dirtjumper75
Active Member
We are first-time growers with 1 outdoor plant at 3700' in N. California. We are leaving on vacation on October 19th, so will be chopping the plant on the 18th (hopefully not prematurely but not a whole lot we can do about that [We've included some macro trichome pics I took today below if you want to weigh in on this, would appreciate 
]). Anyway, we'll be gone for 15 days after chopping and have 2 options we're considering for drying location: both rooms in the basement of our house. One room is 15'x25' (pretty large) and is primarily used for storage with concrete floors but no ventilation. The second room is bigger 25' at its widest and probably 35'-40' deep with a gravel and soil floor and some ventilation to the outside through several small metal vents that will never receive direct sunlight. Right now the temps in both have been in the low 60's and humidity about 38% and wouldn't expect too much variation in that. We are planning on hanging the whole plant to slow down the process as much as possible and were thinking that the room with no ventilation would be better as it would keep the humidity up a little and slow down the drying process. Trying to avoid over-drying, being gone so long. What do you guys think? Any advice on slowing the drying process? Thanks.
]). Anyway, we'll be gone for 15 days after chopping and have 2 options we're considering for drying location: both rooms in the basement of our house. One room is 15'x25' (pretty large) and is primarily used for storage with concrete floors but no ventilation. The second room is bigger 25' at its widest and probably 35'-40' deep with a gravel and soil floor and some ventilation to the outside through several small metal vents that will never receive direct sunlight. Right now the temps in both have been in the low 60's and humidity about 38% and wouldn't expect too much variation in that. We are planning on hanging the whole plant to slow down the process as much as possible and were thinking that the room with no ventilation would be better as it would keep the humidity up a little and slow down the drying process. Trying to avoid over-drying, being gone so long. What do you guys think? Any advice on slowing the drying process? Thanks.
