Drying impatience 😤

So my girl had been in the drying tent for 10 days now. Keeping temps in mid to low 60s and humidity about 55 to 65 . No lights. I peek in on occasion to try snap test. Still no snap just bend. I think it’s getting clise but with this being my first harvest definitely getting antsy. Tips…suggestions…funny antidotes? :crazy_face:




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You’re keeping almost perfect ideal conditions and that’ll stretch out the dry and enhance everything you want in the smoke. 10 days is a good long dry. Do you have a moisture meter available? Some growers probe them to monitor the %’s. At 10 days I pull mine down and into 5 gal buckets to begin curing. I open them daily to remove any excess rh within. As I trim they get transferred into jars and the burping continues.

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I don’t wait for the branches to snap, if they bend and slightly feel like they are breaking, without going back to original shape, means they are close. I now use a lumber moisture meter to check buds. When they reach 11-13 % I put them in Grove bags.

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Have searched, never saw a device with probes. Lumber, makes sense now. Thanks.

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Im looking for an internal snap not a break off. Going into grove bags once trimmed :call_me_hand:

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If the feel pretty dry when you touch/pinch them, I’d jar them up with one of those cheap hygrometers and see where you’re at. I also use a wood moisture meter. They’re pretty cheap. My local harbor freight has them in store for $13.99

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He’s got HOF under his name and it wasn’t a fluke. That dudes a Grower. I wish he’d visit my thread and share some knowledge lol…hint hint Big Dawg!!

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Awesome thanks. Sure appreciate the replies and advice :call_me_hand:

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I think your also on the way to the hof :call_me_hand:@fieldofdreams

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Just snagged a meter. So looking for between 11 and 14% ?

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LOL :slightly_smiling_face::grin::rofl: I’M fairly confident you don’t need my guidance. I’m only good for helping with the basics, your way past that.

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Here’s a link to Grove Bag usage, lots of great info there about drying and curing. I know somewhere in there someone talks about using moisture meter. That’s where I originally saw info.

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No @Fieldofdreams just needs to go out in the hall…for a time out…lol​:sunglasses::v:

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You want a reading between 10%/12% with 11% being the sweet spot. At this poing i bag and tag them.

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Rock on. I seem to be right at 10%. :metal: see yall in a fews hours!

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@Bulldognuts Sorry I was just Fanboying it there for a moment!!

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Ty for the kindness, these competitions grow harder and closer each and every month. There are some serious growers in here.

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I believe you were the one who originally posted this info on Grove Bag thread :+1:

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Exactly :100: when I was entering there was maybe 10-15 entries. BOM was lucky if there was 30 voters.

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Made my first attempt this month. I was Stoked to be tied for a second for a moment that is lol

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