Drying Temps and Humidity?
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authentic196
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don't know the exact numbers, in between 65-75 degrees and 45-55% humidity is ideal if I recall =)
FuckJeffGoldbloom
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Should be fine mate.
Doer
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The point of the exercise is the humidity of the buds. That is the low humidity I deal with. Wonderful for blooming. Good for the initial hanging of the plant. But, something to be controlled for veg and curing. So, here is how I do it.
- hang the plant without fan leaves, upside down so the moisture in the stems will migrate down and slow the drying out of the pods.
- check the stem below the flowers everyday. When they can break over, but not snap off, it is time for the paper bag and my little humidity meter. I want to see it into the 60% range.
- then 1/2 fill the 1 liter mason jars, I also rotate the h-meter among the jars.
- any jar contents may come back out into a paper bag because the humidity may soar back into the 70s
- When I can get it into the mid-50% NO LOWER, I don't have to worry about mold and there is enough moisture to perform the curing. Now, it is ready for the month of daily burping and curing in the sealed jars, then a shake and smell it, the next day.
- I can kinda tell by nose, but I still use a meter to calibrate the smell.
If you get the humidity below 50% in the buds, before you seal the jar you won't be able to cure it.
- hang the plant without fan leaves, upside down so the moisture in the stems will migrate down and slow the drying out of the pods.
- check the stem below the flowers everyday. When they can break over, but not snap off, it is time for the paper bag and my little humidity meter. I want to see it into the 60% range.
- then 1/2 fill the 1 liter mason jars, I also rotate the h-meter among the jars.
- any jar contents may come back out into a paper bag because the humidity may soar back into the 70s
- When I can get it into the mid-50% NO LOWER, I don't have to worry about mold and there is enough moisture to perform the curing. Now, it is ready for the month of daily burping and curing in the sealed jars, then a shake and smell it, the next day.
- I can kinda tell by nose, but I still use a meter to calibrate the smell.
If you get the humidity below 50% in the buds, before you seal the jar you won't be able to cure it.
Balke Buds
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What Doer said---
You can buy a simple RH (relative humidity-which is based on the amount of water in the air at a given temperature) gauge online at any cigar website or store. I have a humidor (I smoke ALOT of cigars) and the principle is exactly the same....although I like to keep the RH between 65% and 70%...anything less is too dry for my tastes....your preference will be different.
You can buy a simple RH (relative humidity-which is based on the amount of water in the air at a given temperature) gauge online at any cigar website or store. I have a humidor (I smoke ALOT of cigars) and the principle is exactly the same....although I like to keep the RH between 65% and 70%...anything less is too dry for my tastes....your preference will be different.
kagecog
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Proper humidity and temps for drying is highly debated but personally, I like a nice slow dry, so around 60% humidity and 70-75 degrees is best, but if your planning on a good cure as little as 35 to 40 percent humidity is alright as long as the temps don't get into the 90s.
topfuel29
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IMO- a little to hot, and a little to dry.
You want your buds to dry in 5-7 days, any sooner, and they start to get that hay smell.
Doer
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Well, perhaps so. Drying and curing are 2 different processes. Jar cuing and hang curing are different processes. All tobacco is hang cured in barns at various heights to control the temp. Most tobacco is grown in very humid climates. So, you have to control the environment to work with plants. Thus it is ever so.
I am pretty sure the low temp lower humidity will work, but it is all about the internal moisture content of the flowers. And I can only read that in a jar. And I can say from experience, if I let green bud dry, to 30% moisture, (RH measured after closed in a jar for 1/2 hr) if will not cure. The moisture needed to break down the plant matter, is not present, so it will not cure and not smoke nearly as smoothly. Plenty strong, just more harshly flavored.
Growman 36
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Hey guys new here I have a quick question today is day number eight of my drying process for the first plant of this Harvest is that being said the first seven days I could not acquire the dry room to get below 64% humidity and average between 60 and 65 degrees I was able to acquire a plug-in heater and the room is now 74 degrees and 55% humidity which is ideal from what I can find but it's day 8 too late of achieving said temperatures and humidity or should I have just left it at 65 degrees with 64% humidity for the last 2 days I basically just plugged in the heater and turned it all the way down so the temperature is now 74 degrees with 55 percent RH for day 8 of drying the bike scene dry but not like a marshmallow quite yet still a little spongy so to speak should I leave the heater plugged in for another day or unplug it and Let It Rock out at 65 degrees with 62% humidity cuz with the heater on I achieved what I thought was ideal temperatures but I was not able to acquire this until day 8 the bud looks super super glossy all the trike loans on perfect knock on wood again it is only date but was day eight too late and achieving said temperatures and humidity should I have just left it the way it was
Growman 36
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Okay I have a question is where supposed to achieve Optimum RH between 45 and 55% RH with temperatures between 60 and 75 Fahrenheit okay now if 445 days you have achieved said RH and temperature will you put the bread in the Mason jar to cure you are not going to get it back to 60% so I'm confused textbook States wait for Bud to snap okay you do that with relative humidity at 50 and 55% when you put the bird back in the jar it doesn't jump back up to 60% so I'm confused all help welcome what are you saying when the stem start to snap put the bud in a jar okay but at that point yet humidity is probably between 50% and 55% so if you follow that textbook strategy when you draw the bud for killing purposes it's not going to jump up to 60% so I'm feeling like I should take the butt out of the Joey room to cure when the bun is crunchy in the stems are almost going to snap because the RH is 55% if I wait until everything's snaps it's not going to get the 60% RH in the mason jars so I'm totally f****** confused
Gemtree
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60F/60% Jar when buds are getting crispy not when stems snap. If buds get soggy after being jarred for a few hours dump them out and let them get crispy again. Repeat until stable around 60%
Towelie29
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I would lower it to 60-70° F and 50-60% humidity. As long as it doesn't dry out sooner than 4 days, it won't really matter. I'm a big fan of Boveda bags. So last year I started at 55-60% RH and about 60°F and moved down to 40% RH halfway through the week. Trimmed and put it into 1 gallon glass jars with 1 lb capacity Boveda bags in each and completely left them alone for about 2 months (5 is ideal). The bud is fresh and sticky still because i transfer to smaller jars and leave the main ones relatively untouched inside a dark cardboard box at a steady 70°F. You don't want to dry too fast or there will be a lot of chlorophyll in the bud, it's all about the cure bro.
Gorrillainthemist
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The best way I’ve dried buds and got the best result is to hang the whole plant and have the temperature from 17-20 and humidty I start with 70 and drop down to 45 and when the stems snap I trim down the remaining fam leaves etc and then place into mason jars this way I have got the best result for smell and never had an issue with hay smell
Happy growing
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Gorrillainthemist
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Also it depends on the the size of the plant and colas on a time range to dry buds because it can vary to structure of the plant or if the soil was wet or dry when u chopped a lot of things come into it but u get what I mean depending on your environment you dry your buds and cure your end result with vary