Can I dry my plants to much?

Grow Cycle Harvesting
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My plants are almost ready to harvest. ( New grower here). I am looking to cut and hang them in a week or two. I am going to Florida in two weeks (from Oregon to Florida) for two weeks. Question is, if I hang them in a week or so, will they be too dry when I get back.? If not cool, if so, what can I do?

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If you can dry them at 60 degrees and 60% humidity it can take a couple weeks. But leaving plants to dry without being there to tend to them can be a recipe for disaster. Id be more concerned about coming home to moldy weed.

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You can chop it, wet trim it, then put it in a freezer until you get back.

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Last dry I did I was shooting for 60F /60%humidity, real life 55F to 60F and 55% to 62% humidity. My dry went longer than 2 weeks. Definitely do the teeth crunch test on the branches to know when its done. I went a little long because I was only relying on fingers and ears and I couldnt feel or hear when they were done. I think when I got it in the grove bags it was a little low 50% to 57% humidity depending on the bag. I had to rehydrate a tiny bit with a wet paper towel. I was shooting for 60% to 62% humidity to jar it.

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I heard someone say in a video we all shoot for whatever parameters we shoot for life, time, schedules, weather gets in the way sometimes and causes some challenges. I suppose its kinda like nature outside too. Things get a little off. We learn from what we see and do the best we can. I wont forget what cal mag deficiency or nitrogen toxicity looks like for future grows. Enjoy the grow. I was lucky with temps and humidity everything was real stable on my first run. This run its been super humid and hot outside. I just ordered a portable ac for the dry tent room in the basement. Im about to chop as well. The basement is 78F. And humidity is like 80% outside. Tough to correct this stuff sometimes.

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Then what?
Hang and dry as usual?

Oven dry, decarb, and weed trim bin utilized for Kief collecting?

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Yes hang and dry as usual. You can also dry it in the freezer but that takes weeks and needs to be in open containers.