Toomuchcoffee
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Hi everyone, I wanted to find out if it would be possible to dry and/or cure the buds with no human intervention while I am away?
I started my first grow around two months ago and according to everything I read, it should be ready to harvest soon.
My problem is that I should go away for three weeks in 15 days. I will have to cut off my buds before I leave, but I am worried about how to let them dry an cure while I am away and can't do anything with them (monitoring humidity, temperature & air flow, move them to jars, open the jars occasional, etc.)
My other option would be to cut them a little sooner to be present for the drying process, put them in jars and leave them alone to cure. The problem is that I am a first time grower and am having a hard time predicting when the harvest will be, so I'm not sure when I will have to cut and how much time I will have with the drying buds before I leave.
So here are basically my questions:
- Is it possible to somehow leave the buds right after cutting to dry and cure by themselves without monitoring or doing anything to them (for about three weeks)?
- Is there something that can be bought or made to help with the process and prevent mold while I am away?
- I understand that the plant is not ready yet, but would it maybe be a better option to cut it in the next few days and then have around 10 days to dry and cure while I'm here and then leave it alone for the rest of the time?
I understand that the curing process probably won't turn out perfect, but at this point it's most important for me to not get any mold or anything similar, save what I can and hopefully have smokable buds when I get back.
Some info: Plant is an autoflower, day 62. I have a grow tent in a big closet I could somehow use, I am crafty and have no problems with D.I.Y-ing something for this or buying if it's not insanely expensive, and no, unfortunately I can't ask anyone to come and open my weed jars every now and then.
I am also including a few (hopefully successful) pictures of my buds and trichomes at the current stage.
Thanks so much, this forums has been a major help for a beginner! :)
I started my first grow around two months ago and according to everything I read, it should be ready to harvest soon.
My problem is that I should go away for three weeks in 15 days. I will have to cut off my buds before I leave, but I am worried about how to let them dry an cure while I am away and can't do anything with them (monitoring humidity, temperature & air flow, move them to jars, open the jars occasional, etc.)
My other option would be to cut them a little sooner to be present for the drying process, put them in jars and leave them alone to cure. The problem is that I am a first time grower and am having a hard time predicting when the harvest will be, so I'm not sure when I will have to cut and how much time I will have with the drying buds before I leave.
So here are basically my questions:
- Is it possible to somehow leave the buds right after cutting to dry and cure by themselves without monitoring or doing anything to them (for about three weeks)?
- Is there something that can be bought or made to help with the process and prevent mold while I am away?
- I understand that the plant is not ready yet, but would it maybe be a better option to cut it in the next few days and then have around 10 days to dry and cure while I'm here and then leave it alone for the rest of the time?
I understand that the curing process probably won't turn out perfect, but at this point it's most important for me to not get any mold or anything similar, save what I can and hopefully have smokable buds when I get back.
Some info: Plant is an autoflower, day 62. I have a grow tent in a big closet I could somehow use, I am crafty and have no problems with D.I.Y-ing something for this or buying if it's not insanely expensive, and no, unfortunately I can't ask anyone to come and open my weed jars every now and then.
I am also including a few (hopefully successful) pictures of my buds and trichomes at the current stage.
Thanks so much, this forums has been a major help for a beginner! :)