Watering night before harvest

I always keep them well hydrated so the main leafs come of with a clean snap no fibers/threads holding (they break my stride) and the bud leafs are much easier to trim, the temp isn't always controllable like during summer but I try to aim for 15/16c 60%.

It then goes into a bucket to let the moisture even out between buds.

Markshomegrown said:

It's not the same as fast drying buds, my temps are around 20c and humidity is around 40-50%
So this will not degrade the THC
Keeping the temperature and humidity in range will give me the best quality bud.

Slow drying my buds over a week in low temps will give me high quality buds, if I watered before harvest, maybe it would take 10 days.

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You just chopped, dried and weighed your weed in 3 days.

I chop the plants and leave them in the plant support for 3-4 days, chop, trim, and get a rough idea of the weight you will lose (3-5%)
lay them in trays for 2 days and then place the trays in bags and back out every 12 hours, this helps the buds to dry even

It will always take 6 days+ to dry the weed.

Markshomegrown said:

I chop the plants and leave them in the plant support for 3-4 days, chop, trim, and get a rough idea of the weight you will lose (3-5%)
lay them in trays for 2 days and then place the trays in bags and back out every 12 hours, this helps the buds to dry even
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It will always take 6 days+ to dry the weed.

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Unless the humidity is higher or the temperatures are lower...or fans are running

I could go on
There is no absolute in drying or bud structure or...

6 days wowser 12/16 days here,
High quality bud and 20c/40-50% drying doesn't sound right in the same sentence.

Star Dog said:

6 days wowser 12/16 days here,
High quality bud and 20c/40-50% drying doesn't sound right in the same sentence.

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last few days the temps have dropped, staying between 10-15c but the humidity is 45%

I chop when it's convenient for me. I could care less when the plants have been watered. Using blumats they're constantly watered and when I hand water I'll chop right after watering if that's the way my schedule works out. Then I just hang them or place the buds on trays in the spare room to dry. If they are drying too fast I'll put everything in a paper bag for awhile. It takes 7-10 days before the bud is ready to smoke and jar. I don't cure either. I start smoking right away. Weed smells and tastes great every time.

Markshomegrown said:

I chop the plants and leave them in the plant support for 3-4 days, chop, trim, and get a rough idea of the weight you will lose (3-5%)
lay them in trays for 2 days and then place the trays in bags and back out every 12 hours, this helps the buds to dry even
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It will always take 6 days+ to dry the weed.

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So why did you try gloating about your harvest weights 4 days after you chopped your plants?

Markshomegrown said:

I chop the plants and leave them in the plant support for 3-4 days, chop, trim, and get a rough idea of the weight you will lose (3-5%)
lay them in trays for 2 days and then place the trays in bags and back out every 12 hours, this helps the buds to dry even
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It will always take 6 days+ to dry the weed.

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You showed them in the pots still Sunday, then posted “I got 1000 grams bro” on Wednesday

bk78 said:

You showed them in the pots still Sunday, then posted “I got 1000 grams bro” on Wednesday

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OK my flower room is not perfect for drying weed, for the first 2 days the temps where 20c and the humidity was between 40-50%
Then the temperature dropped a few degrees.
I had removed all the fan leaves and trimmed up most the buds on the Sunday.
The soil was dry so I chopped the main stem and left them for 3 days, then I checked the buds, some where still sticky and the out edges on most the buds have just started to dry, looking at the buds, I wanted to know the crop size, so I trimmed all the buds off the stems, weighed them and put the buds in the trays, at this stage the buds don't really lose much weight, so I put it up in my diary, I would be surprised if at least a few of you don't do this.