Noooo, your giving out incomplete false advice. Has anyone hear every went to school or had any training, certification or education in either Algriculture or Biosystems? I find so much false stuff its unbelievable. It is the most misinformation then any other industry because cannabis growers came to Algriculture with no training or certification and then teach others to fail. A 600W flower light is a finishing light, therefore calculate everything before that. Samething with moisture content, 13% in cannabis on thr shelf at a dispensery is finished moisture level. Never start where you finish or u will 100% overdry your bud. You can always remove excess moisture, you can never put it back. I mean in a way where the quality stays intact. When you overdry, your
terpenes leave with it,
terpenes are extremely volatile and leave at the sign of light, heat and dryness. Under 53% humidity in a jar means you over dried and your
terpenes are gone. You can add moisture back into the bud but u can't add
terpenes back into the trichromes. Once your terps are gone, they are gone for life. Do not over dry your crop. You want your jar between 62-65%. In order to achieve that without a humidity pack you have to pull your crop when your bud has dried enough so the water content in the jar is around 65% in the jar. To achieve this, you must know the correlation between moisture level and RH transportation. Pull your cannabis buds from the dry room when your moisture meter on average reads 18-19% moisture level, this equates when jarred and sealed to a RH humidity of 65-67%. This is perfect. You want to slowly bring the the RH% from 67% to 62% by burping. Remember, the point of this is because if you tried to dry your buds in your dry room to 62% you will 90% of the time miss the mark. Hang dry is aggressive and hard to control when exposed to air. It's best to get as close as possible in your dry room then finish the final 4-6% in the jar where's it's easier to be controlled. You want to dry at 55°F @60-65% RH. This typically will make the bud take 10-14 days to get to 18-19% Moisture level. You want a slow dry as chlorophyll is being dumped and it moves slower than the moisture because its heavier than water when leaving the plant. So if u dry to fast chlorophyll still remains in large quantities. So you want to make sure 90% of the Chlorophyll has left the plant before 82% of your moisture level has transpired. It takes roughly 8-10 days for Chlorophyll to leave. The remaining 10% of Chlorophyll will leave during the cure process. Aa long as your cannabis dried 10 days minimum you are safe, assuming your cannabis is not below 18% moisture level. After your plant has measured 18-19% on your moisture meter then trim and jar it. 25 hours later check your hydrometer, it should be around 67%. This is when u burp. You burp until your hydrometer reads 62% 72 hours without fluctuations. Once fluctuations has stopped, keep the jar sealed, u don't want to keep at least 60% in your jar without a humidity pack. Never use a two way
boveda humor pack for at least 14 days in the jar.
Boveda packs affect the sweating process and will alter flavors and
terpenes during the sweating process. Only use a
boveda pack if u over dried your bud. If so, u lost
terpenes maybe even all your terps. After your Hydrometer reads 62% that is 14% moisture level. That is where you want to stay. In another 2 weeks u will loose another 2% and that's expected, there'd you will end up around 12-13% moisture level and that's perfect. Then throw a two-way
boveda humidity pack in 62% after 3 weeks of cure your RH in the jar should be around 60% and moisture level in your bud will be around 12-13%. This is perfect and that's how you dry and cure like a Engineer. This is the reason why you always consult with a professional or Engineer in the field. You worked to hard for your crop to get mis-information. You want top notch cannabis so you'll need top notch professionals. 10-12% on the shelf moisture level is overdry and
terpenes will be diminished. That's why I don't do dispensaries. I like 12-14% finished.
Sr. Quality Biosystems Engineer, Agricultural
M.S Medical Technology
