How fast do drying buds start to lose weight?

Hey folks. I just harvested 24 hours ago, but didn't do any weighing. Now that its a day later I got a scale and the approx came out to 150 grams...semi wet you could say? Anyone have a ball park % of weight they may have lost in a day? I'm hoping a lot (trying to be the optimist here) and if you think about it if you leave a fruit or vegetable out over night by the next day its considerably dehydrated...I'm hoping the same holds true for bud. Anyone know? Thanks for your input on this.

And yes I know I could just be patient but I've weighted long enough. Just want to get a ballpark figure here of how successful my first grow is turning out...buds look fantastic by the way...sorry no camera.

Growtegery said:

And yes I know I could just be patient but I've weighted long enough. Just want to get a ballpark figure here of how successful my first grow is turning out...buds look fantastic by the way...sorry no camera.

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just assume they lost no weight. theyll lose about 70% so if you assume youll end up with about 1.6 oz then you're almost guaranteed not to be disappointed. congrats on first harvest. let us know what you end up with.

good advice thanks. I got a little worried as most folks tend to claim you lose 80-85%...which is quite a bit.

70% usually gets me right in the ballpark. there are a quite a few variables of course. what method are you using to dry and cure?

right now they are hanging in a closet...as for curing im not sure...they'll be done drying before I get home from a trip so I dont know what ill do at that point...essentially theyll have about 16 days to dry...not too long i hope?...

well they really should go into the curing jars after about a week hanging so they dry move evenly. you could find when you get back that the outside of the bud is very very crispy but the inside is still wet. the jars draw the moisture out from the inside of the bud. gotta do what ya gotta do though.