New Grower drying question please help!

[dreamweep]

ok so im drying my harvest the room is at 50 % humidity so thts 5 to 6 days of drying right?well on third day of drying the buds always seem crispy on the outside?what can i do to prevent this?my buds are crispy on the outside and wet in the middle?no fan or air blowing directly on them?when i buy weed its never crispy ahhh what am i doing wrong!i think the drying process is harder than the growing lol!

 

[Muddy]

You don't need to worry about that. Once you jar them the remaining moisture in the stems will rehydrate the buds. I would suggest you have a fan blowing gently on them. Without proper air circulation you may run the risk of mold.

 

[komach]

I had exactly the same on the 3-th day, and removed it directly and placed in to the jars, next day the reading was between (57%-67%) different in different jars and also had a crappy HR meters....

 

[Nelson]

I cheat when I dry. after the initial drying which I do in a paper bag. The buds feel dry or sometimes not if the humidity is very high in the Summer months. In the Summer months I chuch them into my food dehdrator butn it on to 110 degrees F and dry them over night. I just go by feel. I f they are then dry on the outside I put them in a jar. Part of my morning stuff I do is to check the jars for a week to feel just how dry the curing pot is in the jars. If it remositures up again and feels damp I take it out of the jars and heave it in the food dehydrator for a few hours then I return it to the jars. Muddy and I do things a little different but I think we both do things well. I am just offering my alternative style. I have never had my drying pot mold which is the biggest concern in drying. Yes slow cure makes better pot than fast cure.

 

[dreamweep]

well i freaked out about it and took it off the stems and put in jar im pretty sure its a bit early i will check my hydrometer later and pull them back out if the rh is to high.i wasnt sure about them getting crispy thanks for the quick reply!

 

[dreamweep]

and i have them just drying in a closet with a small ac vent no fan.

 

[komach]

It is better to have them not dry enough and be able to dry it to the needed condition afterwards than overdryed in first time

 

[Duck Commander]

i agree with the above coments always best to not dry it enougth than to dry it too crispy its the left of moister that helps the curing of the weed. I found on my first every harvest i put them in a jar alittle early i thought they where ready lol but after 24hrs the humidity in my jars went up to 75% so back out they came for 24hrs then back in left them for 6hrs checked again the rh was at 69% so i left them in the jar and burped them fequently after a week or so they are now at a steady 64% humidity so thats where its staying for another month or when the pk i have in my smoke box runs out. I have been told another way to tell when your bud is ready to jar is when the steams snap easy but obiously not break of like a dried up twig Si