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Mcnoxey
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Hi all,
I recently finished a grow that timed itself perfectly with a work trip I have… I’ll be heading out of town for 5 days, leaving Monday morning (Aug 8th) returning Saturday Aug 13th. As fate would have it, my plants were ready for the chop on Tuesday. Historically I’ve had my plants dry relatively quickly, however the humidity is insane lately and my indoor drying environment is roughly 72F and 65% RH.
The plants have been drying with a very mild wet trim (removed fan leaves and the odd sugar leaf) since Tuesday. I’m out of town for the weekend right now, but I have a camera on the hygrometer so I can keep an eye on my temps. I’m really not sure how to proceed… My initial plan was to trim and jar the bud tomorrow night, but now that I’ve been watching them dry for a few days I’m thinking they won’t be ready.
My girlfriend will be home during my trip, but I don’t want to burden her too much with trimming/managing the grow. I’m considering the options below… just not sure which approach is the best:
I recently finished a grow that timed itself perfectly with a work trip I have… I’ll be heading out of town for 5 days, leaving Monday morning (Aug 8th) returning Saturday Aug 13th. As fate would have it, my plants were ready for the chop on Tuesday. Historically I’ve had my plants dry relatively quickly, however the humidity is insane lately and my indoor drying environment is roughly 72F and 65% RH.
The plants have been drying with a very mild wet trim (removed fan leaves and the odd sugar leaf) since Tuesday. I’m out of town for the weekend right now, but I have a camera on the hygrometer so I can keep an eye on my temps. I’m really not sure how to proceed… My initial plan was to trim and jar the bud tomorrow night, but now that I’ve been watching them dry for a few days I’m thinking they won’t be ready.
My girlfriend will be home during my trip, but I don’t want to burden her too much with trimming/managing the grow. I’m considering the options below… just not sure which approach is the best:
- Trim the buds tomorrow, toss them into jars with Hygrometers and have my girlfriend monitor the RH of the jars. If they get too high (70% or higher) have her spread out the bud to dry for a few hours and rejar them, repeating this process for the majority of the week until they’re down to ~62%.
- Trim the buds but don’t jar them - just leave them out in the drying tent to continue to dry. Depending on how dry they are tomorrow, instruct my GF to jar them 1-2 days after I leave.
- Trim the buds tomorrow, toss them into brown paper bags and put them in the fridge. Have my GF shake them around and burp them every day until i return, at which point I’ll either jar or dry them.
- Last option would be to just have her manage the process… but she’s not really as invested in this hobby as I am and I don’t know that it’s fair to ask her to test the stems then trim and jar the buds.