My babies are almost ready to be harvested. I have a Blue Dream Auto, Northern Lights Auto, Swiss Cheese Auto, and a mexican sativa from a bag of reggi. I've cut some rotted nugs off the Mexican plant and salvaged some good nugs out of those. The plant is still early and underdeveloped. the little buds it does have are a little airy but have some density to em. I tried drying them in my closet but i guess it's too dry and the buds were almost all the way dry in 2 days. I wet trimmed them and hung them on hangers with a good amount of stem on them. Keep on mind it's only nugs not the whole plant. I threw the buds in a big mason jar and it brought out the moisture from the middle. The bud looks waaay different in a bad way.. meaning wack. And reeks of fresh cut plant. I'm scared for my 3 babies that I've pampered and don't want to lose out on all patience. Can someone please she'd some light on me. Can I make something to control the environment for drying? Or make an environment like a box or something? Thanks in advance.
According to a little research I just did it seems to me the best humidity for drying buds will be in the 45%-55% range, and temperature in the 65-75 degree range. There are a whole bunch of processes for drying buds but the one I will be choosing to go with is the bagging method where you leave them exposed to a ventilated room with low air flow for a time, then place them in a plastic bag with the top folded over for some time, then return them to the open air for a little longer, then return them to the bag. This causes them to dry evenly throughout the entire bud. If they dry too long in the open air then the outer part will dry out and the inner part will not. Placing it all in the bag allows the moisture to distribute itself evenly. I would say to keep it in the open air for about 24 hours at first, and then keep it in the bag for 8 hours. Then you gradually reduce the times. Keep it in the air for about 16 hours, then bag it for 6. See the pattern? Keep it up until you're finished. That's what my research showed me. All that being said it doesn't look like you're too far off. I would try to raise the humidity a tiiiiiny bit, and lower the temperature a few degrees to try and stick to the middle of those ranges as much as possible. Shouldn't be too hard. ^^
Thank you for the response. I'm looking for a small humidifier for my other closet. It's a 3x4x10. It's the exact temp/humidity. So basically do whatever it takes to dry it slow as hell. From looking at my preme buds they drastically changed in appearance and I'm guessing it's cause they dried way to quick. So if I get the temp and humidity up to par or within, they should dry at the normal rate then? Also, after harvest, should remove all fan leaves and leave the small leaves alone? Only asking cause it seems that if I were to not tamper with the fan leaves it would dry slower. And from the buds I already dried I wet trimmed em. Sorry for sounding like an idiot, I just don't want to waste my harvest.
for best results imo dont trim untill almost dry hang the whole plant if ya can set up a box with a humidifier an keep rh around 70% and temps around 18c for a few days then decrease humidity over the next few days down to around 56-60 with some air flo then youl be ready to jar
You don't sound like an idiot, you sound like someone who doesn't want to lose months of hard work. Its completely understandable that you have questions, no matter how obvious they may seem.I just wish I or someone else could've gotten here to answer your questions sooner. Perhaps if you put the dryer looking buds into a bag they could level out again... Opinions, guys?
I jarred them and brought the moisture out of them but they still look weird. I know they're preme buds but I don't think looks should've change. Shouldn't the buds look exactly the same dry as they do wet? It doesn't really matter with these nugs as they were gonna start to rot if I didn't chop them. I never pulled out the dead brown leaves and it rotted on me.
That's the same bud from same batch? If so, you've she'd more light. Also I bought a cheap Pro Care Humidifier and mini fan from Walmart a bit ago. Now I just gotta set it up and and check the meter.
Dry-Cure ____________________________________________________________________________________________https://www.icmag.co...013#post3112013 Lots of good information on this thread.. I'd worked most of this out the hard way by the time I found it.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- By the time I found this thread I'd worked a lot of this out on my own but this is still my send them to thread for new growers for drycure help.. While it's is a good method and gets the job done it has some drawbacks.. When you start working with larger amounts says 2 or 3 outdoor plants all them jars gets real clumsy.. My grow is So Calif and between the temps and the very low humidity it's very easy to over dry.. Even a single day to long on the line can ruin it all.. To keep the wife happy all my work is restricted to the garage so I get to be inventive at times.. If you search long enough you'll come across the 777 of curing .. This being the 7 days @ 70 degrees @ 70% humidity.. Works well if you have a temp and humidity controlled room.. We don't so we use jars to achieve the same ends.. While I started in jars this soon proved impractical trying to unscrew all the jars over and over.. Some trial and error later I worked out a method to limit exposure to our stone dry air and still get things done in a timely way.. I take the plant a branch at a time and trim close while seconds off the living plant.. All the leafs are standing tall and you don't get a better shot at trimming.. Hang.. Depending on temp and humidity this stage can take from 24 hours to a week.. just hung bud is dead limp to the touch after 12 hours or so.... When the buds start to stiffen when slightly compressed I remove from the branches.. And the buds get placed in cut down paper shopping bags about 3 inches tall.. Next I place the bags in a air snug-tight container.. Mostly I use either an Ice Chest or a New unused Trash Can.. I try and size the container to the load.. You don't want 1 bag of buds in a trash can.. While I did use several hygrometers early on for this stage I've since found I can do it all just by feel now.. Leave bags in can till limp to the touch again.. This first day that won't take very long. a couple of hours... Once limp remove from container and set bags out till stiff when compressed slightly.. I'll flip the contents of the bags to a third bag to get the lowest buds up on top.. I'll continue this rotation of the bags into and out of the container gradually spending less and less time exposed.. the last few days the bags will only be out an hour or so.. This takes me about 7 days.. This is where I do use the Hygrometers.. The can is now acting like a large jar.. Your best readings come in the morning after the can has had 12 hours or more to stabilize and will tell you how much exposure your product will need that day.. Combined with a hygrometer telling me what is outside helps.. A full can requiring a single meter as well as being able to get the product in and out rapidly made this a much more practical way at least in the extremely dry SW USA.. Once the can has reached 65% and 7 to 10 days have elapsed It gets jarred in Half Gallon mason jars with a 62% Boveda 60 gram and I'm done.. 60 days minimum cure time for me.. Longer is better but you'll have a very respectable smoke in 2 months.. Caution this may get you a large container of mold in a less dry area.. Just what I've worked out in my smoking hot and extremely dry garage.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I shamelessly copy my own work here... Ask on this Subject all you want as it's my pet peeve That whole first week or two is a squeeze the Charmin kind of thing.. Edit:: If anything I've slowed this even more in the early stages.. Getting it off the line and in the bags soon enough insures the small stuff doesn't over dry bringing harshness to the overall plant.. You really have to control the speed at which it dries BNW
Btw, dry cured buds dont really look like wet buds. In my experience. Colors change, smells change, ive had buds go from smelling like fresh cut grass to raw hamburger meat to cat piss to finally some of the sweetest smelling smarties candy during cure.