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I like to hang plants whole for 6 days then on 7th day I stick my dehumidifier in there set it at 40% for around 16 hours. On the 8th day they are crispy to the touch so I can quickly trim them before appearing wet/sticky again. I then hang up in hanger for another day as trimmed smaller buds . I black bag them for 12 hours on and 12 hours off. Rinse and repeat until dry - whole process normally takes 10/11 days. Hardly needs curing, learn this off a good commie grower.

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My favourite is when I can give them to someone else who'll put them in a temp and humidity controlled fridge for 3 or 4 weeks for me and bring them back when they're done 

 

 

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Unless I'm really not feeling it (I'll just hang em whole), I trim and hang them, trying to keep the temps low (around 18c) for a slow as possible dry, untill the biggest stem will snap cleanly. Then I cure for 3 months minimum, ime, there is no way of avoiding a cure, if you want the best from your weed.

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I try to hang whole but sometimes can't, for the first 2-3 days I try to run the humidity at 50-55% then at 60% for the rest of the dry trying to make the drying take as long as possible.

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Cut them in sections trim large fans cut any leafy half off that doesn't have any triches.

 

De hu 55% for a day then 60% rest of it got a humid enviro lose it to mould else lost some this Yr in the dry tent wen de hu filled up. 

 

Wet trim I used to do but lose terps more and drys to quick.

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I've got a few tents, used to stagger the harvest so it was less ball ache. Now I finish them together. Then I can hang them all in one room with an AC, dust door covering for the AC and filter exhaust to come out.

Drying @14c for 14 days does it for me.

Fuck spending 4-5 months effort growing to ruin it all in a week.

 

Edit- keeping the rh around 60 AND temperature low is not something I've found possible without ac.

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Chop. Trim fan leaves. Pack in wine cooler. Fanny about with the Inkbird humidity app for a few days then forget about. Dry trim. Grove bags. 

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I'm amazed at how many have the ability to micro control your humidity😃. I chop at the base, flip and hang for 2 weeks. I then strip all the bud off the stalk and hand pick the leaf off. IMO the easiest and fastest method and you don't ruin your bud you've spent months flowering 👍

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Cut, hang for 5/6 days trim off large leaves and remove buds from stems.

 

Check to see if they snap as I want them to, then freeze.

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Out of necessity i portion plants up and hang them untrimmed in a small tent which is passively vented to the flower tent for two weeks, i have a dehumidifier in the lung room for the first few days.

 

Then i give it all to the Mrs and it comes back jarred up  :skin_up:

 

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Dry for 7-8 days jar for 24hrs bring back out on paper to dry for an hour or 2 everyday till its proper dry usually about 10-12 days.

Happy enough then to leave it in the jars till i choose to dip into it.

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A little tip many already know, If your buds feel like they will need trimming and storing sooner than you're able to that day, is to use paper bags to slow down the drying a tad until you have time to do it the next day👍

 

if you only have small bags then you'd have to cut the branches down a bit, But if you get some Morrison brown paper shopping bags (@Revive's idea) you can fit a lot more in them and less cutting the branches to fit them in, Last harvest i managed to fit whole branches top to toe lengthways across the bottom, worked a treat at buying me a little extra time to get it done when i could.

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On 29/10/2024 at 11:32, Phenohead11 said:

I like to hang plants whole for 6 days then on 7th day I stick my dehumidifier in there set it at 40% for around 16 hours. On the 8th day they are crispy to the touch so I can quickly trim them before appearing wet/sticky again. I then hang up in hanger for another day as trimmed smaller buds . I black bag them for 12 hours on and 12 hours off. Rinse and repeat until dry - whole process normally takes 10/11 days. Hardly needs curing, learn this off a good commie grower.

 

All that fannying about with black bags and dehumidifiers when you could've just left it alone for 2 weeks 😂 A mere extra 3 days and far less knocking it about all over the place and finger fucking it unneccesarily? Why are you doing it like that? Whats the benefit?

 

 

2 hours ago, murphyblue said:

Dry for 7-8 days jar for 24hrs bring back out on paper to dry for an hour or 2 everyday till its proper dry usually about 10-12 days.

 

What is the purpose of this? Why are you putting in a jar when its not dry?? To then just dry it anyway, on paper no less, for 12 days which is more time (combined with your initial 7/8 days) than if you'd just hung it up and left it alone for 14 days???

 

 

 

 

I cut the plants into branches/sections but leave all foliage and hang them on coat hangers which then get hung in the tent. Temps 18c max 16c low, RH set at 58% on the controller. Leave them alone for 14 days, the RH slowly creeps down over those two weeks until its sitting at the target RH (58%) from quite high (70-80% isn't uncommon). imo anything over 58% is too wet, its wet to the touch, foliage and stems don't snap, if you jar it at this point, it'll sweat and get wetter.

 

After 14 days (or when the RH hits 58%, but its generally 14 days) seperate branches and de-bud (debone lol) into air tight buckets while being trimmed and then straight into storage. I have been known, if struggling with RH going below 60%, to debone into brown paper bags for a day or two (gently turn over once a day, if needed), and then trim from the bags straight into storage.

 

 

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12 hours ago, Military Grade said:

Morrison brown paper shopping bags

Potato bags for the win , amazing how versatile the humble teddy sack is.

 

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I do it that way as It taste better at the beginning rather then waiting For it to cure . My stuff normally doesn't last 8 weeks in the jar impatient fucker. Taste better then street shit so it's a win for me. I can get it to taste better in that way sooner obv not as good as it would be with cured gear 👍🏻 if it's not broken, I'm not a person to be set in my own ways either hence the post happy to try others methods.

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