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Coco-garden

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The problem is my humidifier got left on in my dry tent while the fans got turned off while I was at work. The plants were dry now they are wet again and smell like hay. There doesn’t seem to be any mold right now but what should I do? Can I save the crop?
 
Coco-garden said:
The problem is my humidifier got left on in my dry tent while the fans got turned off while I was at work. The plants were dry now they are wet again and smell like hay. There doesn’t seem to be any mold right now but what should I do? Can I save the crop?
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How long have they been hanging there? How long was the fan off for?
 
Coco-garden said:
10 hours and they have been hanging for a week. They were dry enough to cut down today and was about to trim when I got home. Now they are wet again and have very flexible stems.
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They weren't ready in a week is you were keeping the humidity up. I'd let them run another week and keep an eye on them.
 
Nope_49595933949 said:
They weren't ready in a week is you were keeping the humidity up. I'd let them run another week and keep an eye on them.
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The humidity was a little low that’s why I added the humidifier in there. The stems cracked that’s how I knew they were ready. I don’t have a moisture meter or anything but yah it seems like that’s all I’m gunna be able to do is wait and hope it comes out fine.
 
Coco-garden said:
The humidity was a little low that’s why I added the humidifier in there. The stems cracked that’s how I knew they were ready. I don’t have a moisture meter or anything but yah it seems like that’s all I’m gunna be able to do is wait and hope it comes out fine.
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A week is way too fast anyways.
 
Nope_49595933949 said:
A week is way too fast anyways.
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Yes I know I normally trim in about 10 days but like I said humidity was lower for a few days. I’ve been working a lot and haven’t been able to keep an eye on it while at work. Besides that point that’s the lease of my concern right now lol
 
You can't save it, they dried out too fast. It should take at least a week before your buds are dry after harvest. Smoke it or if you plan to sell it just do it at a big discount and let them know what happened, it'll still get you high so long as it didn't get too hot in the tent during drying.

Drying too quickly will cause terpenes to degrade and chlorophyll to break down too quickly generating that hay smell & taste.

Here's from my notes, this method works every time. The slower you can drag out the cure with these steps the better.
Drying & Curing for Quality
  1. Harvest plants when ready
  2. Chop branches into a length you can comfortably pluck the fan leaves off
  3. Pluck all fan leaves off the branches then hang on clothes hanger (Mainly shoot for leaves with long stems/tails)
  4. Hang clothes hanger in a dark room/tent/closet at 60-65 °F | 60-65% RH
  5. Have a ventilation fan or some form of fan to move air in the space but not directly blow onto the branches. Passive airflow is key to avoiding the grass smell from too fast of drying.
  6. Usually 14-16 days later the buds will be crispy and dry enough to trim (make sure stems snap and don't fold like a straw)
  7. Trim buds, remove excess stem and put into a sealed container
  8. Open the sealed container once a day for 10-20 mins and move buds around gently to aerate everything with fresh air until desired result.
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calvin.m16 said:
You can't save it, they dried out too fast. It should take at least a week before your buds are dry after harvest. Smoke it or if you plan to sell it just do it at a big discount and let them know what happened, it'll still get you high so long as it didn't get too hot in the tent during drying.

Drying too quickly will cause terpenes to degrade and chlorophyll to break down too quickly generating that hay smell & taste.

Here's from my notes, this method works every time. The slower you can drag out the cure with these steps the better.
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It did take a week to dry. Yest I was gunna trim them which was day 7 of drying. But it seems to have dried a bit over night so I’m gunna trim it up tonight. The humidity issue seems to not have gotten to far into the buds thankfully
 
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