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Harvesting Location Issues

Ph0en1x
Ph0en1xstarted grow question 1d ago
I have to harvest two plants this weekend, but one Sativa still needs 2 more weeks in the tent. I don't have a separate drying tent. How can I dry the harvested buds while keeping the tent running for the last plant? A Money friendly option please.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 7h ago
Understand what's happening when you "dry". The plant is letting go (evaporation) very slowly. There is a little trick you can do sonlomg as you have a consistent dark place that doesn't fluctuate the temps. So long as the temps are controlled in order to control the humidity all you need to do is adjust the size of the space. If I place fresh weed into a shoe box the RH of the shoebox will initially be ambient. (Let's say 45%rh) But as soon as the plant starts to release it water from evaporation. The RH climbs and climbs slowly creeping up. This isn't a exact science but what you can do, and this might take a little trial and error depending on the size of the box/container. But determining the size of the hole in the shoebox will determine how high the rh will climb before air will force itself out the hole. Use the moisture released from the plant to create a perfect environment for slow decomposition at optimal conditions 60F ,60 rh% , consistency is king. Once humidity starts to. Deviate any lower than 63%rh its time to cure. I dunno of that made sense but it required no money to implement and produces buds almost as good as any method I've tried. Gluck
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 7h ago
Customary to chop a plant once ready and put it somewhere dark and cool, to dry. Leaving tent open to finish. If you are not worried about smell or hiding it its.not really a big deal where you dry it so long as you keep temps consistent and not a place that fluctuates alot from day to night. Might need to get creative if smell is a problem though, I'm pretty nose blind myself.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 20h ago
tents aren't a good idea for drying, anyway. greater risk of mold or bacteria trying to dry in a small space. the reflective walls are less than ideal - light is the worst offender for breaking down THCa the fastest of all the factors you need to worry about. In such a small space even a gentle circulation fan will cause excess breeze across the buds... it 'can' work and many people do it, but it's less than ideal. As long as temp and RH is proper, drying time is not impacted. Could use an open close with some hangers. Put a clothesline up or anything similar to that. buy some cheap mesh racks - still need to hang it. I use an old tent frame for my 2 36" mesh racks and plop them in a small room with an easy to control climate. circulation fan in the room should not be directly pointed at the weed... very little air movement is needed to spread out the moisture released.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 1d ago
In the past I have used a cardboard box with wire running threw the top like washing lines if you will.. Then a hole in the top with a pc fan extracting upwards and a few small holes at the bottom for air gow. Works a treat. Can just sit it to 1 side close it up while it does its thing.. The fan doesn't need to be on 24/7. Set it up to a timer or similar
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KakalakaKid
KakalakaKidanswered grow question 1d ago
So you can get a cardboard garment moving box from home Depot and rig it to circulate if your airbag is fair. I e the room that you keep it in, you could even throw a carbon filter on it to reduce smell. The smaller the space, the more circulation. Watch it like a hawk
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wolfvb
wolfvbanswered grow question 1d ago
I will be ruuning into this issue soon too, last time when i dryed them outside the tent, they dryed way faster but they lost a lot of the flavor, even after curing. maybe a cheap grow tent or dry in dark place in your house and try to keep the humidity around 50% and use a small fan for air flow. or just get a cheap tent of temu local shops.
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