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I live in the northeast where we are blessed with super humid summers and skin-cracking dry winters. I'll be harvesting my first crop in about two weeks and I'm more than a little concerned about my drying conditions. I have a small closet (about 2x6) to dry in and the RH is at 31%.
I recently chopped two small branches for a test run. I trimmed the branches and hung them on a clothes hanger in the closet. Needless to say, at 31% RH they dried out pretty quickly...but MUCH more quickly than I thought, at about 30 hours they were crisp to the touch. I've got them in jars now and they have the dreaded "dry hay smell" that I read comes from drying too quickly. Really big bummer, because on the plant they have an amazing fruity, berry, sweet fuel nose.
So...what's a fella to do? I could buy a humidifier with an RH control, but I'm a little worried that my closet is going to be too small and throw the humidifier sensors all out of whack. Any ideas, or has anyone successfully dried in similiar conditions? Should I maybe wait to trim until after the drying process? I heard that is a pain, but if it means a slower (read better) dry, than I'm ok with it. Any and all advice is welcome as always.
I recently chopped two small branches for a test run. I trimmed the branches and hung them on a clothes hanger in the closet. Needless to say, at 31% RH they dried out pretty quickly...but MUCH more quickly than I thought, at about 30 hours they were crisp to the touch. I've got them in jars now and they have the dreaded "dry hay smell" that I read comes from drying too quickly. Really big bummer, because on the plant they have an amazing fruity, berry, sweet fuel nose.
So...what's a fella to do? I could buy a humidifier with an RH control, but I'm a little worried that my closet is going to be too small and throw the humidifier sensors all out of whack. Any ideas, or has anyone successfully dried in similiar conditions? Should I maybe wait to trim until after the drying process? I heard that is a pain, but if it means a slower (read better) dry, than I'm ok with it. Any and all advice is welcome as always.