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[turnster]

Hey guys.

When you are drying your bud and the humidity drops to mid 40% do you add more moisture in? As in a humidifier? Day 4 of drying.

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[mikerobe420]

They say 60 % humidity and 60° degrees Fahrenheit. Just make sure you have air circulating around your dry space as well

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[jmystro]

60/60 is a good start but not my entire SOP. 40% RH will ruin your flowers. 40% is unacceptable conditions to dry.

Week 1-2: 60F/60% RH

Week 3: 60F/55% RH

Week 4: 60F/50% RH.

Week 5: Seal in container.

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[old-hippy-58]

“Week 5: Seal in container.” I assume you are burping/curing for the next couple weeks?

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[jmystro]

No burping, as off gassing is complete after a month. Burping is for impatient people who don’t know how to properly dry their flower.

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[old-hippy-58]

Thank you Brother!

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[jmystro]

Growers who seal their flower after 2 weeks need to burp their containers. This is counter productive. We slowly dry the flower while oxidation ‘cures’ the trichome cuticle. We want to slowly dry the flower to allow the break down of complex molecules like chlorophyll, starches and fatty acids. Some chlorophyll breaks down, but not all of it as our flower would not be green. Brown brick weed poorly dried and stored had it’s chlorophyll consumed by microbes like mold. To ‘cure’ the flower itself requires longer term (months) cold storage to break down complex starches into simple glucose sugars giving the smoothest smoke possible.

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[Stevie-Z]

Man your dehu skills must be master class..

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[jmystro]

I have dedicated climate controlled spaces to veg, flower and dry. They’re all of equal importance so they each have a mini-split AC and commercial dehumidifier/s. I came up with my drying SOP over 25 years ago and have been sharing it with the DGC for over 10 years. 60/60 comes from me but it’s barely half my SOP. Proper dry takes a month.

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[Stevie-Z]

Man, that’s awesome.. I have been using 60/60 for awhile, it’s a good rule to shoot for. We knew back in the day that the cure was just as important as the grow.. if you mess that up you might as well have grown it like crap bc it doesn’t matter at that point.

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[FrostedGardenMN]

100% agree with slow dry. I’m at day 19 in my drying room. Still no stem snap and definitely too early to jar. I’ll look to jar next weekend if everything looks good then. I use both dehumidifier and humidifier to keep in range.

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[Stevie-Z]

😮

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[Unknown Member]

That’s a really open ended question lol.. where are you drying, in a tent with intake on/off?

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[turnster]

Hi,

I’m drying in a tent but it’s really dry at the moment. Should I keep my humidifier on while drying as well to keep it in the range?

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[FrostedGardenMN]

Yes. You’ll have dust if you let it dry at 40%.

• This reply was modified 7 months ago by  FrostedGardenMN.

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[turnster]

Thanks Dude.

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[Unknown Member]

Yeah but do you have the intake on?

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[Unknown Member]

If to have the intake fan on just turn it off, job done lol

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[turnster]

No intake fan on. I have put the humidifier on now to keep it at 60. Should it really smell? because it doesn’t really?

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[Unknown Member]

Are you talking about the plants or the humidifier lol if it the humidifier, makes sure it’s clean, and I definitely recommend using distilled or very filtered water or dont bother personally

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[turnster]

The plants I mean, they don’t have that dank smell. I have followed every rule, ie. Humidity, Temps, VPD it looks the nuts but just has no pong.

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[Unknown Member]

Did it at any point? What’s the strain?

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[turnster]

Not really no. If you squeeze a bud then smell your fingers it smells but no aroma other than that. It’s Zangria by Frosted Farms.

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[Unknown Member]

It says fruity/fuel so I would have thought you noticed it. Don’t know what to say bud. what were the temps throughout the grow? I mean even then.. in the summer I’ve had high temps but still 🦨.. there could be manyyyyy reasons.

What sort of aroma were you looking for?

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[burny]

No Respect for the OG grower, who has been growing longer than you probably been alive.

Check your ego at the door.

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[pacnw-dan]

@madbud420 Ummm.. Really? First, wow that was a totally inappropriate comment. And second… you do realize who you’re addressing, right?

• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by  pacnw-dan.

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[jmystro]

Some people are just… adorable. ;)

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