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So I harvested 1 of 3 autos a month ago. Most of my leaves had died off and I went ahead and wet trimmed before hanging.
They hung in my cellar with a steady temp of 58f and RH that stayed between 58-65%. I tried for 60% but it ended up varying.
These were not huge buds but fairly dense and I left them for 10 days…..until I was scared they may be too dry. They are almost all calyces with a few small sugar leaves so I figured they wouldn’t need quite as long.
I moved them to Grove bags with my most accurate hygrometers…..if there is such a thing.
After 24 hrs it read 61%, so I figured I had hit the mark with the drying part.
Over the last 2 weeks I would look in on them but not open. The hygrometer has always read 61 or 62%. So I left them alone.
Yesterday I decided to open one bag w/ a couple of my best colas. When the smell hit my nose I almost cried….it was a hay smell like no other.
I pulled one cola out and smelled it directly and it was hay. The strain is super skunk that smelled like skunk while growing.
At first I thought it just needed more time to cure, so I sealed it back up.
A few min later the Hygrometer read 63%…..which led me to believe that it had never fully dried in the first place.
So what do I do?
In the meantime I’ve chopped my other 2 and they are drying in the same conditions. I’ve been told to aim for 62-64% RH in the dry room.
Am I dumb for thinking that the buds will never dry below 64% in a room with 64% RH???
I hope some kind soul can help me out….
Thanks in advance for jumping in.
They hung in my cellar with a steady temp of 58f and RH that stayed between 58-65%. I tried for 60% but it ended up varying.
These were not huge buds but fairly dense and I left them for 10 days…..until I was scared they may be too dry. They are almost all calyces with a few small sugar leaves so I figured they wouldn’t need quite as long.
I moved them to Grove bags with my most accurate hygrometers…..if there is such a thing.
After 24 hrs it read 61%, so I figured I had hit the mark with the drying part.
Over the last 2 weeks I would look in on them but not open. The hygrometer has always read 61 or 62%. So I left them alone.
Yesterday I decided to open one bag w/ a couple of my best colas. When the smell hit my nose I almost cried….it was a hay smell like no other.
I pulled one cola out and smelled it directly and it was hay. The strain is super skunk that smelled like skunk while growing.
At first I thought it just needed more time to cure, so I sealed it back up.
A few min later the Hygrometer read 63%…..which led me to believe that it had never fully dried in the first place.
So what do I do?
In the meantime I’ve chopped my other 2 and they are drying in the same conditions. I’ve been told to aim for 62-64% RH in the dry room.
Am I dumb for thinking that the buds will never dry below 64% in a room with 64% RH???
I hope some kind soul can help me out….
Thanks in advance for jumping in.