Drying conundrum

theclearspot

Active member

• Sep 17, 2017

• #1

Hello people,

I normally dry the plants hung upside down in the loft. This year however its raining every day and theres a lot of humidity. What should the humidity be in the loft? Could I use a dehumidifier and fan?. What about a specialised drying cabinet are they expensive etc? Im now testing the humidity in the loft and will get back with this. cheers

 

Spaventa

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Veteran

• Sep 17, 2017

• #2

Ive got a dehumidifier I've used when RH is high. I got pissed off with creepy crawlies in the loft colonising my harvest. I dry in cardboard boxes nowadays.

 

theclearspot

Active member

• Sep 17, 2017

• #3

Humidity is 62 in the loft so not that bad

 

theclearspot

Active member

• Sep 19, 2017

• #4

Humidity gone down to 50 wasn't raining yesterday!

 

exploziv

pure dynamite

Administrator

Veteran

• Sep 19, 2017

• #5

You can dry in 60% rh as long as u break down big buds into smaller pieces and u add proper air movement.

 

theclearspot

Active member

• Sep 20, 2017

• #6

exploziv said:

You can dry in 60% rh as long as u break down big buds into smaller pieces and u add proper air movement.

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Cheers. Yes I'm hoping it stays around 50 and I will put a small fan in there.

 

K

Kimura

Member

• Sep 20, 2017

• #7

i would keep the humidity at 50% for the first week, then drop it to 40% for the rest of the dry. use a dehumidifer. you dont want the bud to take too long to dry, but you dont want it to crisp up immediately.