you are so lol...
this is a common prob bc there are lots of noobies.
stays common bc noobies stay noobies
bc they already got it under control
here just looking for affirmation
of your shot in the dark
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how do you dry weed when it's humid?
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you are so lol...
this is a common prob bc there are lots of noobies.
stays common bc noobies stay noobies
bc they already got it under control
here just looking for affirmation
of your shot in the dark
?huh? are you calling me a newb? lol!
shot in the dark? i normally have no problem curing, i simply anticipated an issue getting them as dry as they need to be to go into a jar because lately the leaves i clip from my plants haven't been getting dry and crunchy like they normally do...i came here because i couldn't afford nor do i really want to use a dehumidifier and i wanted ideas for a smaller scale way to do the same thing...
i got a lot of good ideas and none of them were my own so i wasn't exactly coming on here to "affirm my own beliefs" or however you put it...i'm now much more confident that humidity wont be an issue with my harvest and that is the purpose of these threads, is it not? to become more confident and competent at the art of growing through the help of peers in our hobby?
i like the dry and blanket idea as well, however surprisingly my buds are drying better than i had thought, i know it's only day 3 but they look like they are right on schedule, i suspect that will slow down when they start to reach the relative humidity though, but thats why i have you guys here! here is a crappy pic of my perpetual, just to show you what i'm working with...
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well i have nothing but bad news too report, yesterday, the morning of the 4th day, by buds were so close to being dry enough for jar, then humidity hit yesterday and hard, i got home from work to find they had re moistened and today they are just as moist, if not more from the huge rainstorms weve had all day...so thats bad news number one
then i went to walmart, cub, and some kitchen store looking for descant packets in the canning sections, nobody carries them, and the kitchen store lady was into canning, she said no canning section would probably carry them because why would you need them? i had no good answer for her...plus i was forced to swim through the heroin addicts and obese morons at walmart wich is a place i avoid like the plague for that reason...walmart is such a SH*% hole!
so news number 3 is that this classy seller that i ordered my caliber 3 humidity deel just shipped today, despite me paying Monday...this being day 6 i dont' think it will stand a chance of getting here before Saturday or Monday, too late be be of any good to me at all.
so now i have damp buds that aren't going to get any drier and are too wet to jar, no source of desiccant at all, and no way to monitor the humidity once i get them in the jars...it's been a really annoying day for me and now i'm scrambling to find an answer cause like i said i have been drying for 6 days and want this stuff in the jar...
so, any ideas? i'm thinking i'm going to dry out some rice grains in the oven for a while and then put some in the bottom of each jar, then leave them in overnight too see if it helps at all, i'm a little worried rice would take weeks to get any moisture out at all...if that doesn't work i might be giving up and throwing it all in the freezer...
if anybody knows a brick and morter that they KNOW has either humidity guages like simons or dessicant packets i'd happily drive out now and get them but i'm guessing this rice will cool down faster than any replies come in so for tonight i'll be trying that.
then i went to walmart, cub, and some kitchen store looking for descant packets in the canning sections, nobody carries them, and the kitchen store lady was into canning, she said no canning section would probably carry them because why would you need them? i had no good answer for her...plus i was forced to swim through the heroin addicts and obese morons at walmart wich is a place i avoid like the plague for that reason...walmart is such a SH*% hole!
so news number 3 is that this classy seller that i ordered my caliber 3 humidity deel just shipped today, despite me paying Monday...this being day 6 i dont' think it will stand a chance of getting here before Saturday or Monday, too late be be of any good to me at all.
so now i have damp buds that aren't going to get any drier and are too wet to jar, no source of desiccant at all, and no way to monitor the humidity once i get them in the jars...it's been a really annoying day for me and now i'm scrambling to find an answer cause like i said i have been drying for 6 days and want this stuff in the jar...
so, any ideas? i'm thinking i'm going to dry out some rice grains in the oven for a while and then put some in the bottom of each jar, then leave them in overnight too see if it helps at all, i'm a little worried rice would take weeks to get any moisture out at all...if that doesn't work i might be giving up and throwing it all in the freezer...
if anybody knows a brick and morter that they KNOW has either humidity guages like simons or dessicant packets i'd happily drive out now and get them but i'm guessing this rice will cool down faster than any replies come in so for tonight i'll be trying that.
ClosetAdvocate
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Try Ace Hardware. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3203794
True Value http://www.truevalue.com/product/Di...ature-and-Humidity/30429.uts?keyword=humidity
A tobacco shop maybe?
For a desiccant try checking out a gun shop that sells gun safes. Most will have little cans/containers of desiccant to prevent rust in the safe. Just play cool and tell them you're concerned about the humidity causing rust.
Best bet is a dehumidifier though in a small room.
thanks for the advice advocate! unfortunately those humidity things are much too big to fit in my jars, but tracking says my caliber 3 will be here tomorrow so i'm not worried.
i thought i would share my experience with the rice method, since it seems to have done the trick perfectly.
first i dried the buds for 6 days, till they were as fully dry as the outside humidity would allow.
then i poured a bag of dry rice on to a cooking sheet and baked for half an hour at 300, i was just winging it, so my time/temp may be not be the best, but it worked for me, the rice got whiter, and i took it out when one or two of the rice kernels started to look a little brown(didn't want to affect the smell of my weed). let it cool down completely in the oven so it doesn't absorb anymore moisture.
then i poured the rice to about 1/5 of each jar, and LOOSELY put the weed in. the weed will not dry evenly if you pack too much in.
i ended up with half my jars coming out perfect after about 24 hours or so, at that point i was able to dump out the rice (save for cleaning pipes!)and reclose the jars to begin curing. the other half of the jars i had to take out and stir, then put back in the jars and leave to dehydrate longer. when you pack the jars too tight, the rice only dries out the few inches of buds directly next too the rice, the stuff on top stayed moist...i'm assuming it would have dried eventually, but if i had just packed em a little looser, they would all be curing right now instead of only half.
now i know what your thinking, how can you cure the weed now? every time you crack the jars the weed will get moister, not drier like it's supposed to. well here is my plan...i do all of the jar cracking and resealing in my freezer, i think a deep freezer would work best, but cold air is dry air, much drier than the air floating around in my apartment right now, so i believe that will simulate curing in much drier conditions...
i thought i would share my experience with the rice method, since it seems to have done the trick perfectly.
first i dried the buds for 6 days, till they were as fully dry as the outside humidity would allow.
then i poured a bag of dry rice on to a cooking sheet and baked for half an hour at 300, i was just winging it, so my time/temp may be not be the best, but it worked for me, the rice got whiter, and i took it out when one or two of the rice kernels started to look a little brown(didn't want to affect the smell of my weed). let it cool down completely in the oven so it doesn't absorb anymore moisture.
then i poured the rice to about 1/5 of each jar, and LOOSELY put the weed in. the weed will not dry evenly if you pack too much in.
i ended up with half my jars coming out perfect after about 24 hours or so, at that point i was able to dump out the rice (save for cleaning pipes!)and reclose the jars to begin curing. the other half of the jars i had to take out and stir, then put back in the jars and leave to dehydrate longer. when you pack the jars too tight, the rice only dries out the few inches of buds directly next too the rice, the stuff on top stayed moist...i'm assuming it would have dried eventually, but if i had just packed em a little looser, they would all be curing right now instead of only half.
now i know what your thinking, how can you cure the weed now? every time you crack the jars the weed will get moister, not drier like it's supposed to. well here is my plan...i do all of the jar cracking and resealing in my freezer, i think a deep freezer would work best, but cold air is dry air, much drier than the air floating around in my apartment right now, so i believe that will simulate curing in much drier conditions...
airconditioner, dehumidifier, fan,
Once you have put your bud in the "JAR" it's very important to burp the jar .... This means to open it and let the stale air out or the slightly moist bud will go moldy. If you do not do this you will ruin your bud. If need be get an egg timer to remind you to burp your jars but always burp your jars or don't use jars.. stay safe headband 707
thecliogeek
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fast dry
fast dry
If you need a fast dry for that amount and smaller, spread between enough paper grocery bags to have about 3 inches of bud on the bottom of each bag, get a LARGE 12 pack (maybe $6 to $10 at the grocery store - and cheaper works better for some reason) of paper towels. Pull off sheets from the roll and crumble up on top of bud so that you might have a quarter or half roll of towels. Every couple hours take out all paper towels and turn over (bring the side at the bottom to the top of bag) so the side that is pointing down draws out moisture from the bud and the top has been exposed to the air to dry out a bit, just keep turning the paper towels over and over. Changing moist side with dry side.
If you can't get your humidity down below... to say 80%, you might be screwed and forced to get a dehumidifier. The air can't dry out bud if there is more moisture in air than the bud has. It's just physically impossible. The bud will only dry to whatever the relative humidity is of the environment around it. You might have to do the dryer trick with sheets and blankets just to get the ambient air dryer than the bud to get moisture draw off.
Once you get the ambient air dryer than the bud, then it can evaporate off the moisture off the paper. I also live in an area with 80 to 90% humidity is regular in summer, luckily my basement is dryer and less humid, and cooler too. I had to use the paper trick once, I have tried newspaper, but the ink scared me away fast. Hope this can help you....
fast dry
If you need a fast dry for that amount and smaller, spread between enough paper grocery bags to have about 3 inches of bud on the bottom of each bag, get a LARGE 12 pack (maybe $6 to $10 at the grocery store - and cheaper works better for some reason) of paper towels. Pull off sheets from the roll and crumble up on top of bud so that you might have a quarter or half roll of towels. Every couple hours take out all paper towels and turn over (bring the side at the bottom to the top of bag) so the side that is pointing down draws out moisture from the bud and the top has been exposed to the air to dry out a bit, just keep turning the paper towels over and over. Changing moist side with dry side.
If you can't get your humidity down below... to say 80%, you might be screwed and forced to get a dehumidifier. The air can't dry out bud if there is more moisture in air than the bud has. It's just physically impossible. The bud will only dry to whatever the relative humidity is of the environment around it. You might have to do the dryer trick with sheets and blankets just to get the ambient air dryer than the bud to get moisture draw off.
Once you get the ambient air dryer than the bud, then it can evaporate off the moisture off the paper. I also live in an area with 80 to 90% humidity is regular in summer, luckily my basement is dryer and less humid, and cooler too. I had to use the paper trick once, I have tried newspaper, but the ink scared me away fast. Hope this can help you....
dear lord.. you are making this so hard on yourself. Just buy a little dehumidifier and leave the rice. Small ones are cheap and don't add a lot of heat. I don't know where you got that they are $250.
Buy THIS ONE and be done with it.
If you get moldy bud you're going to feel like an ass that you didn't just do it the right way. Good luck.
Buy THIS ONE and be done with it.
If you get moldy bud you're going to feel like an ass that you didn't just do it the right way. Good luck.
home depot has dessicant. my humidity keeps my weed from ever totally drying. my house is like a humidor . right now its 62%
ClosetAdvocate
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The dessicant is only suitable for small enclosed areas (i.e. inside a cabinet, sealed container, etc). I like the idea of checking out Craigslist for used dehueys. I found one for $35.
The homedepot one is a good idea too. Hang or lay the bud in a small bathroom and dry it in the bathroom with the dehuey running.
The homedepot one is a good idea too. Hang or lay the bud in a small bathroom and dry it in the bathroom with the dehuey running.
mattkilla420
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Damn right 66% outside here today. What is too high of RH? I'm drying in my basement (only 2nd time) the RH last time got no higher than 72 and I was good. Today I'm on day 4 of drying checked hygrometer and its 74%. That too high?I kno the RH fluctuates when AC unit goes on and off but high was 74%. I don't want any chance of mold I have other possible places to dry. Not as good as basement though. Should I try putting a fan on them? I'm kinda in? About this high humidity weather too.
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hiya ,,mattkilla,go get yourself a small ozone generator[sort they use in japen for keeping fish etc fresh,no high levels of ozone],another oscillating fan, and is your exhaust fan up to the job? important to dispell all that humid air,i am sure you have most or all of your bases covered and will sort this problem out, i never have suffered loss of odour,or any negative effect on my girls in many years of using an og,, good luck,, peace s2
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Blaz3
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Honestly..drying is not that hard and complicated...you SHOULD buy a dehu...but theyr expensive...soo jsut have small fan blowing in the trimmed plants...stick inside a closet...be creative..trust me where i live its VERY humid...i jsut hang my buds in my closet with the door open..in a week theyr ready for curing...its not that hard..KISS
i like the longer drying time actually. reallly smoothe.
dehumidifier and fan to dry for 5-7 days
then put in jar and use simons caliber 3 method
always make sure to have the dehuey running for 30-60 minutes so that when you open the jars to air them , the RH in the room is drier then in the jar
also do this when you take weed out of the jar to smoke
i also do this in summer when rh here is high
then put in jar and use simons caliber 3 method
always make sure to have the dehuey running for 30-60 minutes so that when you open the jars to air them , the RH in the room is drier then in the jar
also do this when you take weed out of the jar to smoke
i also do this in summer when rh here is high
lol honestly you guys have a point, st3ve, that's a nice little unit, i guess when i originally thought about buying one a few years ago i did an amazon search and only saw the bigger more expensive ones...i just assumed they didn't really get that small, kinda like air conditioners...
at the time that i made this thread i was pretty broke and needed a way to dry a small amount of pot, the rice method was perfect, but it definitely wouldn't be practical for more than a few ounces...and in reality the only reason my place was so humid was that my ac died on me, and couldn't afford to replace it yet, now that my ac is fixed and the weather dried up, i don't have any problem, i'm actually on day 3 or 4 of drying my next harvest(i go every 28 days, 2 stage perpetual) but i probably will get a smaller one soon, because when it gets cold out i need to keep the humidity down in the room my cab is in, so the windows don't sweat and ice up.
on the whole though i still think if you have a small harvest and can't afford even a small dehumidifier at the moment, rice is a very very cheep and effective way to get that last bit of moisture out, after all, the rice i got was like 99 cents for a big bag, so it's even cheaper than desiccant, and works just as good...again though it's not really feasible for more than a few zips...
at the time that i made this thread i was pretty broke and needed a way to dry a small amount of pot, the rice method was perfect, but it definitely wouldn't be practical for more than a few ounces...and in reality the only reason my place was so humid was that my ac died on me, and couldn't afford to replace it yet, now that my ac is fixed and the weather dried up, i don't have any problem, i'm actually on day 3 or 4 of drying my next harvest(i go every 28 days, 2 stage perpetual) but i probably will get a smaller one soon, because when it gets cold out i need to keep the humidity down in the room my cab is in, so the windows don't sweat and ice up.
on the whole though i still think if you have a small harvest and can't afford even a small dehumidifier at the moment, rice is a very very cheep and effective way to get that last bit of moisture out, after all, the rice i got was like 99 cents for a big bag, so it's even cheaper than desiccant, and works just as good...again though it's not really feasible for more than a few zips...
