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Giantsfan24
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Re: Stealth, Soil, HID, Smart Pot, SCROG, GDP - First Grow
Thanks for this Quix...I need to refine my method by morning!! This helps, thanks!
Thanks Blue...I was just thinking how to best dry my sweeties and I think this will work really well. What do you think about the newspaper idea? I thought it would absorb some moisture as well as be porous enough to allow breathing...
I'm letting the girls go one more day and I'm harvesting in the morning bro..I'm going to do one more trich check though and make sure I'm good.
Nice to see you stopping by!!
Wow GF very, VERY nice my friend, great job. Those are some really beautiful colas, and you should be proud of yourself!
As for drying and curing, I think it was BlueDog who said it best recently, but your average temps, and humidity play a pretty big role in the method, and timing of your dry. I think curing is pretty universal, but there are varying methods. I have personally only had one run at drying and curing, which went pretty well but there is always room for improvement. So here is a post I saved that Blue posted somewhere a while back, and like I said some of this can, and SHOULD be modified to suit your conditions and preferences
It's a very simple and effective process:
Cut the product, trim it per your preference, but don't dry it until the stems snap. Take it down while the stems still have some flex, but the product feel dry on the outside. This is a perfect opportunity to drop the dry-feeling flowers onto a screen and collect prime-quality kief that would otherwise get lost in the jar.
Jar the product, along with a Caliber III hygrometer. One can be had on Ebay for ~$20. Having tested a number of hygrometers - digital and analog - this model in particular produced consistent, accurate results. Then, watch the readings:
+70% RH - too wet, needs to sit outside the jar to dry for 12-24 hours, depending.
65-70% RH - the product is almost in the cure zone, if you will. It can be slowly brought to optimum RH by opening the lid for 2-4 hours.
60-65% RH - the stems snap, the product feels a bit sticky, and it is curing.
55-60% RH - at this point it can be stored for an extended period (3 months or more) without worrying about mold. The product will continue to cure.
Below 55% RH - the RH is too low for the curing process to take place. The product starts to feel brittle. Once you've hit this point, nothing will make it better. Adding moisture won't restart the curing process; it will just make the product wet. If you measure a RH below 55% don't panic. Read below:
Obviously, the product need time to sweat in the jar. As such, accurate readings won't be seen for ~24 hours, assuming the flowers are in the optimal cure zone. If you're curing the product for long-term storage, give the flowers 4-5 days for an accurate reading. If the product is sill very wet, a +70% RH reading will show within hours. If you see the RH rising ~1% per hour, keep a close eye on the product, as it's likely too moist.
Hope this gives you some Ideas, and hopefully others will chime in, as I'm a huge fan of great tasting herb and would love to hear others' suggestions...
Thanks for this Quix...I need to refine my method by morning!! This helps, thanks!
Thanks Blue...I was just thinking how to best dry my sweeties and I think this will work really well. What do you think about the newspaper idea? I thought it would absorb some moisture as well as be porous enough to allow breathing...
damn its been like a week since ive been in here and they have changed so much, shit a week ago the purple was just starting, now look at them, covered.. lookin good bro, shit its about that time isn't??
I'm letting the girls go one more day and I'm harvesting in the morning bro..I'm going to do one more trich check though and make sure I'm good.
Nice to see you stopping by!!
