I have harvested my plants and tried hanging the full plants in the grow tent but after one day drying I noticed some fungus on a few branches due to high room humidity of 99%. I then decided to cut the plant into smaller branches and bin the parts which had fungus and put the good branches into 2 paper bag inside a box. The box had some wholes to allow air to circulate but the box is still in the grow room where the humidity was high. I am worried that the high room humidity where the branches are being stored will cause more fungus growth. I brought in a gas heater which I have been putting on for 10 minutes twice a day to reduce the humidity but wonder if I need to move the box. I stacked the branches in the bag and wonder if it will cause issues if there is too much in the paper bag. Any input would be greatly appreciated, it is a make or break time in the harvest and I really don't want to ruin it!
Fungus on branches and issue with drying harvest
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buyyouabeer
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99% are you growing in a sauna? That needs to be fixed, anything would mold under those conditions.
Romeo7701
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Turning the light on and cranking up the heat will not help, you are going to have to
exchange the humid air with dry cooler air are you WILL continue to get mold.
Dontjudgeme
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Might be time to invest in a dehumidifier. Not a good idea to hang the whole plant unless the environment is dialed in and you have the ability to control all aspects, heat, air movement, humidity, etc. Drying is just as, if not more important than the grow itself. Don’t want to destroy what took you months to accomplish.
Romeo7701
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Just don't put the dehumidifier in your ten please...
ikushy420
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exchange the air , make good circulation and or if that wont be enough get a dehumidifier. I know the pain of growing in a shed alot of my friends had the same problem . If u walked into that room you couldnt even breathe it was like the jungle in there but without the forest jsut 3 random plants hahah XD
When I first spotted the mold, there was only a small bit on some of the largest colas, unfortunately had to cut those off and bin them but will try to salvage the rest
ComfortCreator
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You need specific temps and humidity ranges to be successful. Light degrades bud that is no longer growing. Heat sources near the bud, vs ambient (air) is also a poor choice.
The air needs to be exchanged. I find a drying tent, placed into a room that has the proper environment, will create sucess.
The space you dry in must have access to air that is in the right temp range and humidity range going in...i.e., you may need 50% humidity air to exchange with the tent air. So if the room is set to say 65f and 50% humidity....the tent, when it needs to exchange air does so until the drying environment is where you want it again. Not too fast...not too slow. It must be monitored and tweaked until it works well for you. I find an exhaust with a trigger makes this real simple.
So to conclude, you need a plan going in, that you follow, vs trying to just make it work as best as possible.
It should be simple in your mind...i simply want to slowly dry the bud using a constant supply of air that will slowly do this job for me. As best as i can make this happen.
The air needs to be exchanged. I find a drying tent, placed into a room that has the proper environment, will create sucess.
The space you dry in must have access to air that is in the right temp range and humidity range going in...i.e., you may need 50% humidity air to exchange with the tent air. So if the room is set to say 65f and 50% humidity....the tent, when it needs to exchange air does so until the drying environment is where you want it again. Not too fast...not too slow. It must be monitored and tweaked until it works well for you. I find an exhaust with a trigger makes this real simple.
So to conclude, you need a plan going in, that you follow, vs trying to just make it work as best as possible.
It should be simple in your mind...i simply want to slowly dry the bud using a constant supply of air that will slowly do this job for me. As best as i can make this happen.
Thanks ComfortCreator, It is a bit tricky at this time of the year in a shed as the humidity is so high it will cause mold. I will turn off the light now that in that case, I was hoping the darkness from the box would prevent light getting at the bud and the humidity decreasing from the light back down to 50% from 99% would help, but hopefully the dehumidifier will solve the air humidity problem
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Romeo7701
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Hey man is your intake and your exhaust side by side???
My intake is at the back of tent and the carbon extractor fan is up at the top. The grow itself went alright but the drying process has been a mess mostly due to not being planned correctly but will see what happens. Do you think those buds look alright above or should they be binned too?
Romeo7701
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Hard to tell man your gonna have to use your own judgment on that...