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Drying in tent?
- Thread starter Bobbo4200
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Works great
Do you use one?
Hell yes. I have a dedicated drying/curing room with cheap ac and dehuey to get precise drying climate consistently. And with 4 3x3 cheap tents for multiple strains. They work great. I got lines across the ceiling of the room for hanging the big stuff. And net racks in the tents for the golfball nuggets. Drying tents are awesome. I do both wet trim and dry trim. Indoor. Outdoor. Easy peasy. All by hand because to this day I havent rented/bought or borrowed a trim machine that doesn't fuk the flower up in some way. The room stays a steady 72 degrees with 50 to 55% relative humidity with non direct oscillating fans and its dark. Not pitch black 12 - 12 room dark but no real light dark. I leave the zipper doors on the 3x3 tents always open. I have a crew of grow buddys..kind of like a caregiver/growers club. We trust each other with our lives and some of them actually bring some of thier harvest over to dry as well. Its always loaded with something because alot of us run perpetual rotating systems. One of these buddys has a room in his basement that houses all of the clubs stock mother plants too. We got a good thing going. A group of medical caregivers. We all grow on our own seperate setups with our allowed 5 patients but sometimes share the drying room (mine). Especailly in October during the outdoor harvest season. When the the load comes down. And a mother plant room holds our main prized stock mothers (we do have backups). But anyways..go ahead and use a small tent for your drying bro. The work nice. A million ways to set them up for drying climate. You can use intake and exhaust fans. All kinds of ways to get a consistent perfect dry and cure.
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I have a tent that I use specifically for drying and curing and it works great.
It's a 3x5 tent with a CanLite filter, an exhaust fan, a dehumidifier and racks for the buds.
I leave my harvested pot in the tent for about 3 weeks before it goes into jars.
Most of my harvests are about 1 to 2 pounds and this holds it nicely.
It's a 3x5 tent with a CanLite filter, an exhaust fan, a dehumidifier and racks for the buds.
I leave my harvested pot in the tent for about 3 weeks before it goes into jars.
Most of my harvests are about 1 to 2 pounds and this holds it nicely.
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I have in the past..
I have in the past..
I only use them when I run out of room. Shutoff HPS and hang.
I have in the past..
I only use them when I run out of room. Shutoff HPS and hang.
...yeah, i use a Secret Jardin DP90 dedicated drying tent that runs about $100.00 if you shop around, this one i link you to is over priced so shop around before you buy.
...anyway, i have a small squirrel cage fan and a 4" scrubber that i mounted to a piece of plywood so when i need to use the tent i just set up the frame, toss the plywood on top, slip the tent over the frame and i'm good to go. (if you'd like i can take a couple pics to show you this arrangement)
...the DP90 is made as a drying tent so it has a breathable fabric membrane that wraps around all three sides of the tent so there are zero conventional intakes, anyway, inside the tent i hang a net rack with 6 shelves each of which will hold maybe 2 zipz of bud.
...all told i guess i have about $200.00 into this setup and i'd say it was money well spent considering how badly my place reeked every harvest before i broke down and took control, all for a measly $200.00, lol.
...let me know if you want me to take those pics.
peace, bozo
...anyway, i have a small squirrel cage fan and a 4" scrubber that i mounted to a piece of plywood so when i need to use the tent i just set up the frame, toss the plywood on top, slip the tent over the frame and i'm good to go. (if you'd like i can take a couple pics to show you this arrangement)
...the DP90 is made as a drying tent so it has a breathable fabric membrane that wraps around all three sides of the tent so there are zero conventional intakes, anyway, inside the tent i hang a net rack with 6 shelves each of which will hold maybe 2 zipz of bud.
...all told i guess i have about $200.00 into this setup and i'd say it was money well spent considering how badly my place reeked every harvest before i broke down and took control, all for a measly $200.00, lol.
...let me know if you want me to take those pics.
peace, bozo
you're welcome man, glad i had something to share.
...and here are a few pics that should make my little shortcut easy to understand.
...the tent isn't up at the moment but this just sits on top of the tent frame and the chimney fits exactly where the chimney of the tent is, ...make sure you set the tent up before you cut the hole for the exhaust in the wood to be sure you cut it in the right place.
...anyway, this makes setting up the dry tent easy peasy, takes me about 15 minutes to get it up and running.
peace, bozo
...btw, i have the fan on a speed controller and i run the fan as slow as possible while still maintaining a negative pressure.
So I purchased this tent, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074J5Z74Z/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I should have let it air out a few days, it had an intense new smell to it. Just think new smell times a thousand lol. First drying session I left the booster fan on (no speed controller, one is on the way now though) and it dried it out too quick too fast. I also ended up with a new like smell in the buds.
I should have let it air out a few days, it had an intense new smell to it. Just think new smell times a thousand lol. First drying session I left the booster fan on (no speed controller, one is on the way now though) and it dried it out too quick too fast. I also ended up with a new like smell in the buds.
...no man, the chimney exhausts out of the top of the tent and i doubt a booster fan would have power enough to create any negative pressure.
...i would also suggest too that for me the scrubber was the whole purpose behind the tent because i have neighbors and folks like my mailman who come to my door from time to time and the reek of cannabis is very strong during the harvest.
...the second time the UPS guy told me how nice it smelled on my porch was when i started putting my dry tent setup together.
...i would also say that the dry tent is flat black inside and has almost zero holes, just the chimney at the top and 2 small openings for wiring, the air intake is from a breathable fabric wrapped around the bottom third of the tent.
peace, bozo
