hedinclouds
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I browsed the forum for Arizona and couldn't find any information and thought this was needed. Please put down your two cents and explain, with pictures if nessessary, how you dry before a good cure in this "dry heat"
I did the same exact thingI dry in my closet with the lights off and a 'cool' humidifier that i got at home depot. It has a cool mist that comes out, i fill it with my r/owater and keep the setting at 45-50%. I set up shelves in the same closet (its a walk in) and cure in glass jars that get burpred.
Thats pretty much the standard for drying in AZ.. Every harvest I have done is usually dry in 3-5 days so I know what you mean...Once my buds are in the jars the RH usually stays around 45-55% get yourself a small hygrometer and keep one in your curing jar so you can see the RH in the jars.Drying is the hardest part of growing in AZ. I don't have it perfected yet and most of my stuff has been drying much fast than id like. 3 days.
This harvest im running a humidifer on a timer to go off every 2hrs for 10 mins. This should keep my RH around 50% which is what id like. I want a 10 day dry.
So you're jarring before they are completely dry?Thats pretty much the standard for drying in AZ.. Every harvest I have done is usually dry in 3-5 days so I know what you mean...Once my buds are in the jars the RH usually stays around 45-55% get yourself a small hygrometer and keep one in your curing jar so you can see the RH in the jars.
I jar them when they feel dry to the touch or when you I pull a stem off bud and make sure it breaks with the snapping sound. Most commercial growers will use tuppaware or turkey bags so you are fine, plus it sounds like you're in the game to be a commercial grower. Trying to burp all those jars seems like it would be a huge chore.So you're jarring before they are completely dry?
I don't usually Jar. i just use big tupperware containers because fill all the jars tends to be a bitch. Ive been harvesting 18-24 plants at a time typically.
I would say anything over 20, I'm sure once dispensaries open you will probably get more patients.I just have 3 patients. So 12 plants for each of them is what I grow. At what number do you consider yourself "commercial"?
I would say anything over 20, I'm sure once dispensaries open you will probably get more patients.
When I first set it up I had an exhaust fan which led to the attic carbon scrubber. Holy shit, dried in like 48 hours, crumbly! Next round I all but shut that hole so there is still some suction and then out to the scrubber. Better that time, but still needs the leaves in the jars.just dont exhaust your dry area as often as you would think. this will keep the humidity levels up. this is what i do my temps for drying are 72 and my rh is 40-48% takes about 5-7b days to dry. another way to slow down drying is to trim when dry and leave most of the leaves on the buds. this slows down drying and protects the buds. and finally there is one cure to drying too quickly, grow bigger buds.
This is the way to do it.. I have trimmed plenty of different ways but for the past 5 years I cut the hole plant, hang upside down fan leaves and all, and every day as I go in the room i remove fan leaves, by day 3-5 its dry and completely trimmed and well manicured.just dont exhaust your dry area as often as you would think. this will keep the humidity levels up. this is what i do my temps for drying are 72 and my rh is 40-48% takes about 5-7b days to dry. another way to slow down drying is to trim when dry and leave most of the leaves on the buds. this slows down drying and protects the buds. and finally there is one cure to drying too quickly, grow bigger buds.
3-5 days is a long dry? That seems fast to meThis is the way to do it.. I have trimmed plenty of different ways but for the past 5 years I cut the hole plant, hang upside down fan leaves and all, and every day as I go in the room i remove fan leaves, by day 3-5 its dry and completely trimmed and well manicured.
Thats AZ dry weather for you.3-5 days is a long dry? That seems fast to me