Weed drying too fast? I found what works for me

Iceman8700 said:

just read this again...bro..u seem like a legend living in a coastal area..
if im not bothering u much, can you pls elaborate with step by step instructions....will do all i can to follow it religiously..

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Nizza said:

I’ll do what I can to help bro!

The enemy of mold is air flow which I’m sure you already know, so yes I have done like you are planning. Get the RH knocked down then bring it to the air conditioned room open things for an hour in the dry room and get the rh down below 62%

Where I li isn’t always humid
If it’s dry I do a dry trim
If it’s humid I do a wet trim to help avoid mold during drying

your goal is a 7-14 day dry, not too fast and not so slow that mold develops

heat and light are bad for drying

I actually use a dehydrator called my herbs now dryer when it’s super humid and do a 3-4 day dry. I’m not entirely comfortable using this product yet though

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Iceman8700 said:

Thank you for the like..
Well i just figured..i have a bedroom with an ac and can used the attached batroom to dry the buds..
I can get the temps down to 78f and rh drops to 40-45%...
i was thinking would it be fine hanging buds in that rh. Of course the 1st 2 days it would be more humid..say 65%..but without the buds...these conditions..will it work?
So hang dry for how many days? And paper bags? Pls help with this little hope i think i can make adjustments for..

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2Hearts said:

Ill put this here, maybe you should do some reading first -

https://www.rollitup.org/t/drying-the-right-way-wrong.1019280/

This current thread is old and you might be holding your breath a long time for the op to reply.

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Iceman8700 said:

hi there obijohn..pls help..
basically, lemme give you an idea of my conditions.
i live near the equator and temps here are always between 86f to 92f. (95f is canopy temps...lol) rh is mostly between 60-70%. im managing to pull it off somehow in dwc (water temps 89f) with a dry harvest of 120gms per plant. im achieving this through vpd, defoliation and maintaining water levels during veg to avoid root rot. no ac used..cant understand the need to if im pulling this off well. the problem im facing is being able to dry and cure in these conditions. lost 2 harvest to hay smelling weed and my last grow i dried hanging them in my tent for for 2 days without the inline fn running, 3rd day with the fan on and started loosing the smell on the buds soon. so i put them in open paper bags and popped them into the freezer for 2+ weeks. took them out after that and waited till they reached room temps (86f), bottled them and burped daily for 10mins for the first 4 days and bu the second week after jarring they were smelling good and tasted great. but still the idea of having to put them in the freezer wasnt sitting well with me (though it turned to be a good smoke) and wanted to do this another way and after a week of searching came across your post. saviour!
so my question is, since my temps are always at 86f and rh between 60-70%, how would you think if i let them hang dry like you did for 2-3 days without the inline fan running and bag them as the outsides get crisper?
will there be a possibility of getting mold and will i loose the good smell in the bags? (the last time i started loosing the smell after day 2 hanging them).
do i need to open the bags daily to check on them or is it best to just shake them gently for 2-3 days and them open to check on them after that?
pls give in your thoughts on how i can can still cure well with these conditions..
thank you

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obijohn said:

haha I was WTF when I saw a notification for this thread! I actually hadn't been on here for 5-6 years and just came back few weeks back because I started growing again. My county had banned outdoor growing. Figured fuck it and bought a few clones, keeping it small compared to my 10-12 plant grows I did for several years.





I'm no super expert on this, I just found my method worked through trial and error over 3-4 years. Obviously you want to take your local conditions into account. I'm not sure why you'd want to put weed in the freezer as part of the curing process, not really seeing the benefit. I've heard that freezing can damage the trichs and make them prone to fall off, although I did store some jarred bud in my freezer to keep it fresh after curing, and didn't really notice any trichs falling off or lessened quality, although your mileage may vary.

I'm in Northern Ca and it does get somewhat dry here (summer/fall temps typically 90's to low 100's), but you're on the equator. See what works for you, but IMO hanging them in the open too long is bad, as I said earlier I bagged in brown paper grocery bags when the outside of the buds started feeling crispy, which was within a few days where I'm at. I rolled the top of the bags shut. Every days I'd open them up, move the buds (still attached to the stem) around and leave the bag open a short time and closed it up again. I pretty much let them cure this way before jarring, although I'd open and check the jars regularly to let any excess moisture out and make sure they wouldn't mold.

I would think having a fan blow on the branches/buds would dry them too fast, I tried that once and almost ruined them. You want slow but not so slow you risk getting mold

Honestly, there are many growers here with more experience and different methods for curing, so do your research and see what works best.

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LinguaPeel said:

Hey guys I have a new TEK i invented. You starve a plant of water for a month then put a black trash bag over it when it's dry enough. . No trimming allowed, these girls don't need visual appeal. I call it Ramadan Burka TEK.

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LinguaPeel said:

Hey guys I have a new TEK i invented. You starve a plant of water for a month then put a black trash bag over it when it's dry enough. . No trimming allowed, these girls don't need visual appeal. I call it Ramadan Burka TEK.

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