Apostatize
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If I'm off, straighten me out. Thanks.
I hang the whole plant, then fill amber 1/2-gallon, wide-mouth mason jars. Sometimes for a little while (a month), sometimes for a while (2+ months so far). 60F/60% humidity, basement. not perfectly sealed, but I basically duct taped plastic on the walls except a thin wood sliding door to a large closet/small basement workshop. And I repurposed the styrofoam that came with my lights as insulation behind the plastic on most of three walls. it's an old house.... I try to do everything one way with plants and not vary my process to appease particular strains. I'm still adding/removing from my stable. My final selections will probably be fairly similar in plant size and dimensions; but bud size, shape, density (and consequently, moisture) will vary the most.
Question: I'm realizing that not all strains or even phenos will require exactly the same drying time. To preserve the aesthetics and achieve light green buds (not all strains, just an example) and that candy-like texture (not all dry, sad, tired, funkless), it seems like you have to put them in jars a few days before 12 days. Sometimes, it's no problem. For example, although I'm discontinuing C99, the last one had such a nice crust on it by the end of ripening (and a 3-day closet flush), that I literally hung it for a day-and-a-half before putting it in the jar -- no problem. Grape Ape, not so much. I had an excellent yield (considering, it's me), but then almost ruined it by putting it in jars too soon. Fortunately, in case of an emergency, I'd set up one of those netted tower racks some people use for extracts, and separated buds out on individual racks by size. Right now, it looks like I preserved more aesthetics than last time, but I'm not sure using the racks as an intermediate pre-jar drying stage is something I should be doing; on the other hand, I also know if I always wait X # of days for all plants -- even similarly-sized -- they all kind of look the same if they've dried too far -- not too much, just too far -- bag appeal's diminished.
I hang the whole plant, then fill amber 1/2-gallon, wide-mouth mason jars. Sometimes for a little while (a month), sometimes for a while (2+ months so far). 60F/60% humidity, basement. not perfectly sealed, but I basically duct taped plastic on the walls except a thin wood sliding door to a large closet/small basement workshop. And I repurposed the styrofoam that came with my lights as insulation behind the plastic on most of three walls. it's an old house.... I try to do everything one way with plants and not vary my process to appease particular strains. I'm still adding/removing from my stable. My final selections will probably be fairly similar in plant size and dimensions; but bud size, shape, density (and consequently, moisture) will vary the most.
Question: I'm realizing that not all strains or even phenos will require exactly the same drying time. To preserve the aesthetics and achieve light green buds (not all strains, just an example) and that candy-like texture (not all dry, sad, tired, funkless), it seems like you have to put them in jars a few days before 12 days. Sometimes, it's no problem. For example, although I'm discontinuing C99, the last one had such a nice crust on it by the end of ripening (and a 3-day closet flush), that I literally hung it for a day-and-a-half before putting it in the jar -- no problem. Grape Ape, not so much. I had an excellent yield (considering, it's me), but then almost ruined it by putting it in jars too soon. Fortunately, in case of an emergency, I'd set up one of those netted tower racks some people use for extracts, and separated buds out on individual racks by size. Right now, it looks like I preserved more aesthetics than last time, but I'm not sure using the racks as an intermediate pre-jar drying stage is something I should be doing; on the other hand, I also know if I always wait X # of days for all plants -- even similarly-sized -- they all kind of look the same if they've dried too far -- not too much, just too far -- bag appeal's diminished.
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