its like the Showtime Oven sold by Ron Popiel - set it and forget it. The cost was a bit high, but so was I when I bought it...
i’m able to get within 75% of the optimum drying conditions in my home, but could not get the temp down without turning my house into a freezer, and jacking up my electric bill. The Cool Cure also allows me to keep growing since the grow room doubles as the drying room, so the 2 functions are separated now. The default settings are right in the sweet spot, and seem to be working well.
the drying cabinet is my last major investment in my favorite hobby...I can be compulsive sometimes...I have 3 stereos, 5 computers, 9 guitars, 4 cameras, more lenses than I can remember, and a passel of decorative blown glass (mostly Murano) in my home. other than a better overhead light (I’ve been looking at California Lightworks) I can’t think of much else to improve in the cannabis growing hobby; the MarsHydro TSL 2000 i have works just fine though.
I increased the frequency and duration of light from the pair of 10,000k T5 bulbs that are angled in 45 degrees from the sides of the grow space, and they are making the plant go nuts - all the long vertical branches are growing new, chunky and dense flower sites at their ends, and more brand new flower sites are popping up all over the place on a plant that is in its 10th week of flowering. This light scorches the leaves, bit the flowers just explode so I use it at the end of a grow, starting with 15 Min per hour in the middle of the light period, and slowly crank it up to 100% of the light period. I was gonna chop it today, but might wait just to see what it does next. it takes some time and a bit of acrobatics to get the plant outta the tub, stay tuned for some photos this morning. <I’m gonna finish my coffee first.
I stuck my Bubblehash in the drying cabinet, and it is drying nicely, and is “crumbly” so we’ll let that ride too.
your plants are the kind I’d like to grow next year. I will prolly do 2 laid out flat as I did this year, and let 2 go au natural just to compare them. The GF however wants all 4 of hers tied down flat next year. She works At Lowe’s here, and is the plant whisperer. She has 40 orchids in her house, and when Lowe’s starts throwing away plants that have lost their flowers, she gets a heads up and inspects them and culls out those that are salvageable. that’s why I have a decent orchid collection here too...
when do you start your plants outdoors and do you begin them indoors first, and then go outdoors after they’ve developed a bit?