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What i need to know is, shall i harvest? I only got maybe 10% amber trichomes so far.
you don’t know about drying and curing?why, you think it will take longer for them to dry, just because there are hanging on a long stem? It will take a couple days this way. Exhaustfan is turned to a minimum in the tent.
It has to do with oxidization, microbes and the breakdown and chemical conversion of compounds.I'm sure there is science behind it that someone else smarter than I can explain... But I have always learned to dry it slowly at a controlled rate with temp and RH... Using the stems as an indicator of how close you are to the target dryness.
Maybe your way is perfectly fine, but I know the object is not to dry it as fast as possible.
Maybe @N1ghtL1ght or @Moe.Red or @Aqua Man or @Ponky ... Or a slew of the other guys can explain the science.
EDIT: ... Or @GNick55 ... he's on scene already. :)
Never ever re moisten bud… thats how you get mold. Think of it this way. Water going into a plant can bring pathogens in with it and going out of the plant does not… this is why many fast dry around 70-75 with RH around 50%. To slightly dry the outside fast then the inside. Then drop temps and raise humidity so it pulling the moisture from the middle of the bud outI think the problem with drying too fast is that you can easily dry it too much, beyond the point where you can remoisten it to cure.
My guess is that since curing is carried out by aerobic bacteria, if it dries past the point of no return, those bacteria die and it is difficult or impossible to re-establish them in the buds.
I don't think it matters whether you cut the buds off the stem first, as long as you don't dry to the point of no return. I've dried it on the stem and in racks and it doesn't affect the cure. I just don't use my drying rack anymore because it just adds an extra step for no good reason.
I think he was referring to the process you laid out at the end. For me, I have to fast dry, living AZ. I dry 3 days, jar for 4-5 hours to remoisten, dry a few hours, and repeat with jar time getting longer, dry time shorter. Takes about a week to be ready for cure. The alternative is to spend an extra $300 on electricity whenever I harvest.Never ever re moisten bud… thats how you get mold. Think of it this way. Water going into a plant can bring pathogens in with it and going out of the plant does not… this is why many fast dry around 70-75 with RH around 50%. To slightly dry the outside fast then the inside. Then drop temps and raise humidity so it pulling the moisture from the middle of the bud out
Yeah many ways to skin a cat per se. Sounds like you have a good process for your needsI think he was referring to the process you laid out at the end. For me, I have to fast dry, living AZ. I dry 3 days, jar for 4-5 hours to remoisten, dry a few hours, and repeat with jar time getting longer, dry time shorter. Takes about a week to be ready for cure. The alternative is to spend an extra $300 on electricity whenever I harvest.
And a lot of extra time on my hands to do it that wayYeah many ways to skin a cat per se. Sounds like you have a good process for your needs
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