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How do i prevent a fast dry

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So I'm new to growing and currently doing my first grow in a 3x3. I'm having issues keeping my humidity over 45 without a humidifier. So my question is for when I dry my first harvest. How do I stop them from drying too fast with the low humidity? Should I put a humidifier in the room I'm growing in so that more humid air is drawn in to the tent? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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I don't really see another option to raise to what you need other than what you said. Why don't you want to put one in there? Or maybe don't dry in the tent. Find place with better humidity l.
 
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My drying room is at 45%rH - before I fill it with cut plants. Then the humidity increases as the plants release moisture into the air of the room.
 
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My drying room is at 45%rH - before I fill it with cut plants. Then the humidity increases as the plants release moisture into the air of the room.
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I figured it would go up some once the plants are hung but does it stay up long enough for a slower dry? I've been told to leave some of the larger leaves to help keep the humidity up a little longer. Will this help?
 
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In pretty sure it's supposed to be at 60% it will go up that much from hanging your plants? @MisterHelix The humidity in my house is close to sixty usually and I never bothered to check after they were hung in the closet.
 
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Yea the more intact the plant the slower it will dry. The fan leaves help, everything minus the roots hanging will be the slowest you will get without environmental controls. Don't let them dry to the point where the stem snaps or its too late and you've lost them.
 
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pbull79 said:
I figured it would go up some once the plants are hung but does it stay up long enough for a slower dry? I've been told to leave some of the larger leaves to help keep the humidity up a little longer. Will this help?
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Yeah. When they dry out, the moisture has to go somewhere.

My drying room ranges from 70-80° and from 45-65% humidity. Usually it is at about 72°/55%, but I vary it during a drying run.

The room starts at 45%, and I liad it up, and then the machine kicks on and keeps it at whatever I choose.

I set the dehumidifier at 60 to start. Then after a couple days I crank it down to 50 so the petioles snap (dry trim).
 
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Dam why did I never think of this? I'm going to have to check it next dry and see how much it goes up. I'm probably going to have to make some adjustments. Ty @pbull79 for your post. I'm still getting better at drying myself and this helped me
 
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Dam why did I never think of this? I'm going to have to check it next dry and see how much it goes up. I'm probably going to have to make some adjustments. Ty @pbull79 for your post. I'm still getting better at drying myself and this helped me
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Like I said this is my first grow so I'm starting to stress a little about the drying and curing. All I know is that I am loving this and am trying to learn as much as possible. I'd hate to lose my first because I don't know what I'm doing lol.
 
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Like I said this is my first grow so I'm starting to stress a little about the drying and curing. All I know is that I am loving this and am trying to learn as much as possible. I'd hate to lose my first because I don't know what I'm doing lol.
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If nobody has said it yet, you are trying for a 62F @ 62% with some air movement in a dark location. up to 2 weeks if you can. I can rarely get those numbers, I can get 62% easily with a humidifier or dehue in the summer but temperatures at 62f are more difficult for me. I find fast dried bud harsher to smoke but it still gives me the buzz and I don't need to worry about mould if over dried. Still there's nothing like properly cured and dried weed for smoking pleasure.
 
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Another approach that I use is to “buck” the half dry buds into vented cardboard boxes. The boxes are held in the drying/curing room. This can help slow the drying process, as the buds in the boxes have less airflow, but it has its own risks.

I use this technique to move the batch along so I can get the next plant up in the racks. I can really only do one big plant at a time. And I don’t like to have mixed varieties or harvest dates in the room. One. Only.
Pics because pics mo bettah

^bucking in to box of buds, box of smalls

^Not trimmed, but no fan leaves.


^boxes propped open. I can take out a box and trim for a while, trimmed bud get jarred. The rest goes back in the box, back on the rack, back in the room.
 
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