Thanks man... i think imma be alright.. im just paranoid cuz ive NEVER dried it proper, let alone cure... But im no dummie, ive gotten the hang of this so far...

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welll... so far so goood.. i plan to keep this thread alive until that glorious moment where i sit down and light the fruits of my labor...

The temps in the closet are a surprising 78 F... I think after i cleared the room of all those lights and shyt, it brought the room down to its normal temp....

Still have 2 fans in there (not blowing on bud) and my air purifier... buds are getting soft..

QUESTION...

I have smaller buds in a laundry basket... they are gonna dry before the big one naturally right? Jorge Cervantes says 5-15 days... i wantem to go for 7

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yeh the smaller buds will dry quicker, they have a larger surface area per actual volume compared to the bigger denser buds.
bit of chemistry here...
the larger the surface area the quicker the reaction rate.
in this case the reaction is the moisture evaporating from the bud, plus the smaller buds will hold less moisture than the larger ones.
7 days should be fine

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congrats man, loooks good. its gonna be sweet when its ready.

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So if i let the main colas dry a full 7 days, the smaller buds and popcorn buds would take how long??? four or five days???

Jorge say "dont dry the buds to fast... stems have to snap"

So if the buds get nice and dry, and the stem still bends instead of snaps,
should i moisten the buds up a little??

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No no no. if the buds are looking nice and dry but the stems are bending and not snapping you probably still have a little moisture left in there that you shouyld wait till it evaporates.
just go by feel and touch, but yeh the smaller ones will be ready first.

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gotcha.. last i checked the buds were nice and crispy on the outside, but stems are still bending.. i took the popcorn buds that were laying in the basket and put them in a jar... these will be my test subjects while the big buds are drying... so no matter how the bud feels, DO NOTHING UNTIL THE STEM SNAPS?

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yeh u got it, It's not a strict rule that the stems have to snap but it is the general rule of thumb.
the more you wait(i know it's hard) the better your bud will be and tatse as well.

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