mynameiswho
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Hey all,
This is my third grow. I have the growing part down, in fact id say im not too bad at it based on my results from the previous grow and this current grow.
Im going to spare the details of my setup, plant ect because it makes no difference.
All you need to know is that I am drying in my tent after harvest. It is a 2.5' x 2.5' x 5' tent with one opened intake hole measuring 5" in diameter with a td-125 exhaust fan pulling about 150cfm through a carbon scrubber thats inside the tent. This is where I will be drying.
Conditions for drying will be ~55-65% humidity (it ranged between that with lights off) with an average humidity of about 60%
Temperatures will be between 63-70 degrees
So as you can see I have pretty near ideal drying conditions, my only concern at this point is that my fan pulls too much air and will dry my buds too quickly, but the problem is everything i have read says you need a fan blowing lightly across the buds ect. I say hell no
In the past, I have had fans lightly and i mean LIGHTLY blow across my buds and still they are dry in like 5 days max. Woohoo, this is great right? NOPE! Each time this happens, my buds lose basically 100% of their smell. This is to be expected of course, so this is why we cure.
well after a 6 month cure, my buds gained a little smell although it didnt smell like weed at all it just smelled meh. The only time they smelled was when i would break a good chunk off and grind it up. Then i could smell that fruity goodness i smelled when they were growing, but it was still pretty mild in terms of how strong it smelled. the outside of the buds had that hay smell people talk about but much more reserved. They were placed in the jars as soon as they felt crispy on the outside but stems still would bend, but not too much. In my opinion it was that ideal bend vs snap dryness that is perfect for jars. They went into jars after the 5 days of drying but it was still a LITTTTTTLE too damp so they got hit with the brown bag for about 24 hours to reach the perfect dryness. In the end after a month in jars they didnt smell great but had a perfect dryness to them to where they werent bone dry but still felt a little tiny bit wet and soft which is how i like my buds
My question is, after all the reading that says zomg dry slow for like 2 weeks then brown bag it for 3 days then jar it. I cant do that, and have no idea how people let their buds dry that long. If i left mine for 2 weeks they would fall apart as they went into the jars. How can i slow my dry time down to keep the smell of my buds. Ive grown three different strains so there is no way this can be a "oh some buds dont smell really" because ive never recieved buds from the dispensary that smelled like mine do when i dry and cure. And both times ive had buds that cured for 6 months that still didnt smell right.
This is my third grow. I have the growing part down, in fact id say im not too bad at it based on my results from the previous grow and this current grow.
Im going to spare the details of my setup, plant ect because it makes no difference.
All you need to know is that I am drying in my tent after harvest. It is a 2.5' x 2.5' x 5' tent with one opened intake hole measuring 5" in diameter with a td-125 exhaust fan pulling about 150cfm through a carbon scrubber thats inside the tent. This is where I will be drying.
Conditions for drying will be ~55-65% humidity (it ranged between that with lights off) with an average humidity of about 60%
Temperatures will be between 63-70 degrees
So as you can see I have pretty near ideal drying conditions, my only concern at this point is that my fan pulls too much air and will dry my buds too quickly, but the problem is everything i have read says you need a fan blowing lightly across the buds ect. I say hell no
In the past, I have had fans lightly and i mean LIGHTLY blow across my buds and still they are dry in like 5 days max. Woohoo, this is great right? NOPE! Each time this happens, my buds lose basically 100% of their smell. This is to be expected of course, so this is why we cure.
well after a 6 month cure, my buds gained a little smell although it didnt smell like weed at all it just smelled meh. The only time they smelled was when i would break a good chunk off and grind it up. Then i could smell that fruity goodness i smelled when they were growing, but it was still pretty mild in terms of how strong it smelled. the outside of the buds had that hay smell people talk about but much more reserved. They were placed in the jars as soon as they felt crispy on the outside but stems still would bend, but not too much. In my opinion it was that ideal bend vs snap dryness that is perfect for jars. They went into jars after the 5 days of drying but it was still a LITTTTTTLE too damp so they got hit with the brown bag for about 24 hours to reach the perfect dryness. In the end after a month in jars they didnt smell great but had a perfect dryness to them to where they werent bone dry but still felt a little tiny bit wet and soft which is how i like my buds
My question is, after all the reading that says zomg dry slow for like 2 weeks then brown bag it for 3 days then jar it. I cant do that, and have no idea how people let their buds dry that long. If i left mine for 2 weeks they would fall apart as they went into the jars. How can i slow my dry time down to keep the smell of my buds. Ive grown three different strains so there is no way this can be a "oh some buds dont smell really" because ive never recieved buds from the dispensary that smelled like mine do when i dry and cure. And both times ive had buds that cured for 6 months that still didnt smell right.
