do the added starches stored during lights on effect the end product, I don't think they do from a smokers perspective but I cannot say for sure. Since it's such an easy thing to just chop in dark period I just do it but it may not matter. Just figure since it takes no more effort I can just do it that way. Here is an interesting article about it.
Cvntcrusher
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Gonns be a shitty trim sesh but I'd chop em in about 7days