Hawaii Growers
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i had a question. im nearing my first real harvest soon maybe 1-3 more weeks going to chop and hang in my bathroom since thats the darkest place i got but it's fairly humid in the states/bathroom in general since i had to cover up the window to make it really dark. should i cut off the big fan leaves before drying or just leave um on? im going to dry trim them. also do you guys dry in the dark or naw?
i can dry in the garage but it really isn't dark there.
i can dry in the garage but it really isn't dark there.
ChefT808
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If ur worried about mold trim the fan leaves off and wet trim ur buds then dry and cure. Leaving all those leaves on only traps humidity and moisture. Hope this helps. when drying the name of the game is humidity and temperature control to slowly release moisture from ur buds but not so slow as to cause them to mold
rikdabrick
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I thought the longleaf pine there looked similar to the Jelecote pine here, but it's just the needles. The trunks don't grow that similar. I hope all that work goes easy enough for you. It looks like you'll be busy for awhile.
rikdabrick
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I wouldn't want to be drying anything in direct sunlight and darker is better in general, but I'd pick good humidity and temps over darkness if I had too; still no direct sunlight though. Drying is pretty tricky depending on your environment. You're probably going to have to experiment a bit and you might lose some flowers in the process. I lost a good amount in the process of learning due to poor drying and/or storage. It's pretty warm/hot and humid most of the time where I'm at so it makes for a good environment for mold to grow. Nowadays I have a room I use with an A/C, dehumidifier, humidifier and fan(s) which makes it easy. If it stays fairly cool where you are you can probably just use a dehumidifier and a fan or two. My buddy who lives up higher elevation just uses those and his stuff always comes out nice. I keep my room between 61 and 69 degrees F and 50%-62% RH and have good results. Everything is dry and ready to trim in 10-14 days depending if I have the room in the lower or up 60's.
And I always dry trim, but if I had to dry in a humid room I'd probably do some wet trimming just to help it dry out a little faster. It's kind of a tricky process because like ChefT said, you don't want it to dry out too fast so just keep on eye on your stuff and keep good mental or written notes of how it all goes so you can change your process appropriately for next time if needed.
yea i think imma just cut off some leaves and hang um up in the dark might take 10 days to dry but i dont think they will rot hopefully.. i just need to keep the door closed for about 12 hours a day then i can open it for air exchange i might just run a fan in the room just incase as well. i can run a fan directly on the buds at that point right? or is that not recommended?
waterproof808
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You dont want to point your fan directly at your buds, it will dry them unevenly. You need air movement in your room as humid air sinks.
Dry trimming retains the smell the best IME.
Dry trimming retains the smell the best IME.
yea i read the slow drying when you do dry trimming retains better smell and taste but idk if that is true or what. ill just run a fan inside and then open up the door at night.
waterproof808
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I remember playing hide and seek one time with the neighbors kids and I went to hide in this makeshift tarp tent under their house that was full of drying weed. I was too young to know what it was but I got scoldings for being there lol.
my other clones still got about 4 wks 
nice i chopped mine today my first actual harvest but 2nd grow. i think i'd get maybe 2oz dry 1oz for sure or close to it. my smaller plant didn't get much buds so majority is from the bigger one. helped that it stacked 3 bud sites for 1 kola as well. i'll try to show the pics after i dry cause my bathroom looks like a crackhouse
rikdabrick
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Looking good @ChefT808 !
Here's some before and after pics of my Blueberry Hashplant #5
Flower shot
This is how it stacks. This branch was on a different BBHP#5
NUGZ!
I just added a dehumidifier to my one greenhouse for night time mostly. It should be a big enough one. I'm interested to see if it helps since the RH shouldn't swing so much now between day and night
Here's some before and after pics of my Blueberry Hashplant #5
Flower shot
This is how it stacks. This branch was on a different BBHP#5
NUGZ!
I just added a dehumidifier to my one greenhouse for night time mostly. It should be a big enough one. I'm interested to see if it helps since the RH shouldn't swing so much now between day and night
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waterproof808
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Did you get a big quest dehum?
rikdabrick
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Nope, more ghetto than that, ha ha! It was just the biggest one at Costco I think (I bought it awhile ago). I tried running it in the greenhouse last night and I think it put a dent in the humidity but it didn't take it down very much I don't think. The only hygrometer I had in there was the one that's built into the dehumidifier and I doubt it's very accurate. I'll take a good hygrometer in there tonight. Usually I don't even think about humidity, but we had a few really wet and damp days that got me wanting to give the dehumidifier a try. I'll give it a try for a bit and see if it makes a difference.
rikdabrick
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I don't use one and everything grows good. Maybe you're over watering?
How's the drying going?
i water about 1.5L per 7gal pots. so i water to no run off pretty much. they seem to grow fine but whenever i prune all the inside growth is just floppy. if i water the entire pots takes maybe 3-4 days just to dry as i don't add any perlite to my mixes. could be due to lack of air exchange i think as well
waterproof808
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Sounds like poor air flow, poor light penetration, and overwatering. You definitely dont need a dehum in veg.
