Drying

So, my grow tent will not go colder than 75 degrees in the day, and humidity sits around 49-55% 49 during the day and 55 at night. Will my cannabis still dry slow with the temperature and humidity at what it’s at?

RiverRunzRed said:

So, my grow tent will not go colder than 75 degrees in the day, and humidity sits around 49-55% 49 during the day and 55 at night. Will my cannabis still dry slow with the temperature and humidity at what it’s at?

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I also forgot to mention the temp sits around 69 to 72 at night

If you have the funds a small dehumidifier is more than worth it

You want to raise your humidity when your grow space is hotter. To slow down the drying.



But you're not far from acceptable numbers.



How to increase your humidity and slow down drying: Don't wet trim your cannabis, leave all the foliage on it and hang it.

Wet a blanket or towel and put it at the bottom of your tent, put a bucket with water inside your tent, for simply get a humidifier.

soilgrower85 said:

If you have the funds a small dehumidifier is more than worth it

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Unfortunately I have one running 24/7 and still have the range I do, lol I have an exhaust fan and two oscillating fans and a wind machine bigger fan. I have a 4x3 grow tent

RiverRunzRed said:

Unfortunately I have one running 24/7 and still have the range I do, lol I have an exhaust fan and two oscillating fans and a wind machine bigger fan. I have a 4x3 grow tent

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Air conditioning unit in the room set at 64

HandyGringo said:

You want to raise your humidity when your grow space is hotter. To slow down the drying.

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But you're not far from acceptable numbers.

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How to increase your humidity and slow down drying: Don't wet trim your cannabis, leave all the foliage on it and hang it.

Wet a blanket or towel and put it at the bottom of your tent, put a bucket with water inside your tent, for simply get a humidifier.

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Awesome! Thank you so much! I do have a humidifier and it is sitting around 60%. 60 should be good right or should I go 65?

RiverRunzRed said:

Awesome! Thank you so much! I do have a humidifier and it is sitting around 60%. 60 should be good right or should I go 65?

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Both are acceptable but I think technically 65% would be better since you're reaching 75f during the day. 60% is a tad low for 75f, just a tad.

HandyGringo said:

Both are acceptable but I think technically 65% would be better since you're reaching 75f during the day. 60% is a tad low for 75f, just a tad.

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You’re Awesome! Thank you!

RiverRunzRed said:

You’re Awesome! Thank you!

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You're welcome, all the drying science is fresh in my mind because I'm currently drying as well at those exact same temps in my furnace room, only place that would work, good luck.

I actually made a little calculator just for this, for my own use mostly, because looking up the various VPD's every time and correlating it with the chart was annoying.


It's pretty basic but it does the job

I don’t think this is a great idea, I’m not being a dick head or trying to discredit @HandyGringo work - different strains /phenos all have different structure density ect ect , following a chart is not a fail safe way of drying mj imo , growing / drying by numbers is only a guideline , read the plant not the numbers I come in I leave in good luck op

Leeski said:

I don’t think this is a great idea, I’m not being a dick head or trying to discredit @HandyGringo work - different strains /phenos all have different structure density ect ect , following a chart is not a fail safe way of drying mj imo , growing / drying by numbers is only a guideline , read the plant not the numbers I come in I leave in good luck op

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Don't worry, you're right. It's only a guideline. If you really wanted to know, you'd need a moisture meter to test the buds with. Then you'd have something concrete to go by.

According to the video where the charts are from: this presentation, they talk about how to figure out if buds are dry enough and they conducted studies etc, and they ended up concluding that the snapping of the stems was actually a very accurate indicator, which surprised the presenter because she initially thought it sounded like bro-science.