I was considering them.That should be enough time. Can you get your hands on some Grove Bags? They might allow you to leave the bud sooner than jars would. Good luck with it.
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They seem to be useful, although I am less impressed than some growers here are. In the long run they will let your bud dry out if the RH in their environment is low. At ~50% RH in the cupboard, my last bud got down to just about the same RH as the room was after a couple months. I was not amused to find the bud dried out that far. They are definitely not like humidity packs like Boveda which humidify when needed, and also absorb water when needed.
If in doubt, you can throw in a Boveda to help out a bit, but with Groves, I think it is important to get your bud down close to 62% before the bags can be trusted. They definitely slow the drying down if the bud starts dry enough, but they don't stop it.
I may try both for comparison to see what they look like when I get back. Maybe jars, jars with Boveda, and Grove bags.They seem to be useful, although I am less impressed than some growers here are. In the long run they will let your bud dry out if the RH in their environment is low. At ~50% RH in the cupboard, my last bud got down to just about the same RH as the room was after a couple months. I was not amused to find the bud dried out that far. They are definitely not like humidity packs like Boveda which humidify when needed, and also absorb water when needed.
If in doubt, you can throw in a Boveda to help out a bit, but with Groves, I think it is important to get your bud down close to 62% before the bags can be trusted. They definitely slow the drying down if the bud starts dry enough, but they don't stop it.
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I'd go with drying as well as you can to 62% (RH in jar/bag, not the bud itself), and into Groves. You could add Boveda to the bags to make sure they don't dry out, but OTOH, the Groves are not that likely to dry your bud excessively in the 6 weeks you are away, so maybe not worry about Bovedas as long as you are sure the bud is going into the bags dry enough. Do you know what RH you will be drying the bud in?
You should be able to get the bud dried in about a week or so, so you may still have enough time to get it done nicely.
I dry in my tent.I'd go with drying as well as you can to 62% (RH in jar/bag, not the bud itself), and into Groves. You could add Boveda to the bags to make sure they don't dry out, but OTOH, the Groves are not that likely to dry your bud excessively in the 6 weeks you are away, so maybe not worry about Bovedas as long as you are sure the bud is going into the bags dry enough. Do you know what RH you will be drying the bud in?
You should be able to get the bud dried in about a week or so, so you may still have enough time to get it done nicely.
I pull the exhaust fan into the tent attached to the carbon filter, and a dehumidifier is set in there. I seal the tent.
The exhaust/ filter is set to low speed and scrubs the aroma while the dehumidifier keeps the humidity down.
It's worked well so far.
Some say Boveda paks harm terpenes. I haven't noticed that though.They seem to be useful, although I am less impressed than some growers here are. In the long run they will let your bud dry out if the RH in their environment is low. At ~50% RH in the cupboard, my last bud got down to just about the same RH as the room was after a couple months. I was not amused to find the bud dried out that far. They are definitely not like humidity packs like Boveda which humidify when needed, and also absorb water when needed.
If in doubt, you can throw in a Boveda to help out a bit, but with Groves, I think it is important to get your bud down close to 62% before the bags can be trusted. They definitely slow the drying down if the bud starts dry enough, but they don't stop it.
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I have heard that too. The idea, I think, comes from a research paper (pointed to if not funded by Grove Bags, naturally) that suggested that salts (the stuff in the Boveda is a mixture of salts) harm terpenes. However, as I recall anyway, the research is not that applicable because it was designed around direct contact between salts and terpenes, it did not actually measure the decrease of terpenes in buds inside a jar with Bovedas. Further, the study may or may not have used either the exact salts or anything like the degree of exposure to salts that would result from normal use of Bovedas. There may be something to the idea, but the study provided by Grove does not in my opinion prove it clearly for our application.
I have used Bovedas for a few years, and have never noticed any difference in terps. If there is a real impact in our application, I think it is small and not worth worrying too much about. Overdrying early would have a far worse effect on flavor than using Bovedas. I don't hesitate to use them when I think they would help. I have some now in the last of my Grove bags that overdried my bud. I expect that not too much damage was done, the bud still smells nicely cured - better now than when I put the Bovedas in a few weeks back.
FWIW. I think the big advantage with Groves is more to do with their gas exchange during curing - I suspect that they are permeable to oxygen which, if the bud is properly dried, allows continued curing without burping. The big advantage of Bovedas for comparison is that the humidity control works in both directions - if the jar/bag is too dry, they actually release water, if too wet, they absorb it. The Grove bags do not add humidity to the same degree, and they can add none unless the humidity outside the bag is higher than inside. In my humble of course, you may get different opinion elsewhere.
Given your travel plans, I think your best bet is to lay in a supply of Grove Bags and Bovedas. One way or another the combination should keep your harvest in good shape while you are away. I deal with the same issue with just about every grow, I am always trying to get the dry and cure sorted before the dearest and I take off for a month or so. Pain in the butt, but it can work.
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The tent setup you describe should work ok, but I would check the RH in there. It is possible that RH will get too low and dry your bud too quickly. My dehumidifier kept a 37 foot sailboat at about 35% which is too low for drying bud. In a tent, the same dehumidifier would get the RH even lower, maybe quite a bit lower. OTOH, if the setup has not produced grassy smelling bud for you, if it ain't broke...
Does your dehumifier allow you to set the target humidity? If it does, you may be golden.
Yes. It's adjustable.The tent setup you describe should work ok, but I would check the RH in there. It is possible that RH will get too low and dry your bud too quickly. My dehumidifier kept a 37 foot sailboat at about 35% which is too low for drying bud. In a tent, the same dehumidifier would get the RH even lower, maybe quite a bit lower. OTOH, if the setup has not produced grassy smelling bud for you, if it ain't broke...
Awesome response.I have heard that too. The idea, I think, comes from a research paper (pointed to if not funded by Grove Bags, naturally) that suggested that salts (the stuff in the Boveda is a mixture of salts) harm terpenes. However, as I recall anyway, the research is not that applicable because it was designed around direct contact between salts and terpenes, it did not actually measure the decrease of terpenes in buds inside a jar with Bovedas. Further, the study may or may not have used either the exact salts or anything like the degree of exposure to salts that would result from normal use of Bovedas. There may be something to the idea, but the study provided by Grove does not in my opinion prove it clearly for our application.
I have used Bovedas for a few years, and have never noticed any difference in terps. If there is a real impact in our application, I think it is small and not worth worrying too much about. Overdrying early would have a far worse effect on flavor than using Bovedas. I don't hesitate to use them when I think they would help. I have some now in the last of my Grove bags that overdried my bud. I expect that not too much damage was done, the bud still smells nicely cured - better now than when I put the Bovedas in a few weeks back.
FWIW. I think the big advantage with Groves is more to do with their gas exchange during curing - I suspect that they are permeable to oxygen which, if the bud is properly dried, allows continued curing without burping. The big advantage of Bovedas for comparison is that the humidity control works in both directions - if the jar/bag is too dry, they actually release water, if too wet, they absorb it. The Grove bags do not add humidity to the same degree, and they can add none unless the humidity outside the bag is higher than inside. In my humble of course, you may get different opinion elsewhere.
Given your travel plans, I think your best bet is to lay in a supply of Grove Bags and Bovedas. One way or another the combination should keep your harvest in good shape while you are away. I deal with the same issue with just about every grow, I am always trying to get the dry and cure sorted before the dearest and I take off for a month or so. Pain in the butt, but it can work.
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