Tead's Indoor-ish, Winter, Hempy, OGK, SOG

[Weaselcracker]

It’s something that a 420 friend named @Kriaze mentioned once in passing, inhaling the fumes of fresh ground pepper to calm the anxiety/paranoia that smoking weed sometimes brings. At the time I thought it sounded far fetched to say the least, but I mentioned it to another guy named Shiggity Flip and he started that thread on it. We both tried it and it really works- can bring you right down out of the distracted panicky state. I use good peppercorns and a grinder - don’t expect a paper packet of it from McDonald’s to do much.
The method is to cup the pepper in your palm, or use whatever other small container, and inhale the fumes (not the actual pepper). It’s actually very pleasant- much nicer than it sounds. I wish I’d known about it decades ago, could have saved a lot of trouble. But then I wish I knew a lot of things decades ago, could have saved a lot of trouble....

 

[HiddenGrow]

How's the garden running senor Tead? I bet those dabbers makes working in the forest more than fun

 

[Conradino23]

That’s so cool, man. We were drinking water with sugar to come down and it worked fine. I remember Neil Young starting this black pepper trend Hmm I’d like to have one of these pepper trees, I saw them in San Diego and loved them

 

[Skybound]

I wonder if there's a certain terpene that's released when the peppercorns are cracked open?

 

[Dankman_420]

Drive by.... hopefully all's well in Teadland

 

[NorCaliwood]

Enough damn dab talk,, WTFuck are the flowers???????????

I'm so far behind on alls journals' Tead,, I can only look at pics and read a post or two. But I wanna see a room wall to wall with FAT as buddage............... IF you grow enough that you need help I do have a crew that can handle the job, sorry no border brothers...............;

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• NorCaliwood
• Apr 9, 2019

Just to make ya homesick there Tead,, Something never do change,, and this never will... Least not in out lifetimes.............

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• NorCaliwood
• Apr 9, 2019

 

[Skybound]

Enough damn dab talk,, WTFuck are the flowers???????????

I'm so far behind on alls journals' Tead,, I can only look at pics and read a post or two. But I wanna see a room wall to wall with FAT as buddage............... IF you grow enough that you need help I do have a crew that can handle the job, sorry no border brothers...............;

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• NorCaliwood
• Apr 9, 2019

This pic is epic Woody! It gives me the feel of nostalgia with the Tonka trucks, but what better way to showcase your haul?

Ever since Tead got that dab press, he literally fell off the side of the earth. Shit you not, after a couple weeks he came up for air briefly and made a post, but that felt like 3-27 weeks ago.

Don't worry about my journal, it's the same old rigamarole. Sky takes one from veg and puts in bloom, 3 weeks later takes one from bloom and puts another in. Rinse an repeat. I'm going to crack a new strain today, Herbies Bulk Gorilla Glue. I need something to duet with Pineapple Chunk. The peeps aren't really feeling the Triple Cheese. They don't hate it, but they just don't love it. I figure the GG name will be received well.

 

[Morglie]

I may have glazed right past it, but are they suggesting to just be in the presence of pepper and the scents that permeate from it will abate the heebs? I recently came to the belief that my harvest early habits combined with my fast drying made my chops less desirable smoke initially. I finally hit the PC for the first time. It had about 2-3 weeks in the jar, but it didn't hit my body the way I was expecting it to, but it's still much stronger than I like so one puff sends me out a little farther than I wanted to go. If the pepper trick consists of just having some nearby, I'll definitely try that.

A longer dry is very important on retaining the flavor and smell. I used to dry in 3-4 days and now go 3+ weeks and it's a big difference!

 

[Pjs420]

I tried something new with my most recent harvest and let it hang for 15 days before I got the bend and snap in the stem I wanted... stuck them in a bin and sealed it... another week in the bin and then I’ll be trimming and jarring it all up..... I burped the container this morning just to double check the moisture and the stank permeated the entire household

 

[Weaselcracker]

How do you guys manage such a slow dry? My RH in the room where I dry tends to hover around 60, so my buds rarely over-dry. But often they get to the stem snapping stage after five days or so. I suppose to slow that evaporation down I’d have to have my drying box sealed better (duh). Still- 3 weeks to dry seems like I’d be risking mold.

 

[Pjs420]

How do you guys manage such a slow dry? My RH in the room where I dry tends to hover around 60, so my buds rarely over-dry. But often they get to the stem snapping stage after five days or so. I suppose to slow that evaporation down I’d have to have my drying box sealed better (duh). Still- 3 weeks to dry seems like I’d be risking mold.

Well, I have no shame in admitting that I’m using some info that an old school grower out of Cali/Oregon shared/posted about on his Instagram.... so I can’t really tell you how/why it works... I’m giving it a whirl and so far it’s turned out the best smelling buds I’ve harvested to date.

So I chopped and hung the buds in dark room (I should have cut off all the fan leaves - lesson learned lmao), it sits almost perfect at about 60temp/60rh, give or take a few... I have a small fan blowing indirectly just to keep air moving gently around them. I waited a week before I started checking the stems to gauge moisture content... was recommended that you don’t touch the buds and you want the stem to bend and snap...but I didn’t like the feel on mine before it hit day 14... so I left it another day....

I’ve copied and pasted his post here cause he explains better than I do lol

“After 14days it’s binned . Now it’s capped .... the crack back sequence starts now .... from day 14-21 she’ll stay capped opened only as I feel needed in the first 2days just to double dam check and make sure it’s good .. from then on she’s locked .. this is where they harden and tighten up . What trace moisture remains in the stem network is wicked and shared throughout during this lockdown time . This is where you are locking in your profile. I should say you already know by now where it’s headed . In other words it’s either good now or shit .... and you are locking it in .. so don’t you go here unless it’s right . Sabe ? ... when you come out of here , that is Day 21 ., you have the glue and you are ready for trim . Day 21 . Don’t be a dumbass and wet trim . Hear that ? -friends do not let friends wet trim”

So that’s the process I have followed up until this point.. my buds are locked in the bin on day 15... so day 22 I’ll give them all a trim and jar it up. Fingers crossed lol

 

[Morglie]

How do you guys manage such a slow dry? My RH in the room where I dry tends to hover around 60, so my buds rarely over-dry. But often they get to the stem snapping stage after five days or so. I suppose to slow that evaporation down I’d have to have my drying box sealed better (duh). Still- 3 weeks to dry seems like I’d be risking mold.

I built a drying box. It's fairly narrow, I can hang two rows in it. There's a PC case fan in the one end to pull air out and an intake in the other end. That way there's constant airflow across the buds.

So far it has been taking three weeks, but with the warm weather, the Rh has raised in the room I use. Inside the box it's always stayed around 80% without any issues, but it's the length of time that has me wondering a bit. I'm over 4 weeks now and I think I still have closer to a week to go. I keep checking and there's no issues. I may need to figure out a different spot to put them in the summer.

 

[Skybound]

How do you guys manage such a slow dry? My RH in the room where I dry tends to hover around 60, so my buds rarely over-dry. But often they get to the stem snapping stage after five days or so. I suppose to slow that evaporation down I’d have to have my drying box sealed better (duh). Still- 3 weeks to dry seems like I’d be risking mold.

I do realize I am FAR from a seasoned curator, I still picked up a few tricks to get my hauls out the door quicker. Last summer I had to dry in 80% RH LMFAO. Then I had no choice but to put a fan directly on the hangers for days on end, frequently rotating the branches to ensure adequate evaporation. Also, for myself, I've redefined which stem I require a snap from and that thin little tiny thing that attaches the bud to the stem meets my requirements, lol. My goal is to get them off of the stem as quick as is reasonably possible as I know I can and do slow things down once it's all in a tote or in zip sacks.

 

[Conradino23]

You need about 65F and 65% RH for perfect drying. Once most of the water has evaporated you can even lower that to around 62-63F. And if it’s not cold enough you can use your fridge.

 

[Skybound]

You need about 65F and 65% RH for perfect drying. Once most of the water has evaporated you can even lower that to around 62-63F. And if it’s not cold enough you can use your fridge.

I never used the fridge. Will the scents cross contaminate weed to food, or food to weed?

 

[Conradino23]

Not if you use jars or turkey bags

 

[Weaselcracker]

Great info thanks guys. I dry in a drying box I made from an old fridge (I don’t actually own a real fridge just a sort of outdoor cooler box with shelves that I made because I live in the bush like a caveman -besides which the climate here is a natural fridge. The bears and whatnot are generally pleased at my lack of fridge because they find it easy to demolish to get at the food, but that’s another story) and stuck in a corner of my flowering room. I don’t see a practical way to dry outside the flowering room without investing in a new carbon filter and a bunch more DIY work. The dehumidifier keeps the room around 60 RH. The temp may be a little higher than ideal by not by much. I’m guessing air flow is the key here and I should just close off most of the vent holes in the drying box but keep the little computer fan running on it for a minimum of circulation.
One thing is for sure, the times when the dehum got accidentally turned off because I screwed up something or other, and the RH shot back up to 80 or 90- there was no way the buds in there were ever going to dry before they went moldy, no matter how long they sat there.

 

[Dankman_420]

Great info thanks guys. I dry in a drying box I made from an old fridge (I don’t actually own a real fridge just a sort of outdoor cooler box with shelves that I made because I live in the bush like a caveman -besides which the climate here is a natural fridge. The bears and whatnot are generally pleased at my lack of fridge because they find it easy to demolish to get at the food, but that’s another story) and stuck in a corner of my flowering room. I don’t see a practical way to dry outside the flowering room without investing in a new carbon filter and a bunch more DIY work. The dehumidifier keeps the room around 60 RH. The temp may be a little higher than ideal by not by much. I’m guessing air flow is the key here and I should just close off most of the vent holes in the drying box but keep the little computer fan running on it for a minimum of circulation.
One thing is for sure, the times when the dehum got accidentally turned off because I screwed up something or other, and the RH shot back up to 80 or 90- there was no way the buds in there were ever going to dry before they went moldy, no matter how long they sat there.

Like a caveman

 

[Skybound]

Weas, consider using an Arduino, an RH sensor and a relay/transistor that can turn on a fan when the RH exceeds your desired value. It's a simple circuit and fairly simple code. If things get out of your ability to control and you need that option, you can probably locate everything for about $30-$50 up there.

 

[Weaselcracker]

You know when just the act of blathering about something helps you better understand the issue you’re talking about?
I think the dehumidifier basically fills the function of that type of circuit you’re talking about - since it tends to bring the RH of the room down to around 60 eventually and whatever is in the drying box is going to follow (providing everything is working properly). The big variable is the time it takes the weed in the drying box to get there. It varies depending on the outside weather conditions, but also hugely on how full the drying box is. If I cram the box full I’m inviting mold. If I have a small harvest it dries a little too fast. And I’m not so sure how to control that rate of drying other than with the hillbilly methods I use now - plugging/opening vent holes and tweaking the fan. It would be cool if I could hook a little fan up to a program that dropped the RH by a couple points a day and took it down slowly in a controlled fashion. Without me having to change the settings by hand each day, cause I usually don’t have time for that.
Now that I think about it- that sort of program is hardly very advanced. Is this the sort of thing an arduino could do, in the hands of someone who doesn’t want to spend a month learning how to make it go?

I think I’ll go attempt to google that now...