When drying do you have to hang them?

moobyghost

moobyghost

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I have very limited space for hanging these plants when I harvest soon, but I have a box made of wood that is 2 feet long by 1 foot wide by 8 inches deep. If I were to place a screen or rack or something in that, and set it on the floor near the AC so it can be cool and dry, will it dry ok?

I just have no clue where I can hang them since I grow out of my closet.
 
acidbox420

acidbox420

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ya iv seen people dry in a cardboard box with strings lol. people hang cause it dont flaten out one side of the buds, as long as you dont got your buds to close together you should be fine and dont have the ac blowing directly on your buds they might dry out to quick
 
TalonToker

TalonToker

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Another issue in drying this way is that the buds will stick to the box. Don't get me wrong, it's not like they are glued and you can't peel them off, but a lot of the trichs will come off the buds and remain stuck to the box, reducing potency.
 
moobyghost

moobyghost

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Thanks Guys, I know it won't be a big harvest, but I just don't have space.

I once read of a method wear someone placed a box fan on counter, on blocks, and facing down. Then he put the buds on the fan and turned it on low and had them dried in 2 days. Anyone else ever do this?
 
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joshrose54

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That would cause them to dry too quickly and be harsh, it would work if you are okay with that though. Can you not hang them in a closet or something? should only take 5 or so days before you can cure them.
 
moobyghost

moobyghost

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I am growing in the closet so there will be 12 hours of light not 24 of dark like drying says to have. I have many places I could set them down, but very few places to stretch string and hang them. Very small living space, think shoebox. lol.
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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TalonToker said:
Another issue in drying this way is that the buds will stick to the box. Don't get me wrong, it's not like they are glued and you can't peel them off, but a lot of the trichs will come off the buds and remain stuck to the box, reducing potency.
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If you make your dry-box correct and you cut your plants into the right lengths you will not have a situation where buds will be up against cardboard to then stick to.

That is sort of the idea behind dry-boxes. When you do not have a room or a closet or something you make small ‘rooms’ for your buds to hang in the same way as if done elsewhere, other than branches/plant parts have to be cut to length according to usable height in the box.

If someone uses a dry-box and ends up with sticking buds:

They picked too small of a box, or boxes.

Or:

They laid out/adapted their box or boxes poorly.

Or:

They do not cut their branches/plant parts small enough for the box or boxes.

Or:

They are just trying to cram in more bud than the box can properly hold.

It can be one,, two or more of those things behind buds ever sticking in dry-boxes ….. but they are all human error or human laziness, as in not wanting to take the time to cut/trim pieces the proper size for a box or boxes but not because a dry-box was their chosen way to dry.

Remove the element of human error and box drying is not at all a bad way to go as long as you do not have more crop than box or boxes. There will only be some sort of problem when the stupidity some possess is factored in.
 
moobyghost

moobyghost

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I have a spot on my bookself I guess I could use, I will put a dark fabric over the edge. I just got to figure out how to run wire/thread in it to keep it strong enough to hold the buds.

This may still be doable.
 
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buds4us

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Aluminum foil duct-tape and/or gorilla tape are pretty strong. knot the end of your strings and just tape them to the sides of the bookshelf. this way you wont have to alter/damage the bookshelf with screws, holes, and such.
 
TalonToker

TalonToker

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Brick Top said:
If you make your dry-box correct and you cut your plants into the right lengths you will not have a situation where buds will be up against cardboard to then stick to.

That is sort of the idea behind dry-boxes. When you do not have a room or a closet or something you make small ‘rooms’ for your buds to hang in the same way as if done elsewhere, other than branches/plant parts have to be cut to length according to usable height in the box.

If someone uses a dry-box and ends up with sticking buds:

They picked too small of a box, or boxes.

Or:

They laid out/adapted their box or boxes poorly.

Or:

They do not cut their branches/plant parts small enough for the box or boxes.

Or:

They are just trying to cram in more bud than the box can properly hold.

It can be one,, two or more of those things behind buds ever sticking in dry-boxes ….. but they are all human error or human laziness, as in not wanting to take the time to cut/trim pieces the proper size for a box or boxes but not because a dry-box was their chosen way to dry.

Remove the element of human error and box drying is not at all a bad way to go as long as you do not have more crop than box or boxes. There will only be some sort of problem when the stupidity some possess is factored in.
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I believe Mr. Brick Top read what he wanted to in my post so he could attempt to point out my human error, laziness, and the stupidity I posses (all of which I won't deny), but I would like to clear up a few things. I always dry by hanging, but I used to dry by using boxes, and this is how I did it.

My boxes were dresser drawers that measured 18x42x8 inches. They were made of wood so there was no cardboard. They were not too small.

The boxes were spread out in a ventilated dark room. Were they laid out improperly? I really don't think so.

All stems were always removed as well as all fan leaves. Bud leaves were cut down even with the buds. I always laid the buds out with at least 6 inches between each one, never more than 45 grams drying in any one of these large drawers at one time. They were cut quite small enough and there was no cramming involved.

Evidently I used to do something wrong, but it seems I had each one of Brick Top's points covered, and still there was some sticking. I think when you factor in "the stupidity some posses", in this case it comes down to some people reading what they want to read in someone else's post and then fabricating a list of errors in that persons procedure. Maybe it was my "peel it off" comment, but I thought I clarified that. When I say that they stick to the box, I mean they stick with an intensity equal to licking your finger and then touching a pane of glass for 5 seconds. When you remove your finger, that is how it is. Just enough to lose some of the trichs. For people who grow large crops to sell most of it for the cash, I'm sure this is irrelevant, or perhaps their own ignorance prevents them from ever even noticing it. For us growers who grow for personal stash, every little bit counts. I'm looking forward to seeing your harvest pics moobyghost. Best of luck to you.-P
 
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GanjaFresh

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In the past, I have hanged and no hanged. It really depends, there so many methods, its just so fun whe your harvsting :).
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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TalonToker said:
I believe Mr. Brick Top read what he wanted to in my post so he could attempt to point out my human error, laziness, and the stupidity I posses (all of which I won't deny), but I would like to clear up a few things. I always dry by hanging, but I used to dry by using boxes, and this is how I did it.

My boxes were dresser drawers that measured 18x42x8 inches. They were made of wood so there was no cardboard. They were not too small.

The boxes were spread out in a ventilated dark room. Were they laid out improperly? I really don't think so.

All stems were always removed as well as all fan leaves. Bud leaves were cut down even with the buds. I always laid the buds out with at least 6 inches between each one, never more than 45 grams drying in any one of these large drawers at one time. They were cut quite small enough and there was no cramming involved.

Evidently I used to do something wrong, but it seems I had each one of Brick Top's points covered, and still there was some sticking. I think when you factor in "the stupidity some posses", in this case it comes down to some people reading what they want to read in someone else's post and then fabricating a list of errors in that persons procedure. Maybe it was my "peel it off" comment, but I thought I clarified that. When I say that they stick to the box, I mean they stick with an intensity equal to licking your finger and then touching a pane of glass for 5 seconds. When you remove your finger, that is how it is. Just enough to lose some of the trichs. For people who grow large crops to sell most of it for the cash, I'm sure this is irrelevant, or perhaps their own ignorance prevents them from ever even noticing it. For us growers who grow for personal stash, every little bit counts. I'm looking forward to seeing your harvest pics moobyghost. Best of luck to you.-P
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Based on your reply you might possibly have missed my basic point, that being if someone uses dry-boxes and ends up having any more problems or any different problems than normal hang drying, beyond of course making the boxes and additional cutting to size, then they have done something wrong somewhere in the process.

It is just creating a miniature version of the same very same drying environment. Call it doll-house drying if you wish to. Someone lacks an area to dry or has an area they would like to use for drying, hopefully for reasons of prime drying conditions and not for other reasons, but they are unable to use it for some reason. Answer: make some numbers of small enclosures/containers with an environment conducive to drying pot that they have space for and dry in them.

It would be difficult for it to be simpler, and if problems occur, it is ‘operator error.’

Just because someone has not yet pinpointed their error does not mean one did not exist/occur. It only means they do not have a clue of what it was they did wrong and might even refuse to believe it was in any way caused by them and insist it was due totally to a flaw in the system used.

Oh …. One other thing ….. I do not care much for being called Mr. so if you don’t stop calling me Mr. I might end up having to say, feed 'em to the pigs, Errol.
 
IGTHY

IGTHY

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Yes you can use the box,but i would keep it away from direct air blowing on it. You can even use old shoe boxes,brown paper grocery bags or plain old Tupperware with a lid that seals. If you use the tupperware you have to burp it by lifting the lid and turning the flowers over every once and awhile.
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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IGTHY said:
You can even use ...... or plain old Tupperware with a lid that seals. If you use the tupperware you have to burp it by lifting the lid and turning the flowers over every once and awhile.
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Drying in Tupperware and burping would essentially be skip drying totally and jump right to cure and use Tupperware rather than jars and try to burp it often enough to not get mold and it eventually dries and then if you cure, you cure ... again .. sort of.


Not a judicious choice to make as how best to dry.
 
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