Quick Drying - The Other Side Of The Coin
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Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
oh fer fuck's sake. I'm not fighting with anyone. 
tonydash
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I am going for bag appeal / flavor / smell.
I believe my bud will be naturally potent.
What do you guys suggest is the best way I should go about this process?
1. Hang for 5 Days in shed.
2. Manicure them a bit more and place in mason jars.
3. wait.
This is my first year growing so everything is new. The last thing I want to do is over-dry my buds. But I also realize the risk of mold with underdried buds. Where is a happy median, where I can be assured my buds will stink and be soft?
I believe my bud will be naturally potent.
What do you guys suggest is the best way I should go about this process?
1. Hang for 5 Days in shed.
2. Manicure them a bit more and place in mason jars.
3. wait.
This is my first year growing so everything is new. The last thing I want to do is over-dry my buds. But I also realize the risk of mold with underdried buds. Where is a happy median, where I can be assured my buds will stink and be soft?
regrets
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Your never going to win with an attitude like that. Maybe you just need a new coach?oh fer fuck's sake. I'm not fighting with anyone.
you all are trippin'. i just sold 75 grams of bubble hash. i'm sitting on another 30. i have a truckload of dope in my backyard. i just bought pvc and plastic so i can cover my shit when it rains friday. i have an early pound and a half drying. i'm smoking samples of '08 hijack. i'm stoned and happier than ever.
who's fighting?
who's fighting?
GoodFriend
Lumberjack
might wanna get off that... it'll melt right quick with the body temps
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
Overdrying is not a terribly heinous crime. It's not hard to put some moisture back into buds, just a few ml of water on a paper towel, nested with the buds in an airtight container for a few hours will return buds to being pliant and springy. The biggest problem with overdry buds is their fragility in handling.The last thing I want to do is over-dry my buds. But I also realize the risk of mold with underdried buds. Where is a happy median, where I can be assured my buds will stink and be soft?
I have from time to time left buds in my dryer a bit too long. I usually remove them when the outside of the buds are crispy dry but the stems are still flexible, then put them in an airtight container. The moisture wicks out from the middle of the bud and rehydrates the outer parts, takes about 24h. When I've stuffed that up, rehydrating isn't a big deal.
It's a far greater sin to store buds in a sealed container which are not sufficiently dry to prevent mould. I'd err on the side of overdry because I can fix that. I can't fix mouldy buds.
korvette1977
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I want some hash ... And some Hijack.....................
I feel so alone .. Just me and the shitty purple kush
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
I tend to disagree on that one. While it's utterly unpleasant to smoke mouldy buds, mould & fungi spores are very susceptible to destruction by heat and at temps far below the combustion temp of butane and burning veg matter.
Moreover, the conditions required for mould & fungi to survive don't exist inside a living lung, so even if you manage to inhale some live spores, they're not going to live there long.
If you want a lung infection, you're going to have to get it the old fashioned way, from bacteria or a virus.
Seamaiden
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I've only started using the term since moving to NorCal here, the kids taught me the term. In their usage it's more malleable, and can be added to almost anything for added emphasis. When I moved the new lingo was "mad crazy".You're thinking of silica gel, which you can buy in tins from craft shops for drying flowers etc. It works pretty damn good for drying flowers!
pssssst- small Australianism hint, 'hella' is essentially synonymous with 'amazingly' i.e. 'hella good.'
Now it's been hella days since I even remember using mad crazy talk like that. (gulp)Yes, that's what I'm thinking of. Have you ever tried it? How do you think it might work for our desires?
I have GOT to get my husband upstairs long enough to look at your diagrams. (Maybe I should try it along the lines of, "How would you like to come over to my place and see my etchings?" Too old? Corny?)THC breaks down not just with exposure to light and heat but time post harvest. Drying quicker is better for potency. Fresher weed is better weed.
Those who ain't smokin'? I'm trying my damnedest not to sample my girls too hard while I wait for SOMETHING to come in.
It's gonna rain Friday? I thought it was going to rain on me yesterday on my way to North Highlands. Kept watching the cars coming the other way for the signs. Fortunately nothing while I was out, but I was hoping for some of those clouds I saw dropping to actually hit our area. Hay nada.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
Oh yeah, there's some close cultural connections between Aus & California. Lots of Aus expats in SF & SoCal. Ya bastards got most of our good electronics engos roundabout 1998-2000, just before the techwreck. Those poor sods are all now working in Outback Steakhouses, impressing everyone with their accents.
It's not uncommon to hear Australianisms voiced in very American accents in Cowlifornia. However, absent immersion in Australian culture, I can see how such terms could be 'corrupted' by ya furriners as it were.
Some of our exports, you really could do without. Mass plantings of eucalypts in SoCal do absolutely no good for your bushfire problems.
'MAD!' is a common Australianism among teens & 20somethings at the mo, i.e., after finding an unaccompanied teabag in the break room, "MAD! Free tea!!"When I moved the new lingo was "mad crazy".
I think the silica gel would stick to the resin on the buds and make a bit of a mess of things. You'd have to mechanically separate the buds from the silica gel crystals. Up to you how,
Well, you might try that and some stilettos, fishnets & a garter belt. One of the two might work.
tonydash
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Thanks for the advice AlB / fdd!
Between you two, i dont think one can ever go wrong
I will check on my buds everyday and start to cure them when the edges of the bud are dry and the stem is somewhat flexible.
also: is dry heat bad for drying buds? I don't think my shed is humid but small area near the roof where im drying is always hotter then outside because its a smaller area andthe shingles absorb heat? Its getting colder here in NY so i'm not really worried but during the day it can still get kinda hot in there.
Between you two, i dont think one can ever go wrong
I will check on my buds everyday and start to cure them when the edges of the bud are dry and the stem is somewhat flexible.
also: is dry heat bad for drying buds? I don't think my shed is humid but small area near the roof where im drying is always hotter then outside because its a smaller area andthe shingles absorb heat? Its getting colder here in NY so i'm not really worried but during the day it can still get kinda hot in there.
GrowTech
stays relevant.
They do that everywhere in Ventura, and along the beach to separate beach homes from the winds.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
Gum trees as windbreaks? Weird. They tend to have a tuft of leaf on top of a tall trunk. I wouldn't have thought they had the right aerodynamics. Huh.
They have one other major drawback...
They're full of highly flammable, volatile oils... and when hot enough, they have this eensy-weensy tendency to explode.
Nice to have a few of these around from time to time.
Yep, it's an Erickson AirCrane... sounds like a cross between a 747 & a machine gun.
All images from my back yard.
They have one other major drawback...
They're full of highly flammable, volatile oils... and when hot enough, they have this eensy-weensy tendency to explode.
Nice to have a few of these around from time to time.
Yep, it's an Erickson AirCrane... sounds like a cross between a 747 & a machine gun.
All images from my back yard.
NewGrowth
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Wow this thread grew quick!! Long read! Well I thought I would post my two cents:
I used to be a HUGE fan of slow hang drying buds mostly from info that I got from grow guides. I did it for a couple years when I was just growing a personal stash. However after working with perpetual harvest set-ups I found that it was just not feasible to have a bunch of bud literally hanging around for weeks at a time. I built a dryer similar to Al's minus the heat sink with a fan speed controller. It takes about 4 days to dry my bud in one of these. I have found that as long as the bud is not over dry and I have allowed the moisture to equalize after coming out of the dryer there is NO difference in taste/smoke compared to my slow hang dried bud. People that smoke my bud have never complained and never noticed the difference when I switched to the "fast" dry technique either.
In fact I just harvested my first outdoor grow and I built a larger version with a rubbermaid and a carbon filter and my buds are currently drying in it now and my room mates have no idea I have several pounds of bud drying in my room.
I used to be a HUGE fan of slow hang drying buds mostly from info that I got from grow guides. I did it for a couple years when I was just growing a personal stash. However after working with perpetual harvest set-ups I found that it was just not feasible to have a bunch of bud literally hanging around for weeks at a time. I built a dryer similar to Al's minus the heat sink with a fan speed controller. It takes about 4 days to dry my bud in one of these. I have found that as long as the bud is not over dry and I have allowed the moisture to equalize after coming out of the dryer there is NO difference in taste/smoke compared to my slow hang dried bud. People that smoke my bud have never complained and never noticed the difference when I switched to the "fast" dry technique either.
In fact I just harvested my first outdoor grow and I built a larger version with a rubbermaid and a carbon filter and my buds are currently drying in it now and my room mates have no idea I have several pounds of bud drying in my room.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
Dammmmmmn, they look like they grow a lot better over there than here!