I guess I just have to keep trying and tweek my technique in this new found hobby till I get it right.
Thanks all for the replies and insight into how you all do it, I guess there's something small I'm missing that Im going to have to overcome to get my best harvest yet, which I'm very much...
When the stems crack, but don't break on the biggest ones and break on the smallest ones. And yes I have a handheld microscope and also a clip on lens for my camera to look at the trichombs, and between the the two I can clearly see the cloudy and amber heads
And you've never had an issue with it smelling like hay/grass when you jar or start to cure? I will add this into my process then for the next time.. What I don't understand is how anyone can dry in 3 days to trim to jars and not have this issue, and I've talked to bunch that do it this way and...
I figured I'd have less problems the second time around with the changes I made and also knowing the process a bit better. Maybe next time before the jars I'll throw them in brown paper bags for a couple days then to the jars. I hope maybe the smell will go away while it cures.
I thought that also, that maybe they were a tad too wet still, but that's why in the first 24-36 hrs I was leaving them open for longer. After that they were burped for 10-15 min and the rh was 53-56%
Yes, I use 3 of them and rotate them around in all the jars when I burp them. I burp them for a few hours for the first few days till the humidity in the jars reaches about 65%
Hello RIU! I go by 413MedGrower, and I've had a couple issues with drying/curing process, so I'll start from the beginning.
To start my setup is as follows:
1000watt ballast
Air Cooled XXL hood
4x4 tent with 6 inch exhaust fan, 6 inch fan for light
3-4 hygrometers through out tent
A couple of...