different drying techniques

[Xub420]

clean, rinse, drown bugs, maybe some trich loss and definite color.
https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/732718-water-cure.html

 

[420duke]

havent encountered a bug problem since i started. all my plants have been 100% bug free

 

[budbuddingding]

Ideally in the dark. I use a drawer. Since my last post in this thread I've been closing the jar for increasingly longer periods, now they are staying closed almost all day and staying at 63%

 

[420duke]

i have a old cellar in my basement which ill be hanging my plants to dry. should i have a fan in the room for the air movement? the whole cellar room is concrete all the way around so there isnt any air flow in there

 

[Nizza]

yes and maybe a dehumidifier if the humidity is above say.. 70%
don't have the fan blow directly at the buds, just make sure a little air is being brought through them.

 

[420duke]

alright ill have to check the humidity in that room im hoping to luck out and it be around 50

 

[Red1966]

where i live i dont have to worry about people trying to steal my bud or the pigs coming around here. no one dares to walk around in the mountains here at night with all the bear, coyotes, cougars, wolves and shit like that roaming the mountains

Critters have been known to eat buds.

 

[Red1966]

i guess im gonna have to seal off a room as best as i can to dry them in there

No, you need to ventilate the room. Otherwise the humidity will build up and stop drying.

 

[420duke]

Critters have been known to eat buds.

i recently put up a 110V electric fence around my plants to protect them against the animals. i have it a 4 ft radius around my plant and my other plants i was able to move since they werent planted in the ground. as goes for the bugs i have yet to see any on my plants which was really nice

 

[420duke]

No, you need to ventilate the room. Otherwise the humidity will build up and stop drying.

what if i took the door off and put poly where the door was and one fan blowing in the room and another fan blowing out of the room like 2 12 inch fans

 

[budbuddingding]

Could work, as long as the other room has a window or two.....dont know if that size if fan will be suitable, depends on size of your space and plants and humidity. Why not just take the door off.....crack a windoe and have both fans in the room (not blowing directly on plants) why bother with the poly? the smell?

 

[slash63]

Do you guys trim all the leaves before or after you dry/ which ones?
Why is it important to cure/dry in the dark?

 

[obijohn]

I trim everything at harvest, it's much easier because the leaves are all sticking straight out. Takes waay longer once they are wilted over the buds. I take off the fan leaves, then with smaller clipper shape all the way down to the buds.

THC can degrade in the light, thus keeping it in the dark

 

[420duke]

Could work, as long as the other room has a window or two.....dont know if that size if fan will be suitable, depends on size of your space and plants and humidity. Why not just take the door off.....crack a windoe and have both fans in the room (not blowing directly on plants) why bother with the poly? the smell?

the room ill be drying in is roughly 6'x15' and the room next to it was an old kitchen thats is roughly about 20 - 25. i would like to try and keep the smell contained to at least 1 room of the house if possible

 

[420duke]

I trim everything at harvest, it's much easier because the leaves are all sticking straight out. Takes waay longer once they are wilted over the buds. I take off the fan leaves, then with smaller clipper shape all the way down to the buds.

THC can degrade in the light, thus keeping it in the dark

can the light also cause molding to the buds?

 

[420duke]

Do you guys trim all the leaves before or after you dry/ which ones?
Why is it important to cure/dry in the dark?

trimming the leaves before is a lot easier as obijohn has said but the trimming is really up to you. i prefer to trim before i start to hang dry them.
trimming before also helps with the drying process to its more of a even dry to the buds than it would of been to dry with all the leaves still on it. with the leaves on it would also create less air flow to the actual bud itself

 

[slash63]

for sure, what kind of clippers do you guys get, I tried trimming a bud i pulled early with regular scissors and ended up taking off stuff i didn't want to take off

 

[BigB 420]

for sure, what kind of clippers do you guys get, I tried trimming a bud i pulled early with regular scissors and ended up taking off stuff i didn't want to take off

Fiskars micro tip pruning scissors. They're about $10-$12 at most any hardware store in the gardening section.

 

[420duke]

i just use regular small scissors when i prune seems to work good for me