4 days of drying and my buds are crispy and crumble upon touch

Nutty sKunK said:

Most likely this. The extractor fan will cause air movement over the buds. Just a question of how much.

Did/can you lower the speed of the extraction?

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Billy the Mountain said:

Again, 4 days to dust seems wholly improbable at the conditions stated.
I've dried at 70f+ many times and still have never had anything dry in four days, let alone dry to such an extent it would crumble upon touching.

A recently completed dry, first photo day 1, second photo a week later at a consistent 60f/60%
They were pulled on day 11 and 12.
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Billy the Mountain said:

Again, 4 days to dust seems wholly improbable at the conditions stated.
I've dried at 70f+ many times and still have never had anything dry in four days, let alone dry to such an extent it would crumble upon touching.

A recently completed dry, first photo day 1, second photo a week later at a consistent 60f/60%
They were pulled on day 11 and 12.
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RookieHaze said:

I have said many times that I do have an extractor fan runnin. But I have indeed no [Clip on fan] runnin in the tent

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Jjgrow420 said:

Extractor FAN. Are we missing something here...?
A fan is a fan is a fan is a fan.... Something that moves air around through spinning blades (unless it's one of those fancy dyson ones)..... A fan.
My avg dry time is 12-14 days

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RookieHaze said:

I see you have a lot of leaves attached. Mine is a lot more naked since they are trimmed quite a bit

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RookieHaze said:

Moisture in stems lay about 20 -25 %

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curious2garden said:

If you're using a moisture meter for wood you want to be around 13%, or at least that has been my experience so far. So not ready to jar and that's when the outside will equalize some. Try to keep it out of the direct air path just mild circulation in other words no wind tunnels lol. I hope that helps.

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RookieHaze said:

Oh so a extractor fan is blowing air directly onto the buds? You were right. I did miss something

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tstick said:

Well, the whole auto flower thing is new to me. It's a different plant. It doesn't look or grow the same as classic marijuana. I can't really comment on it. It's usually associated with younger people. I'm old and I prefer the old, classic photo period marijuana that's been used for smoking for thousands of years. Like I say, this site has made a special section for questions about auto flower plants because it's a separate thing altogether.

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PURPLEB3RRYKUSH said:

Autoflowers no different to photo other than light schedule. Breeding has advanced a long way

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tstick said:

Auto flowering marijuana is a relatively new "thing" and I think it panders to younger crowds who grew up with it. If it's no different other than light schedule, then why does it look and grow differently? That's an indication that it's definitely not the same type of plant. In my view, why even bother with it? Is photo period marijuana so difficult to grow that there needs to be an alternative? I don't think so. Plus, most auto flower stuff doesn't really even resemble the same plant that I grow. Auto flower weed looks like "Cleopatra" from the Addams Family! Anyway, to each his own. I have been a marijuana user since 1974 so I grew up with landrace marijuana and that's where legit breeders need to put their energy, in my opinion. Everything that made landrace marijuana great has been lost to modern hybridization. Breeders should be working on bringing it back. Why breeders are wasting their time with auto flowering stuff, I have no idea. There's no real need for it. I guess it's an achievement just for the sake of doing it....? I don't know. You tell me.

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tstick said:

Auto flowering marijuana is a relatively new "thing" and I think it panders to younger crowds who grew up with it. If it's no different other than light schedule, then why does it look and grow differently? That's an indication that it's definitely not the same type of plant. In my view, why even bother with it? Is photo period marijuana so difficult to grow that there needs to be an alternative? I don't think so. Plus, most auto flower stuff doesn't really even resemble the same plant that I grow. Auto flower weed looks like "Cleopatra" from the Addams Family! Anyway, to each his own. I have been a marijuana user since 1974 so I grew up with landrace marijuana and that's where legit breeders need to put their energy, in my opinion. Everything that made landrace marijuana great has been lost to modern hybridization. Breeders should be working on bringing it back. Why breeders are wasting their time with auto flowering stuff, I have no idea. There's no real need for it. I guess it's an achievement just for the sake of doing it....? I don't know. You tell me.

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tstick said:

Auto flowering marijuana is a relatively new "thing" and I think it panders to younger crowds who grew up with it. If it's no different other than light schedule, then why does it look and grow differently? That's an indication that it's definitely not the same type of plant. In my view, why even bother with it? Is photo period marijuana so difficult to grow that there needs to be an alternative? I don't think so. Plus, most auto flower stuff doesn't really even resemble the same plant that I grow. Auto flower weed looks like "Cleopatra" from the Addams Family! Anyway, to each his own. I have been a marijuana user since 1974 so I grew up with landrace marijuana and that's where legit breeders need to put their energy, in my opinion. Everything that made landrace marijuana great has been lost to modern hybridization. Breeders should be working on bringing it back. Why breeders are wasting their time with auto flowering stuff, I have no idea. There's no real need for it. I guess it's an achievement just for the sake of doing it....? I don't know. You tell me.

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tstick said:

Auto flowering marijuana is a relatively new "thing" and I think it panders to younger crowds who grew up with it. If it's no different other than light schedule, then why does it look and grow differently? That's an indication that it's definitely not the same type of plant. In my view, why even bother with it? Is photo period marijuana so difficult to grow that there needs to be an alternative? I don't think so. Plus, most auto flower stuff doesn't really even resemble the same plant that I grow. Auto flower weed looks like "Cleopatra" from the Addams Family! Anyway, to each his own. I have been a marijuana user since 1974 so I grew up with landrace marijuana and that's where legit breeders need to put their energy, in my opinion. Everything that made landrace marijuana great has been lost to modern hybridization. Breeders should be working on bringing it back. Why breeders are wasting their time with auto flowering stuff, I have no idea. There's no real need for it. I guess it's an achievement just for the sake of doing it....? I don't know. You tell me.

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