High house humidity

2Hearts said:

Buds have moisture content, under a certain amount they wont mold, its not going to oick up enough in a small jar.

How many days did you dry? If the answer is under two weeks you jarred too early, bud releasing moisture is bad, re dry till it dont say two weeks in total.

A lot dont understand the pros, more than a way you get full understanding.

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Im not trying to argue here but if u try to dry your buds in say 70% humidity they will never dry.
This is OPs problem.

OP, either do the brown bag thing ot put a fan on em and monitor them until 58-62% humidty, whichever range u prefer

And its early here so I dont mean any harshness to anyone, just trying to help OP

I have argued with 2Hearts about humidity related issues before.
Regardless of whatever your humidity is in your house 68% RH in a jar is too high for long term storage and the buds will mold if left sealed at that RH. 62% is generally considered the safe zone, but I always shoot for 60 just to be safe. Even with high RH in your house with a fan blowing on them, as previously suggested, should cause enough evaporation over 1-2 hours to get them down to 60-62 RH.

But you don't want to leave things out longer than necessary. Exposure to too much air will cause terpenes to start to evaporate and you will begin to lose smell and aroma. I try to get my flowers into the cure jar in about a week to keep the terpene profile as intact as possible, but temperature is just as important as RH so if you can keep the temperature lower then less terpenes will be lost. I try to dry and cure as close to 60 degrees as possible to preserve flavors and aromas.

I usually put my flowers into jars when they still have an RH between 68-70% then I sweat the jars down opening them 2-3 times a day. It takes about an additional week to get to a stable 60-62% RH. The area where I do this process is a consistent 60%RH.

Happy drying!

Your issue is the same as my flowering issue...space too moist for flowering, even with ac running. 50 or 55% in does not work trying to be at or below 50%. Simple solution was dehumidifer near intake. Not the most efficient choice, but totally effective.

You will have huge issues trying to lower humidity below the ambient level without help. So the suggestion to use ac, or really the dehumidifier portion of it, is the same advice. Wherever air goes into your space should have humidity lowered to 60%. That isnt a big difference for a dehumidifier to get done. Mine runs down to 30%.