How do you dry your crop?

Yardie-boy

Member
Hello all. Got a couple of ladies due for the chop next weekend. This lot are Mephisto Sour Crack autos finishing at week 9.
My questions for you is how do you dry and cure? What do you find works best?
I’ve only grown twice in the past, and have come across problems in getting rid of the damp farm hay smell and getting the rock hard dry stinking bud I’m used to buying from the local weed guy.
My first grow I flushed them with plain water for one week, cut them down, trimmed them by hand and dried the buds in a drying rack for four days, RH 55% temp 21 with a fan blowing onto the floor to keep air circulating. I waited until the stems snapped and felt dry on the outside before jarring in large air tight mason jars opening ever day for 15 mins for the first week and then every other day for another week and so on, but the weed never lost it’s hay smell.
My second grow was a similar way but leaving it longer before jarring, but again it wasn’t the best smelling or tasting.
I had hygrometers in each jar keeping the humidity around 60%.
Any suggestions on techniques to use this time? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
What has worked for you?
Do you find drying the plants whole and trimming once dry improves smell and taste?

Thanks
YB
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Roger A. Shrubber

Well-Known Member
was having the same problem.
got a humidistat to hook to my little humidifier. set it to 65%. that slowed my dry down to 4 or 5 days. i don't let stems get to the dry snap point, just short of it. also started dry trimming, wet trimming may be a little easier, but it sprays chlorophyll all over the buds ever time you cut one. 62% is the magic number, it allows natural processes to go on, till all the carbs and chlorophyll are broken down.
 

dubekoms

Well-Known Member
55-60 rh for 7-10 days. When buds go in jars they bring it up to about 64 rh, burp for a couple days then throw in a humidity pack and burp once a week for a month or two. Keep temps low, I like 65-70
 
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