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herb_hermit posted an update in the group
3 months agoAsk a Grow Question Found a nice spot in my house to put a dry tent, I understand that 60/60 is the goal right? But curious to see people’s drying methods, do you pull the whole root ball instead of chopping when you dry? I’m pulling the entire thing, making sure they are dirt free.. Than let it hang with the root ball still attached for a few days, than chop and rehang. It’s how my dad taught me to do it. Comments anyone?
terpking, danknuggardens and pungolian14 Comments-
Sounds interesting. Let us know how it works out. What the reason for keeping the root ball? More plant matter slower dry?
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Well I’m not sure, it’s my first harvest. my Dad’s answer when I asked him was….he has this idea that when you let it hang with the roots still attached in the complete dark for a few days before chopping, the flower sucks up any remaining moisture, or nutrients still stuck in the roots… and yeah he said the slower the drying time the better. I have a few of the same strain I’m gonna try side by side comparisons.
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same strain with almost identical phenos
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@herb_hermit I don’t think you want any nutrients being sucked up at harvest. Im not sure if that would really even happen, but possible. It’s good practice to to avoid watering a few days before harvest. I at least try to get 3 to 5 days in after my last watering.
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I’m glad you brought up the watering, I was wondering about that, I’m using 1 gals so maybe I wouldn’t have to wait as long. When my dad first explained it to me it made sense, but that was before I joined the DGC and seen all these mad scientists lol
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You do not want the plant’s internal plumbing pumping during harvest. If anything oozes out of a stalk or leaf you’ve watered too close to harvest. Best practices for harvest include not watering the last 5 or so days and harvesting during the dark cycle.
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Why harvest during dark cycle?
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During the day plants uptake water and minerals from the roots through a tube called the xylem to combine with carbon taken from the air to make sugars. At night plants send down some of those sugars in a different tube called the phloem back out the roots to feed microbes. Harvesting during the dark cycle when the plant is not pumping up water and minerals in to the plant helps prevent processes like guttation (oozing of sap out of pours because internal pressure in xylem is too high) that can cause mold.
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Just cut the damn stalk and kill the plant already. Quit fuckin around. 😉
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There’s the comment I’ve been waiting for! 🫡 lol!
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Perfect dry is 21 days under 60F/60%RH. Day 21 lower RH to 55-50%RH. Day 28 seal in container at 50%RH. 40ishF is perfect storage temp. Never freeze.
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I think Mystro has something to add 😜😜😜
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If you can control the temp and humidity without wild swings, then full plant will be a nice slow, even, dry/cure.
You might not need to do full plant if you’ve got it dialed in.
Never heard of keeping the root ball
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My temps are good 63f-65f…..it’s my humidity I struggle with. Most of the the me it’s around 65%. Some days it will rise to 70%. That’s with a portable ac in the room. It’s very humid here.
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