Trouble with drying and curing.

[billybobo]

No offense but you way way over dried your buds. Please don’t be offended i’m going by pure experience this is my 10th harvest i’m drying now at 68 f 65 humidity in a clean bedroom with a fan blowing at the wall central air set at 70. Cold temps take your humidity way down so be careful. I messed up 2 harvest drying at 60 f with a humidifier running on hi still rh dropped to 46 at day 6 . The bud was grown in hydro coco coir general hydroponics nutrients ac infinity tent and in line fan. Under a 800 watt anglex m800 very impressive led grow light. All the bud blue cookies and jealousy smell amazing sour earthy sweet skunk chocolate woody piney notes. God the smell of the jealousy was literally addictive. I ran them 11 weeks till i saw milky and amber trics. Yea all the bud turned out bad bad it smokes get u hi but no taste barley any smell. Humidity rh is so so so important. And not drying your plants so long. 7 days is plenty 15 days is purely insane behavior and beyond logical thinking. When you place your buds in jars you want them to feel dense and should stink and feel slightly sticky. I even think the buds sticking together in the jar is a good sign. I’m going by experience people not by what i read off google. Perhaps use google scholar if you want your research to hold any validity. The blue cookies and jealousy were dense smelly hi grade buds yet at 46 rh 60 degrees f for one day ruined it all. It’s so sad and deeply painful financially and in general i’m truly obsessed with cannabis so u can imagine how i feel. The drying room was at 59 rh and 61 f degrees the day prior to it dropping to 46 rh. I’m starting to think rh is more important than low temps . 60 f is to low people i sware to you stop listening to the lies. Dry your bud 68 f 63 or 65 humidity unless u have super hi humidity. But if your running 60 f that’s cold and you better have one hell of a humidifier. Also i dry in a small room with central air and a humidifier fan at the wall. I’m positive that cold temps low humidity ruined my bud but also trying to dry it 10 days listening to stupid people on this forum. 5 Days drying bud at 65 68 f is plenty no wonder all the street bud is horrible. I use to be able to buy great weed steady all year always ganja and always fresh. As growers we need to be smarter and support one another the best we can with valid information we tested not read . Thanks

Also i wanna add that using the central air to get the temp at 60 f is what made my rh fall to 46 and my bud over dried. Now i dont dry my bud so cold or do long . You can always burp jars but u cant bring terps back

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

yea but using central air at 60 f takes the humidity down to low. I should have been more specific

Yes. Air conditioners control humidity. Weather affects humidity, too. There are times of year when setting the temperature and humidity to spec can be a challenge. You'll have to figure out what works for you. I don't have to run an air conditioner to get to 60F except during the summer. I just use a place in the house where the temperature and humidity are close to what I want. We also have a drying tent with a rack for the buds and fans to keep the air moving.

Also i did rehydrate all the bud using boveda but no taste or smell came back my friend. Once you murder the terp villagers with low humidity or hi temperature you can’t bring them back

I don't believe we have murdered any of our terpenes. It sounds tragic, though.

Do you keep your buds in the dark when drying? Deactivating chlorophyl is important for the flavor because chlorophyl is a flavor reducer.

Also... I don't believe Boveda packs are intended for rehydrating. They're mostly for stabilizing the humidity. We use small pieces of carrots for rehydrating. That said, rehydrating is a 'last resort' thing and as such, should be avoided if possible.

 

[billybobo]

Yes. Air conditioners control humidity. Weather affects humidity, too. There are times of year when setting the temperature and humidity to spec can be a challenge. You'll have to figure out what works for you. I don't have to run an air conditioner to get to 60F except during the summer. I just use a place in the house where the temperature and humidity are close to what I want. We also have a drying tent with a rack for the buds and fans to keep the air moving.


I don't believe we have murdered any of our terpenes. It sounds tragic, though.

Do you keep your buds in the dark when drying? Deactivating chlorophyl is important for the flavor because chlorophyl is a flavor reducer.

Also... I don't believe Boveda packs are intended for rehydrating. They're mostly for stabilizing the humidity. We use small pieces of carrots for rehydrating. That said, rehydrating is a 'last resort' thing and as such, should be avoided if possible.

Yea can’t bring terps back no matter what you use to rehydrate. But yes i dry in the dark . dark room 65 humidity now and 65 temps . im afraid to use a dehumidifier to be honest. i’m gonna jar this next batch on the wetter side if possible. i think burping jars is better than loosing terps. Getting mold is possible but rare as long as you burp for extended periods in my experience. My best harvest so far i dried in dark 5 days 65 f 65 r humidity when i jarred them they hit 65 rh after 24 hours in jars. After 4 weeks curing in jars it was perfect bud. Smoked like a dream . Both were skunk og strains but one turned purple bagged seeds from an ounce i bought off street. one yielded 7 ounces good fat purple buds and the greener og only gave me 4 ounces it was a smaller plant. Now i have chocolate rainbow xl from sensi seeds in the dry room and it’s beautiful smells amazing. Also i have gold leaf from seed supreme 4 big plants green purple buds they smell of coffee and chocolate sour kush smell just dank . I think the gold leaf is one of my favorites so far but we will see when they are done curing and it’s all ready. The chocolate rainbow xl dose look and smell amazing too