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Well i heard that when drying your crop it has to be in a dark place with a humidity level between 55 and 65 hanging upside down.. How dous evryone dry there crop because i want my next harvest to have the stinkiest aroma possible and the sweetest tase of corse is the humidity level really nessasary?

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Closet hanging from hangers for 8 days...Then placed into jars for 7 to 12 days and burped everyday while in jars for 1 hour

wot does puting the bud in a jar do. iv only heard of hanging bud in a dry dark room. but im new to all this so any tips any1 has on drying and curing would b great. im not doing to bad with the growing side of things but think i might hav a couple of troubles with flowering my lil lovelys. hope 2 c some posts soom ppl. stay keen keep it green

As prev post said mate just hang your buds for 5 to 8 days depending on how fat the are make sure the branch snaps and not bends when it does it should be ready to put in a glass jar or similar and open it every day for a few minutes, This cures the bud and gives a nice smoke.

Curing dries the bud throughout well, distributes the ´dryness´ throughout the bud.

To dry in 8 days it's going to be a hot dry room...not good conditions for drying.

You wouldn't want high humidity but anywhere in the comfort zone is fine which most rooms in your house will be. Temp about 18-20celcius is good, the longer they take to dry the better. I do try and leave them for 3 weeks, sometimes they might come down a bit earlier, but don't be tempted to put weed in jars too soon guys coz you're asking for trouble!

Slow drying gives a much better smell i find

Too true, too true! I wasn't around for harvest of my first grow , i entrusted the final stages of flower and subsequent dry and cure to somebody a little bit too eager to get their cut i think, they dried it for 3 days in a room with a window then put it straight into jars and after 4 days there was nasty white webbing all over most of the buds , 6oz down the drain

I came home a month later to 2 gram of tasteless bud But my friend got his cut nice and early, sans jarring

This time, its gona be dried in my tent for at least 10 days, more for the tops!

Lesson learnt: Don't fuck off abroad half-way through a grow, especially if you think that if one does such a thing, one will come back to something satisfactory!

Reb

Thanks 4 ur replys jiffy and canthris. 1 more question is it best to hang up the whole plant roots included or like u said jus the branches. Bless

BROWN BAGS ARE YOUR FRIEND!!!!

DJ Short himself recommends it and I have to say, with the exception of hanging plants whole and leaving sugarleaf on, it's the single biggest improvement to the quality of my smoke.

Carry on as you are, hanging the plant in total darkness. However, as the stems start to get brittle and the outside of the buds get crispy (and the inside is still damp) transfer your buds to brown bags (about 2-3" deep in each bag, folding the top over).

Brown bagging will allow some moisture to escape slowly (SLOWLY being the key word) by creating a microclimate in the bag with better humidity - but better than jars because they breathe a little and absorb the moisture.

Then, after 2-3 days in brown bags your buds will have shrunk a little and look more like buds. Then transfer to jars and burp.

It made a HUGE difference to my smoke. I did one Blue Cheese plant with brown bags, and one without. THe difference is marked. The brown bag cheese is so much danker, sweeter, stinkier, tastier, better.

BROWN BAGS ARE YOUR FRIEND!!!! Pass it on

GN

I harvested my first grow which were Lowryder#2's three days ago,they are hanging on pegs upside down in the dark in my growroom where they will stay until they are dry enough for the next stage, (i'm expecting at least 10 days),i will then cut the buds from the stems and do a final trim and put them in brown paper bags for about 2 days and finally into jars and burp them daily.The temperature in my growroom is a constant 19c and Humidity is around 60%.The extraction fan is on (my intakes are passive) and all circulatory fans are switched off.
As previously been said,don't try and rush the drying process as you will be compromising the taste and strength!
Here is a pic of my 3x Lowryder 2's just after harvest,all of the popcorn buds are in a cardboard box on lines of cotton thread and i plan to smoke some after a quick dry and throw the rest in with the trimmings for my Bubblebag run!

How many low riders did u hav cuz that looks like quite a big yeild. I heard that lowriders only produce up 2 an oz a time. Nice work tho m8

I grew 3 Lowryder#2's,hopefully there is 2oz+ all in.
Look at my grow diary in my signature if you like,i also asked how much dry weight do people think i will get from these here>How much dry weight from these?

Respect 4 ur little pice green ninja. I'm gonna try ur lil brown bag trick when mine r done. And whoever looks at this poste click on my link and c my pics let me know wot u think.

where do you get the brown bags from???

Good question. Anybody?

How about the Greengrocers?

ive used sweet bags from the corner shop for the last few grows , as i couldnt find the brown ones , but a good greengrocer is where ive found the brown ones for this time .....

(also big supermarkets have brown paper bags for the loose mushrooms to go in , i guess these 'd work but im always scerd in case theres any minimushroom spores inside to rot me buds.)
atb geeeeep

Ebay brown paper bag. plenty there and dirt cheap

Cash & Carry is one place

Or Local Chineese

Try going 2 local corner shops that sell pick n mix for brown bags. Or art shops like hobby craft n various others

Costa Coffee for brown paper bags

Homebase

how important is putting the bud into a jar after allowing for around 8 days to dry

very important I reckon, I like the idea that when you reach chop day you're only a third of the way through your grow... 2 weeks drying in 40-50% humidity at 18-20oC (small fan on low setting just to move the air around) works best for me, then into glass jars- burp every day for a week then stick in the back of a dark cupboard for at least one month... when I'm lucky enough to get these conditions my bud smokes and tastes nicest