Some help with drying/curing

[2budz]

Bro do what I do where the wife is concerned and slip it in there. A cheap 20 or 30 dollar vicks humidifier or whatever brand you choose is small and quiet. Just tell her it was already there! LOL...GOOD LUCK

She’s ok with me getting a humidifier. I just don’t know where I’m gonna put it. And standing here looking at my tent with 12 sprouts I have no idea how I’m gonna dry all this when it’s done lol.

 

[2budz]

Idk why I found this so funny….

 

[mdabber]

She’s ok with me getting a humidifier. I just don’t know where I’m gonna put it. And standing here looking at my tent with 12 sprouts I have no idea how I’m gonna dry all this when it’s done lol.

Problem with that is it may be easy to overdo the humidity. Unless you have a humistat or whatever it's called that allows you to turn it on and off based on humidity your gonna be constantly monitoring it. jyou can use a closet if you have a small closet especially if you have a bar to hang clothes etc. If you put 160f water in a small grow tray or bowl if the place is small enough you can reach the humidity.

 

[2budz]

Problem with that is it may be easy to overdo the humidity. Unless you have a humistat or whatever it's called that allows you to turn it on and off based on humidity your gonna be constantly monitoring it. jyou can use a closet if you have a small closet especially if you have a bar to hang clothes etc. If you put 160f water in a small grow tray or bowl if the place is small enough you can reach the humidity.

I’ve been drying in a small coat closet. I do have that but it’s small. Maybe 18x24.

 

[2budz]

I’ve been drying in a small coat closet. I do have that but it’s small. Maybe 18x24.

It’s actually a little bigger than that but now much. Just a small entry closet for coats.

 

[Goud S!]

It’s actually a little bigger than that but now much. Just a small entry closet for coats.

I hope I didn't miss something but is there no no option for you to to just put the humidifier in your general grow area and dry off in a corner somewhere? I was thinking about the RH values you were quoting and can only imagine that your plants, especially the younger ones could do better with some added humidity... The only reason I even say this is because it's easier to control an entire room than it is to try and control a small closet or even a small confined space. I actually have a small humidifier 1.5 gallons in my tent and run it on a timer for about 15 minutes every hour at high setting. My situation is unique and I don't recommend it to anybody but I have a pretty good grasp on the general trends of humidity in the area so it helps a little.

 

[2budz]

I chopped the GSC yesterday and sealed her in my makeshift dry box. Hygrometer is reading 42% which is obviously not gonna work. Gonna pull her out and chop her down and put her in paper bags. How long should i let her go in the bags?

 

[2budz]

I hope I didn't miss something but is there no no option for you to to just put the humidifier in your general grow area and dry off in a corner somewhere? I was thinking about the RH values you were quoting and can only imagine that your plants, especially the younger ones could do better with some added humidity... The only reason I even say this is because it's easier to control an entire room than it is to try and control a small closet or even a small confined space. I actually have a small humidifier 1.5 gallons in my tent and run it on a timer for about 15 minutes every hour at high setting. My situation is unique and I don't recommend it to anybody but I have a pretty good grasp on the general trends of humidity in the area so it helps a little.

I will be adding a humidifier to the room with my tents. Trying to find the right one. I don't want to have to fill it everyday and I need one that will regulate the rh. Not just run all the time or need a timer.

 

[2budz]

I opened the box to pull her out and to my surprise the inside of the box was actually very humid. so the hygro is either reading the outside rh or just not working. The plant hasn't even dried a little which is way better than when I have been drying in the closet. After 24 in the closet the fan leaves are already drying and crispy.

 

[MIAutomatic]

I fought the battle you are fighting for years. I now I have a small area I am able to keep at about 55% humidity and 60-62 F. Plants hang whole for 3-4 days and remain fresh, smelly and sticky until I get them trimmed and in containers where I spend about a week sweating them down to 62% rh where I leave them for longer storage. I have never used an humidity packs.

I didn’t read through all 4 pages of this, so some of these tips might be redundant or maybe you are already doing most of it, but here are some things that might help.

I think the room you have should be fine, maybe not for 12 plants at once, if I caught that correctly? That is a pretty big harvest, but I think that space should be able to hang dry 5-6 plants.

Is the closet reasonable well sealed, or pretty drafty? My room is larger and pretty well sealed, about a 4ft x 5ft tiled bathroom. When I have 3-4 plants that are freshly chopped I barely need to run the humidifier since the plants are putting off so much moisture. Is the closet possible very drafty and all the humidity is getting sucked into an un-insulated bit of floor or wall? Sealing the closet up more will help if that is the case, and the space should be large enough to run a small humidifier on a low setting.

I would recommend abandoning that hygrometer you have and getting one of these for your curing containers:

Amazon.com:

They cost a bit more but are generally very accurate. This is the type of hygrometer you should use in a sealed container, not for getting whole room reading.

For the temperature and humidity in your drying room you should get something like this:

Amazon product ASIN B01ALO500E
A unit like this is designed to give you more accurate readings in a larger environment.

Hopefully some of this is helpful, you don’t sound like a newbie, so you are probably getting close to dialing it in. If you really aren’t getting any lasting terpenoids in your dried flowers I would also look at your harvest times to make sure you are not picking a little early. I have had some grows that look great but the terps are the last thing to fully develop and don’t really show up until just as my trichomes are starting to shift amber.

good luck!