Hi GC, I'm sorry if this has been covered but I can't find the answer anywhere. Please direct me if this already a thread. My question, I have 2 large outdoor plants I'll need to start harvesting soon and I have a slight problem. I can't dry them in my house and need to dry them in the garage. The garage however gets extremely hot during the day. My crop last year was over-dried before the curing process even began. I'm just trying to avoid again this year. Thank you.
I had the same situation earlier this year. Harvested 2 plants, 114degree weather, no humidity, and the garage. They dried out in less than a day. It did not turn out well. They dried to a crisp in that first 24 hours. Can you dry them in your grow room? What you might do is build a frame from 1"x2"s or 2"x2"s, cover the frame with black plastic and put several buckets of water in the tent. String you some twine to hang your buds from. Make sure you have a real small fan circulating the air. I have never done this but it was an idea I was going to use if I had it to do over again.
I don't know your current drying process, but as for some advice. The less cuts you make the slower it will dry, so basically don't cut anything except the main stem - hang it whole. This means you'll have to dry trim instead of wet trim which is a pain in the ass but at least it will slow down the drying process.
I have to do the same in garage and it's still hella hot do I'd use a humidifier and worked great to slow the process down and if we got a big rain it would be wet until it'd mold so I'd put a small 10$ heater from Wally world and kick it on so often to keep the bud where I'd want it. That's I do
I'm tryin to think how to cure it this year like I no the whole process and jars but I've got 5 outside that in a few pounds range all together but shit That'd be hundreds of mason jars I'm guessing and expensive to buy em. If Anyone got any ideas I'm open. Thnx