Can I DRY in FLOWERING room?

[pftek]

meaning it'll get 12/12 light???

only place i currently have with a scrubber... or should i spend 300 on another tent and scrubber?

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

You can dry in there, but as the light degrades the THC I would recommend you do it with the lights off.
Every growers guide I've read stresses drying in the dark.

 

[slomoking13]

i've done it before. I hung up a black plastic curtain between the lights and plants that were drying though. Intense light will degrade the thc, a little bit of light won't hurt though.

 

[HookdOnChronics]

Light degrades TCH so I would highly recomend NOT drying where there are lights on, ESPECIALLY grow lights. Here, check out my DIY dry box. Cost me like 25 bucks. There is absolutely NO reason to go out and spend 300 bucks on another tent just to dry in! That's absurd! All you need is a rubermade, some twine, some clips, a bathroom fan, and time to make it.

About a 5 day dry time in this bad boy! haha

 

[pftek]

i've done it before. I hung up a black plastic curtain between the lights and plants that were drying though. Intense light will degrade the thc, a little bit of light won't hurt though.

cool. does the heat bother it? i can place them ABOVE the lights.

 

[pftek]

Light degrades TCH so I would highly recomend NOT drying where there are lights on, ESPECIALLY grow lights. Here, check out my DIY dry box. Cost me like 25 bucks. There is absolutely NO reason to go out and spend 300 bucks on another tent just to dry in! That's absurd! All you need is a rubermade, some twine, some clips, a bathroom fan, and time to make it.

i like it. what about the smell?

 

[Kode]

You need a dark,cool,dry place.
Grow room is not good place they tend to be bright,hot,wet ... if you did some kinda tub thing like Hookd where it was dark cool and dry then that would work. Other wise it's not gonna be as good as it could be and possibly get moldy.

 

[HookdOnChronics]

i like it. what about the smell?

Oh it stinks like a MOTHER FUCKER in my house! But I like that, so I don't worry about the smell. If you need to cover it up make a cheap DIY carbon filter to go on the exhaust of the bathroom fan. It's easy, just gotta do a little brainstorming and you can come up with anything!

Here's a link to a carbon filter that would fit this dry box PERFECTLY! http://forum.grasscity.com/do-yourself/513635-best-diy-ez-walmart-carbon-filter-micro-grows-zen-style.html

Everything from me is DIY! It's the cheapest and BEST way in my eyes! lol

 

[R2F]

How many pounds can you effectively hang in one of those buckets?

 

[slomoking13]

cool. does the heat bother it? i can place them ABOVE the lights.

i have a pretty big flower room, so the light and temperature didn't really effect my stuff. the room is like 15x15 but i only use 5x10 in the back for flowering. i just hung my plants up from the ceiling and boxed off a front corner of the room with leftover black plastic. I cut the plastic about a foot short of the ground to get some airflow. took about 5-6 days to dry. If there is a difference in my potency, i haven't noticed because ive been smoking on the stuff everyday for the last 4 months and it gets me ripped everytime. You wan't to dry in a dark and cool area. If you can't make that possible in the flower room, then it probably isn't the best idea to dry it in there. It is doable though under the right conditions. My house doesn't smell at all because i dry in the flower room with the carbon scrubber.

 

[HookdOnChronics]

How many pounds can you effectively hang in one of those buckets?

Oh I don't know man. I have my plants in the flower room about a week or so apart, so I cut one down and hang it up to dry, it's done in a week then into jars to cure, cut the next down and hang it up to dry, it's done in a week then into jars to cure, cut the next down, and so on and so forth. So I don't know how many POUNDS you could dry in there at once. But after 5 days of drying the bud off 1 plant I usually end up with 50G's or so. And It's not even half way full at that point...

 

[pftek]

okay cool. i definitely need a scrubber then. in an apartment. smell is the enemy.

 

[grapesnowcone]

Light degrades TCH so I would highly recomend NOT drying where there are lights on, ESPECIALLY grow lights. Here, check out my DIY dry box. Cost me like 25 bucks. There is absolutely NO reason to go out and spend 300 bucks on another tent just to dry in! That's absurd! All you need is a rubermade, some twine, some clips, a bathroom fan, and time to make it.

About a 5 day dry time in this bad boy! haha

Thats a nice dryer man.. Props to you..