Tell us what your RH% is in the room, do you have a dehumidifier?
MY BUDS ARE GOING MOLDY PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Chrisjames47
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I have a HTC 1 humidity and temperature meter on the floor of the tent which always shows between 40%-55% humidity and between 25degrees c to 30degrees c
Chrisjames47
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I do not have a dehumidifier I am looking to get one though
Topshelfruns
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Maybe I'm doing it wrong lol and
Yeah I suck at coco haha this is why i quit coco years ago, i grow in plastic buckets currently using hydroton and rockwool grow cubes. Also I don't cure man lol I gave the oaksterdam university course book a read and it says that the flush is basically the breakdown of sugars and starches and the cure is the break down of chlorophyll. the book says that if you separate the plant from the root ball and hang it as a whole all metabolic processes continue for 3 days thus breaking down sugars starches and chlorophyll for you but if I do it this way I must run a flushing agent for the first 6 hours of lights on and than run pure water for the last 6 hours of lights on or my end product ends up being duper harsh, but if I flush for 1 day and hang the plant as a whole for 3 days the buds are super light green(chlorophyll has been broken down) and they burn super smooth(sugars and starches have been broken down).
Maybe I'm doing it wrong lol but it works for me
Too each they're own method I guess
Topshelfruns
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Remember dehumidifiers usually put out good amount of heat so you will have too deal with that my LG dehumidifier puts out so much heat it isnt even funny lol
Funny thing about humidity, it rises. This means the air is more moist near your tops. You need a dehumidifier. It's a red alert.
"Well, according to Isaac Newton, in his book Opticks, (and USA Today) humid air is actually LESS dense than dry air. It makes sense. If humid air didn't rise, why would rain fall from the sky when the temperature drops? So, in a home, humid air rises up, not down."
- Sep 23, 2010
megamouthuk
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Chuck them out they are goosed.
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Gentlemencorpse
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Ya man, whatever makes you happy. Honestly, it all sounds like a bunch of bro science to me. I'd recommend doing some research from sources that aren't a for-profit "cannabis college"... also, I wanted to avoid derailing this thread but I'm just so curious now.... what do you mean you don't cure?? Do you just process all your fresh into concentrate or something? Or do you just like, smoke a bunch of dry ass bud? I'm confused hahaMaybe I'm doing it wrong lol and
Yeah I suck at coco haha this is why i quit coco years ago, i grow in plastic buckets currently using hydroton and rockwool grow cubes. Also I don't cure man lol I gave the oaksterdam university course book a read and it says that the flush is basically the breakdown of sugars and starches and the cure is the break down of chlorophyll. the book says that if you separate the plant from the root ball and hang it as a whole all metabolic processes continue for 3 days thus breaking down sugars starches and chlorophyll for you but if I do it this way I must run a flushing agent for the first 6 hours of lights on and than run pure water for the last 6 hours of lights on or my end product ends up being duper harsh, but if I flush for 1 day and hang the plant as a whole for 3 days the buds are super light green(chlorophyll has been broken down) and they burn super smooth(sugars and starches have been broken down).
Maybe I'm doing it wrong lol but it works for me
Too each they're own method I guess
Topshelfruns
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People I talk too usually say that they cure for months or years(no lie I met someone online that said this) in Mason jars too make they're buds taste and smell better all I do is flush 1 day hang whole plant 3 days dry my buds and jar them I don't like burping so I wait until they are nice and dry if I over do it I add some humidity packs and bam i smoke my weed without leaving it in a jar for years.
Know I'm confused what is the cure in your mind? Like how do u cure? Leave ur buds in Mason jars at a certain RH for months on end?
Know I'm confused what is the cure in your mind? Like how do u cure? Leave ur buds in Mason jars at a certain RH for months on end?
xtsho
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You're humidity is spiking during lights off.
Which you likely look at during lights on. What does it read during lights off?
GODWORK
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wow. 4 pages of people.
what strain was it?
I lost 3/4 of a solid QP to mold AFTER harvest. All Trash. Didnt blink...just tossed it.
No clones were taken. No seedlings to flip.
Just 3 months of light bills & rent...for a few group sessions.
You get better with time.
I started flushing because the cannabible
was shitting on hydro growers for that reason. I had a 8 strain grow that I flushed for 3 weeks & the buds taste like celery when you eat them. Terps exploded & my ash was gandolf white. No crunchy chunks of carbon??!
anyways--its not science but that was my experience.
what strain was it?
I lost 3/4 of a solid QP to mold AFTER harvest. All Trash. Didnt blink...just tossed it.
No clones were taken. No seedlings to flip.
Just 3 months of light bills & rent...for a few group sessions.
You get better with time.
I started flushing because the cannabible
was shitting on hydro growers for that reason. I had a 8 strain grow that I flushed for 3 weeks & the buds taste like celery when you eat them. Terps exploded & my ash was gandolf white. No crunchy chunks of carbon??!
anyways--its not science but that was my experience.
Gentlemencorpse
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Haha see, I do something similar, but to me that's curing. I also don't like burping so I slightly overdry my buds and use 55% humidity packs... I've caught some flak for the overdrying in these parts but I actually get a smoother finish and better terps then when I screw around trying to keep things at 62%... I do find the bud keeps improvinh for about 2 months after jarring, especially in terms of bag appeal, but I don't wait that long to smoke it
firsttimeARE
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Bro science has already been defeated by real science on the flushing myth.
Ash color is not indicative of a proper flush but rather a bad dry. Moisture is trapped which causes incomplete combustion.
Wood does the same thing if its wet and unseasoned.
Why deprive the plant of the nutrients it needs during the most important part of its life cycle
GODWORK
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bodhi - '88 g13/hp
I harvested after day 70 of flower.
cut the stalk clean.
trimmed in 120 hours.
Then jarred;
63+ rh...I burp for 4 hours til below 60%
I had 4 other strains that harvested at the same time. My '88 g13/hp sat for a full 2 months. That was my only true cure & the smoke was smooth & refined.
yet, very... trippy.
Think visuals & headtrips
"a scanner darkly" & "fear & loathing in las vegas" type stuff.
I harvested after day 70 of flower.
cut the stalk clean.
trimmed in 120 hours.
Then jarred;
63+ rh...I burp for 4 hours til below 60%
I had 4 other strains that harvested at the same time. My '88 g13/hp sat for a full 2 months. That was my only true cure & the smoke was smooth & refined.
yet, very... trippy.
Think visuals & headtrips
"a scanner darkly" & "fear & loathing in las vegas" type stuff.
Aussieaceae
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In the meantime, consider your exhaust fan.
My own climate is humid all the time, especially during the night.
In my own experience indoors, exhausting more air via passive intake helped control humidity a helluva lot.
More than one oscillating fan helps a lot too. It's worth putting at least one fan at canopy level in my opinion.
Your humidity very likely won't get any better, than the room your tent is housed in using passive intake.
Once you get a dehumidifier, you may be best dehumidifying the room, rather than your tent.
That way you'll be saving on space and excessive heat too.
It's a given your tent's humidity will be slightly higher than the room. An overly powerful exhaust fan with a speed controller will help a lot. At least it did for me.
You might be able to compensate using the humidifier alone. Just not totally sure myself, don't own one, never needed it. Always heated the room which kept humidity down. I just had to exhaust the air outside the room, otherwise the room got humid as well.
I was using an 8inch inline in a 4x4 tent. Carbon filter too.
Does seem very likely your humidity is shooting way up at lights out. Find out asap.
Do check the humidity at canopy level as well. Probably the best place to put it, if you have only one.
Peace and have a good 1.
Burn it... clean your room and move on... dont waste any more time on it. Its a war you will lose. Your room was too humid and you didn't have enough air r movement
OP wrote "I have 2 plants in a 4×4 tent..."
What is a good turnover rate for the air in a tent? OP is working with about 106 cubic feet. Should the fan be at least 100CFM or???
Aussieaceae
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Not necessarily true.
And if the second plant has no mold, what's the harm in trying?
At the very least it'll help get the grow environment dialed in before the next round.
It's an easy thing to snob off the smoke, unless it's your own hard work going in the bin.
Much rather have ripe moldy weed to deal with, than green unripe moldy shwag.
I'd rather have to deal with op's second plant and try letting it finish up. Than keeping a hermaphrodite full of seed until ripe.
Just my 2 cents man. Everyone is different.
Moldy weed sucks. And yes, it is better to consume weed that isn't.
But if it's personal smoke and taken months to grow, imo it's incorrect to suggest it's impossible to salvage anything at all.
Can't remember what the 8 inch was, probably 500 or more.
I can definitely say switching from a 6 inch to an 8 helped me more.
Recommended turnover rate afaik is every 30 - 60 seconds?
It was definitely a lot faster than that.
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firsttimeARE
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You could try to use an extraction method and use a fine micron screen.
Ive lost buds to mold and it sucks chopping down some liter sized colas only to find mold on the inside. Truly heart breaking.
Ive lost buds to mold and it sucks chopping down some liter sized colas only to find mold on the inside. Truly heart breaking.