# Fourth grow but still haven't got it down **URL:** \ **Category:** Harvesting\ **Created:** [February 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591 "2024-02-15T18:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boogy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Boogy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Boogy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/1 "2024-02-15T18:54:54Z")
How do you tell its dried enough to trim and cure. ---
**Author:** ![Bonjoyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bonjoyle/32/711825_2.png) [@Bonjoyle](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Bonjoyle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/2 "2024-02-15T20:11:17Z")
Some use a pronged wood moisture meter. ![61kSdv2ebHS.AC_SL1500](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/b/d/3bdf574a5c989e09573f390b699119b41597c199.jpeg) Stick the prongs into the center of the bud at the stem. 10-12% internal moisture is good to go and then you can jar it and burp or use grove bags or similar. Want to shoot for 58-62% RH inside the bag/jar and the longer the cure at that consistent temp/humidity will produce a great product. 60°F and 60% humidity is primo. Also a dark area… ---
**Author:** ![Bluntsmoke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bluntsmoke/32/1186531_2.png) [@Bluntsmoke](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Bluntsmoke)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/3 "2024-02-15T20:51:54Z")
Once you do it enough times you get a feel for it. To verify take a small bowl and light it up. Does it stay lit? Yeah? Trim and jar it. ---
**Author:** ![Jaysittinback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jaysittinback/32/1226511_2.png) [@Jaysittinback](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Jaysittinback)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/4 "2024-02-15T22:24:54Z")
I still like the almost- snap of a stem. When it snaps but hangs on by a strand. Did you start #5 yet, lets grow ---
**Author:** ![DEEPDIVERDAVE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@DEEPDIVERDAVE](https://ilgmforum.com/u/DEEPDIVERDAVE)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/5 "2024-02-15T23:21:25Z")
> [@Bluntsmoke](#): > > Once you do it enough times you get a feel for it. Literally. If the bud feels “cool” it is wet, my fingers used. ![RH mini meters](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/1/e/41e4d6769f3fb2b1e349b0df42c468a9a537decb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RHarriS1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/rharris1/32/955679_2.png) [@RHarriS1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/RHarriS1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/6 "2024-02-15T23:22:38Z")
In the old days the cure was an extra step you didn’t need to do. Just dry and wait two weeks for the bud to get it’s taste and you’ll know that by smoking some. Then jar if needed. A cure takes months, a slow breakdown of secondary products is what your after and that only happens when bud moisture is sub 12% ---
**Author:** ![Boogy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Boogy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Boogy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/fourth-grow-but-still-havent-got-it-down/108591/7 "2024-02-15T23:24:58Z")
Not yet, ill be chopping these 4 plants down im hoping Saturday or Sunday, emptying the 5x5 of everything but 1 or maybe 2 fans and after 6 or 7 days im sure they wont be dry yet but I’ll start checking branches and during the drying process i try to stay as close to 60/60 and total darkness