i have a dehumidify but im worried that is drying it out to fast im not sure? also best ways to tell when at its strongest thc form for a body high
What is your relative humidity in your growing and drying area? I've read to hang for 1 day plus 1 day for every 10% RH. I'm in a dry climate (20-30% RH) and I tend to overdry that way, or it wasn't uniform. I hang for half the time (in a dark closet, no fan) then cut the buds off into a plastic container. I adjust the lid on it to walk the humidity down from 80% down to 65%, turning the buds by hand once-twice per day. Then in a 1gal Ball canning jar (decorative jar at Walmart or Target). Burp every day. I hold it here for 2-3 weeks. Then half-gal wide-mouth canning jars (Ace hardware).
I also use 1-2 large Boveda 62% in the gallon jar, and 1 in the half-gal jars.
If you're in a humid area, you might need to dry faster, or use a fan to help. You have to be concerned with bud rot. (For me, I have to be concerned the fine bud parts dry much faster than the liquid stored in the center due to my low RH.).
For taste, be sure you flush long enough. I don't even flush. I switch to water only about 2 weeks before harvest. I let the plant use up what's in the soil, stored in itself. It's hard to predict when you'll harvest. That takes some experience. I usually water for 3 weeks because I guess too soon. I've got some FloraKeen (flush) in case I start clean-water too late and can't "cleanse" long enough.
I agree with skunk about waiting longer to harvest. I wait till I get some amber trics. It's much longer than is intuitive. The plants look like bizzare, all the fan leaves gone or shriveled up. Just these gargantuan buds on sticks leaning over. My friends and I notice a peaceful, relaxed stone.
For taste, try organics. I started using
Grow More Sea Grow (<<link). The first plant I harvested tasted profoundly different. The ones I grew with purely synthetic nutrients weren't harsh because of the long water-only "cleanse." I thought they tasted good, better than street weed. But, the one with Grow More was deep, rich. I would describe it like that "fifth taste" called umani (in addition to the 4 tastes of sweet, sour, salt & bitter). It's a different dimension like richness. I'm waiting to harvest my second plant grown with Sea Grow, hoping the taste is a consistent result.
There are other pre-packaged organic nutes: General Organics, Roots Organic.
