A is 4 PiMp
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Today is day 52 and a few days before I took all them pics I decided to count out the days all the way to 90 (just in case) from the 12/12 date on the calendar
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Today is day 52 and a few days before I took all them pics I decided to count out the days all the way to 90 (just in case) from the 12/12 date on the calendar
Day 52 from seed or flower?
Too soon and disappointment is guaranteed. I know exactly how you feel, I'm an impatient fiend. Hate to add insult to injury but smoking wet weed is bogus too. It has to dry before the chemicals do their thing. If you can take a snip and wait for the rest, gourd head.
If you're like me and one early sample leads to another... try waiting till finish.
The week of drying goes by as slow as any other growing week. But on the bright side, it's just 7 days. You'll have invested as many as 2 to 3 months of time and effort in flowering alone. Let it dry until the stems snap. Bigger buds will still be wet. They'll feel dry but they're wet inside. Put em in a glass jar or plastic bag to slow the drying process. You'll have to burp the containers depending on bud moisture and relative humidity to prevent mold. The wettest buds may have to be aired outside the jar for a a minute or two each day. Less moist buds eventually can be left in the jar and only the lid is removed every day, every other day, once a week, etc. Everybody does it different but preventing mold while slowing the drying process is the key. I think they call it curing. I rarely get through this process, lol.
If you get a decent flush before drying and curing, the jar/bag part should take 2 to 3 weeks. Any more time, the smells and tastes mature (sometimes for the good) but your best psychoactive ingredients are consumed within 6 months. The info I offer is relative to strain and the consumer.
A digital pocket hygrometer is handy for curing. You get a consistent result w/o the guesswork. Get the moisture content to ~15% and long term storage is no problem. You can put it in the fridge and keep an eye on condensate. It'll keep a long time.
EDIT: 15 to 18% moisture too dry for long term storage? acknowledged
Too soon and disappointment is guaranteed. I know exactly how you feel, I'm an impatient fiend. Hate to add insult to injury but smoking wet weed is bogus too. It has to dry before the chemicals do their thing. If you can take a snip and wait for the rest, gourd head.
If you're like me and one early sample leads to another... try waiting till finish.The week of drying goes by as slow as any other growing week. But on the bright side, it's just 7 days. You'll have invested as many as 2 to 3 months of time and effort in flowering alone. Let it dry until the stems snap. Bigger buds will still be wet. They'll feel dry but they're wet inside. Put em in a glass jar or plastic bag to slow the drying process. You'll have to burp the containers depending on bud moisture and relative humidity to prevent mold. The wettest buds may have to be aired outside the jar for a a minute or two each day. Less moist buds eventually can be left in the jar and only the lid is removed every day, every other day, once a week, etc. Everybody does it different but preventing mold while slowing the drying process is the key. I think they call it curing. I rarely get through this process, lol.
If you get a decent flush before drying and curing, the jar/bag part should take 2 to 3 weeks. Any more time, the smells and tastes mature (sometimes for the good) but your best psychoactive ingredients are consumed within 6 months. The info I offer is relative to strain and the consumer.
A digital pocket hygrometer is handy for curing. You get a consistent result w/o the guesswork. Get the moisture content to ~15% and long term storage is no problem. You can put it in the fridge and keep an eye on condensate. It'll keep a long time.
EDIT: 15 to 18% moisture too dry for long term storage? acknowledged
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Disco,
Didn't you mean 55% instead of 15% for long term storage?
Damn stoner
Pimp,
Check out Simon's "A perfect cure" thread. Great info on getting the most out of your harvest.
Didn't you mean 55% instead of 15% for long term storage?
Damn stoner
Pimp,
Check out Simon's "A perfect cure" thread. Great info on getting the most out of your harvest.
I've read 15 to 18% is what prevents mold and 10 to 12% is a bit too dry. Do you refrigerate as high as 55% w/o burping, turning and or opening jars? I don't have the hygrometer but it's nice to know what others are doing.
LoKey
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they typically talk about room humidity but for jars as Sgt said right around 55% is good for long term storage, so far i try and do a slow dry in jars with burping a bit from 65 down to 55, ideally over say a month or two, and once down to 55% its dry, ad is good for storage or smoking.
Check out his little hygrometer lids
Thanks LoKey. I went back and checked a thread that metered their results. I was shocked to see the op say ~75% moisture was a bit too sticky. I've also noticed that freshly chopped weed can weigh as much as 4 to 5x dried. I happen to like my smoke on the ever so slightly moist end. Usually 4x less weight than a wet chop. I figure that's less than 25% moisture when accounting for the weed weight.
And i also thought I read that 10 to 12% moisture will cause buds to powder. I'll edit the post and will see if I can find the 15 to 18% info. I don't remember it being room humidity, especially when the meter is in the jar. I guess if you're humidity is that low, a wetter cure start is necessary. I've got 45% to 55% ambient year round. Good you mentioned ambient humidity.
Half-wet weed in my conditions would make the jars sweat. I wouldn't have to hang dry for any more than 3 days tops to get ~1/2 moisture content with ~50% ambient humidity. The only way I could prevent mold in those conditions would be to remove the buds daily for ~20 min. I'd just as soon hang dry for 6 to 7 days and have less jar maintenance.
But I'll reiterate, it's nice to know what others are doing.
And i also thought I read that 10 to 12% moisture will cause buds to powder. I'll edit the post and will see if I can find the 15 to 18% info. I don't remember it being room humidity, especially when the meter is in the jar. I guess if you're humidity is that low, a wetter cure start is necessary. I've got 45% to 55% ambient year round. Good you mentioned ambient humidity.
Half-wet weed in my conditions would make the jars sweat. I wouldn't have to hang dry for any more than 3 days tops to get ~1/2 moisture content with ~50% ambient humidity. The only way I could prevent mold in those conditions would be to remove the buds daily for ~20 min. I'd just as soon hang dry for 6 to 7 days and have less jar maintenance.
But I'll reiterate, it's nice to know what others are doing.
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Thanks for the drying/curing tips! And when I said last night it was day 52 I meant from flower.
The only thing im just a lil bit worried about is the RH in my area, with the window closed in my room the humidity still gets within -10 to 15% of what the humidity is outside, inside the cabinet!
For example I checked the thermometer last night and I guess the high for the previous night was 84 degrees at 60% humidity! Last night was the same thing! The highest temp was 84 degrees at 60% RH with the lowest this morning at 81 degrees, 41% RH.
I've noticed that the RH climbs towards night time (when the lights are on) and the lowest RH readings have been during the day (when the lights are off)
I try to make sure the colas on the sativa don't touch each other as I've read that can help cause mold in high RH environments, will I be safe? I don't want mold to screw this up when I made it this far!
Maybe I should stock up on some dessicant or silica gel for whenever I EVENTUALLY get to harvest, or just start doing some searching on DIY de-humidifiers
The only thing im just a lil bit worried about is the RH in my area, with the window closed in my room the humidity still gets within -10 to 15% of what the humidity is outside, inside the cabinet!
For example I checked the thermometer last night and I guess the high for the previous night was 84 degrees at 60% humidity! Last night was the same thing! The highest temp was 84 degrees at 60% RH with the lowest this morning at 81 degrees, 41% RH.
I've noticed that the RH climbs towards night time (when the lights are on) and the lowest RH readings have been during the day (when the lights are off)
I try to make sure the colas on the sativa don't touch each other as I've read that can help cause mold in high RH environments, will I be safe? I don't want mold to screw this up when I made it this far!
Maybe I should stock up on some dessicant or silica gel for whenever I EVENTUALLY get to harvest, or just start doing some searching on DIY de-humidifiers
Chomp
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I don't think you're going to have any problems with 60% RH...that's not too far out of range. 50% is generally what you would want to shoot for with a cab packed tight with plants, but you have lots of space and shouldn't have a problem. 60% should be fine for you no problem. The higher temps would probably be more of an issue than the RH IMHO, but you're still OK there too so...
The guys up above were talking about after the chop with the humidity....before the chop you're ok
Good Luck,
Chomp
The guys up above were talking about after the chop with the humidity....before the chop you're ok
Good Luck,
Chomp
i usually dry mine till the stems are cracky, snap when you try to bend em. then i put em in jars and burp daily till theres no condensation in the jar after a day, then once a week or so after that. but once theres no condensation build up after 24 hours its usually dry enough to smoke.
one of my plants is near harvest, when im close ill show you pics on what i mean by the pistils being fully dried showing the closeness to harvest and ill take some macros so you can see the trichomes too.
one of my plants is near harvest, when im close ill show you pics on what i mean by the pistils being fully dried showing the closeness to harvest and ill take some macros so you can see the trichomes too.
Sorry if I confused the discussion pimp.
The 55% I was refering to was my goal for long term storage after the curing process.
I dont see any probelms with cab RH at 60% for flower. I think 40%-50% is the goal for flowering to prevent mold in the cab. My cab is running 55% to 60% with lights on and pushing 70% with lights out. So far so good.
Like Chomp said, your cab isn't packed very tight so the higher RH should not be a problem.
Cheers
The 55% I was refering to was my goal for long term storage after the curing process.
I dont see any probelms with cab RH at 60% for flower. I think 40%-50% is the goal for flowering to prevent mold in the cab. My cab is running 55% to 60% with lights on and pushing 70% with lights out. So far so good.
Like Chomp said, your cab isn't packed very tight so the higher RH should not be a problem.
Cheers
A circ fan should help keep cab humidity in check.
how do you all keep the humidity up in your cab? with all my airflow the humidity is never over 30% the digital hygrometer doesnt even register.
It probably depends more on the ambient conditions. Two months ago, I was running close to 30%, now I'm closer to 60%. Spring, warmer weather, etc.
A is 4 PiMp
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Quoted for truth, the area (or city I should say) is pretty much very humid ALL year long, so its not too hard I guess, too bad i'm not growing mushrooms... That will have to wait until I move out.
A tiny lil update (without pics) checked the cab when the ladies woke up this afternoon and i noticed that the indica is starting to get frosty slowly but surely!
The sativa still looks the same lol, today is 55 of 12/12
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Another update today but this time i only took pics of the indica as i believe shes (and this is a noob guess) 2-3 weeks away from being ready for harvest. She's really starting to pack on the crystals and her smell is getting ALOT stronger now and she has ALL cloudy trichs, no amber yet
Thoughts?
Sorry for the awkward neck bending pic
Thoughts?
Sorry for the awkward neck bending pic
Looking good, A!
TommytheCat
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Please do not think I mean any disrespect when I say this.
You are doing 100,000x better than I thought you would with your setup. I mean no disrespect but damn dude I gotta give you a hand. You really pulled this grow off, and it looks like you will have some nice smoke soon!
You are doing 100,000x better than I thought you would with your setup. I mean no disrespect but damn dude I gotta give you a hand. You really pulled this grow off, and it looks like you will have some nice smoke soon!
A is 4 PiMp
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I was thinking the same thing haha, today is day 64 of 12/12 i forgot to add
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So what does everybody think as far as letting the indica go another 2-3 weeks until the chop?
