drying up the goodz !

this is my 3rd harvest.....i seem to have a problem with getting the right temp / humidity for drying. this time i was aiming at 68 degrees f / 45% humidity. how does this sound??? I CAN NOT LOSE THIS BEAUTIFUL SMELL THIS TIME. it hurts so bad!

help!

thanks !

68 sounds good but i would go with 50-60% humidity at least for the first 3 days then drop to 45-50% for the last couple days. Jar it and burp 1-2x daily.

okay i think i can handle that lol......did you retain the sexy smell of the buds??

yes sir! It seems better after raising the humidity for the first couple days. That house is really dry in the winter and it would be dry in like 2-3 days if it was at 40-50% humidity. The quick drying was what was taking the smell/taste out of it.

u will get the smell back once u cure man, u gotta let it sit in a jar for 2 weeks or more,

aknight3 said:

u will get the smell back once u cure man, u gotta let it sit in a jar for 2 weeks or more,

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Not for me it didnt. I cured for 1-2 months and it never came back. It has to be dried right then cured right for best smell/taste.

jusblazed1 said:

Not for me it didnt. I cured for 1-2 months and it never came back. It has to be dried right then cured right for best smell/taste.

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yeah i cured for a while and it never came back. i have patience...that is not the problem. same here tho...super dry in my house. and the heat kicks in since its so cold out......drops any humidity that is flowin sucks.

My goal when hanging is to let them hang at least 5 days then jar to get good taste/smell. I have to adjust humidity for that to happen. I think the longer you can hang it (without drying out) the better the taste.

jusblazed1 said:

Not for me it didnt. I cured for 1-2 months and it never came back. It has to be dried right then cured right for best smell/taste.

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hmm.. yea usually that means the bud you cut wasnt ready, when you chop immature not ready marijuana it tends to smell like hay forever...when i harvest i dry for 5-7 days and the hay smell is only there for about the first week of cure, after that it always smells beautiful.