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im not trying to imbie anything into the bud, i have no idea what you are talking about i am trying to hang dry my budHere’s my take, when I use paper bags, it draws moisture out of the buds, not imbues it into the bud, the paper absorbs moisture and with its bigger surface area passes it off more readily. I can’t see it working to keep or stabilize the moisture content.
The bag will make the bud dry out faster without the necessary amount of RH.im not trying to imbie anything into the bud, i have no idea what you are talking about i am trying to hang dry my bud
So i live in the northeast usa, its winter now and humidity in my apartment is typically below 20%. inside my tent with a carbon filter exhaust RH usually hangs around 25-30 ( no issues with bud rot during flowering lol)
Anyways mu first post here was trying to figure out how to maintain humidity in my tent around 50-60% to get a slow dry before putting bud in the freezer to finish with ed rosenthals sublimation method as seen here
More Info can be found here on low humidity
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/drying-in-20-rh.100855/
Use a variac controller on your fan so you can get it in the sweet spotSo i live in the northeast usa, its winter now and humidity in my apartment is typically below 20%. inside my tent with a carbon filter exhaust RH usually hangs around 25-30 ( no issues with bud rot during flowering lol)
Anyways mu first post here was trying to figure out how to maintain humidity in my tent around 50-60% to get a slow dry before putting bud in the freezer to finish with ed rosenthals sublimation method as seen here
I have done a couple sample buds but before hitting the freezer the himidity inside a jar at room temp of 71# F i already was too low, around 45•RH%
problem i am facing is, humidity is too low to hang in my tent with exhaust fan running, humidity is too high with no exhaust fan running.
So thinking and experimenting i have come up with a solution i will test in the next few days after i chop. Solution is to hang my branches in my tent hanging INSIDE a paperbag in the tent. i will put a hygrometer inside the paper bag to check high and low RH. I am only drying to the point i can put the buds in the freezer, which is barely crisp on outside, with stems still able to flex without snapping, which hopefully will take 3-5 days after bud washing. I will follow up this post with any results good or bad.
Please feel free for comments or your personal experience of what worked for you
I am only growing for personal use so i am looking to preserve maximum taste and potency.
here is my converted paper bag ( double long using some duct tape and scissors lol)
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this should be long enough now to put a hygrometer in the bottom and have more than enough room to create a mini microclimate inside.
Agreed humidity controller would be great toInterested to know if the bag method works for you. If the tent is just used for drying why not get a small four inch fan attached to a humidity controller? And it should kick on to expel the humidity once it goes higher than the setting you choose.
Interested to know if the bag method works for you. If the tent is just used for drying why not get a small four inch fan attached to a humidity controller? And it should kick on to expel the humidity once it goes higher than the setting you choose.
i do have a fan i have 3-4 of then laying around i dont have a humidity controller though, am going to order one for my next plants i didnt plan ahead to drying though now that im at this stage i wasnt thinkjng about RH at all until i test dried a small bud a couple weeks ago and it def dried too quickly hanging inside the tent, RH was 25-30% and the lights were onInterested to know if the bag method works for you. If the tent is just used for drying why not get a small four inch fan attached to a humidity controller? And it should kick on to expel the humidity once it goes higher than the setting you choose.
I had a temp controller laying around and found my fluctuations of 5 degrees I’m able
To control my humidity. Basically when the tent hits 75 it Evacs the air till it hits 70. Works like a charm this time of year for my veg tent. Not really applicable tho
Paper bag will soak up moisture
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