Drying in a fridge

[Blue brother]

Like I said I didn’t need convincing either way, I’ve spent months reading about this, I’m not here to convince anyone else either. Was simply wondering if anyone who’d tried it had experience to share.

btw a fridge absolutely dries fruit and veg out, the reason we put them in the crisper is to keep the humidity high and to slow down the dry. Leave a piece of meat uncovered in the fridge and it’s much dryer after just one day.

This method definitely works, it’s there for anyone to read about, it’s known as the lotus dry and cure. People been doing it for years and swear it has improved the quality of their end product. The science of cold temps preserving terpenes by way of not allowing the volatile compounds to evaporate is undeniable. So much so that everyone tries to dry low and slow, or freeze dries, what’s wrong with lower and slower.

 

[DrOgkush]

Like I said I didn’t need convincing either way, I’ve spent months reading about this, I’m not here to convince anyone else either. Was simply wondering if anyone who’d tried it had experience to share.

btw a fridge absolutely dries fruit and veg out, the reason we put them in the crisper is to keep the humidity high and to slow down the dry. Leave a piece of meat uncovered in the fridge and it’s much dryer after just one day.

This method definitely works, it’s there for anyone to read about, it’s known as the lotus dry and cure. People been doing it for years and swear it has improved the quality of their end product. The science of cold temps preserving terpenes by way of not allowing the volatile compounds to evaporate is undeniable. So much so that everyone tries to dry low and slow, or freeze dries, what’s wrong with lower and slower.

Because that’s when mold forms. The fridge is a sealed jar. What’s your method of oxygen and allowing it to actually dry.

 

[Sidram420]

Am I the only one who puts salads ingredients in the fridge? Lettuce cabbage spinach kale etc. that doesn’t dry out. And heads of lettuce are completely exposed because we blow thru them. They don’t dry out. They turn red and gooey and mush.

cannabis flowers have to be dried slow. Yes. Cooler Temps. Yes. But as far as I’m concerned. The optimal is 60h-60f
A fridge is 80h-40f. No way. Mold for sure

If not mold which a fridge is the perfect environment for it then you’ll have a bunch that retains its moisture remember how refrigeration works it’s the removal of warm and hot air not just the influx of cold I’m not sure but I imagine a fridge has a high moisture content mine does and if you open and close it regularly you invite more moisture if it works I’d love to see a picture of the end product I’ve never tried so i do not know but am a refrigeration tech been for twenty five plus years and moisture removal from a product In The fridge at average 38 to 42 degree temps will take along time

 

[Blue brother]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Autoflowers/comments/m3q0ce

Thumbs Up on Frigidare Drying Method

Since I've been growing, nothing strikes fear in me more than the drying process. Curing is pretty easy and straightforward, but drying is walking a very thin line between drying too quickly and getting mold or mildew. Both can happen overnight and strike without warning. About 6 months ago I...

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DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying: Maximizing Your Harvest

Since beginning this thread we've had a member show up who'd spent the years since 1993 refining this very process. He's already worked out what we were trying to discover - the most favorable atmospheric conditions, how to adjust humidity levels when it's time to jar it up, and for that matter...

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[Blue brother]

There’s a ton more but there’s a few

 

[Sidram420]

Hey don’t knock it till you try it right

 

[Boatguy]

There’s a ton more but there’s a few

Neither of those have shown any success with this technique. Both appear to be having issues, and looking for ways to reduce humidity.

 

[Blue brother]

Hey don’t knock it till you try it right

Cannatrol Cool Cure – Cannatrol

www.cannatrols.com

This is essentially a wine fridge, pettier device. You probs have more knowledge about how they work than me

 

[Blue brother]

Neither of those have shown any success with this technique. Both appear to be having issues, and looking for ways to reduce humidity.

Yyou read that full thread before coming back and saying that?

 

[Boatguy]

Yyou read that full thread before coming back and saying that?

No. Is there a particular post # that shows some kind of success without predrying or wrapping and rewrapping in newspapers

 

[Blue brother]

Neither of those have shown any success with this technique. Both appear to be having issues, and looking for ways to reduce humidity.
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[Blue brother]

No. Is there a particular post # that shows some kind of success without predrying or wrapping and rewrapping in newspapers

DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying: Maximizing Your Harvest

Hey everybody on this great thread! Thanks Dr. Ziggy and thanks Sweet Sue!! Bout to harvest a plant m tired of dealing with her ir he/she throwing bananas. I am at week nine with her and dont want her to do anymore harm to her sisiter that she might have already done. Wondering if i should...

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[Boatguy]

That particular post does not say anything of the sort.

"It would probably take a month to fully dry in there, so i am experimenting to see if pre drying allitle helps before the fridge"

That second link is just as useless.. Why dont you dump 70 oz in the frridge and prove yourself correct

 

[Blue brother]

That particular post does not say anything of the sort.

"It would probably take a month to fully dry in there, so i am experimenting to see if pre drying allitle helps before the fridge"

That second link is just as useless.. Why dont you dump 70 oz in the frridge and prove yourself correct

Didn’t you see the part where he said for him so far it’s worked great, no mold at all? The last sentence right before that bit you’ve just quoted?

 

[Boatguy]

Didn’t you see the part where he said for him so far it’s worked great, no mold at all? The last sentence right before that bit you’ve just quoted?

The use of the words "probably", and "experimenting", kind of made it seem as though he never finished the experiment

 

[Blue brother]

The use of the words "probably", and "experimenting", kind of made it seem as though he never finished the experiment

So again you didn’t read the thread?

 

[Blue brother]

I don’t need convincing either way, nor am I here to convince anyone who can’t wrap their head around how a frost free fridge freezer works and how the process can be beneficial to us.

I simply wondered if anyone had tried it and what size fridge compartment they used for how much wet material.
I could’ve spent mad energy explaining how a frost free fridge freezer works, or how a wine fridge manages humidity, could’ve went into the evaporation of volatile compounds at different temperatures. But it would’ve been a waste of energy, I’m not here to convince anyone.

 

[DrOgkush]

We’re not talking freezer. We’re not talking wine storage. You said fridge. Run with what you said.

 

[DrOgkush]

The freeze drying and the wine storage already have plenty of success

 

[Blue brother]

omg read the first post where I say I’m torn between using a wine fridge or a frost free fridge.