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chronicon
chroniconstarted grow question 2 years ago
hello, i see that many use fans while the plant is drying and was wondering why that was, is it just to slow the drying process if the room is hot or does it improve the quality or? thanks
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Random_Vibez
Random_Vibezanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hi this is a great question. To the best of my knowledge, it's to increase air flow around your grow space. This helps keep temperatures down to slow drying but most importantly circulates air to reduce the risk of humidity pockets and mold build up (nasty). My advice would be to have a fan pulling air from the area outside your grow tent to constantly provide a 'fresh' flow of air for consistent drying. Slow drying is important as it allows for the bits of the plant matter you don't want like chlorophyll, (the green wet stuff), into a smoother smoking experience. Think of it as a pre-cure to the cure whilst you are drying. I hope this helps 🤞🤞😊
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HyperactiveHighs
HyperactiveHighsanswered grow question 2 years ago
It's just for air circulation in the drying space. It keeps moist stagnant air from sticking in the buds and molding. Never point the fans directly at the buds, just have them in the space to keep moving air around.
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BEACHBUDZ757
BEACHBUDZ757answered grow question 2 years ago
I use the first day as a drying day at this time i will run a fan but it’s important not to let fans blow directly on the plant or it will dry to fast, you just want to circulate the air . From then on the fans go off and i just make sure to keep my humidity around 45 % this starts the cure. You want a slow dry to get that smell and taste too full potential and to keep the bud nice and dense
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Mining_green
Mining_greenanswered grow question 2 years ago
Its for air flow and circulation you want to really concentrate on keeping temp around 15 and humidity to 50-60 % rhm dry tiĺ leaves feel a bit crispy, like 5-9 days. sweat it in a bag for a day then lay out on a screen. Then bottle it for curing after a few days. Grow diaries has a great recent article on this.
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UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question 2 years ago
la cosa piu importante nell'essicazione è l'umidita' se hai una tenda o una stanza di essicazione non controllata deviadeguarti a molti parametri esterni se è una giornata piovosa avrai un innazamento dell'umidita quindi probabile formazione di muffe ,qui entra in gioco la ventola che facendo circolare l'aria evita l'acumulo di umidita dentro le cime la ventola in ogni caso non va mai puntata direttamente sui bud potrebbe asciugarli in modo sbagliato piu secchi dove arriva l'aria se la stanza è abbastanza grande e l'umidita sui 50% non servono ventole se invece hai un box semi controllato basta mettere un estrattore al minimo comunque se l'umidita sale sopra al 65% inizia ad essere pericoloso se è 50/60% avrai un ottima essicazione se scende sotto al 45% avrai un essicazione troppo rapida e potrebbe risultare paglia priva di gusto
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ElliotLivia
ElliotLiviaanswered grow question 2 years ago
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Growstick
Growstickanswered grow question 2 years ago
It creates airflow which evens out the dry throughout the plant. If you aim the fan directly at the plant and it's too strong, you will dry the plant too quickly which will destroy terpenes and make the plant smell like hay. A proper dry should take about 2 weeks, then it's ready for curing in jars/bags. It's better to hang the whole plant somewhere with low humidity (40-50% - e.g. your grow tent) and have a fan in the room pointing away from the plants to ensure a good airflow and slow dry at around 18-21°C. The same fan you used during the grow cycle will do the job on it's lowest setting, another reason why your grow tent is a good option for drying! Good luck!
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
if you just sepnd months with a 300, 400 or 600w or more light on, a 25w fan running for a couple weeks is a very small proportion of total cost.
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
fans speed up the process, but they shouldn't be directly facting the buds so it won't impact drying too much... it moves air around to even hour RH%... if you have drying buds in a room with stagnant air, the RH around the buds is much higher than the overall room's RH. in a small enough room this may be an issue or with enough weed piled up etc...
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chronicon
chroniconanswered grow question 2 years ago
also is it worth it? i imagine it would cost a little too much having fans 24/7 for a couple weeks if not really worth it
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