Dry Room / Trim Room Help Please

I personally would drop your humidity to 50% maybe 45%. I would not put a humidifier in room. Temp is good. Not sure about which reading is correct.

 

Whichever one is the higher quality product i would go by its reading. I have 2 of the same hygrometers and one reads 3% off. Or maybe they’re both off by some margin. Thats why i stopped using hygrometers all together and just go by the feel of the bud. I dry in 65-70% rh, because i don’t want to utilize a dehum. It takes way longer but never had mold. Imho bigger contributor to mold is the fluctuations in rh (the one time i had mold i was trying to rehydrate my overdried weed, luckily it was only a couple of nugs)

 

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I personally run 60% to dry. I try for 60 degrees but never get there so I end up around 65 degrees. Don’t blow air on the bud. I run 1 fan blowing past it but not on it. Like above it beside it be good but put hand on bud n shouldn’t feel the breeze. I’m usually dry in a week but my colas aren’t huge though. Slow but no mold. Cold with ton of air kills mold. Drop rh too much you’ll be crispy in 3 days n cure won’t help you.

 

That's how I like to dry. I have found mold in buds that were dried in a 60% humidity environment before, dropped humidity, have not found any mold since. If a 60% humidity level works in your area by all means go that way.

 

I prefer closer to 45%, but all regions are different

 

Hygrometer probably right, humidifier is probably set high to make it look like a better product and geg more sales. Hygrometer get sales through accuracy.

 

I'd drop humidity and let it dry until only the thinnest of twigs snaps nicely then put it all in jars but leave the top of the jar (you just need to move buds round more times a day cus there wetter), drying like this will slow the drying process and help keep turpines, might take 4 or 5 days hanging then 10days in jar with top off.

 

Why in a jar with the top off? What does this do?

I thought curing was done with a lid and burped every few days..?

 

Yeah like I said I don’t have huge colas usually. If I go too warm or rh low it drys real quick.

exactly my point.
If you dry it properly curing really don’t make it no better. Really isn’t neccessary or that noticable. Just a hair smoother if anything. If you dry cool n slow with a lot of air movement down to say bud holding 65-68% rh then Jar with lid off til you hit 62 or so then seal. Seal them jars early n That’s where you’ll find that mold you were talking about.
I actually don’t put in glass anymore until it’s dry dry. I go from hang to bpa free Tupperware totes. The jar causes the mold if you don’t do it just right. Tupperware is a lot more forgiving. Jarring can turn dank bud into cabbage too if done at wrong time n left sealed too long. Tupperware even sealed breathes a little. Drops about a percent a day closed. I’m no pro but I been screwed up the dry been screwed the cure.
Since slowing and cooling the hang dry and going to totes I’ve had good results. Real good.

 

Yeah see there’s a lot of things that change it. I wet trim. Cut down to branches. Hanging whole holds more moisture. I think that the bud smells and taste better if leaves are removed before drying. Take leaves n dry em alone. Harsh bitter smelling. Now why wouldn’t that transfer to the plant material right next to it during dry? It does. Big colas centers stay moist. Bag em if neccessary. Putting in a paper bag will draw the moisture from center outwards.
Boveda packs are ok I guess. They won’t actually dry your bud for you or fix overdried bud. But if you dry right n slow boveda will hold the final rh for you.some like 62 some 58. I like drier closer to the 58. It drops even in mason jars over time. Boveda does absorb some of the funk but so does paper or anything that draws the moisture out.