Struggling to get jars below 74% humidity

In second week of curing . And can't get hats below 74%
.room temperature if particularly humid but I usually run fans . Which really doesn't make a while lot of difference in the space I'm in.

The bud was dried for 5 days with bend and snap stems so it was ready to go

Joker90 said:

In second week of curing . And can't get hats below 74%
.room temperature if particularly humid but I usually run fans . Which really doesn't make a while lot of difference in the space I'm in.

The bud was dried for 5 days with bend and snap stems so it was ready to go

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Open them up and run a fan over the top.

What is the RH in the room? If the normal RH in the room is 70. You will never get the jar below that. So you may need to dehumidifier a room first. If you blow 70% rh into a jar it is not going to help lower it. Need to exchange the air with dryer air.

I put mine in a grow bag in my tent with the lids off and a cloth over them. Took about three days.

Empty them out of the jars and spread them out for an hour or two.

Joker90 said:

In second week of curing . And can't get hats below 74%
.room temperature if particularly humid but I usually run fans . Which really doesn't make a while lot of difference in the space I'm in.

The bud was dried for 5 days with bend and snap stems so it was ready to go

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You shouldnt be trying to cure at that point. They should still be hanging.
If they are still hanging, it shouldnt be long before you can jar.

Boatguy said:

You shouldnt be trying to cure at that point. They should still be hanging.
If they are still hanging, it shouldnt be long before you can jar.

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Why would you leave hang for almost 3 weeks? When do you jar or whatever method

Mattcheck said:

Why would you leave hang for almost 3 weeks? When do you jar or whatever method

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Depends on the time of year.
In the winter my in house humidity is near zero, so i have to resort to brown bagging and ziplocks back and forth to slow down the dry after a week or so of hanging.
This time of year in my garage, humidity is pretty high and temps are mid 50's and it is 3 weeks before they hit the jar.

If they are anywhere in the 70% range within 24 hrs of jarring, they get laid back out for 8 hours and then i retry the jars. No burping of anything till i see 62

Mattcheck said:

Why would you leave hang for almost 3 weeks?

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To dry it proper maybe?

Dump into paper grocery bag for about 12 hrs then back in the jars. Repeat if RH stays above like 67 sustained

^^^^^^ beat me to it.

Brown bag them … bag will allow drying but not too quickly. Toss in a hygrometer to monitor . Roll bag occasionally to reduce clumping.

As stated above, that weed shouldn't even be in a jar if they're reading 72%. 72% + jars = mold.

Mattcheck said:

Why would you leave hang for almost 3 weeks? When do you jar or whatever method

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I know folks that dry at lower than average Temps that hang for a month or more. there is no 'correct" amount of time to hang plants. they hang until they are done.

I usually open mine up and set the lid on top of them upside down so it only covers half the opening and leave it in front of my dehumidifier overnight usually always feel better and smells better the next day the next time I burp the jar there is a significant difference in it remember the bud will moisten back up a good bit when put in the jar especially if the bud is above ten or fifteen percent moist still

I've had bad luck drying in glass jars. Once buds are trimmed off larger branches, I will put in glass jars with a humidity meter, but to continue drying buds will be removed and put in paper bags for a short period of time. Maybe 15 minutes, but it depends a lot on atmospheric humidity, then back in the jar to take another humidity reading after 24 hours or so. In my area, noon to 4 PM is generally the driest time of day. Weather Underground predicts and graphs humidity on their 10 day forecast.

I have to hang some of mine for three weeks to get just right I also have to hang over two hundred plants in a months time for outdoor harvest sometimes and with that volume the moisture will set in the air for a while all depends on where you live and what you dry in if you build a room just for drying that pulls the moister out with negative pressure you’ll dry it in like three days if you live in Arizona and have a nice shed prolly a week I live in north east America it’s wet here a lot of the time and humidity Hoover’s around 65 and 75 percent all the time if not in the winter months so it takes time man if you want to do it right take into consideration all your variables air flow ,heat ,cool ,darkness, humidity, fresh air transfer, spacing of plants ,thickness of buds was it a rainy season ,how wet was your medium when you cut them down, all of it factors into dry time and you want it to be around a ten to fifteen percent moisture content when it goes into the jars or whatever your curing in

I’ve done the paper thing a lot too if I notice there a little sponge throw them in a grocery paper bag for a few days and pulls the moisture right out

Sidram420 said:

I also have to hang over two hundred plants in a months time

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Lol.. Your posting history does not jive with that

Thats prime mold environment. If you get a sunny day i’d spread em in bright sunlight for an hour.

Boatguy said:

Lol.. Your posting history does not jive with that

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My post history does too brother I do indoor space 5x10 scrog and did 185 outdoor this year 175 last year 100 pinapple express 2. 50 green poison fast 25 fast master and ten sour diesel thank you very much No need to lie we don’t know each other

Sidram420 said:

My post history does too brother

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Really sticking to the macho man lingo.. Good for you