Drying too quickly

[Leappy]

Thanks for you reply Blew.. I havnt seen the brown bag method.. I will browse and have a look.. and I havnt tried hanging a full plant.. gonna grow some auto's next grow so I guess they will be small enough to hopefully hang the whole plant.. app all the advise nice looking plant

 

[George Mc]

The dumbest question is the one unasked

Another option to the cardboard box is the brown paper bag...similar small space, breathability, portability, and all your eggs aren't in one basket. I've used this for most of my outdoor grows because my plants are too big to hang.

I did, however, try the hang method this winter for a Lemon Auto and I like how it worked....I did a very rough trim on the plant before I chopped it and then hung it for a week in a 70%RH space...that is a higher RH than ideal, but it was constant and I wasn't worried about mold. After 7 days I broke it down into smaller branched and dried them in a 35% RH space for 4 days and then into jars a little moister than usual...they are still slow drying in the jars after 2 weeks and now I just burp them instead of leaving the jars open for 2-3 hours. Curing and drying are 2 very overlooked discussions here...so easy to grow beautiful plants and fvck them up in one quick week.

Lemon

• Blew Hiller
• Mar 4, 2019
• lemon auto

Blew Hiller Winter Grow 2019

Lemon trimmed

• Blew Hiller
• Mar 4, 2019
• lemon auto

Blew Hiller Winter Grow 2019

lemon hanging

• Blew Hiller
• Mar 4, 2019
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• lemon auto

Blew Hiller Winter Grow 2019

I love bud pictures.

 

[Barney86]

Yeah lots of people do the paper bag method aswell mate. Never tried that one tho.

 

[TorturedSoul]

Speaking of brown-bagging it, there's always this:

DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying: Maximizing Your Harvest

Since beginning this thread we've had a member show up who'd spent the years since 1993 refining this very process. He's already worked out what we were trying to discover - the most favorable atmospheric conditions, how to adjust humidity levels when it's time to jar it up, and for that matter...

www.420magazine.com

 

[Leappy]

Speaking of brown-bagging it, there's always this:

DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying: Maximizing Your Harvest

Since beginning this thread we've had a member show up who'd spent the years since 1993 refining this very process. He's already worked out what we were trying to discover - the most favorable atmospheric conditions, how to adjust humidity levels when it's time to jar it up, and for that matter...

www.420magazine.com

Hey TorturedSoul.. I have read that link before and there is a bit of confusion there.. I to dont quite understand the Bag/Jar/Fridge/Bag process

 

[BlueGreen]

Hi all.. just wondering if you had any tips to slow down drying.. I believe slower is better, and I cannot understand what I am doing or how to correct the problem as my last two attempts have dried anything between 4/6 days. Yes it was very warm during that period, but I am still trying to learn and would hopefully try and dry my next harvest a lot longer. Tks guys

mine tend to dry out quickly too. My fan blows at a tangent to the buds, so air is moving but it's not blowing right at the buds. The solution i have found is this: when i put the dried buds in curing jars, i leave on some big hunks of stalk and stem. Within half a day, the buds are all moist again. A few days later (burping the jars at least once per day), i remove most of those big stems. This method works very well for me, and my buds come out smelling nice, smoking perfectly, and tasting just fine!

 

[Leappy]

mine tend to dry out quickly too. My fan blows at a tangent to the buds, so air is moving but it's not blowing right at the buds. The solution i have found is this: when i put the dried buds in curing jars, i leave on some big hunks of stalk and stem. Within half a day, the buds are all moist again. A few days later (burping the jars at least once per day), i remove most of those big stems. This method works very well for me, and my buds come out smelling nice, smoking perfectly, and tasting just fine!

Thanks Blue Green.. app the info, I have read a few posts regarding the chunks of stem.. will def. give it a try

 

[Jimmycricket]

Thanks for you reply Blew.. I havnt seen the brown bag method.. I will browse and have a look.. and I havnt tried hanging a full plant.. gonna grow some auto's next grow so I guess they will be small enough to hopefully hang the whole plant.. app all the advise nice looking plant

You can add a humidifier to your drying room.

You can also put it in tote boxes and burp it kind of like a jar to slow down the drying

 

[Squirrel05420]

All my bud drying too fast but I live in a RV and my heater is set to come on when the temp is below 20°c so I think it's cause it's on most the time but otherwise what I will do it when I jar it I will use a humidity packs

 

[Gee]

I bundle the harvest without them touching. If you string up it will dry faster. To bundle I use my screen that was used during growth. Attached a pick of the screen. The buds are hung inside the screen then left in a cool place. The fat buds I string up.

ALSO, dry trim will also help big time. Mine took 7-10 days to dry. It’s almost fully cured and smells dreamy.