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[Olderfart]

Me too, my dehumidifer is great, but in humid conditions it raises the temperature in the grow-dungeon too much. Yesterday was 84°F and 85% RH outside, and to keep the dungeon below 60% RH got the temperature up to 96°F in there. I haven't stuck the portable AC in there yet. Seems like they'll be fighting. I don't have anything growing in there right now anyway, just trying to get a good cure on the last Mephisto Sundae Thumper.

@PinkyNotTheBrain, I've been hanging the harvest in a 13 GL plastic trash bag with a 2" muffin fan hooked up to a humidity controller to turn on when the bag gets above 65% RH, and off below 64% RH. The bag seals around the edge of the board with the fan and exhaust valve. It has helped me slow down the drying, especially when my ambient RH is too low (Winter):
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My humidity is also too dry when I dry my crop, and I have done a similar setup to your bag by using an inkbird to control a muffin fan which exhausts a large appliance box that I hang the branches in. I like your system better, I found that, except initially When branches were fresh, the large box did not stay humid enough even when closed.

 

[InkAddict$]

So get u an inkbird humidity controller for the humidifier….as long as humidifier is not the digital kind! If its a small analog one the controller will just kick it on when it needs to be on and kick it off otherwise!

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I have inkbird...don't really care for them...I like digiten controls ..

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Thanks for posting this...I need them...

They prob have better deals on them i just snagged first link i came to!

 

[Olderfart]

im a total brown paper bagger i dry absolutely everything in them and that's a lot of plants and thank god I've never got mould

I have never had mold from bagging either. So far, the approach has always worked fine. I think you can tailor to the rh in the room by adjusting the amount of bud you put in a bag. Also, as the bud gets drier, I combine bag contents to increase the amount in a single bag to slow things down later in the dry process. I have only done it once, but another thing that works is, if things are a bit too dry, place whole trimmed branches in bags for at least the initial part of the drying process. Lots to learn about how to make bags work, but so far I have not had a fail.

 

[N/A-Greengo]

Mephisto Genetics Walter White BX1 Tester
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[Fermented_Fruitz]

I have inkbird...don't really care for them...I like digiten controls ..View attachment 1611588

I have 4 inkbird ones (2rh and 2 temp) and they work great….plus I didn’t pay a penny for a single one! Had an inkbird rep thru IG who would hook them up for free in exchange for a positive review on the product! Got those, tons of wireless sensors, the wifi gateway device for said sensors, an IR thermometer, and a small humidifier which wound up being a piece of shit so isn’t being used but all free! Well technically i had to buy product and as soon as i did review the cost got reimbursed to me!

 

[St. Tom]

I have never had mold from bagging either. So far, the approach has always worked fine. I think you can tailor to the rh in the room by adjusting the amount of bud you put in a bag. Also, as the bud gets drier, I combine bag contents to increase the amount in a single bag to slow things down later in the dry process. I have only done it once, but another thing that works is, if things are a bit too dry, place whole trimmed branches in bags for at least the initial part of the drying process. Lots to learn about how to make bags work, but so far I have not had a fail.

thats virtually the same routine as mine once

a few days in 2 bags will become 1 and so on and I had to dig this out I did say I dry everything in them

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

I have never had mold from bagging either. So far, the approach has always worked fine. I think you can tailor to the rh in the room by adjusting the amount of bud you put in a bag. Also, as the bud gets drier, I combine bag contents to increase the amount in a single bag to slow things down later in the dry process. I have only done it once, but another thing that works is, if things are a bit too dry, place whole trimmed branches in bags for at least the initial part of the drying process. Lots to learn about how to make bags work, but so far I have not had a fail.

If u immediately chop and bag it if u wanna know about mold u would need to pull buds out to inspect after a day or two! If not the mold could bloom and then die as it dries out and all u would see are some fibers around the stem but would need to pull the calyces apart to see it!

 

[InkAddict$]

I have 4 inkbird ones (2rh and 2 temp) and they work great….plus I didn’t pay a penny for a single one! Had an inkbird rep thru IG who would hook them up for free in exchange for a positive review on the product! Got those, tons of wireless sensors, the wifi gateway device for said sensors, an IR thermometer, and a small humidifier which wound up being a piece of shit so isn’t being used but all free! Well technically i had to buy product and as soon as i did review the cost got reimbursed to me!

Then you can't complain...they still work good just digiten is more simple...

 

[St. Tom]

If u immediately chop and bag it if u wanna know about mold u would need to pull buds out to inspect after a day or two! If not the mold could bloom and then die as it dries out and all u would see are some fibers around the stem but would need to pull the calyces apart to see it!

when i wet trim i examine them pretty carefully but there's no problem opening and checking but out of both of us dodging mould it does show something