plants grown in cooler temps towards end of flowering/harvest increase terp content, colors included in those terps/terpenoids
that is usually what happens in nature ..
lower the tent temps for both day and night some degrees...terps increase.
I was burping my jars that I dried recently and discovered that my Malawi had turned. It was growing mold.... At least it was a tiny plant, about half a zip, and it had quite a few immature seeds from my last male as well. But still....
I stuck my gage in the candy jar and discovered it was up at 84%! I put it and the Zamedelica back in the fridge with the screen tops on. At least it was the smallest harvest of the three by far, but the Malawi is the best.
Since the first harvest I've been hanging them 24 hours and then trimming them at every junction, instead of leaving colas together. It seems to be more consistent with letting them dry in two weeks in the fridge. That seems to be my baseline to run with.
On a different note, the wife was wanting something with a good stone last night. I rolled up a joint of candy. It was a bit moist, but it's the only indica we have and it smoked ok. I noticed it's starting to develope the Skunk nose on it now.
Finishing up the roach while I'm posting and it's got my nose tingling from the smell. This one's going to be a stinker in about a week.
That was my concern about doing it in jars. I am not sure that the moisture can escape as well. They racks or paper bag method SHOULD keep that from happening IMHO.
jars work well..just need a screen or open top, dont crowd the buds, fridge with 'air moving space'
the bag appeal is better intact, IMO, with the jars..
bags/racks/drying frames allow more way produce processing(bulk) at a time.
I was burping my jars that I dried recently and discovered that my Malawi had turned. It was growing mold.... At least it was a tiny plant, about half a zip, and it had quite a few immature seeds from my last male as well. But still....
I stuck my gage in the candy jar and discovered it was up at 84%! I put it and the Zamedelica back in the fridge with the screen tops on. At least it was the smallest harvest of the three by far, but the Malawi is the best.
Since the first harvest I've been hanging them 24 hours and then trimming them at every junction, instead of leaving colas together. It seems to be more consistent with letting them dry in two weeks in the fridge. That seems to be my baseline to run with.
On a different note, the wife was wanting something with a good stone last night. I rolled up a joint of candy. It was a bit moist, but it's the only indica we have and it smoked ok. I noticed it's starting to develope the Skunk nose on it now.
Finishing up the roach while I'm posting and it's got my nose tingling from the smell. This one's going to be a stinker in about a week.
Ouch!!! Sorry to hear we had a casualty. We'll learn to eliminate that possibility. My challenge is in over drying. Maybe set up a schedule of regular checks with a hygrometer after they've come to room temp? I don't know if that would interfer with the desire to keep the monoterpenes intact. Every exposure to warmer air causes evaporation.
Cutting the buds down to individual blossoms is also what I do, and it seems to work well for faster drying. Other than that it's a matter of patience. This takes longer, and we're all about instant gratification. Lol! All too often we need the meds right now and simply can't afford to wait on it all.
Vaporizers can be helpful in this case. You can smoke damp buds as well as dried. It's the trichomes you're harvesting with a vaporizer. I don't think dryness matters, or at least it doesn't for me. I don't get the same buzz with a vaporizer, but for pain or some other need this works in a pinch.
Temps are at 36 and RH is 56. I will check again tomorrow.
