Tomorrow is harvest day! Question about drying

cassinfo

cassinfo

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Get a hook, cloths hanger and hang your buds a dark corner since you have no other spot to do it. Have a little fan blowing from the bottom up. Done deal.
 
Mad_Prophessor

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chronnie49 said:
Hell yea that would suck, thanks for lookin out. I hung the plants whole and have an oscilating fan on low under them, temps are stayin 68-73 50-60 rh so i should be able to get a nice slow dry.
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I have mixed feelings about drying them whole. On one hand, I have had some really nice ganja from drying it whole, but I feel it just gets so messy when you are trying to trim it while it is dry. It does give you a nice slow dry that way, but you can accomplish the same thing by just leaving a lot of stem on them for your initial cut/cure. I usually leave a lot of stem until I have burped them once. Then, I knock them all down off the stems and continue the cure process.

As has been suggested, if I were you, I wold trim it all up and hang it on coat hangers in a dark spot somewhere. That is how I did it for years. I use drying racks in designated tents with a 4" carbon filter/fan combo as my current method and love it. Walk before you run tho.
 
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chronnie49

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cassinfo said:
Get a hook, cloths hanger and hang your buds a dark corner since you have no other spot to do it. Have a little fan blowing from the bottom up. Done deal.
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Thats exactly what i ended up doin. 24 hours in and not drying fast at all so i should be ok.
Mad_Prophessor said:
I have mixed feelings about drying them whole. On one hand, I have had some really nice ganja from drying it whole, but I feel it just gets so messy when you are trying to trim it while it is dry. It does give you a nice slow dry that way, but you can accomplish the same thing by just leaving a lot of stem on them for your initial cut/cure. I usually leave a lot of stem until I have burped them once. Then, I knock them all down off the stems and continue the cure process.

As has been suggested, if I were you, I wold trim it all up and hang it on coat hangers in a dark spot somewhere. That is how I did it for years. I use drying racks in designated tents with a 4" carbon filter/fan combo as my current method and love it. Walk before you run tho.
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Well i was worried about them drying too fast so this time i hung them whole, next run ill be in a place with ac so ill try wet trimming and see what i like better. I plan on getting a tent just for drying with a 4" fan and filter next time too. Its smelling delicious and dried a test nug overnight next to a fan. It really wasnt very harsh for not being dried properly and got me baked:)
 
cassinfo

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I hook and dry plenty of times and it'll usually dry by day 4 or 5. Done it plenty of time. Jar and burp. Smoke was not harsh if done correctly.
 
james murphy

james murphy

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optimum dry temp is 75..anything lower than and u will grow some fantastic mold...humidity should be below 40% as well........low air circulation and remove fan leaves before u hang the plants or the sections of plants. gl...a week dry and two wks curing and it will be tasty...hopefully
 
Mad_Prophessor

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james murphy said:
optimum dry temp is 75..anything lower than and u will grow some fantastic mold...humidity should be below 40% as well........low air circulation and remove fan leaves before u hang the plants or the sections of plants. gl...a week dry and two wks curing and it will be tasty...hopefully
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Nothing that you wrote here is accurate. Please refrain from spreading bad advice coupled with inaccurate information.
 
james murphy

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o...and no light at all...so says science. light air and heat cause degradation of thc after its harvested. burp jars frequently until buds squish but spring back to shape but the stems snap...thats idealic. so thats from harvest to smoke..granted u flushed properly..
 
Mad_Prophessor

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james murphy said:
ok mad professor wat are the optimum humidity and temps then...school us all up
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First off, they will NOT mold if you dry them in lower temps than 75. I have had the best results with 60 and 60. However, ideal drying environments are damn near impossible to accomplish. I would tell you that is doesn't matter what you have, you just have to tweak things to make it work for you. More stems, less stems, whole dry, trimmed dry, etc, etc.

Don't scare people with info like that. You are gonna freak a newbie out with that kind of remark.
 
james murphy

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been doing this successfully for 27yrs...and still learning so pls lay down this awesome new science....were all waiting
 
skunkd0c

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chronnie49 said:
I have 3 gdp that are a little over 9 weeks into flowering and they will be chopped tomorrow. I still have 2 mango kush that have another week or 2 to go so i cant dry in the tent so i will be using the room the tent is in. I'am worried its getting too hot during the day in the room, gets up to 80 and always around 50 rh, does anybody dry in a room this hot? Im going to hang the whole plant and trim when dry hoping that will help slow down the process.
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80 is not so bad, i wouldn't let it get much higher than that though
i prefer it at about 70-75f
 
james murphy

james murphy

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exactly..u dont know shit and if he has a fat ass bud strain i promise at 60 and low temps u will have loss...its common knowledge...go ask ed or mel frank or anyone...to be safe its 70 deg. 40% humidity w light air movement....beeen drying and curing for a long time and about 50 frnds all do it w the same guide lines...it works..trust me..or dont...its all good..ask around...or hey read up on several "truths" ppl have to offer in their books.
 
skunkd0c

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it takes ages to dry at 60f , after 2 weeks its still not dry here, i did not see any advantage to a cold dry, just a longer wait :(
 
Mad_Prophessor

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skunkd0c said:
it takes ages to dry at 60f , after 2 weeks its still not dry here, i did not see any advantage to a cold dry, just a longer wait :(
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Sometimes the temp is not a variable you can control when your space is limited and it is in the middle of winter. MY drying area is too warm now, but that is life. I just give them more stem for their drying.
 
james murphy

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Mad_Prophessor said:
First off, they will NOT mold if you dry them in lower temps than 75. I have had the best results with 60 and 60. However, ideal drying environments are damn near impossible to accomplish. I would tell you that is doesn't matter what you have, you just have to tweak things to make it work for you. More stems, less stems, whole dry, trimmed dry, etc, etc.

Don't scare people with info like that. You are gonna freak a newbie out with that kind of remark.
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i said 70...not 75
 
james murphy

james murphy

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my grammar may be off but but u cant even control humidity, light and temps in ur drying room ur a fkn low level twit. us modern day farmers can easily make a temp, humidity controlled environment...that can b ran w/in 1 deg or temp and humidity.give it a rest u ameture..its 70 deg. 40% or lower and dark....thats the end of it..now go outside and play
 
Mad_Prophessor

Mad_Prophessor

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james murphy said:
my grammar may be off but but u cant even control humidity, light and temps in ur drying room ur a fkn low level twit. us modern day farmers can easily make a temp, humidity controlled environment...that can b ran w/in 1 deg or temp and humidity.give it a rest u ameture..its 70 deg. 40% or lower and dark....thats the end of it..now go outside and play
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That is bullshit. On the days that the outside temp is -15F or 90F there is always a struggle to maintain your temps. When you have a constant set of variables, it is much easier, but the weather is not like that. You are the one full of shit and a bullshit artist amateur.

Well, you don't have to cry. You can't even keep straight what you have written and then want to argue about it. You are just a too sharp for me.
 
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