I have my buds drying in an outside tent with a heater. Accidentally the heater turned off and my buds got damp from the morning mist and slight rain. Will they be ok if I get them drying back to normal again? They have been drying for 3 days, and we're drying fine, now they are slightly damp again.
I don't know TBH mate, but I'm definitely curious to see what replies you get as I've also wondered if its possible I've almost found myself in similar situations a few times.
I'm slowly drying them out, not directly in the oven but in and around the vicinity of the oven. Setting is at 170. Not too hot, not too cold. Photo below.
Slow dry is how I must do things, or I get shit. Dry to fast and it stinks like Hay. Dry to deep and it smokes like swallowing live flame. You want to be 65% at the end of 7 to 10 days. A little water / dew won't bother things at all IME. Slow them down a bit is all really. Oct is the time southern California gets the devil Santa Ana winds and the humidity will drop to single numbers and hanging cannabis is ruined is just hours. It never fails I'll harvest and the next day it'll happen.
I still have 3/4 of my harvest growing. This is only 1/4 or less of my harvest. I'm dreading chopping. But it must be done.
BrassNwood, Sep 30, 2022 Last edited: Sep 30, 2022 Banshe said: so it's been 24 hours and its still 52% humidity in the ja, Damn...still feel sticky tho, guess i messed it up, i did wait until stems snapped tho, is it pointless to leave them in the jar and try cure them at this stage ===================== end Stems snapping is to dry and that needs to be removed from general drying lore. A lot depends on your local humidity. If your not drying at 70% humidity extra steps are needed to stay in range as the dry is the most critical step. Blow the dry and no cure can happen. I only take down off the plant what I can trim up in 10 minutes as longer then that and it wilts and makes trimming that much harder. A jar of denatured Alcohol to dip and clean the scissors in keeps them from gumming up. Hang until the smallest popcorn buds firm back up. In my local low 12 % humidity this can happen in just hours. Strip all the buds from the major branches, cut into thumb sized nugs and bag them. A pair of grape scissors works best for this. Stack bags in new clean closed trashcan overnight. Set back out during the day. They'll spend less time out and exposed as the days progress. Stir the bag contents a few times a day. This slows the dry and made all the difference in how my end product started to come out. Soft and squishy = needs more time exposed. Stiff and almost crunchy = needs more can time. At the end of 7 to 10 days you want to be at 65-62% when the can is first opened in the morning as that is your best read. I suspended a humidity gauge at the top of the can. At that point it is perfectly dried and can be placed in jars with no pesky burping needed. Half gallon mason jars with a 60 gram size 62% Boveda humidity pack for insurance and a 60 day cure will give you as good as it gets. This works in low humidity zones and will get you a can of mold in Florida hurricane season.
I feel you mate, as the freezing temps set in here starting tonight, and the humidity drops like a stone, I've often had to put a humidifier in the garage when I trim buds, as just 6-8 hours of sitting in a cold, dry garage has ruined some past buds for me as well when I didn't realize how fast it can dry out once you've bucked the main branches off and they sit in a tub all day waiting for me to get to them as I trim up the others. Alternatively the day I pick to trim my spring crop is always 3 straight days of rain and the RH is off the charts while I try to trim. I guess there are certainly worse problems to have though, than a big pile of buds needing a nice place to dry imo.
I've never found the temps to be a concern. It's the low humidity that can ruin it for me. Cold and dry is just as bad if not worse than hot and dry.
I'm drying some buds in my cellar closet in opened cardboard boxes, no branches or twigs, just the buds. Every day I'll stir or turn them. The cellar temp is in the 70's humidity is in the 60s. I'll see how it goes. Should be good methinks.