a way to lower humidity when drying bud

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shanebmoore

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just thought i would share my experience with using rice to lower humidity. Works to a certain degree. humidity went from 67% before adding rice down to 57% after an hour of the rice sitting in there. after 24 hours it is now at 56% humidity. set up is a large cardboard box with two computer fans to gently extract/introduce fresh air into the box as well. I used a two pound bag of rice poured it into shallow container so the bud is sitting above it. any cons to this in your opinion? i was thinking maybe aroma might be compromised not sure if the rice would absorb smells. also wondering if the rice will still be edible after this? i dont like to waste food
 
letstry

letstry

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Hang strips of paper, depending on where you are drying try to cover the whole area with paper. Not the most effective but its pretty much free granted you got paper laying around.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Airflow is important and humidity not so much, my thoughts on drying is that even in high humidity plant matter will release its moisture into the air if its moving but it wont in stqgnant air and will steadily build.

Humidity to me isnt so much the issue with drying as with living plants and theres a lot to drying past it. in storage airflow is restricted and thats where it matters, like if you put wet bud into a sealed jar and get mold back, wouldnt happen with adequate airflow.

My 2 cents...
 
Miyagismokes

Miyagismokes

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Kingrow1 said:
even in high humidity plant matter will release its moisture into the air if its moving
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Trust me, you will have a problem eventually. It is a matter of active ventilation, as you say, but it's not as simple as moving air. The wet air can't be recirculated.
if have a dedicated drying space; then it's just a big jar, moving air be damned. Air can only hold so much moisture, so you risk sweating walls and all sorts of unusual molds.
I've seen some closet setups get fuuuuucked... By simple things. My buddy built a dry box for his closet, but failed to account for the fact the closet itself didn't ventilate well. Fuzzy nugs.


In regards to using rice, I'd have to know if the humidity had been relatively stable before introduction, but it IS a good idea on it's face...
Back in my small days, we'd buck the plant to sticks, hang them in the closet with a paper tall boy bag around each stick.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Miyagismokes said:
Trust me, you will have a problem eventually. It is a matter of active ventilation, as you say, but it's not as simple as moving air. The wet air can't be recirculated.
if have a dedicated drying space; then it's just a big jar, moving air be damned. Air can only hold so much moisture, so you risk sweating walls and all sorts of unusual molds.
I've seen some closet setups get fuuuuucked... By simple things. My buddy built a dry box for his closet, but failed to account for the fact the closet itself didn't ventilate well. Fuzzy nugs.


In regards to using rice, I'd have to know if the humidity had been relatively stable before introduction, but it IS a good idea on it's face...
Back in my small days, we'd buck the plant to sticks, hang them in the closet with a paper tall boy bag around each stick.
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Just that its more complex than just humidity and humidity can be manipulated with air flow but you all get that part :-)
 
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