Knowing How To Dry The Plant

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

I am still confused about drying the weed. Can someone explain ..If prefect temp for drying is say 62 degs. So you dry down to 62 degs. and put em in jars with a Soveda pack.
Now how do I tell when it's 62 degs. Do I use a Hygrometer on the wall in my grow room? I'm sorry for all these question's, I'm 72 years old and I'm having problems with drying, plz help me.

BleedsGreen · Jan 21, 2019

You mean humidity not degrees, Correct? Everyone does it differently I dry already trimmed but still attached to the stem, it takes me about 7 to 10 days of hanging in a small dark closet to get to where I can break a stem, then they go into mason jars burping daily until they settle in at about 58% humidity.

blake9999 · Jan 21, 2019

I think you need to check out the specific section of the website all about harvesting and curing.
Congrats on making it this far.

https://www.rollitup.org/f/harvesting-and-curing.60/

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

BleedsGreen said:
You mean humidity not degrees, Correct? Everyone does it differently I dry already trimmed but still attached to the stem, it takes me about 7 to 10 days of hanging in a small dark closet to get to where I can break a stem, then they go into mason jars burping daily until they settle in at about 58% humidity.

Yes sir I meant humidity... sorry. So are you saying that the humidity on the weed is above 62 , or below 62 when you put em jars. So humidity will rise in jars.

Kingrow1 · Jan 21, 2019

Forget humidity, let it dry till it smokes then leave it some more and then jar.

Good luck :-)

Kingrow1 · Jan 21, 2019

cock roach said:
I am still confused about drying the weed. Can someone explain ..If prefect temp for drying is say 62 degs. So you dry down to 62 degs. and put em in jars with a Soveda pack.
Now how do I tell when it's 62 degs. Do I use a Hygrometer on the wall in my grow room? I'm sorry for all these question's, I'm 72 years old and I'm having problems with drying, plz help me.

Boveda.... lol :-)

Tupapa · Jan 21, 2019

cock roach said:
I am still confused about drying the weed. Can someone explain ..If prefect temp for drying is say 62 degs. So you dry down to 62 degs. and put em in jars with a Soveda pack.
Now how do I tell when it's 62 degs. Do I use a Hygrometer on the wall in my grow room? I'm sorry for all these question's, I'm 72 years old and I'm having problems with drying, plz help me.

I dry at 70 and with a fan blowing NOT directly at the buds for 5-7 days until stems snap not bend and then to the jar for cure. Boveda packs are good to use.

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

You know what I think ...ok I'll speak my mind. I'm not the only one that don't know. I've almost begged for answers, and hell I got everything but a answer, people mad at each other and fighting. Come on guy's ….

Tupapa · Jan 21, 2019

cock roach said:
You know what I think ...ok I'll speak my mind. I'm not the only one that don't know. I've almost begged for answers, and hell I got everything but a answer, people mad at each other and fighting. Come on guy's ….

I think many people have gave you the answer including me. Don't make it complicated. Use the KISS approach. :hug:

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

Tupapa said:
I think many people have gave you the answer including me. Don't make it complicated. Use the KISS approach.

Yea you told me how you done yours, and I appreciate it. I didn't see your post, I thank you, that does help me.

Fixed up · Jan 21, 2019

If you have made it this far you have probably done a bunch of reading so a little more won’t hurt.

Follow blake9999’s link above and you will get what you need.

Thundercat · Jan 21, 2019

I've tried many techniques for drying over the years. What I settled on and have been doing the last 4-5 years is very simple and gives great taste without all the fooling around.

When I harvest I remove all the fan leaves and leave the frostiest sugar leaves. I break the buds down off the stems and dry them on a screen. I don't worry about humidity, I just keep an eye on them every day. Usually it takes about 5-7 days for them to get slightly crispy on the outside, but still soft inside.

At this point I place them all in a paper bag to allow the moisture in the buds to equalize. After another few days the buds are perfect. They smoke smooth and taste and smell great.

Then I trim them up and jar/bag the buds to put them in storage. I don't screw with humidity packs and hygrometers or burping jars.

Hope this helps. There are lots of ways to grow and dry. This is just what works well for me.

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

Thundercat said:
I've tried many techniques for drying over the years. What I settled on and have been doing the last 4-5 years is very simple and gives great taste without all the fooling around.

When I harvest I remove all the fan leaves and leave the frostiest sugar leaves. I break the buds down off the stems and dry them on a screen. I don't worry about humidity, I just keep an eye on them every day. Usually it takes about 5-7 days for them to get slightly crispy on the outside, but still soft inside.

At this point I place them all in a paper bag to allow the moisture in the buds to equalize. After another few days the buds are perfect. They smoke smooth and taste and smell great.

Then I jar/bag the buds up and put them in storage. I don't screw with humidity packs and hygrometers or burping jars.

Hope this helps. There are lots of ways to grow and dry. This is just what works well for me.

cock roach · Jan 21, 2019

Hey I like that way ...I just might try your way. Thank you so much.

Thundercat · Jan 21, 2019

cock roach said:
Hey I like that way ...I just might try your way. Thank you so much.

I've personally found that K.I.S.S. methods usually make things work out well.

Kingrow1 · Jan 21, 2019

cock roach said:
Hey I like that way ...I just might try your way. Thank you so much.

Simple methods laugh at all that complex stuff, dry till it dosent dry no more then jar. Theres no rush to jar, dry for two weeks, three weeks and see what the complex guys arent telling you.

You can work this out easily, just try many methods with your first harvest and especially the kiss method so you know the bs from the non bs :-)

Lucky Luke · Jan 21, 2019

I cut off most of fan leaves but leave the sugar leaves.
Hang them in the dark with a small fan circulating the air and an extraction fan. Depending on the weather they take 7 to 14 days to dry. I then dry trim and put into jars with a small cheapo Chinese hygrometer to sweat for 12 -24 hrs. Normally this brings the RH right up to high 70s low 80s. Into a brown paper bag on a window sill for a few hrs and then back into jars for 12-24hrs. Do this until the RH in the jars are between 60-68% throw in some Boveda packs and store.

SPLFreak808 · Jan 21, 2019

Fuck it ill go too lol

Chop the plant, trim off the big fan leaves & hang it whole for 10-14 days depending on bud size & keep it at @ 65f/50% rh.

put a fan near it to oscillate in the drying area, make sure not a single bud gets hit with direct air and don't use anything with an odor anywhere near your buds.

I don't even dry trim anymore lmao...

Lucky Luke · Jan 22, 2019

SPLFreak808 said:
Fuck it ill go too lol

Chop the plant, trim off the big fan leaves & hang it whole for 10-14 days depending on bud size & keep it at @ 65f/50% rh.

put a fan near it to oscillate in the drying area, make sure not a single bud gets hit with direct air and don't use anything with an odor anywhere near your buds.

I don't even dry trim anymore lmao...
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I don't go hard either. Lots of trichs on the sugar leaf's.

Capn-Crunch · Jan 22, 2019

cock roach said:
Hey I like that way ...I just might try your way. Thank you so much.

I agree with Thundercat. That's similar to what I always do and works great.

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