Drying and mold

[westpoint]

I hung a large plant whole with fan leaves removed only in my 2x2 drying tent yesterday. I have my temp as low as I can at 72 degrees. My humidity is locked in at 59-60%. My concern is, even though I have an exhaust pulling air through and passive intake and expelling the air inside the tent, is that enough to ward off mold? (AC Infinity 4" on setting number 3). I have a small fan in there but I have it off as I do not want to dry too fast. Is it safe to say as long as my humidity stays at or under 60% I should have nothing to worry about, or do I need to kick the fan on inside the tent?

Thanks.

 

[waterproof808]

I would use the fan inside to circulate the air but not pointed directly at any buds. Humid air rises, so you dont want that humid air staying at the top of the tent.

 

[westpoint]

I would use the fan inside to circulate the air but not pointed directly at any buds. Humid air rises, so you dont want that humid air staying at the top of the tent.

Just seems like a ton of air flow that may dry buds too fast even on a low setting. hmmmmm

 

[harrychilds]

Put a fan on the floor so it's not blowing directly onto the plants, cut the plants and hang them upside down with some rope. The best temps and humidity for drying weed is 15c and 60% RH

 

[Herb & Suds]

Fan or no 72f is too high
It will be dry in mere days if you continue with a fan

 

[westpoint]

Fan or no 72f is too high
It will be dry in mere days if you continue with a fan

Took 10 days for branches wet trimmed to not even snap small stems at the same temp and humidity last week. Js.
I have no way of lowering the temp. It ranges from 68-72. Humidity stays constant at 60.

 

[Billy the Mountain]

72f is not optimal but you should have no problem getting it dried properly

I can only get down to 70f now vs 60f in the winter; I've never noticed a difference in the end result

 

[westpoint]

72f is not optimal but you should have no problem getting it dried properly

I can only get down to 70f now vs 60f in the winter; I've never noticed a difference in the end result

Yeah summer here is a biatch.

 

[Week4@inCharge]

My dumb ass tried the brown paper bag thing, even after reading it's not a good idea... white fungus galore.. Back to hanging from now on.

 

[Herb & Suds]

My dumb ass tried the brown paper bag thing, even after reading it's not a good idea... white fungus galore.. Back to hanging from now on.

It’s an open and close then open thing
High maintenance at the least

 

[Week4@inCharge]

Yeah summer here is a biatch.

Try drying at 79' indoors... outside it's 110 average in the summers. My smoke comes out good enough, I understand some canabanoids die at that temperature when drying, but not all of them.

 

[wakenbake91]

I've never been able to get my drying temps anywhere near lower than 70 and my smokes always came out fire

 

[Stunx]

I have dried a few whole plants at 71-74 degrees, I didn't have mold issues, I simply had dry too fast issues. Pretty much the same conditions you described, I was in a 2 by 3, exhaust on, small fan on low pointed down

 

[HydroKid239]

Get a 5 gal bucket & 2 bags of ice. Rotate the bags of ice in the bucket/(&freezer) in the tent. Keep exhaust on low & small fan pointing to the floor on low. Keep maintaining the bag of ice in the bucket. It will dip your temp in the zipped tent for a little while sitting in a room at 68-72f.
It should anyways

 

[Week4@inCharge]

I have dried a few whole plants at 71-74 degrees, I didn't have mold issues, I simply had dry too fast issues. Pretty much the same conditions you described, I was in a 2 by 3, exhaust on, small fan on low pointed down

In this kind of environment I try to keep the room the tent is in at least 60% humidity. I've never had a dry go any longer than a week. Like mentioned above if I had stayed on top of the buds in the paper bags I've might have been able to stretch it to 2 weeks. I'm contemplating using that ice in 5 gallon buckets idea next session.

 

[Stunx]

In this kind of environment I try to keep the room the tent is in at least 60% humidity. I've never had a dry go any longer than a week. Like mentioned above if I had stayed on top of the buds in the paper bags I've might have been able to stretch it to 2 weeks. I'm contemplating using that ice in 5 gallon buckets idea next session.

I ended up buying a small portable AC that I ran as needed, which wasn't very much actually

 

[Week4@inCharge]

I ended up buying a small portable AC that I ran as needed, which wasn't very much actually

I got a story about portable ac units. Maybe my sad story can help ya. I grabbed a unit for my 4x8 tent that was sitting in my garage. Long story short. The air it was sucking in from the garage was out pacing the humidifier I had in the tent. Buds dried super fast, too fast ...but they were nice and cool. I ended up taking the unit back. Love Home Depot's return policy.

 

[StonedGardener]

I hung a large plant whole with fan leaves removed only in my 2x2 drying tent yesterday. I have my temp as low as I can at 72 degrees. My humidity is locked in at 59-60%. My concern is, even though I have an exhaust pulling air through and passive intake and expelling the air inside the tent, is that enough to ward off mold? (AC Infinity 4" on setting number 3). I have a small fan in there but I have it off as I do not want to dry too fast. Is it safe to say as long as my humidity stays at or under 60% I should have nothing to worry about, or do I need to kick the fan on inside the tent?

Thanks.

After all the f'ing hours put in to producing a crop and then ....mold , what a sad site. Enough to piss off the Pope ! Shooting for that perfect dry and cure can really blow the fuck up. A big moldy hanging plant , a big jar of buds that went to Hell. I'm very cautious at that stage of the process. I'd rather smoke weed dried a tad to fast at lower humidity and cured to a point where it may be a bit dry than lose it all to mold.
I always catch a great buzz from my weed but I don't from moldy weed that I don’t smoke , obviously. To fuck it all up at the end is a nightmare.

 

[husita]

Forget some branches in my drying room for 3 months and what happend? Yes, its mold.