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Drying and Curing Help please!

sashatt
sashattstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hey my much more experienced grow mates do i remove the fan leaves now in the last week and dry trim the rest after? I live in a really hot climate, how do i prevent terpene loss during drying & how long should i dry for? Finally how long do i cure for and any recommendations?
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Other. Harvest - Drying
Other. Harvest - Curing
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 2 years ago
I do a full "wet" trim at harvest. I work with branches in as large a sections as I can work with while trimming. This is just because it's easier to hang 10 big pieces than 30 smaller bits. Drying time depends a lot on temperature and relative humidity. Lower humidity and higher temperatures will make drying proceed faster. When I think they are getting close I start bending the stems. When too wet a stem will mostly just bend while if too wet it will snap like a dry twig. When I sorta get a break with some mushing and the two sides remain attached it's about done. Try to dry slowly. Most of mine take about a week but I think slowing it down to two weeks would be better. For curing I cut off the buds and put them into a airtight container. Glass jars work well but my favorite are stainless steel bento boxes because they don't break. Light can't get in. And the large surface area allows for great ventilation when you "burp" during the cure. I put a cheap digital humidity sensor in each container and shoot for 58-62% relative humidity during the cure. If you plant to smoke your product take a small sample when your buds finish drying. Smoke it and take notes of what you think. Then every week during cure take another sample and give it a smoke. This will let you taste & smell how it changes during the cure so you can determine how far you want to go. I personally consider 2 weeks to be the minimum and three weeks is my sweet spot. Going longer does produce a smoother smoke but you get diminishing returns over time. There is a huge change during the 1st week, less during the 2nd and so on.
ThinLizzy
ThinLizzyanswered grow question 2 years ago
You can run an ac to dry. I like my dry room around 64-68F RH 50-55% in the dark. I cut just the big fan leaves of and hang dry. Depending on bud structure that can take 7-12 days. I cure my buds for min 2 months. I have buds that are cured over a year. The longer the better on the cure.
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ojetepelon
ojetepelonanswered grow question 2 years ago
as @rashi said, if your dry room have a rh <52% leave the sugar leafs A good point to know if is dry enough bend the stem of the cola and look if try to go back to the original position, if it does it, leave it till the stem don't try to go up, the driying process could last for 2-3 weeks more or less. The curing process should be done with 60~62% of RH inside the jars, fill them with a 70% of their total capacity, you'll need beetween 6~8 weeks to do it properly, but if you have time enough you can wait till they've 5-6 months curing. The temp is really important during all the process, you should aim for 18-19ºC during the whole dry & curing, low temperatures and a nice rh preserves the therpenoids. Have a nice day
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 2 years ago
If your Rh is low then remove fan leaves and leave sugar leaves on and let it dry for a week before trimming sugar leaves. If in high Rh then trim all before drying for a week.
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