IF you have 500 - 700 lbs wet does it make any difference?..this would be from 3 greenhouses..I guess we could hang them from them from the trusses in each GH(?)
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DonJuanMatus
thats what i would do, makes more sense than trying to find indoor room for all that
one thing i would do is , break down the plants into as many branches as you can and pluck off all fan leaves ( as in hand size fans)..this will help with air circulation and cut out alot of your moisture..if you toss full plants in there with theyre fans attached, that amount of volume would be hard to dry
also air flow is you best friend, a powerful exhaust fan and many circulation fans would be sufficient
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yeah i just did it log cabin style with them stacked, also had wall posts on corners and sides of the inside to keep it stable..i could actually hang and swing from the roof it was so strong..ive tried drying with tarps and honestly unless weather is perfect its not worth the time to waste months growing and then to just waste it by drying under a tarp..youd be better off even building a temporary shack, the more time you put into it, the better your herb will dry...tarps heat up very quick and also hold onto moisture, both things you dont want when drying outdoors...this shack was built some time in 08, was used till 11', never being up-kept or restored and its still standing right now just like it was in that pic..a few days of work for 5+ years of a secure drying location isnt bad at all
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So about 100 lb dry? Thats easy, I can fit that much in one of the high cube 40 ft containers I use to dry. Floor fans, 12 inch intake and exhaust on temp control and dri eaz lgr 3500i game over u can dry 100 lb in 5 days.
Best not to count your chickens before they hatch as the old saying goes; 3x more out of a swamp is hocus pocus in my humble opinion..swamps produce well no doubt, but trying to quantify an increase in yield is difficult due to all the other factors in the growth cycle of the plant.
I hang dried half my crop under tarps last year, after 4-5 days it had lost half its weight and needed only another couple days inside to finish drying. I broke it down into forearm length branches and did a wet trim in the bush - we had great weather in early October so I was able to get away with it but if it was cold and rainy I'm not sure how it would have worked out. Mold was a big concern but I was also very worried about someone stumbling upon a small tarp city full of nicely trimmed bud and easily carying it off.
The biggest problem I ran into was that in order to dry alot of weed, you need alot of tarp. I could only fit around 3lbs under each 9x12 tarp and I was just not comfortable hanging 10 tarps and creating a small homeless camp in the bush to dry all my wares. By hanging the entire plant you could fit much more under each but there is alot of residual moisture left in the stalk which will take ages to leave the plant, slowing the process considerably and inviting mold along the way.
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GREAT-- post totally agree. When i first tarped I bought a 8x10 tarp. The thing looked huge until I got it out in the bush and spread it out to hang the bud.
Clunk you are dead on because once broken down you cant get much under there. How about the "shit your pants" feeling you get when you are under the tarp hanging bud. I know its only for a few minutes but I always feel paranoid while under there.
Oh and how about the noise of unfolding a brand new tarp (used not as bad). I feel like the whole forest can hear it.
In my experience trimming and drying are the most vulnerable and least understood of the guerrilla grow OP. Many OD growers live in a urban environment and having a high cube 40 ft container in ones driveway is not an option. Number one rule tell no one right? How the hell do you secure a drying location without telling anyone? How the hell do you find a rental space in the country? Most of us are not living off the fruits of our labor so renting a second house just to trim and dry is just crazy talk. If these were easily answered questions we would all be discussing it.
The peeps who do have a barn or access to a shed outside a urban environment are lucky. The have family or a close friend or something. That's not the case for most of us.
I have been doing this for many years and have had many chances to ask someone I knew about using their barn, shed, hell I'm country folk originally, but I never wanted to break the number one rule. This has been one of the defining factors in my growing career.
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Definately need to dry outdoors if doing larger numbers.
A full grown wet plant just harvested is heavy, even if they are just medium sized plants the most I can carry at once is five plants; that's a lot of trips with the associated security issues if you have larger numbers.
A full grown wet plant just harvested is heavy, even if they are just medium sized plants the most I can carry at once is five plants; that's a lot of trips with the associated security issues if you have larger numbers.
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GoodyTwoShoes
In the past I have set up a campsite in the area of my grows; a tent, air mattres, sleeping bag, portable gas stove, stockpile of food and water.
Then I harvested about five plants a day, or maybe three, and took them to my campsite and sat cross legged on the ground and trimmed them there.
I used to get these plastic bread trays you can get from the back of supermarkets or McDonalds stores, put a layer of newspaper in the bottom to stop the buds falling through, and put the trimmed buds in those.
In the morning I would put the trays outside, in the shade, to let them dry, and then at night put the trays in the tent, you can stack those trays one upon the other so they don't take up too much room.
As the buds dried I would put them in garbage bags, and then when they were all dry then take them back to civilsiation.
Better to be caught with 5 kilos of dried buds rather than 100 kilos of wet, and this way you only need to make one trip with product, rather than a number of trips, lessens your exposure.
Camping out also lets you monitor your spots for rippers at this crucial time when they are most likely to get ripped.
Reminds me of the time when I was just starting out, and at that time I used to grow in a forest on the edge of town, and catch the train there and back.
Anyway one evening I was sitting in the train with a backpack of freshly harvested branches wrapped up in a few garbage bags.
But you could still smell them strongly. But there were only a couple of people in the carriage so I didn't worry too much.
Anyway two leo's got on the train and started walking through the carriage.
One of them started sniffing the air and looking around, and then said to the other one, "that's the best thing we've smelt all day"!
Then I harvested about five plants a day, or maybe three, and took them to my campsite and sat cross legged on the ground and trimmed them there.
I used to get these plastic bread trays you can get from the back of supermarkets or McDonalds stores, put a layer of newspaper in the bottom to stop the buds falling through, and put the trimmed buds in those.
In the morning I would put the trays outside, in the shade, to let them dry, and then at night put the trays in the tent, you can stack those trays one upon the other so they don't take up too much room.
As the buds dried I would put them in garbage bags, and then when they were all dry then take them back to civilsiation.
Better to be caught with 5 kilos of dried buds rather than 100 kilos of wet, and this way you only need to make one trip with product, rather than a number of trips, lessens your exposure.
Camping out also lets you monitor your spots for rippers at this crucial time when they are most likely to get ripped.
Reminds me of the time when I was just starting out, and at that time I used to grow in a forest on the edge of town, and catch the train there and back.
Anyway one evening I was sitting in the train with a backpack of freshly harvested branches wrapped up in a few garbage bags.
But you could still smell them strongly. But there were only a couple of people in the carriage so I didn't worry too much.
Anyway two leo's got on the train and started walking through the carriage.
One of them started sniffing the air and looking around, and then said to the other one, "that's the best thing we've smelt all day"!
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If you do end up bringing it indoors to dry.
I'd look at having a couple of dehumidifiers handy for the initial 'dry'.
Several low volume fans to stir the room air.
Make your extraction fan setup with a connection to the bathroom exhaust fan (depending on where your bath fan vents to). It's much better to vent out of the roof. But use a lower volume exhaust fan than you'd think, just use it to keep a negative pressure on the drying chamber, so smells don't seep out.
And of course keep the carbon filter on full tilt sucking up the smells.
That's the best I can figure IF you have to be indoors.
I'd look at having a couple of dehumidifiers handy for the initial 'dry'.
Several low volume fans to stir the room air.
Make your extraction fan setup with a connection to the bathroom exhaust fan (depending on where your bath fan vents to). It's much better to vent out of the roof. But use a lower volume exhaust fan than you'd think, just use it to keep a negative pressure on the drying chamber, so smells don't seep out.
And of course keep the carbon filter on full tilt sucking up the smells.
That's the best I can figure IF you have to be indoors.
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jesus christ!that has to be some of the best advice anybody has giving me...for real to answer your Q's probly from sumtime SOON till harvest bounty.im also gonna be growing food out in the sticks.also herbs for me and the plants(pun intended)
also this will be in a swampy/marsh type grow and a forset(pine) type
i feel that campin in the swamp would be safest(avoidin people and big peditors). i gotta wam out autos and full season gals.shit has gone south in my life real quick in 3's
so me being a man i gotta nut up and shut up and get 2 WORK.from nuthing to sumthing
any way rant off but ima do some research and get back at yall with ideas and questions(gonna make a thread wanna document this any ways)(sorry for the high jak)
thanks brother again good advice and thanks!
also this will be in a swampy/marsh type grow and a forset(pine) type
i feel that campin in the swamp would be safest(avoidin people and big peditors). i gotta wam out autos and full season gals.shit has gone south in my life real quick in 3's
so me being a man i gotta nut up and shut up and get 2 WORK.from nuthing to sumthing
any way rant off but ima do some research and get back at yall with ideas and questions(gonna make a thread wanna document this any ways)(sorry for the high jak)
thanks brother again good advice and thanks!
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