Drying in a fridge

[Rwomen]

Your experiment will be different to mine, here’s a pic of my unit with bud in
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What are your plans with that? To put it in a frost free fridge and burp it into the fridge air periodically ?

Tested it out today, it was in fridge for 25 days.
Buds are not as tight as the water cured ones.
Smoked good I think it will be even better
after alittle time in a jar. Fun experiment that I
will do again for sure.

 

[Blue brother]

Tested it out today, it was in fridge for 25 days.
Buds are not as tight as the water cured ones.
Smoked good I think it will be even better
after alittle time in a jar. Fun experiment that I
will do again for sure.

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Good for gou. I noticed they shrank less which might be the same as you not thinking they’re not as tight. Well done for giving it a go, and thanks for being open minded

 

[Cannacal04]

Been using this method 4 years now... bar mini fridge dedicated 2 it but no dehumid inside or any sensor/readers, started with jars now I just use kitchen racks. Notice a smaller difference myself in taste and available terps depending on the strain but a huge one in burn quality AS LONG as you hit that under 65-66%rh zone. Stuff will sometimes look and feel done and ready to be jarred (ESP dense stuff I have botched parts of batches of numerous cookie x's this way lmao) but if its pushing 68-70%+ it will take like a month 2 actually develop some smell and never ends up tasting nice or not harsh even after MONTHS of curing I find and will never burn well salt and pepper at best. Doesn't always take weeks highly dependent on bud structure and density.. have had sativa leaning or landraceish stuff even the larger colas done in around a week 2x the size of cookie crosses that take forever multiple weeks. I also find it doesnt need as long of an initial cure before its a proper smoke majority of the time after a week in the jar daily burping its good 2 go. Had mold one time but think it was user error overfilling a jar because it was limited 2 just that. I would say the best part of it in my opinion is more times then not you can pretty well straight up capture the smell the plant had on the vine, when dried. Taste depends on the pheno kinda hit or miss but its always clean and smooth if done correctly, happy 2 see other people giving this a go

 

[Blue brother]

Been using this method 4 years now... bar mini fridge dedicated 2 it but no dehumid inside or any sensor/readers, started with jars now I just use kitchen racks. Notice a smaller difference myself in taste and available terps depending on the strain but a huge one in burn quality AS LONG as you hit that under 65-66%rh zone. Stuff will sometimes look and feel done and ready to be jarred (ESP dense stuff I have botched parts of batches of numerous cookie x's this way lmao) but if its pushing 68-70%+ it will take like a month 2 actually develop some smell and never ends up tasting nice or not harsh even after MONTHS of curing I find and will never burn well salt and pepper at best. Doesn't always take weeks highly dependent on bud structure and density.. have had sativa leaning or landraceish stuff even the larger colas done in around a week 2x the size of cookie crosses that take forever multiple weeks. I also find it doesnt need as long of an initial cure before its a proper smoke majority of the time after a week in the jar daily burping its good 2 go. Had mold one time but think it was user error overfilling a jar because it was limited 2 just that. I would say the best part of it in my opinion is more times then not you can pretty well straight up capture the smell the plant had on the vine, when dried. Taste depends on the pheno kinda hit or miss but its always clean and smooth if done correctly, happy 2 see other people giving this a go

Thank you for sharing, the more posts like this that make their way into this thread the less likely the next guy who reads it is to dismiss it as “bro science”

 

[Blue brother]

Been using this method 4 years now... bar mini fridge dedicated 2 it but no dehumid inside or any sensor/readers, started with jars now I just use kitchen racks. Notice a smaller difference myself in taste and available terps depending on the strain but a huge one in burn quality AS LONG as you hit that under 65-66%rh zone. Stuff will sometimes look and feel done and ready to be jarred (ESP dense stuff I have botched parts of batches of numerous cookie x's this way lmao) but if its pushing 68-70%+ it will take like a month 2 actually develop some smell and never ends up tasting nice or not harsh even after MONTHS of curing I find and will never burn well salt and pepper at best. Doesn't always take weeks highly dependent on bud structure and density.. have had sativa leaning or landraceish stuff even the larger colas done in around a week 2x the size of cookie crosses that take forever multiple weeks. I also find it doesnt need as long of an initial cure before its a proper smoke majority of the time after a week in the jar daily burping its good 2 go. Had mold one time but think it was user error overfilling a jar because it was limited 2 just that. I would say the best part of it in my opinion is more times then not you can pretty well straight up capture the smell the plant had on the vine, when dried. Taste depends on the pheno kinda hit or miss but its always clean and smooth if done correctly, happy 2 see other people giving this a go

Unrelated but can you please give me some details on those boards in ur pic? Are they uv and ir chips?

 

[Cannacal04]

Unrelated but can you please give me some details on those boards in ur pic? Are they uv and ir chips?

I'll pm you

 

[waterproof808]

The further reactions which occur without the interference of oxygen raise the potency significantly...

you mean "Retain" potency. Cannabinoid/terpene levels do not increase after a plant is cut down.

 

[Danky highser]

seen this thread and interested me for sure due to the low rh my house has in the winter. As this is my biggest problem in drying, mostly. Had some good Drying times for sure, but I wanted a more controlled method without wasting space to dry so I can start a perpetual grow in my tents.

Bought a thermoelectric wine cooler and ink bird temp controller to keep my wine chiller between 66-69 F. Had one dehumidifier in unit. Took about 8 days and I had to watch the buds everyday because some was getting to dry by the fan in the fridge and by dehumidifier. didn't try to cut the whole plant to dry, instead cut each branch to rest on the wire rack


I call it the cannatron

turned out pretty descent mostly Smell more terps and taste more when I break the bud open. I think the fridge and dehumidifier took some smell but I didn’t know if I had to introduce the buds back to room temp slowly for the cure or cure in fridge. I trimmed and started curing in a jar at room temp not to much burping required.

bought a ink bird humidity controller because my only problem is the dehumidifier was working to well at one point my rh stayed at 40-55 and when it dropped to the low end I turned it off and checked periodically before it was out of range at 65ish. Next run in a couple months ill be using both ink bird controllers and trying to dry a whole plant instead. This method excelled for the winter time big research surprise thanks for the idea!

 

[Blue brother]

seen this thread and interested me for sure due to the low rh my house has in the winter. As this is my biggest problem in drying, mostly. Had some good Drying times for sure, but I wanted a more controlled method without wasting space to dry so I can start a perpetual grow in my tents.

Bought a thermoelectric wine cooler and ink bird temp controller to keep my wine chiller between 66-69 F. Had one dehumidifier in unit. Took about 8 days and I had to watch the buds everyday because some was getting to dry by the fan in the fridge and by dehumidifier. didn't try to cut the whole plant to dry, instead cut each branch to rest on the wire rack

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I call it the cannatron

turned out pretty descent mostly Smell more terps and taste more when I break the bud open. I think the fridge and dehumidifier took some smell but I didn’t know if I had to introduce the buds back to room temp slowly for the cure or cure in fridge. I trimmed and started curing in a jar at room temp not to much burping required.

bought a ink bird humidity controller because my only problem is the dehumidifier was working to well at one point my rh stayed at 40-55 and when it dropped to the low end I turned it off and checked periodically before it was out of range at 65ish. Next run in a couple months ill be using both ink bird controllers and trying to dry a whole plant instead. This method excelled for the winter time big research surprise thanks for the idea!

Amazing mate I was wondering how long it would be before someone else built one. I set the rh to 62 for the dry and then slowly take it down to 58 for the cure, and I mainly use it for storage of buds in glass jars between harvests set at 58. I do periodically dampen a sponge that sits in a tray of my unit once the drying is finished, just cause when I open the door to grab a jar the humidity drops

hth
And great work

blue

 

[crimsonecho]

kinda interested as i’m actually stuck drying in my grow room currently and temps are a bitch in there but how can i dry properly in such a dry environment? sorry missed about 8 pages maybe but were your fridges like this too?

 

[rootforme]

I use a thermoelectric humidor with the cedar wood removed, custom wire shelves, and a size 320 bovida pack 58%, and the humidor stays at 60/60.

 

[Blue brother]

kinda interested as i’m actually stuck drying in my grow room currently and temps are a bitch in there but how can i dry properly in such a dry environment? sorry missed about 8 pages maybe but were your fridges like this too?

It’s so dry because there’s nothing in it. Still though you have to control the loss of water, in a compressor type fridge it can go bad quick if you don’t find a way to slow down the water loss, in my thermoelectric fridge I have a dehumidifier on an inkbird set at 62 for the drying stage. I wanna try using grove bags with buds in them in a compressor fridge at some point too, so maybe that’s an avenue you could explore

hth
Blue

 

[crimsonecho]

It’s so dry because there’s nothing in it. Still though you have to control the loss of water, in a compressor type fridge it can go bad quick if you don’t find a way to slow down the water loss, in my thermoelectric fridge I have a dehumidifier on an inkbird set at 62 for the drying stage. I wanna try using grove bags with buds in them in a compressor fridge at some point too, so maybe that’s an avenue you could explore

hth
Blue

you mean paper bags or what? what are grove bags
i’d really like to hang them whole as a plant but in that case its gonna dry too fast i guess i can put some wet sponges and shit but wouldnt that push the compressor a little too much?

 

[Blue brother]

you mean paper bags or what? what are grove bags
i’d really like to hang them whole as a plant but in that case its gonna dry too fast i guess i can put some wet sponges and shit but wouldnt that push the compressor a little too much?

Grove bags are these new storage bags for weed that are breathable and also self regulates humidity inside, sure they work at 60% or so. Google grove bags and you’ll see what I mean, a lot of commercial ops are curing in them these days. You could use paper bags or plastic tubs or whatever and periodically burp them into the fridge but opening the fridge causes hell on with the parameters lol

 

[crimsonecho]

Grove bags are these new storage bags for weed that are breathable and also self regulates humidity inside, sure they work at 60% or so. Google grove bags and you’ll see what I mean, a lot of commercial ops are curing in them these days. You could use paper bags or plastic tubs or whatever and periodically burp them into the fridge but opening the fridge causes hell on with the parameters lol

sound cool the grove bags but i‘m sure i cant get them over here. not based in us. maybe i can go with brown bags or yeah my house has very high rh 60-65 maybe i can periodically open the fridge door to replenish the air and humidity?

 

[xtsho]

seen this thread and interested me for sure due to the low rh my house has in the winter. As this is my biggest problem in drying, mostly. Had some good Drying times for sure, but I wanted a more controlled method without wasting space to dry so I can start a perpetual grow in my tents.

Bought a thermoelectric wine cooler and ink bird temp controller to keep my wine chiller between 66-69 F. Had one dehumidifier in unit. Took about 8 days and I had to watch the buds everyday because some was getting to dry by the fan in the fridge and by dehumidifier. didn't try to cut the whole plant to dry, instead cut each branch to rest on the wire rack

View attachment 5099537
I call it the cannatron

turned out pretty descent mostly Smell more terps and taste more when I break the bud open. I think the fridge and dehumidifier took some smell but I didn’t know if I had to introduce the buds back to room temp slowly for the cure or cure in fridge. I trimmed and started curing in a jar at room temp not to much burping required.

bought a ink bird humidity controller because my only problem is the dehumidifier was working to well at one point my rh stayed at 40-55 and when it dropped to the low end I turned it off and checked periodically before it was out of range at 65ish. Next run in a couple months ill be using both ink bird controllers and trying to dry a whole plant instead. This method excelled for the winter time big research surprise thanks for the idea!

You harvested that? It looks like it just started to flower. You chopped much too early. It's all white pistils. You need to learn what a finished plant looks like because that's not even close.

 

[Blue brother]

sound cool the grove bags but i‘m sure i cant get them over here. not based in us. maybe i can go with brown bags or yeah my house has very high rh 60-65 maybe i can periodically open the fridge door to replenish the air and humidity?

I’m in the U.K. and can get my hands on them,

once you fill your fridge with buds the rh is gonna go sky high mate, the problem isn’t getting the water into the air, it’s controlling it and keeping it at ~60, remember the colder the air is the less water it can hold before it turns to condensation on the back of the fridge and runs out the drain. Then you’ve lost that water and Mebys ruined the process.

The reason you burp a container in the fridge is to allow the moisture to escape from around the buds so they don’t go moldy, then the compressor takescare of the moisture once it’s out the container .
I have to say though depending on how much wanting to dry and how much ur willing to spend then a diy like mine is a much safer option for your first journey into the technique

 

[crimsonecho]

I’m in the U.K. and can get my hands on them,

once you fill your fridge with buds the rh is gonna go sky high mate, the problem isn’t getting the water into the air, it’s controlling it and keeping it at ~60, remember the colder the air is the less water it can hold before it turns to condensation on the back of the fridge and runs out the drain. Then you’ve lost that water and Mebys ruined the process.

The reason you burp a container in the fridge is to allow the moisture to escape from around the buds so they don’t go moldy, then the compressor takescare of the moisture once it’s out the container .
I have to say though depending on how much wanting to dry and how much ur willing to spend then a diy like mine is a much safer option for your first journey into the technique

will look into buying those bags. thanks i might pick your brain down the line again.

 

[Blue brother]

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!​

 

[Blue brother]

This time I’m trying to go for a shorter dry, having the unit set at 12 and 58 from the start. The inkbird has a 2% offset so it gets upto 60 and back down to 58.

just an experiment with one plant as I’ve seen cannatrol users getting good results from around 14 days start to finish