Awesome guide, my first indoor grow is in the middle of flowering right now so this was a great read and very helpful. I can't wait to harvest and cure, it will be a pretty small yield but is looking very potent!
I have decided to get a dehumidifier and dry like my old caregiver did. In my area we just have way too much humidity fluctuation to try to dry without it. Anyone else have this problem with RH fluctuation? If so what would you recommend setting it at to get the best dry? I am going to get a digital one that can be set at any RH from like 30-80% at the minimum. I am thinking of setting at 60% and trying to keep the room around 70 F. And oh yeah my old caregiver moved out of state and isn't answering his old cell otherwise I would have asked him LOL
I dehydrated some and it was pretty smooth bland but not harsh I'm trieing to figure out how to get that chron taste I harvested a plant last month and dried it out fast in the microwave I don't know why stupid steam method it's quick but I missed a bud on the plant I had pulled the whole plant up with the roots and the bud dried on the stem with roots when I found the bud I pulled it and smoked it it was delicious tasted really good had that after taste that skunk bud flavor I guess drying on the plant improves flavor! Sent from my iPad using Grasscity Forum
hi, great explanation thanks! I've got my weed in the glass jars. What should I look out for...what are the signs of moulding ?
Just open the jars 2 to 3 times a week for a month or less for 5 mins and let air circulate, then you won't have to worry about mold starting.
Is it recommended to rehydrate bud as it's in the early stages of the drying process? I've been told that it is good to mist buds slightly during the 1st phase of drying, 2 or 3 times as the buds continue to dry.............. right now i think that what I've dried so far is brittle and harsh to smoke and I was told that this method will fix this problem and give a better smoke overall.... thoughts welcome.
I have never done that. Harsh can come from how well you trim the leaf tip or the lack of cure. It can also be that strain.
I think misting your bud is a bad call. Once they dry it's pretty hard to rehydrate. It will probably dry them out more as the moisture comes from inside the bud out. You can't reverse it. I'd also be concerned about mold. Having said that you could throw them in a humidor like they use for cigars and it might soften the buds up. Normally, a quickly dried bud is a harsh bud. Learn to cure using Rump's method as a guide and you'll be a happy camper.
So do you all think that flushing with regular city tap is a bad idea? I "flushed" my big girls but they are in 7 gal smart pots and prob only put about 5 gal h2O through them for two waterings in a row. The runoff was reading 100 (lowest light measure) on my blustick last time I checked. Also I am running a girlsscoutcookie, golden goat, and sour diesel. anybody have any suggested finishing times?? (I know its different for every plant but I just wanted to know if anybody has finished any recently, how long it took, and if you wish you went longer (or shorter) Canopy shot for your $.02
I've done a good amount of research on rehydrating bud back when I did my first harvest and shit dried too much. Grab some leaf lettuce and break off the leaves, place in a large tote around the inside perimeter of said tote. Place buds in there for 24hrs with the lid sealed. You'll notice them fluff up big time. Then place back into your jars! NEVER spray your buds......EVER!!!
We talking soil or soilless? You use bottled nutes or this organic? I've ALWAYS used City tap and my shit was at 330ppm consistently and never had issues. I ran hydro with this and soilless (Coco/hydroton/perlite). With those mediums I flushed for 5-7 days straight (tap water), but I also used Advanced nutes "final phase" for about 2-3 days before the tap. Never had a problem. Guessing you're running soil so I really haven't had experience with that but you should be flushing the side of the pot at least times 2. But I know that will over saturate your soil. Since you're in soil you really should mix up a very ready organic living soil and not even worry about flushing. It will save you SO MUCH in money and time and headache......i mean if you're in soil now and like growing in that medium why not? Its a plus all around, buds taste and smell so much better!
yeah soil...mix of Humboldt and some fox farm solids...I've been using distilled or letting the tap water sit out for a day and would be at "0" or at least less than the 100 or first indacator on my blustick. I have been flushing the ones that are about ready for about 7 days now, a couple of those times they really got a good bit, almost double their volume. yeah yeah yeah there is always next time right...
I finally caught up to the proper year and month on this thread... wassup GrassCity. A new approaching first harvest n about 2 weeks. Definitely grateful for running across this forum! As I've been reading since first post about a month ago I have acquired some brown paper bags and am awaiting a hygrometer. Thanks for heads up that descriptive breakdown. Trying to figure out how to add pics of my ladies
I recently got one and at first I went all over my town trying to find one and I just couldn't get what I wanted, the best place to get one is eBay. They are like $4 and you can pick whatever strength of magnification you want. (I would suggest 40x-60x) Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum