Drying my first harvest

Just took my first harvest down. I set up a spare closet as a dry room. I have a hurricane 12" wall mounted fan, 2 small 8" fans on the floor, a 4" exhaust venting outside. I've got a dehu and humidifier in there and am shooting for 60-70F and 55% RH. I only have one of the three fans running, a small on blowing down the middle of the plants at floor level, it's indirect and just for air circulation. I'm hanging full plant. They look a little dense with leaves and shit and I just don't want to run into mold issues. Wanted to share a few pics to see if any of you guys have any input. I can run more fans if needed, but was told I had too much in there and it was overkill. Trying to get a 2 week dry.


Side-note. One of the branches on one of the plants cracked when I was putting it up on the hanger. It wasn't bad enough that it broke off, I am still hanging it from the same branch basically... Should I remove it or leave it on?


Thanks!

whats the rh in your area right now? If you're concerned about mold, i'd say fire up another fan or two so long as it isn't too dry with all that air moving. i'd sacrifice some drying time to prevent any mold i think.

be easy, looks great,

Dr.J20 said:

whats the rh in your area right now? If you're concerned about mold, i'd say fire up another fan or two so long as it isn't too dry with all that air moving. i'd sacrifice some drying time to prevent any mold i think.

be easy, looks great,

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RH isn't too bad. mid 40's outside. With the unpredictable New England weather we might get a day with higher RH, but it would be here or there. I have an AC Infinity 4" exhaust set up in the room dialed in to 55% 65F. I won't keep it exact, but it does a good job. I don't have as much control over temp as I do RH. I hear low temp is better for longer dry though, so I'm not concerned about temp at all. Highest it gets in there is 70F during the peak of the day, if its hot enough outside.

If I keep it around 65/55% will one fan and the exhaust get the job done?

I was just told originally that I wanted air moving above and below the plants. Right now its just at floor level. I have the 12" fan on the wall above the plants. If it gets too humid, over 60, Ill kick that on I guess?

I just run a oscillating floor fan and extraction fan both running on real low.