Room temp during dry

I_grow_weed said:

If there is a will, there is a way

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More like if you've got the money, more AC exists! lol

ElGrandeMongo said:

I was hoping to harvest this weekend, but with record breaking heat and subpar AC I don't think that's going to happen.

Good to see the ideas here on how to deal with drying in higher temps... But living in a heavily insulated place near the arctic, I think my only choice is to wait until the weather cools. There's no way my portable AC unit can keep up with the temps in my place in this type of heat.
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I was drying shit last week and it was 45c where I'm at. Cardboard box is legit.

easy-cut/trim into paper bags then into a box into grow room, 5-7 days remove put into jars or oven bags presto... easy as

Dank Bongula said:

I was drying shit last week and it was 45c where I'm at. Cardboard box is legit.

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I was skimming while I was at work and missed the frozen bottles. Brilliant! It's hot and dry here, I might try a variation of what you have going on! Freeze 4-5 2L bottles. Hang plants top of tent. Frozen bottles on tent floor with small circulation fan on floor blowing over bottles. Swap bottles out every 8-12 hours

Dank Bongula said:

I was drying shit last week and it was 45c where I'm at. Cardboard box is legit.

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One for follow up if you don’t mind. For the frozen bottles, do I want the lids off or on, if that makes a difference-and do I want a small clip fan inside on the bottles?

After they froze I put the caps back on to prevent leaking when they thaw. I did not put a fan inside the box. Had a ceiling fan overhead on and an oscillating fan aimed in the general direction of the box

ElGrandeMongo said:

I was hoping to harvest this weekend, but with record breaking heat and subpar AC I don't think that's going to happen.

Good to see the ideas here on how to deal with drying in higher temps... But living in a heavily insulated place near the arctic, I think my only choice is to wait until the weather cools. There's no way my portable AC unit can keep up with the temps in my place in this type of heat.
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This looks like alberta temps

Dank Bongula said:

After they froze I put the caps back on to prevent leaking when they thaw. I did not put a fan inside the box. Had a ceiling fan overhead on and an oscillating fan aimed in the general direction of the box

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Kk, thanks again. I’m heading to the hardware store later today, so don’t be surprised if I hit you with some pics of my final product lol

bk78 said:

This looks like alberta temps

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Edmonton area. It keeps getting worse each time I check too. Just my luck to have record breaking heat right at my harvest time.

I was reading that we've only had 5 days above 30C in before the end of June in the past 10 years. About to get 5 or 6 in a row this year.

ElGrandeMongo said:

Edmonton area. It keeps getting worse each time I check too. Just my luck to have record breaking heat right at my harvest time.

I was reading that we've only had 5 days above 30C in before the end of June in the past 10 years. About to get 5 or 6 in a row this year.

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Same dude. Thank fuck for having central air

Not looking forward to Monday and Tuesday at work fml. I work outside.

Edit to add fml I never seen Wednesday and Thursday too FUCK

Yeah my AC is insufficient. I picked up a 14k BTU portable AC at costco, but it struggled with the 29C days to cool my place. My place is basically full sun from 11am to 11pm, and insulated well so it ends up hot and staying hot through the night. Basically living in a solar oven. Putting that little AC unit to the test lol.

Let's hope it drops after Thursday. That's plenty of heat for this far north.

ElGrandeMongo said:

Yeah my AC is insufficient. I picked up a 14k BTU portable AC at costco, but it struggled with the 29C days to cool my place. My place is basically full sun from 11am to 11pm, and insulated well so it ends up hot and staying hot through the night. Basically living in a solar oven. Putting that little AC unit to the test lol.

Let's hope it drops after Thursday. That's plenty of heat for this far north.

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One reason I shut down growing from June to august lol.

Was later than expected on this one, but was also hoping to shut er down for July and August (except maybe an LED or two to veg something big to flip in September )

bk78 said:

One reason I shut down growing from June to august lol.

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I'll be doing the same where I am.

Cardboard box during summer or winter is always a 10-12 day dry every time for me anyway

Not in Canada but totally understand the idea of shutting down over Summer. This year I am vegging over Summer to take advantage of the higher temps and rh that comes with it.

It's only jealously that makes me laugh that a few days in the 90s is way hot for y'all!

ComfortCreator said:

Not in Canada but totally understand the idea of shutting down over Summer. This year I am vegging over Summer to take advantage of the higher temps and rh that comes with it.

It's only jealously that makes me laugh that a few days in the 90s is way hot for y'all!

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Our homes are so insulated and usually without AC, so when it gets into the 90s it will be hotter inside than out, which as you can imagine is unpleasant...

If your house is well insulated it should be pretty easy to keep cool. It’s 110-120f almost every day July-August where I’m at, if you can put shade cloth or something outside to keep the sun off the side of the house it will make a huge difference.

That, keeping windows covered and a solid window ac are crucial to keeping things comfortable without costing a crazy amount of electricity.

Definitely need a fan for circulation. Or you'll get white furs growing on your denser buds.

Remember what mould likes. Warm stale air

Dank Bongula said:

I'll be doing the same where I am.

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So I started working on my wardrobe box for drying and testing out RH/temp.
First off, is this what you were describing? I know you mentioned making C cuts, I have one on each side of the box.
My other follow up, how many bottles of frozen water do you place inside?
I tested with just a 1 liter frozen bottle, dropped the temp at the bottom of the box by 5°, down to 70, but the top of the box was still in the 75° range.
Should I just add more bottles, or do you think 75° with an appropriate RH is manageable?