Grow Talk

[modudegrower]

Just dried 4 plants in a bedroom closet. Fan for circulation and a humidifier to slow down dry time. My temperature was between 75-80°F (In KC this time of year 74°F is about as cool as my HVAC will keep my house). I made the mistake of setting the humidifier to target 1.0 VPD. I should’ve set it higher, 1.2-1.4 , for the first few days to get the outside of the buds to dry faster and start the wicking of moisture from the stems outward sooner. Then increase humidity or lower VPD to slow the drying down at the end. I say all this because this morning I cracked open a hand grenade sized bud and found a little mold near the stem at the base of the bud. Lesson learned. Saving terps isn’t always the best approach. When you’re making do with the resources you’ve got, always remember to think about which controllable variable is paramount and realize in a home grow you can’t always dial it in ideally.

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