Show me your drying set ups

I like to dry SLOW and cool
5 days is a lil quick for me too

I may be able to contribute a photo in about June
I never keep photos. I take them, post them. Then delete them.

But i can contribute to the thread.
Temps, and humidity for curing, is the only good thing about where i live.
Ive actually found my dries to be better, if i leave them in the dark. Hanging in a little 3x3, and leave the rest up to mother nature.
I believe its the length of time to dry before cure, is the secret. I try to have buds besides the biggest colas dry by 10 days.
At around 10 days, i do a bit of a pre cure. Ive got some big arnotts biscuit tins. I start the burping in my tins.
When i jar it all up. I choose 1 jar to monitor first, usually one with large colas. To make sure there isnt mold etc.
I also choose, a second jar, a couple weeks later. Just to burp, and check the smell.
Im a big believer in a good cure. Imho the biggest secret is getting your buds into jars, at just the right texture / dampness, to not have to burp the jar at all.

Yea i just never took any dry photos of my last setup like a ding dong lol. Then i took it apart

Just wanted to see how everyone else does it to get more ideas

Cold$moke said:

Yea i just never took any dry photos of my last setup like a ding dong lol. Then i took it apart

Just wanted to see how everyone else does it to get more ideas

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Have you found, the high humidity helps your dry / cure?

I like to think so
As most my stuff burns pretty smooth and tastes pretty good before i even get to jar it up (most of the time).


I just set the dehuey and check em every few days .

Even though i have it set relatively high at 65

The dehuey is constanly cycling due to the rh going over that with the buds drying.

So it moves the air they are in plus warms it up here and there.

I have tried witout a dehumidifier but id rather just not chance any mold issues .


I do find that keeping your budss in an enclosed space seems to help keep some more potent smells then just free air drying in a large area.

Like if i only harvest a small plant ill just dry it on lines hanging in a carboard box. Itsead of open in the air

Lol
Coat hangers too. They're the shit, for hanging.
I just leave a daggy bit, to hang the branch from.
Then hook it to the top of the tent.

End of last year beginning of this year with 14% humidity they would have been done in 3 days which is why now new setup with inkbird and controlled humidity

I was very surprised how just 3% RH made such a huge difference in drying time, wasn't sure where to post it then I remembered your thread

Frankly 5 days was a little fast for me too, but the hygrometer told the tale

Mine is simple but effective. I have a door into what was originally my cold cellar. I built my flower room with it's own door to the left, to the right I have a veg cabinet. The veg cabinet exhausts into the space and keeps temps 60-65F and RH between 60-65% year-round. The exhaust also keeps air moving but nothing directly on the hanging plants. I can keep them there until ready to trim, sometimes for a couple of weeks if I'm crazy busy. The "hangers" are $5 steel racks that I screwed into the 2x4 studs in the ceiling, just add hooks.



Cheers

Came across this while researching drying methods. Has anyone used one of these? It would be very easy to DIY with an inkbird humidity controller which can be found for like 30 bucks.
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GroErr said:

Mine is simple but effective. I have a door into what was originally my cold cellar. I built my flower room with it's own door to the left, to the right I have a veg cabinet. The veg cabinet exhausts into the space and keeps temps 60-65F and RH between 60-65% year-round. The exhaust also keeps air moving but nothing directly on the hanging plants. I can keep them there until ready to trim, sometimes for a couple of weeks if I'm crazy busy. The "hangers" are $5 steel racks that I screwed into the 2x4 studs in the ceiling, just add hooks.

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Nice work budd

I've been going back and forth between different drying methods and this seems like a good thread for feedback as well as pushing the method if anyone likes it. I plan on using my tent (5x5) as the drying room and I'm thinking chop them at the base and hang the whole plant, there's a few sources on it but not too much. Anyone do this and recommend it? I'm thinking it might keep the plant alive a little bit longer and squeeze out some last minute trichomes and have a long slow dry. Newb speaking so please season me.

I use a large hanging multi basket in a dedicated tent, in a controlled room ,snip buds off stems, set the dehuey to 55%, humidifier to 45%, temp70f, stink sock, stems snap in about 9 days, weed is awesome now, another 9 days and its exquisite. no jarring, no molds ever, harvesting weekly.
I have 10-12 oz drying at any time, if I was jarring up and curing I'd be (law) overweight full time. (if I was growing for myself this would be different of course) storing 10 ounces in jars while another few are drying is illegal in my state. My buds are always gone within a month.

chiqifella said:

I use a large hanging multi basket in a dedicated tent, in a controlled room ,snip buds off stems, set the dehuey to 55%, humidifier to 45%, temp70f, stink sock, stems snap in about 9 days, weed is awesome now, another 9 days and its exquisite. no jarring, no molds ever, harvesting weekly.
I have 10-12 oz drying at any time, if I was jarring up and curing I'd be (law) overweight full time. (if I was growing for myself this would be different of course) storing 10 ounces in jars while another few are drying is illegal in my state. My buds are always gone within a month.

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I hate repeating this precedent but I have posted it before. I am sorry I don’t have the link saved but a while back a concentrate company was busted in MI for 3 day hang drying plants. The judge deemed usable marijuana over the limits.

Dated jars for curing are our only defense left. Mine are labeled hanging in the closet and then the jars are labeled after dry trim and weight taken. They are expected to cure 90 days from jarring and the drying branches are labeled expected to be on that cycle for 1-2 weeks.

So there are clear stages the flowers have to go through before medically usable. All labeled and documented.


The company got busted because there was no curing provisions and the buds felt dry enough to the officer I guess.

Randomestguy said:

I've been going back and forth between different drying methods and this seems like a good thread for feedback as well as pushing the method if anyone likes it. I plan on using my tent (5x5) as the drying room and I'm thinking chop them at the base and hang the whole plant, there's a few sources on it but not too much. Anyone do this and recommend it? I'm thinking it might keep the plant alive a little bit longer and squeeze out some last minute trichomes and have a long slow dry. Newb speaking so please season me.

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You will not get more trichomes for cutting and hanging in one.
Keeping the plant hole will slow down the drying process, nothing wrong with that,
Just watch the environmental conditions.

MichiganMedGrower said:

I hate repeating this precedent but I have posted it before. I am sorry I don’t have the link saved but a while back a concentrate company was busted in MI for 3 day hang drying plants. The judge deemed usable marijuana over the limits.

Dated jars for curing are our only defense left. Mine are labeled hanging in the closet and then the jars are labeled after dry trim and weight taken. They are expected to cure 90 days from jarring and the drying branches are labeled expected to be on that cycle for 1-2 weeks.

So there are clear stages the flowers have to go through before medically usable. All labeled and documented.


The company got busted because there was no curing provisions and the buds felt dry enough to the officer I guess.

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That’s good to know, I’m going to start labeling the stages with dates .

BigHornBuds said:

That’s good to know, I’m going to start labeling the stages with dates .

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I wish it was actually all as safe as it is supposed to be. But it’s still up to the judge and prosecution. So we do what we can right.

I know a caregiver busted with all these things in place and one that was not even charged when raided.

I lay very low and very few people are aware of my meds. And I do not participate in functions or cups.

Recently I harvested in layers, taking the top kolas, then a week or so later the middle batch and finally from what used to be just popcorn for hash I got 3 extra jars of fine bud from just one white rhino!

It's a lot (and I mean a lot) more work doing it this way but I harvested exactly where I wanted it and got a lot more than usual for yield too, so to me it's well worth it from now on

MichiganMedGrower said:

I wish it was actually all as safe as it is supposed to be. But it’s still up to the judge and prosecution. So we do what we can right.

I know a caregiver busted with all these things in place and one that was not even charged when raided.

I lay very low and very few people are aware of my meds. And I do not participate in functions or cups.

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I’m low key too, I’m only on the net chatting because I don’t want to tell friends.
And only signed up after I’ve been legal for some time.
I just know a guy that knows how to grow, n he hooks me up.

That’s bull shit they are out witch hunting .
I keep all my numbers in check, and usually keep 1 plant less then allowed. I just gotta pay attention to all the trim, had a key of it in my freezer n forgot about it.
But because im a med user and I’m a med grower for others I’m probably allowed a lot more then you guys .

BigHornBuds said:

You will not get more trichomes for cutting and hanging in one.
Keeping the plant hole will slow down the drying process, nothing wrong with that,
Just watch the environmental conditions.

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Thanks for the info, and I mightve mixed that up with a couple days of darkness before chopping makes the plant stress and put more out but that might not be true either, read that somewhere a long time ago but that's just experimenting. Prolly gonna do the lowest possible humidity in the final days before chop cuz that one is more proven in frosting up a bit. But overall thanks again

I do it more because its a habbit.

But i havent seen any studies to prove it helps

But i usually give mine at least 24-hrs dark
And i try to blast them with some cold on their last few days

This harvest im going to see what happens when i simulate a drought in the last 3 days with cold and then dark time n chop