I'm a couple of weeks away from harvesting my first plant of the season Bubba Kush and I am going to attempt to dry it in the fridge there's not an abundance of information on the process I am looking for people who have done this and are willing to share some info. I haven't made up my mind if it needs to be placed on the shelves of the fridge hung up in the fridge or put into paper bags. I have a temp of 43 degrees and the humidity is lower than I would like around 25% but I think it will come up on its own once you put the buds in there. So anyone who has dried their weed successfully in the fridge your help would be greatly appreciated.
Drying in the fridge.
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jcdws602
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I’m in process of converting a small fridge into a place to store and cure. I plan on using an ink bird temp controller to control the temperature. I have to drill a small hole to pass the probe and that’s about it. This could easily be used for drying smaller amounts as well. All you would need to add is an ink bird humidity controller and cut a hole for some ducting and a use a fan to extract humid air.
PopAndSonGrows
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A buddy of mine recently swore by fridge curing. Still dried traditionally, like as close to 60°/60% as you can, then into jars into the fridge according to him.
I did a fridge dry for some of the harvest from my last grow.
The idea is that, even though the fridge may have very low RH, the low temperature in the fridge ameliorates the tendency toward moisture loss.
Trim your buds, put a small amount in each lunch bag, put the lunch bags in the fridge, and shake them a bit every day. After about 10 days, take a bag out of the fridge, put the content in a Mason jar along with a hygrometer and, after a few hours when the content of the jar has come to room temperature, you should get a good RH reading.
The idea is that, even though the fridge may have very low RH, the low temperature in the fridge ameliorates the tendency toward moisture loss.
Trim your buds, put a small amount in each lunch bag, put the lunch bags in the fridge, and shake them a bit every day. After about 10 days, take a bag out of the fridge, put the content in a Mason jar along with a hygrometer and, after a few hours when the content of the jar has come to room temperature, you should get a good RH reading.
My understanding is the reason for using a frost-free fridge is because it will pull excess moisture out on its own.
I am going to dry it in the fridge and then go to grove bags to cure I'm fairly certain it will work but I guess time will tell.
Ok, thanks I have decided to go with paper bags the only difference is I believe I am going to use grove bags to cure.
That's a good combo. I switched to Grove bags for this last grow and have no complaints at all. Much easier than Mason jars.
I have never used grove bags either so the drying and curing are all going to be new this year.
A frost-free fridge will take out the excess moisture with the condenser. I have a battery-operated fan that on low will run over 200 hours off a set of 2 -D cell batteries and I am going to put my buds in food-grade brown paper bags so I'm not sure if I even need the fan. Your setup sounds nice but I don't think I have time to build one this year I would like to know how your process works out I am always looking to improve any part of mine I can.
For me, it was a little weird. Mind you, I had only two harvests that ended up in Mason jars is it wasn't like it was a huge"break from tradition for me!
What was strange was that I didn't need to put a Boveda or a hygrometer in the Grove bag. Of course, I did leave a hygrometer in a few of the bags ("trust but verify") for a couple of months and, sure enough, RH sat right there in the low 60's, until I opened the bag and burned the evidence.
That's good to know I've read that grove bags did exactly that but I have never talked to anyone that had actually used them. At this point, I suppose it makes no difference whether it's right or wrong I'm drying in the fridge and using grove bags to cure it's either gonna work or it's not but after talking to a few people that have used both gives me some confidence it's going to work.For me, it was a little weird. Mind you, I had only two harvests that ended up in Mason jars is it wasn't like it was a huge"break from tradition for me!
What was strange was that I didn't need to put a Boveda or a hygrometer in the Grove bag. Of course, I did leave a hygrometer in a few of the bags ("trust but verify") for a couple of months and, sure enough, RH sat right there in the low 60's, until I opened the bag and burned the evidence.