Cool thanks guys. I’ve always wondered if that was over dry. Sometimes tiny stems don’t seem to ever snap because they are so close to the moisture source and rehydrate quickly. Would you test the main branches for snaps or the tiny twigs connected to the buds?
Its the easiest/hardest thing to explain because we can be saying the same thing and meaning two completely different concepts.
I do not know your background, and not trying to dig and find out, point being if all you have lived in is a big city and that's all you know, you may or may not understand what breaking a dry tree limb or stick sounds or feels like, if you have its not a hard concept to grasp. Not throwing shade just saying, go outside and grab a dry stick and break it, that's what your stem should do, be it main stalk or side branches.
Maybe think in different terms. The concepts you are talking about with temp and humidity during drying are directly related to businesses or buyers/sellers being able to have shelf life out of their product. Not so much so with a hobby farmer or farmers market business where you constantly have fresh product and quick turn around.
My method is simple. I use bankers boxes (cardboard boxes easy to obtain and cheap). I saw NVclosetmedgrower use that method a few years ago. He has trophies for his cannabis and if he does it that way there must be something to it. Temps are low 70's and humidity is around 40% no special room its just in a box. Takes an easy 2-3 weeks for the product to be dry. That's dry and ready to jar no burping or packets.
Commercial practices are good, but there is a difference between someone wanting to chop a plant and have a great flavorful smoke that does not smell like hay in 2 or 3 weeks and someone wanting the same a year later.
