[r2k]

I would say it's a good idea, but don't take it too far. My opinion is that you can use the dehumidifier to remove the bulk of moisture quickly and avoid the potential of mildew. But just like tee shirts in the dryer, don't take it down to the last drop of water extracted, or the shirts will shrink and the buds might taste icky. You don't want the buds to get bone dry and crumbly. Don't take it too fast at the end and let the water content equalize throughout the buds. You want the leaves to still be pliable and not crumble. When you get to that stage, you can start curing to get rid of the grassy hay taste.

-r2k

There is no grass or hay taste, all there is is the same amount of flavour that there is after a cure. The major difference is that with it drying so quickly, there is less scope for the loss of the terpenes and aromatic hydrocarbons, thus potency is retained.
I don't believe that anything needs "breaking down" chlorophyll wise, a good flush and then over a dehumidifier will give you weed that is as good as cured in a quarter of the time.

[GuerrillaRed]

One more thing I observed while I'm in the process of drying and processing right now. The dehuey dries so fast that all the leaves completely dry out and become crispy. If you dry trim, it makes it sooooo much easier and faster. You can knock off the majority of the trim just by tapping it with your scissors. I observed this with the dehuey keeping the room at 40%

I noticed this when I turned off my dehuey the other night for fear that everything was drying out too fast/too much after a night of dry trimming. Came back to find the humidity in the room had climbed up to 65% and all the leaves regained their moisture making trimming a much more difficult and time consuming process.

[shredGnar]

Originally Posted by GuerrillaRed

One more thing I observed while I'm in the process of drying and processing right now. The dehuey dries so fast that all the leaves completely dry out and become crispy. If you dry trim, it makes it sooooo much easier and faster. You can knock off the majority of the trim just by tapping it with your scissors. I observed this with the dehuey keeping the room at 40%

I noticed this when I turned off my dehuey the other night for fear that everything was drying out too fast/too much after a night of dry trimming. Came back to find the humidity in the room had climbed up to 65% and all the leaves regained their moisture making trimming a much more difficult and time consuming process.

That happened to me last time. I trim wet, so I would chop stuff down and put it on screens.. The stuff from the previous day would act like a sponge and get moist from the stuff added that day.

I think the drying them then rehydrating a half dozen times had a bad affect and my flowers were never that loud ..

[GET MO]

a dehumidifier works great for large pulls, i use it for the first day or two to keep things from molding.

[Scfarmer]

Anyone still active here?

[Scfarmer]

im jumping on this too, also trying to devise some pre harvest ideas to lower chlorophyll lvls before the chop

[GuerrillaRed]

Since posting almost a year ago, I've dried every time with a dehumidifer and wouldn't think of not using one now. It really does speed up the process and seems to give the buds a jump start on curing.

[noyd666]

used one for years, great help.

[deach69]

Originally Posted by GuerrillaRed

Since posting almost a year ago, I've dried every time with a dehumidifer and wouldn't think of not using one now. It really does speed up the process and seems to give the buds a jump start on curing.

What about taste/terpenes?