CobraKai
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I've tried to find as much info as I can about drying in an area without complete darkness, but would like some more opinions please. General consensus is total darkness of course, as light can not help the process and may degrade.
I had planned on drying in my flowering closet, but my plants (same strain) are not maturing at the same rate. Looks like there will be a good 2-3 weeks difference in harvest date. I can always sling up a new space with some 2x4s and panda film, but would prefer not to have to deal with taking up the space if possible. My weight bench/dumbells would have to be moved out and I would rather not deal with that. I'm a 220lb CO2 generator!
Almost everyone votes complete darkness, but I've found a few growers state that they dried buds in a lighted area and noticed absolutely no difference. A couple even in the same space as flowering plants...so significant lighting.
I'm considering drying in the room where my closet is set up, but not in the closet. The buds will receive indirect light from my leds. They will be drying about 10 feet from the closet, so very indirect light (the closet is always open). They will also receive light from the ceiling light (just a 40w incan) when on. I'm figuring that this small amount of light will not degrade buds noticeably.
There is always the cardboard box method, but I really worry about mold. Any thoughts (or preferably experience) on drying in indirect light?
I had planned on drying in my flowering closet, but my plants (same strain) are not maturing at the same rate. Looks like there will be a good 2-3 weeks difference in harvest date. I can always sling up a new space with some 2x4s and panda film, but would prefer not to have to deal with taking up the space if possible. My weight bench/dumbells would have to be moved out and I would rather not deal with that. I'm a 220lb CO2 generator!
Almost everyone votes complete darkness, but I've found a few growers state that they dried buds in a lighted area and noticed absolutely no difference. A couple even in the same space as flowering plants...so significant lighting.
I'm considering drying in the room where my closet is set up, but not in the closet. The buds will receive indirect light from my leds. They will be drying about 10 feet from the closet, so very indirect light (the closet is always open). They will also receive light from the ceiling light (just a 40w incan) when on. I'm figuring that this small amount of light will not degrade buds noticeably.
There is always the cardboard box method, but I really worry about mold. Any thoughts (or preferably experience) on drying in indirect light?