Drying in Grow Tent

jdizzle22

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I harvested all my plants and put them in one of those round collapsible multi compartment herb drying things and hung from the top of the inside of my tent. The tent itself is 2.5ft x 2.5ft x 6ft and has a 175cfm fan/filter than pulls in the sides of the tent at full power (only setting I can run on presently). Humidity today seems to be lower around 50-60 (tent is in my room with the window open a little except for when I'm at work or asleep, tent vents into and draws from bedroom) but yesterday it would take 1.5 hours to get up to 70% and thats when I would have the fan/filter kick in for 15 minutes and drop it down to 50 for another cycle. The fan/filter is set to run every 1.5 hours for 15 min and I am wondering if people think that is often enough to avoid mold?

Do I need to have constant air flow or are open air flaps and avoiding 70% rh going to be good enough?
 

Medical Grade

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once they are cut and ur relative humidity in the air is less than 80% they will start drying quicky.. if you trimmed all the stem and leaf away, you got less than 3 days untill you will need to jar them.
 

jdizzle22

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once they are cut and ur relative humidity in the air is less than 80% they will start drying quicky.. if you trimmed all the stem and leaf away, you got less than 3 days untill you will need to jar them.
How long does it usually takes to get to that 3 day remainder? I see most people say drying should take 5-7 days before going into jars and it seemed to only take 2-3 days my first time (although temps were higher and airflow was constant). My first harvest suffered from being dried too quickly so I am trying to go slower after 2 days they still seem like they have 2-4 days left but I just want to see what people have to say in case this is too risky concerning mold.

PS: Downside to laying bud instead of hanging is it gets a bit flat on one side...
 
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