Is drying in the dark a myth?

[Black_Horse]

A week ago, i harvested my plant's bottom branches aka junk buds.
Instead of throwing them away, i decided to smoke them.

So, I let them dry in a bright room and slowly started smoking my buds.
3 days later, they're completely dry and I'm high as fuck.

It made me wonder, why dry in the dark?
What are the benefits?

Because right now i have 4 plants growing.
3 of them are long flowering and 1 is nearly ready.

But, i don't have an extra room for drying so I've got 2 options.
1. Harvest them all the same day ready or not
2. Wait and dry one of the plant inside the tent, with the HPS on, while the others finish growing.

What should i do?

 

[jayjayfrank]

i will hold a room up for a week to properly dry a harvest in the dark if need be.

and ill let one plant go to far if 5 others need an extra week.

 

[Black_Horse]

i will hold a room up for a week to properly dry a harvest in the dark if need be.

and ill let one plant go to far if 5 others need an extra week.

It's gonna take much longer than a week.
The buds just started packing weight and the pistils are still white as snow.
They need at least 3-4 more weeks and the other plant 3-7 days max.

But, i think drying the buds inside the room my tent is in would be okay.

The room isn't that big and my tent grab new air and filters it 7 times a minute.
I'm fairly certain it wouldn't smell outside the room if i dried there.

 

[mowood3479]

Ive had to dry off to the side of a flowering room ( not under direct light)
Because of space constraints..
It actually worked decently. Herb wasnt my best but no one complained..

 

[Easy7]

Light can break down cannabinoids. Often, what they turn into is still active. Some molds grow better with light. Mushrooms actually grow towards light.

Did more trichs turn amber with these light dried buds?

 

[Jhhnn]

It's gonna take much longer than a week.
The buds just started packing weight and the pistils are still white as snow.
They need at least 3-4 more weeks and the other plant 3-7 days max.

But, i think drying the buds inside the room my tent is in would be okay.

The room isn't that big and my tent grab new air and filters it 7 times a minute.
I'm fairly certain it wouldn't smell outside the room if i dried there.

I've always followed the conventional wisdom about drying in the dark, but only because I could. Faced with aroma issues or drying in the tent while the other plants are flowering, it's going into the tent. First things first, even here in Colorado. Might trim it from the stalks, put the buds in a pan in the shade under the canopy, turn 'em as needed.

Perhaps you could dry it in front of the air intake to the tent to maximize odor removal. Pull the smell into the tent to control it.

 

[jayjayfrank]

maybe trim the one plant up real nice then put it in a paper bag so light doesnt shine on it too much.

 

[Jhhnn]

maybe trim the one plant up real nice then put it in a paper bag so light doesnt shine on it too much.

That, too. Probably the best suggestion yet.

 

[Black_Horse]

Light can break down cannabinoids. Often, what they turn into is still active. Some molds grow better with light. Mushrooms actually grow towards light.

Did more trichs turn amber with these light dried buds?

There's no amber trichomes, most aren't even cloudy which is normal.
You have to keep in mind i harvested those buds a week and a half early just so i could have something to smoke while waiting.

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maybe trim the one plant up real nice then put it in a paper bag so light doesnt shine on it too much.

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Good idea and i'll place the bag close to my tent's darkest intake side to filter the smell.

 

[supermanlives]

I have done both an seen no difference. I have hung buds in total dark, semi dark and right in the grow. no discernible difference that I could tell.buds in the grow will dry quicker tho due to high ventilation. I have never dried in full sunlight tho. slow drying is the way to go and that's why I don't dry in grow often , not because of weak light. this is just my opinion after lots and lots of grows. I have no scientific proof. with lab testing now so easily available it wouldn't be hard to test. my guess if there is any diff it would be so small nobody but the lab guy would know lol

 

[indabonga]

the chlorophille with light turn much dark ...too light burn clorophille..the green change in yellow and brown.......also the thc with light degrades in cbd...less high and more down....

 

[Coconutz]

Theoretically if you were to cut a plant a little early, wouldnt it still kind of mature if hung in the light? I mean, it should continue to degrade the thc a bit and you could see some more go from clear to cloudy or amber?
Or am I just really fucking high?

 

[indabonga]

the second, sir
thc turn less cerebral/high but more cochlock/bodystone after long exposure with light and air...but pre thc (cbn?) can't degrade in thc.

 

[Black_Horse]

the second, sir
thc turn less cerebral/high but more cochlock/bodystone after long exposure with light and air...but pre thc (cbn?) can't degrade in thc.

I guess that explains why my weed went from having a sativa high to an indica one after drying.

 

[Commonwealth]

the chlorophille with light turn much dark ...too light burn clorophille..the green change in yellow and brown.......also the thc with light degrades in cbd...less high and more down....

Entitely wrong. THC and CBD are both primary cannabinoids in the plant. THC does not degrade to CBD, it degrades to CBN which is responsible for that disoriented stone, but does have great uses in a sleep aid. CBD is non-psychoactive and an antagonist to THC.

I have not seen a discernable difference drying in complete darkness or indirect light. I believe the issue isn't the light itself but the speed at which you dry. A faster dry tends to lead to a harsher smoke and more loss of terpenes. What I'm trying to get at is drying under HID or the direct sun is gonna speed up the process and cause a harsher smoke. The amount of degradation is overestimated. See Clarke's work "Hashish!" and his discussion of loss of potency over years in samples. I've dried in completely sunlit rooms with no problem as long as they're allowed a slow dry.

 

[nickman]

U can just harvest the 1st plant and cut and trim all the buds down to single buds cut off the branch... Then just hang them all in a cardboard box... It works fine. That's what I've done when I was in the same predicament...

 

[Black_Horse]

U can just harvest the 1st plant and cut and trim all the buds down to single buds cut off the branch... Then just hang them all in a cardboard box... It works fine. That's what I've done when I was in the same predicament...

Yup, that's what i ended up doing.

I looked at the trichomes this morning and 10% were amber.
So, i cut the main stem and started trimming/mutilating the plant in front of it's sisters like a cold bastard.

The plants looked real crappy after i finished my trim job. lmao
Anyway, i couldn't find a paper bag so i filled a 25 x 24 x 10cm cardboard box with buds.

I'll turn them tomorrow and probably jar them Sunday.

 

[indabonga]

Entitely wrong. THC and CBD are both primary cannabinoids in the plant. THC does not degrade to CBD, it degrades to CBN which is responsible for that disoriented stone, but does have great uses in a sleep aid. CBD is non-psychoactive and an antagonist to THC.

I have not seen a discernable difference drying in complete darkness or indirect light. I believe the issue isn't the light itself but the speed at which you dry. A faster dry tends to lead to a harsher smoke and more loss of terpenes. What I'm trying to get at is drying under HID or the direct sun is gonna speed up the process and cause a harsher smoke. The amount of degradation is overestimated. See Clarke's work "Hashish!" and his discussion of loss of potency over years in samples. I've dried in completely sunlit rooms with no problem as long as they're allowed a slow dry.

ok i've inverted cbd with cbn....but the concept of my reply it's true.

 

[Commonwealth]

If you want to get your ego in the way acting like confusing CBD and CBN isn't a big deal when giving advice on cannabis, sure. I used to get them mixed up too when I thought I knew more than I actually did. If you're getting the leading medicinal cannabinoid mixed up with the byproduct of degradation you should familiarize yourself with them more. CBD is amazing.

 

[indabonga]

man don't understood your point,i try to help who need..wtf ego?? anyway if u want darkgreen buds with sleepy effects, sunlight's drying it's the right choiche.....i prefer white buds with more terpenes and less cbn: if i dry my plants with lights no es bueno