Drying in the high humidity of South Florida

[Tropic Thunder]

Hey, friends!
I'm beginning to harvest my hybrids and looking for any tips on drying the girls in the high humidity of South Florida from folks with much more experience than myself.
I have always read that the optimal conditions for drying are around 50% RH and a temp in the low 70s - which is almost exactly the temp and humidity inside my air-conditioned home.
However, when I recently brought a "test" bud into the house, it became bone dry within 36 hours. I'm thinking that going from the outdoor weather of 90 degrees with 90% RH into a room with 50% RH/75 degrees is too extreme a change for the poor things.
So now I am drying the crop in my (uninsulated) workshop with a little window-shaker AC unit. With an oscillating floor fan to help circulation, I have gotten the room down to 75 degrees/68% RH.
My question is: Are those numbers sufficiently low enough to do a good dry? They have been hanging upside down now for 4 days, and are still somewhat "spongey", but seem to be coming along pretty well, so I'm not panicking just yet . . . .
My second option may be to go a few more days in the shop, then bring them inside the house for a 24-hour finish before jarring them.
Any advice and suggestions from others who dry in the subtropics would be much appreciated - thanks!

 

[Jack420]

Fl the heat is killer I’m also in the sun shine st it’s always a pain to get ur humility right but I grow inside don’t have the answer but I’m shure Someone will chime in soon

 

[CrimsonEcho]

That seems ok to me. I dry at 70-75% mostly, they hang for 10-15 days. Then another 15 in brown bags. Then jarred and burped weekly for 2 weeks probably and then they are done. Air conditioner dries way too quickly.

Edit; @Jack420 has a point. My temps never exceed 22-23 degrees celcius.

 

[Jack420]

Just keep a fan goin around the buds u should b gravy sometimes mine take a week plus to dry

 

[Blew Hiller]

Drying/curing the hardest part of any grow. The numbers you posted (68%/75) are fine...and slower is fine...I usually hang mine in similar conditions for 5-7 days minimum and then final trim, dry for another 3-5 days, and then into jars (and burping). If you took the bud that you thought dried too fast and stuck it in a sealed mason jar overnight, you'll probably be surprised how moist it feels in the morning. I have also begun to cut up the buds so they get more uniformly dry. I have played with trying to keep the buds from overdrying and lost the crop to mold...a total bummer, but a real risk. Don't use direct air to dry your buds either.

 

[Jack420]

Or even fridge dry if u get worried

 

[Jack420]

Drying/curing the hardest part of any grow. The numbers you posted (68%/75) are fine...and slower is fine...I usually hang mine in similar conditions for 5-7 days minimum and then final trim and then into jars. If you took the bud that you thought dried too fast and stuck it in a sealed mason jar overnight, you'll probably be surprised how moist it feels in the morning. I have also begun to cut up the buds so they get more uniformly dry. I have played with trying to keep the buds from overdrying and lost the crop to mold...a total bummer, but a real risk. Don't use direct air to dry your buds either.

Yeap I’ve had mold also omg makes u want to throw up cuz all that work in time is gone out the window

 

[Pinktiger777]

A frost free refrigerator works great. Just trim, and put the branches in a vase or vases. After a week or so, remove bud and put into brown paper bags for a week or so. Then they are ready for putting in jars.