My weed doesn't smell strong?

I rarely take sides, civilization has been drying vegetables and fruits for thousonds of years now with zero tech. Both ways work just fine, how about chill and dont worry, the thread has both methods for future readers and they can benefit from that

goldberg71b said:

I've tried to tell him. He thinks saying what he does makes him right. I've told him his wrong.

The object is actually to have as little movement as possible to accomplish the goal. He's EXTREMELY worried about "high humidity pockets" and maybe if he lives in amazon jungle that's a problem. Or trying to dry in an actual greenhouse this would be an issue. Or he has absolutely no idea what a dehumidifier is and/or what it does. When set on 50% the odds of that worriesome pocket is infinitely small it's not worth mentioning. NO LESS ARGUING ABOUT! But most of us are growing in our houses. We have air conditioning and heating systems in our houses. So your only concern here really is any moisture coming from the plants them selves. The actual part of the equation that most people will have to concern themselves with is the HEAT from the dehumidifier. That's the only reason I have a fan in the area. Otherwise cross ventilation is really enough. UNLESS OVER CROWDED!

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bryan oconner said:

i agree yes yes and yes . its also genetics but even the worst shit on earth doing it the way posted above it will smell . did you chop all up wet then trim it right away or let it dry then trim ? trimming it really fast will bring out a wet grass like the out side lawn

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By the sounds of things I've been trimming to early, I literally cut buds straight down and trim same day. I read that I should leave them for a day in complete dark before cutting as it allows the sugars and chlorophyll to leave the plants. So can you just tell me a straight forward method please. Just mainly including drying temps and humidity levels. Thanks

DobhythebakedElf said:

By the sounds of things I've been trimming to early, I literally cut buds straight down and trim same day. I read that I should leave them for a day in complete dark before cutting as it allows the sugars and chlorophyll to leave the plants. So can you just tell me a straight forward method please. Just mainly including drying temps and humidity levels. Thanks

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Temps 68-70 humidity should be held at 50%. Now do not trust the dehumidifier for the reading though. The reading should be taken from the middle of the stash that is drying. Don't over crowd the area you want a little space between each plant for circulation reasons. Best idea is a weather station with the remote in the drying chamber in the middle of the drying product. (Some machines set to 50 bring it down to 45% before it shuts off. So all I say is set it where ever it needs to be set so that it's correct on the remote weather sensor on both temp and humidity.) The heat from the dehumidifier SHOULDN'T be blowing on the plants. Have a fan blowing GENTLY over the dehumidifier to mix air and keep temp even. The ventilation should be kept down as low as possible.

Now some houses like mine have a real low humidity level during the winter. If this is the case I manipulate my vent fan with a timer. So it turns on and off several times a day to allow the humidity to rise to 50 without going over! It's trial and error. Every area and situation is different. It won't take long just pay attention and once you figure out your area it will be easy.

Odin you are like a cactus running at a block of cheese. Friction guaranteed.

DobhythebakedElf said:

By the sounds of things I've been trimming to early, I literally cut buds straight down and trim same day. I read that I should leave them for a day in complete dark before cutting as it allows the sugars and chlorophyll to leave the plants.

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I'm in the 7th week of my tent/outdoor (when sunny) grow. When available, I'll post last summer's greenhouse flower with this (4th in my life) season's harvest - to illustrate how 5 weeks in a GH will out crystal-stack my tent/out-door (aka t/od). What I've found from 3 seasons of bud rot is: A tent needs (6) clip-fans going full-time when the plants are in there. Lights On and Off, or you'll get B.R. beginning in the 5th week. I feed mine Epsom salt (1) tsp/gal. and SnowStormUltra, and Budswel during bloom. I stop silica at the 5th week of bloom.
Aroma: An indica (northern hemisphere) cut-early at 47 days (56 standard) will cure in 60 days, to where even the tiny sugar leaves taste smooth. I left a gallon sealed jar at 62 rh with Tokyo (indica) still in it's secondary husks. They cure very well and were the most powerful. The secondary leaves fell away like paper, and the buds were so gummy, that 65-days after chop, I still have to leave them broken apart to evaporate the remaining "resin-trapped" chlorophyll.
A sativa needs 60-70 days (closer to the equator) to finish blooming. Cut early, at 47-days, there will be very little aroma, even after 60-days, and none will develop, and the weed will not have a true gum-ness when squeezed. I have 3-mason jars to experiment hash-making with, but garbage in, garbage out, so butter? Probably.
In summary, most mj needs a minimum of 56-days before chop. And then equator-plants like sativa need 60 to 70.
Farmer likes a 62-day chop, and an RH lower than 62.
HydroJoe told me yesterday: "I put the plants in complete darkness for one-full-day. The plants freak-out and produce more thc as a result". The next morning, he cuts them at their root base.
[And I'll hang mine upside down, removing the main branches quickly, and hanging those branches from Home Depot, small vinyl-tipped spring clips (37¢ ea.) over the rails of a 2x4 wire-mesh panel suspended at about a 6ft + reach-up.]
http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-3-4-in-Mini-Spring-Clamp-80001/100656782
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