What’s your post harvest routine?

jamesmessenger1 · Sep 20, 2024

Hey y’all!

I’m just curious what you guys do after the chop to ensure a nice, slow, and perfect dry?

I have always dried inside of a tent, but I’m starting to think that it might be better to dry on a rack in the room the tents are in.

I’m just trying to improve upon my dry, and think that maybe drying in colder temps might help preserve terpenes a little better.

Instead of the typical 60/60, I’m thinking like 50/60 or something.

What’s your dry like, and what are some of the hard lessons that you’ve learned over the years?

thatcoffeewater · Sep 20, 2024

I dry my plants in the attic. Full plant hung, leaves all on. Fan a little ways away to prevent mold. Then, once the fan leaves are dried, I pull them off and let it dry longer. Then it's trimmed, and cured. Never messed with the temperature and humidity before, unless too hot to dry in there. Stinky, smooth, and fresh smoke every time. Curious how others do it

LoveGrowingIt · Sep 20, 2024

We cut off the branches, cut off fan leaves, and put the branches on a drying rack in a small tent. We bought the drying rack from AC Infinity. There's an exhaust fan on top of the tent and a circulation fan inside the tent. The tent is in a room separate from the house, so the temperature and humidity vary by season. There's a humidity sensor in the room and the tent has a humidity sensor in the tent and on the exhaust port. That way we can compare the differences in humidity. After about 10 days, we trim and put the buds into 60% Grove bags. They stay in the bags for about a month and then we put them in dark glass Mason jars.

jamesmessenger1 · Sep 21, 2024

LoveGrowingIt said:
We cut off the branches, cut off fan leaves, and put the branches on a drying rack in a small tent. We bought the drying rack from AC Infinity. There's an exhaust fan on top of the tent and a circulation fan inside the tent. The tent is in a room separate from the house, so the temperature and humidity vary by season. There's a humidity sensor in the room and the tent has a humidity sensor in the tent and on the exhaust port. That way we can compare the differences in humidity. After about 10 days, we trim and put the buds into 60% Grove bags. They stay in the bags for about a month and then we put them in dark glass Mason jars.

So you like the grove bags?
I just got some and using them for the first time!

NisterMice · Sep 21, 2024

Cut the whole plant, remove some branches and all the big leaves, hang it upside down in my grow tent and then try to keep close to 60% humidity and 18 degrees celcius (~60 fahrenheit). To play it save I will try to get 50-55% humidity and my temp is usually higher -at least it was during summer. Inline fan only on the lowest, or with auto setting to stay below 60 humidity and a small fan to circulate air on the bottom of the tent.

jamesmessenger1 · Sep 21, 2024

I just have a hard time with humidity, and when I use the dehumidifier, it raises the temperature too much lol. That’s why I was thinking about just hanging plants in the room. That way the humidity has room to spread around, and the temperature already stays low in October/November!

Natep · Sep 21, 2024

I dry in the same tent. I hang the entire plant shut off the lights reamend the soil and close the tent for two weeks. Then I take the hanging flower out and trim it. The same day I turn the lights back on and transplant in new plants. By reammending the soil when I chop down plants it gives it two weeks to get settled in and broken down a bit.

LoveGrowingIt · Sep 21, 2024

jamesmessenger1 said:
So you like the grove bags?
I just got some and using them for the first time!

Yes. We like them. We keep them in a dark cabinet in our grow room while curing. They do a good job getting the buds to the right humidity.

I think one of the important things about drying & curing is not to dry too fast. The inside of the buds dries slower than the outside, so it takes time to get them to a uniform humidity level. A good way to test moisture level is to remove a few buds from the dryer and put them and a hygrometer in a sealed jar. After a few hours you'll have a good idea of how dry they are. Our last batch was at 70% after a week in the dryer, so we waited a few more days.

SinCity · Sep 21, 2024

My post-harvest routine: struggling to convince my lead grower that light really does play a big role in the drying process.

Deadstill · Sep 21, 2024

Here in my part of CO it's super dry pretty much year-round. Most people run a dehumidifier to dry their crops whereas I have to use a humidifier to keep it from drying out too fast. You can literally chop a plant and it will be dry to the core in less than 24 hours if not otherwise controlled.

Once dried to my satisfaction, I too like Grove bags for curing and long term storage. I didn't believe the hype about Grove Bags at first but I gave them a chance. Now I am a believer. They really do a good job and don't collect trichomes on the sides of the bags like turkey bags or other options do. I was impressed with that, actually. If properly sealed they maintain freshness for quite a while. I have crops from over 2 years ago stored in Grove Bags that are still just as good as they were 2 years ago. I just went with the "5 gallon wicket bags" they sell, nothing fancy. I think I paid something like a little over a dollar per bag and it was worth every penny.

jamesmessenger1 · Sep 21, 2024

SinCity said:
My post-harvest routine: struggling to convince my lead grower that light really does play a big role in the drying process.

What do you mean?
Light during a dry isn’t a great idea lol.

SinCity · Sep 21, 2024

jamesmessenger1 said:
What do you mean?
Light during a dry isn’t a great idea lol.

My point exactly! (I probably shoulf have worded my post differently)

jamesmessenger1 · Sep 21, 2024

SinCity said:
My point exactly! (I probably shoulf have worded my post differently)

Hahaha!
Got cha!

Well…good thing he’s lead grower and not your post harvest supervisor lol.

Natep · Sep 22, 2024

Deadstill said:
Here in my part of CO it's super dry pretty much year-round. Most people run a dehumidifier to dry their crops whereas I have to use a humidifier to keep it from drying out too fast. You can literally chop a plant and it will be dry to the core in less than 24 hours if not otherwise controlled.

Once dried to my satisfaction, I too like Grove bags for curing and long term storage. I didn't believe the hype about Grove Bags at first but I gave them a chance. Now I am a believer. They really do a good job and don't collect trichomes on the sides of the bags like turkey bags or other options do. I was impressed with that, actually. If properly sealed they maintain freshness for quite a while. I have crops from over 2 years ago stored in Grove Bags that are still just as good as they were 2 years ago. I just went with the "5 gallon wicket bags" they sell, nothing fancy. I think I paid something like a little over a dollar per bag and it was worth every penny.

I live in Southern California it is super dry here and I always have to run humidifiers.

What’s your post harvest routine?

What’s your post harvest routine?

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