Drying/curing Question In Co

Irish063 · Nov 21, 2016

I live in CO at 7200 ft. For those of you familiar with the area it is super dry up here. With recent weather we've had a little more moisture in the air but it is still fairly dry. The average temperature in my room (drying area) is 55-60ish.

I took my plants down 4 days ago and have the whole plant drying (rhymes are fairly small). I have not been able to trim them as fast as I was hoping. I wanted to see if putting them in a paper bag,with the leaves on, would "sort of" start the curing process until I can get them cleaned up and in glass jars. Do you think this would work? @Seamaiden, I know you like curing in a paper bag. I have read several threads on here about drying/curing.

I know the general rule people follow is 5-7 days and even up to 10 for slow drying but it's dryyyy here. A plant that was done before the rest was crispy dry in 4 days with all the leaves left on.
I don't know my exact RH. The weather station we have in the kitchen says the RH is 75%. I know there are a lot things I should have for this process but I don't.
Thanks everyone

OrganicGanja · Nov 23, 2016

Once it's fairly dry to the touch crispy on the outside a little, jar it up and sweat the rest out...

Irish063 · Nov 24, 2016

Thanks. I understand that. I was just wondering if I can store the plants with the leaves on in a paper bag until I can get them trimmed up.

I went ahead and did it. They were getting way to dry.

JSmokes420 · Nov 24, 2016

Irish063 said:
Thanks. I understand that. I was just wondering if I can store the plants with the leaves on in a paper bag until I can get them trimmed up.

I went ahead and did it. They were getting way to dry.

Spray them down with some rosemary oil and neem. It will keep them from dying out and add a nice taste. I do this for every harvest. People love it

CaliRooted · Nov 24, 2016

Don't spray your flowers with Rosemary or Neem!! Horrible advice IMO

JSmokes420 · Nov 24, 2016

CaliRooted said:
Don't spray your flowers with Rosemary or Neem!! Horrible advice IMO

So obviously you don't understand humor.....it was a joke duh

noone88 · Nov 24, 2016

It is arid in socal, especially during the summers. Winters, not so much.

Whole plants with a dehumidifer will dry out in 4 days. Trim and bag it with a boveda and you're gtg. Jars are nice, but we're a bit past that now, especially if you're commercial.

If this is personal stash, dry and cure nice and slow. We sometimes put water in a bucket in our dry/curing rooms to slow down the process a bit.

Irish063 · Nov 25, 2016

noone88 said:
It is arid in socal, especially during the summers. Winters, not so much.

Whole plants with a dehumidifer will dry out in 4 days. Trim and bag it with a boveda and you're gtg. Jars are nice, but we're a bit past that now, especially if you're commercial.

If this is personal stash, dry and cure nice and slow. We sometimes put water in a bucket in our dry/curing rooms to slow down the process a bit.

Thanks. I thought about doing something similar with some water in a tuperware dish to add some humidity to the air and slow the drying out down some

I also thought about using a turkey bag for the untrimmed buds so far. I know people cute in those as well. Not sure which is better.
1st grow and harvest so just trying to keep as nice as possible. This is not for my personal stash.

Irish063 · Nov 25, 2016

JSmokes420 said:
Spray them down with some rosemary oil and neem. It will keep them from dying out and add a nice taste. I do this for every harvest. People love it

Ha

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