Question about where to dry

Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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Nearing my first harvest and I have two plants in week 12 flower in my tent. I had planned to chop them both then hang and dry in the same tent with the carbon filter to mitigate the smell. Unfortunately now one plant looks like it will ripen before the other by maybe two weeks.

I have an attic, day temps around 40-60F and night can be 20-40F. Humidity can get high 80s at night and 30s during the day. Not sure if that would make it a bad choice or not.

Any ideas?
 
hellmutt bones

hellmutt bones

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Cwmoore577 said:
Nearing my first harvest and I have two plants in week 12 flower in my tent. I had planned to chop them both then hang and dry in the same tent with the carbon filter to mitigate the smell. Unfortunately now one plant looks like it will ripen before the other by maybe two weeks.

I have an attic, day temps around 40-60F and night can be 20-40F. Humidity can get high 80s at night and 30s during the day. Not sure if that would make it a bad choice or not.

Any ideas?
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Just put a light fan to circulate the air.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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People make life hard by trying to dry in imperfect places - whats wrong with hang drying in a room in your house thats at human habitable levels and gets air exchange like peeps walking through, open doors/windows now and again etc.

What happens when you dry is moisture leaves the bud and diffuses into the room, as long as this can leave the room and fresh come in then thats all you need.

Plants like what we like for growing and drying s'why indoor growing works so well in our rooms we inhabit. As soon as you start enclosing bud with fans and dehumidifiers humidifiers heaters etc etc its not gona naturally dry and strength and flavour suffer - you might get lucky though who knows but the other way is pretty much a no fail no brainer :-)
 
f series

f series

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His problem is smell. He wants to dry in tent but can't. So he's stuck with his attic. He's telling us about the environment he's got, Not an environment he's trying to create. So based on what he's got, what do you recommend?
@Kingrow1
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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f series said:
His problem is smell. He wants to dry in tent but can't. So he's stuck with his attic. He's telling us about the environment he's got, Not an environment he's trying to create. So based on what he's got, what do you recommend?
@Kingrow1
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You want advice on drying in 20f.... My advice is as above still.

If you cant insulate heat and exchange air with the rest of your house i just would avoid the attic.

Others, especially around the whole led craze, dreamt up a whole load stuff and would be more likely to advise on such crazy ideas :-)
 
Budzbuddha

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Attics ( to me ) seem sketchy anyways because of particulate environment - ( insulation / dust / rat shit / asbestos / bird shit ( mites ) ...

Look into DIY cardboard box drying chambers.
A large “ wardrobe “ box can be had from a moving place ... and with some twine to hang stems.

Or even brown bag ( cut buds ) as this method allows slower dry and light control. Brown paper bag ( grocery size ) will breath - this is a method many still use. You could toss a hygrometer in with buds to monitor. And rolling the bag time to time reduces clumping .
 
Moflow

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Just chop n dry in the tent you are growing in..... problem solved!
Controversial........ I know but it works great.
Check it once or twice a day, then when it feels dryish on outside put it in plastic bin bag or bucket with lid.
Take sealed bucket lid off after several hours, feel the buds for moisture.
The buds will re moisturise evenly from the inside to outside in bucket. If the buds are still too moist put them back in growroom to continue drying a bit more and repeat.
If you accidentally over dry them you can dehydrate them by soaking a few sheets of kitchen roll in water, wring them out so theyre evenly damp and place them between buds in bucket and put lid on for a several hours with lid on.

As @Kingrow1 sez, us led growers is quite crazy in our ideas...... lol
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Im blackmarket and learnt the trade as well as growing. More small plants staggered will reduce the total amount of bud you have drying at any one time and reduce smell - i can hide smaller smells easier.

Once your dialled in and recieving regular small harvests you can hang in a big room or best you got, seal airtight and vent at night or when no body is around.

:-)

Moflow said:
Just chop n dry in the tent you are growing in..... problem solved!
Controversial........ I know but it works great.
Check it once or twice a day, then when it feels dryish on outside put it in plastic bin bag or bucket with lid.
Take sealed bucket lid off after several hours, feel the buds for moisture.
The buds will re moisturise evenly from the inside to outside in bucket. If the buds are still too moist put them back in growroom to continue drying a bit more and repeat.
If you accidentally over dry them you can dehydrate them by soaking a few sheets of kitchen roll in water, wring them out so theyre evenly damp and place them between buds in bucket and put lid on for a several hours with lid on.

As @Kingrow1 sez, us led growers is quite crazy in our ideas...... lol
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Moflow

Moflow

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Kingrow1 said:
Im blackmarket and learnt the trade as well as growing. More small plants staggered will reduce the total amount of bud you have drying at any one time and reduce smell - i can hide smaller smells easier.

Once your dialled in and recieving regular small harvests you can hang in a big room or best you got, seal airtight and vent at night or when no body is around.

:-)
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Yea, I know when the neighbours are out, that's when I chop cause you can smell it in the next street.... lol
 
mustbetribbin

mustbetribbin

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@Cwmoore577

What you might be able to do is build a little frame and then throw some plastic sheeting up over it, add a door and shelves or hooks inside to hang the buds on/from, then just add a vent hole and filter to the bottom, same on the top so that air flows through, then just find something like a heat mat or a ceramic reptile bulb to release some gentle heat into the drying chamber/area, might even get by with an 25-60 watt incandescent for some gentle heat IR, if you've got a small fan could be ran on low speed, that's all that really matters, you don't really need whooshing air swirling around your buds, just decent air exchange is all thats necessary.

I'm not one to believe that buds should be dried in an open air environment, why would anyone keep their plants in a safe and sterile environment the whole time while growing, and then at harvest time just allow the plants to be placed in an open environment exposed to the elements, dust, pests, debris, fibers, spores etc..... I don't see any real thought out logic in doing that, not really how I advise anyone to treat their hard earned medicine that they grew for themselves.

But yeah if it was me, I'd build a temporary drying tent, and design it in a way that it could folded and be able to put the tent up after a week or 2 when most of the drying is complete, then when each harvest comes around just setup the tent in an area with free space and then you wouldn't have to sacrifice as much space or necessitate too much allocation to a simple drying process which would allow you to continue using that space that is being taken up when the drying process is over.

Hope this helps, cheers.
 
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PURPLEB3RRYKUSH

PURPLEB3RRYKUSH

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Cwmoore577 said:
Nearing my first harvest and I have two plants in week 12 flower in my tent. I had planned to chop them both then hang and dry in the same tent with the carbon filter to mitigate the smell. Unfortunately now one plant looks like it will ripen before the other by maybe two weeks.

I have an attic, day temps around 40-60F and night can be 20-40F. Humidity can get high 80s at night and 30s during the day. Not sure if that would make it a bad choice or not.

Any ideas?
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I would dry in a cardboard box if i was you
 
Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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f series said:
His problem is smell. He wants to dry in tent but can't. So he's stuck with his attic. He's telling us about the environment he's got, Not an environment he's trying to create. So based on what he's got, what do you recommend?
@Kingrow1
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Exactly. Although I’m not worried about neighbors, good friends with the only one near. I had a detective drop by last week about an unrelated issue. Don’t want to risk smell.
Budzbuddha said:
Attics ( to me ) seem sketchy anyways because of particulate environment - ( insulation / dust / rat shit / asbestos / bird shit ( mites ) ...

Look into DIY cardboard box drying chambers.
A large “ wardrobe “ box can be had from a moving place ... and with some twine to hang stems.

Or even brown bag ( cut buds ) as this method allows slower dry and light control. Brown paper bag ( grocery size ) will breath - this is a method many still use. You could toss a hygrometer in with buds to monitor. And rolling the bag time to time reduces clumping .
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I’ll look into that. I have been keeping brown paper grocery bags for this reason. Was going to put the buds in the bag then cover with a layer of shredded brown paper bag strips and repeat until full.
Moflow said:
Just chop n dry in the tent you are growing in..... problem solved!
Controversial........ I know but it works great.
Check it once or twice a day, then when it feels dryish on outside put it in plastic bin bag or bucket with lid.
Take sealed bucket lid off after several hours, feel the buds for moisture.
The buds will re moisturise evenly from the inside to outside in bucket. If the buds are still too moist put them back in growroom to continue drying a bit more and repeat.
If you accidentally over dry them you can dehydrate them by soaking a few sheets of kitchen roll in water, wring them out so theyre evenly damp and place them between buds in bucket and put lid on for a several hours with lid on.

As @Kingrow1 sez, us led growers is quite crazy in our ideas...... lol
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As I wrote, one plant is going to finish well before the other. Unless I can dry them in the tent while my lights are on for the other plant or I harvest the other plant way too early this isn’t an option. Don’t they need to be in a dry and dark environment while hanging or would the led lights not matter?
mustbetribbin said:
@Cwmoore577

What you might be able to do is build a little frame and then throw some plastic sheeting up over it, add a door and shelves or hooks inside to hang the buds on/from, then just add a vent hole and filter to the bottom, same on the top so that air flows through, then just find something like a heat mat or a ceramic reptile bulb to release some gentle heat into the drying chamber/area, might even get by with an 25-60 watt incandescent for some gentle heat IR, if you've got a small fan could be ran on low speed, that's all that really matters, you don't really need whooshing air swirling around your buds, just decent air exchange is all thats necessary.

I'm not one to believe that buds should be dried in an open air environment, why would anyone keep their plants in a safe and sterile environment the whole time while growing, and then at harvest time just allow the plants to be placed in an open environment exposed to the elements, dust, pests, debris, fibers, spores etc..... I don't see any real thought out logic in doing that, not really how I advise anyone to treat their hard earned medicine that they grew for themselves.

But yeah if it was me, I'd build a temporary drying tent, and design it in a way that it could folded and be able to put the tent up after a week or 2 when most of the drying is complete, then when each harvest comes around just setup the tent in an area with free space and then you wouldn't have to sacrifice as much space or necessitate too much allocation to a simple drying process which would allow you to continue using that space that is being taken up when the drying process is over.

Hope this helps, cheers.
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That’s exactly how I made my “tent” so I reckon I could make another yet smaller one.
The tent I have is just pvc piping with fittings made into a frame and then covered with black/white poly film. I’ll keep that in mind.
 
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