kelticBlue
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You realize we'll redefine what is meant by "beautiful. bud"? What a beauty keltic. The colors jump right off the page. She looks like a canna fairy.
thanks Sue. I like. It seems to have dried happily.
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You realize we'll redefine what is meant by "beautiful. bud"? What a beauty keltic. The colors jump right off the page. She looks like a canna fairy.
Allow me Derbybud, although I don't really have much science to offer. What I have is the experience of having dried a number of harvests in my dehydrator, and I can assure you, as counterproductive as it sounds, the buds I get from the dehydrator are every bit as fragrant and colorful as the buds I'm drying in the fridge. The big difference is in the time needed to get to dry.
Low and slow buds
Dehydrated buds
My last dehydrated batch took 53 hours straight, and they were ready to be jarred up to begin the cure. The latest batch of low and slo took two weeks, in paper bags. Other batches have taken longer.
I can't explain why there's not more terpene loss with the dehydrator, unless it's because the greatest number of the components may be inside the buds, and flash-drying doesn't give them time to get loose? Not a very scientific explaination, I'm afraid. The proof is in the pudding, and the oils I've made with the dehydrated buds are as tasty and potent as the low and slo oils.
I believe you're doing yourself a disservice by not considering this drying option.
Ive heard of that method before.. Idk I just always slow dry... If I'm out of smoke and want to smoke some early I just wrap it in a paper towel and put it out under the sun (during warm months) and before you know it it's nice and dry and still has a nice smell/taste
Any ideas for normalizing the humidity? Aside from the buds, we only keep canned soda and batteries in there.
Thank you! Exciting times for sure.Congrats on the harvest! Earlier in this thread it mentioned that the key to drying in the fridge is to have a fridge filled with stuff. Fill it more things that need to be cold! Or even things that don't mind being cold
SweetSue's hybrid approach
Before I start the report, I wanted to share this beautiful picture of the CBD Critical Cure I used to make an infused oil recently. It was dried low and slo in paper bags.
They look fresh to me. They handle like fresh produce too. I'm thrilled that my goal has apparently been reached. Using low and slo buds appears to create an oil equivalent to making FHO on harvest day.
On to the hybrid drying approach I'm playing with. I started with Candy Cane buds, ready for the dehydrator.
This time I cut the branch attachments long enough to drop down through the grid so the buds set up on the trays.
I've begun setting one of the fine grid screens to slow down the air. Next time I'll add another to the next layer down and put the largest buds up on the top, working my way down to the smaller buds near the bottom, furthest from the fan.
I left this batch in for 50 hours.
The buds were much larger when they went in. You can see how much branch length I left on to add stability. They were all cut at about the same length.
At this point the buds get trimmed from the branch pieces they were left attached to. Leaving the branch pieces lends positioning stability so the buds can dry with less damage to their shape, and also slows down the drying a bit by having more plant material to pull from.
At this point they weigh 33 grams.
4:45 PM: Into the jar overnight.
By 9:28 that evening the humidity level is rising.
10:35 AM the next morning had RH creeping up to near 80%.
Instead of tossing it all back into the dehydrator, I decided to play with the rice I'd cooked the moisture out of. For the rest of the day I switched out bundles of 1/4 cup of the rice, and in so doing managed to drop the humidity, but only in very small steps.
Immediately upon adding the first bundle humidity levels came down about 2%. I spent the day working with it at random, switching out the rice for new, dry replacements. I wasn't paying close attention, but I was thinking about it casually, wondering what it was that would do what I was after. To be honest, I was involved in a lot of different projects yesterday and this was a minor thing.
At midnight I made my decision. After recooking and then cooling down the rice I got a larger jar that would allow for three equal spaces, 1/3 filled with rice, 1/3 filled with cannabis, and 1/3 filled with air.
By morning it was stable enough to place in a smaller jar with a Boveda pack.
That stabilized the buds at 62%.
4:52 today, 7 hours after jarring them up.
Final weight.
This was exactly what I'd anticipated.
Next time the plan is:
* 50 hours in the dehydrator at the lowest setting
* into a jar with 1/3 rice, 1/3 buds, 1/3 air
* switch out rice until it's stable at 62-65%
The potential is in the jar, ready to cure, in three day's time. I may begin to notice nuiances that the low and slo brings out that dehydration doesn't, but for now, from the perspective of a producer doing her best to stay ahead of patient demand this is a valuable tool to have available. The quality is better, IMO, to line-dried, which makes it more valuable medicinally. Higher potency means it goes further, freeing my grow space for other projects beyond basic meds.
I'll keep tweaking it until I'm happy with what it does for me.
Excellent documentation! Thank you Sue! .
Thank you for sharing this !!!
SweetSue's hybrid approach
* 50 hours in the dehydrator at the lowest setting
* into a jar with 1/3 rice, 1/3 buds, 1/3 air
* switch out rice until it's stable at 62-65%
This needs to be pinned to the top of the page!!
Sue this will be the new standard for drying!!! Well done!
Thanks for sharing Sue !!SweetSue's hybrid approach
Before I start the report, I wanted to share this beautiful picture of the CBD Critical Cure I used to make an infused oil recently. It was dried low and slo in paper bags.
They look fresh to me. They handle like fresh produce too. I'm thrilled that my goal has apparently been reached. Using low and slo buds appears to create an oil equivalent to making FHO on harvest day.
On to the hybrid drying approach I'm playing with. I started with Candy Cane buds, ready for the dehydrator.
This time I cut the branch attachments long enough to drop down through the grid so the buds set up on the trays.
I've begun setting one of the fine grid screens to slow down the air. Next time I'll add another to the next layer down and put the largest buds up on the top, working my way down to the smaller buds near the bottom, furthest from the fan.
I left this batch in for 50 hours.
The buds were much larger when they went in. You can see how much branch length I left on to add stability. They were all cut at about the same length.
At this point the buds get trimmed from the branch pieces they were left attached to. Leaving the branch pieces lends positioning stability so the buds can dry with less damage to their shape, and also slows down the drying a bit by having more plant material to pull from.
At this point they weigh 33 grams.
4:45 PM: Into the jar overnight.
By 9:28 that evening the humidity level is rising.
10:35 AM the next morning had RH creeping up to near 80%.
Instead of tossing it all back into the dehydrator, I decided to play with the rice I'd cooked the moisture out of. For the rest of the day I switched out bundles of 1/4 cup of the rice, and in so doing managed to drop the humidity, but only in very small steps.
Immediately upon adding the first bundle humidity levels came down about 2%. I spent the day working with it at random, switching out the rice for new, dry replacements. I wasn't paying close attention, but I was thinking about it casually, wondering what it was that would do what I was after. To be honest, I was involved in a lot of different projects yesterday and this was a minor thing.
At midnight I made my decision. After recooking and then cooling down the rice I got a larger jar that would allow for three equal spaces, 1/3 filled with rice, 1/3 filled with cannabis, and 1/3 filled with air.
By morning it was stable enough to place in a smaller jar with a Boveda pack.
That stabilized the buds at 62%.
4:52 today, 7 hours after jarring them up.
Final weight.
This was exactly what I'd anticipated.
Next time the plan is:
* 50 hours in the dehydrator at the lowest setting
* into a jar with 1/3 rice, 1/3 buds, 1/3 air
* switch out rice until it's stable at 62-65%
The potential is in the jar, ready to cure, in three day's time. I may begin to notice nuiances that the low and slo brings out that dehydration doesn't, but for now, from the perspective of a producer doing her best to stay ahead of patient demand this is a valuable tool to have available. The quality is better, IMO, to line-dried, which makes it more valuable medicinally. Higher potency means it goes further, freeing my grow space for other projects beyond basic meds.
I'll keep tweaking it until I'm happy with what it does for me.
I’m going to have to go buy some nylons to give it a shot...maybe knee highs?
I dont have any rice on hand
How is that even possible???