What a difference hydrometers in the jars can make..

McStrats

McStrats

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A lot of you may already know this. I'm a slow learner I guess...For my last 2 harvests I used hydrometers in the jars. The quality of the cannabis is 100% better than when I was guessing everything.

It took me a while to get this...but now I dry until it is less than 70RH in the Jar. I hang dried these autos for 7 days. They felt crispy so I jarred them. An hour later all 8 jars were between 70 and 80. I tossed everything onto a drying rack for another 36 hours. Everything is now between 61 and 64 RH. The aroma is powerful and skunky.

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yummy fur

yummy fur

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I have about 10 of those little meters, you need a few as they will spontaneously fail, but mostly they are pretty good. However you need to calibrate them, only when you get a few do you realise that they are not accurate they can be anywhere from 1 to 4 RH percent out. You can calibrate by getting a few and putting it in a small sealed box with a Boveda pack then marking a correction to apply.

I recently got some large packs of Boveda 62 and 58, and I am finding that I am by far preferring the 58. The 62 is adequate but the 58 gets it to just the right texture.
 
McStrats

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yummy fur said:
I have about 10 of those little meters, you need a few as they will spontaneously fail, but mostly they are pretty good. However you need to calibrate them, only when you get a few do you realise that they are not accurate they can be anywhere from 1 to 4 RH percent out. You can calibrate by getting a few and putting it in a small sealed box with a Boveda pack then marking a correction to apply.

I recently got some large packs of Boveda 62 and 58, and I am finding that I am by far preferring the 58. The 62 is adequate but the 58 gets it to just the right texture.
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I am finding low 60s to be good for curing and mid 50s is good for smoking. For me anyway.
 
Humanrob

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yummy fur said:
I have about 10 of those little meters, you need a few as they will spontaneously fail, but mostly they are pretty good. However you need to calibrate them, only when you get a few do you realise that they are not accurate they can be anywhere from 1 to 4 RH percent out. You can calibrate by getting a few and putting it in a small sealed box with a Boveda pack then marking a correction to apply.

I recently got some large packs of Boveda 62 and 58, and I am finding that I am by far preferring the 58. The 62 is adequate but the 58 gets it to just the right texture.
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Did you find this to be true with the analogue or digital version? I was contemplating the analogue, don't need anymore batteries in my life. Thanks for the good info -
 
yummy fur

yummy fur

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Humanrob said:
Did you find this to be true with the analogue or digital version? I was contemplating the analogue, don't need anymore batteries in my life. Thanks for the good info -
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I'm using the same little digital version as the OP. The attached shot shows 4 units. Two are correctly reading 62, one is +2 and one is +5
 

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