Hello growers,
I need some help with this harvest. I have one plant that will be harvested before the rest in my tent. What are some DIY options if you don’t have a tent for drying?
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An empty closet will be the best option imo. If you don’t have that a wardrobe moving box can work. If you can’t do either I’d hang it in my room. Just know they will dry faster with any of these methods.
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This guy knows. I also dry im my bedroom cupboard now. Dehumidifier, circulating fan. Solid 12 day dry depending on location i guess.
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I also have a plant wich is almost ready but I will keep growing her until my other plants are ready too. for the same reason. I have no space to dry her separately. And I will be away from home for 2 weeks after harvest and when I come back, they can directly go into the Jar’s. For me it just makes everything easier to manage if that one Plant get en extra week. I just hope the quality won’t suffer too much from it.
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I’m in the same predicament and after asking everyone came to the conclusion that I’ll dry in a closet for a few days and then do the sweat and crisp method using a husky bin. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll paste @hodymo notes on how he does it
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If you feel like another week is too long for the one plant, I agree that an open closet works well with an oscillating fan on the floor to move air around as you would in a tent. It’s good to have a couple of the 5 gal Husky’s: one for an early finisher and another for the rest when they’re ready to chop so not to reintroduce moisture into a plant that is a week ahead in the drying process. By the time you’d chop the rest, the early finisher would have moved from the hanging phase to the husky phase.
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Definitely, always love to see what everyone else is trying
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Do you have the details on the husky set up?
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I’m one for only hanging until the stems are about to snap ( maybe some smaller stems snap, but bigger ones still bend but have lost the rubbery feel, around 5-8 days depending on the bud mass) then I cut all the buds off into a Home Depot Husky container with the rubber lined seams for a tight seal on the lid. I imagine any container could do but having a good seal matters. In the same environment, I’ll go through “sweating” and “crisping” sessions back and forth for about 5-7 days to reinsert moisture and take it away, occasionally and lightly moving buds from the bottom to top. I keep a Bluetooth hygrometer in the container so I can keep my humidity range between about 54-60%. Once my humidity is hanging right around 56-58% with the lid closed for about 48 hrs with no real change in numbers and stems snap I start to trim and jar or grove bag
Correct. Crisp is open. Sweat is closed. You’re allowing the smaller buds that are dryer, to pull moisture from the larger ones, and vice versa. It’s a great technique for extending the dry and makes for much tastier pot. Takes some practice but generally speaking, you are starting with shorter sweat/longer crisp sessions on the first day and gradually increasing sweat/decreasing crisp times as you keep an eye on your humidity and temp. Like I’ll try not to leave the house on the first day and keep a close eye on my environment numbers. If I have to go do errands or go to work then I’ll crack the container.
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These are notes from hody, keep in mind drying in a closet means you’re probably hanging for fewer days
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Thanks for sharing these notes, bud!
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That’s exactly how I would set up a wardrobe moving box. Except you would only need the one box. Very cool that you found a video of it!
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Thank you for providing the notes lol. Glad I saved them!
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Thank you!!!
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