That’s the way it worked for me, I think the 3rd run was close to a pound.
Reave's Soilless: Peat, Bark, Sphagnum, Perlite, White Widow 2018
- Thread starter Reave
- Start date
- Thread starter
- #922
Reave
Well-Known Member
So after I put the cannabis in the bags the hygrometer actually went down instead of up. Does it take quite a while for the moisture to travel from the stem and into the bag air?
Also do I put the humidity packs in once I’m done this part or do they go in now?
Also do I put the humidity packs in once I’m done this part or do they go in now?
AliceGG
Well-Known Member
I think it depends on what number it went down from.
HutchBenedict
Well-Known Member
Fantastic! I am so impressed. Your White Widow looked really nice at the end but it is hard to judge size looking at pictures. I had no idea it would do so well. Durga Matta not bad either. Congratulations!
I'd say a lot better! It's only when you get to the number of grows I've done do the numbers go down!
Wives do love the surplus weed! I've finally gotten my wife to smoke stuff besides the AK-47 just because "that's what we have the most of"!
Moisture from the stems can take a while because of their density and the outer layer they have. Same in reverse...it took nearly two days for the dry stems to take up the oil in the crock pot for my skin salve.
I don't put the packs in until I'm jarring them for the cure, so I try to get the burping to as close to 62% as I think the packs can handle (about ±2%).
- Thread starter
- #926
Reave
Well-Known Member
Ok I have had them sealed for about 20 hours and they are at about 55% rh. I was just getting worried I messed up the cure. I will leave it another 24 hours and see what happens.
Oh, I thought you were sitting at 62% ambient.
- Thread starter
- #928
Reave
Well-Known Member
I was that’s why I don’t get it.
Hmmm...got another hygrometer to test?
- Thread starter
- #930
Reave
Well-Known Member
Even the humidity of the whole room was 55% at times.
I have 2 they are within a couple rh of each other. I’m not confluences they work properly in the bags. They go up real high when I open the bag and go back down when I close it.
I have 2 they are within a couple rh of each other. I’m not confluences they work properly in the bags. They go up real high when I open the bag and go back down when I close it.
Mine didn't get as low as 55% but when they were at 59% I exhaled into the jars before sealing them. That raised the RH in there over a few days. But Krip said:
I don't know where that info comes from though.
I don't know where that info comes from though.
It is pretty widely accepted that curing in cannabis stops somewhere between 50%-55% RH so the "rule of thumb" is to not let the RH (of the buds - not the room!) drop below 55%. Not sure who originally tested/discovered it, though!
I can see it stopping at < 55% since the process relies on moisture in the buds to work, but I'm just wondering why it doesn't start again if you rehydrate to above that.
- Thread starter
- #934
Reave
Well-Known Member
I got a caliber iv meter which is supposed to be good. Not sure if it works right inside with the buds for some reason. I’ll move them to jars instead of the bag and see if that is different.
My understanding is that the curing process relies on certain bacteria (or enzymes) that break down the chlorophyll. Once the RH drops below 55%, those bacteria die off (or, the enzymes are somehow transformed).
All of a sudden I like living in a higher RH environment! Except for the damn Santa Anas...
- Thread starter
- #937
Reave
Well-Known Member
We will see they are around 55% so I can humidity up the box then burn them and see if I can bring it up.
I'd jar them, wait a day or so, and see what the meter says. Odd it should drop in the bag.
- Thread starter
- #939
Reave
Well-Known Member
Will do
I agree! It can take 24 hours, or so, for the RH readings to stabilize on jarred buds. Leave them in the jar with the hygrometer and check it in 24 hours. It may very well still be above 55%.