I’m wondering can I mix it with the ice bucket collection stuff.
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I would think you can, but I’d check with someone who knows that stuff better than I do.
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I seen that bom picture! Gahh dang that is monster bud I had to vote it in. Advanced nutes!
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El-Chapo-37 said I could mix them. (He’s a 12-year-old from Reddit) He’s got lots of experience. He’s been doing it since he was a kid
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Thank you I truly appreciate that, believe it or not that picture was from when she was little and could stand up by yourself
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Here’s the conclusion of my test. I did the salt cap test in a ziplock bag and the hydrometers were all over the board. For me, the salt test fails 
I took @Newt advice and ordered some 62% humidity packs from Amazon. I placed them in an airtight tupperware bowl 24 hours later I documented there readings, let them sit out for another 2 hours in different rooms, gathered them back up and put them back in the tupperware bowl for an additional 24 hours.
I I just pulled them out having numbered each individual hygrometer and their percentage up, each one return to the exact same number.
It was actually the little cheap ones that actually have more accuracy with this particular batch. With that said. I simply grab one look at the back for the most part it’ll say plus 3% on a piece of masking tape and there you have it. Working hygrometers
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I really like these:
Relatively inexpensive, and once you get them stable, you can adjust them so that they read correctly. And you can set alarms, and get readings over time.
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@Cap_Ron
After checking the buds this morning. Small budget between 11 and 12% big buds are still hanging in it 14 to 15%
I removed the small buds. Basically I’m doing tests some enjoy some in bags to see what I like better and to see what the differences are and keeping humidity.
Also, I lost an 1-1/2 ounces per 4 oz with the additional dry time. A little disappointing.
Nonetheless, I put 1 oz per wide mouth jar and stuck in a high-grometer. They’ve been sitting for about a half hour. One of the jars is at 58%, one of the jars are at 62% keep in mind that’s just in the last half hour.
How long should the little hygrometer sit in there before they retain an accurate reading in the jar?
Also, I had about 17 g left of small buds only taking up a little over a quarter of the jar I put the lid on it and sat it to the side is that too much air in there?
Thank you in advance
I believe it that thing is massive you earned it. It’s impressive no doubt.
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I’d give them a few hours to stabilize before you believe any readings.
No worries on the partially full jar, there’s always some leftovers that don’t fill them all the way!
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She did 11oz of Bud and 1-1/2 oz of trim. Only about 5oz was hard dence. 6oz was larfy buds. I threw them in the trim bag to use for hash later. Not a bad haul for an auto flower. Go advanced nutrients (and Captain Ron)
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10/4 I’m waiting a few hours. Thank you so much!
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How long do you burp it for?
Anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes depending on two things. If the weed is a tiny bit on the drier side already I’ll burp shorter, on the moister side I’ll go a bit longer. And also the humidity in my trailer on any given day. If it’s summer and my central air is running a lot, it’s pretty dry in my kitchen so I’ll burp on the shorter side. If the humidity is higher in my kitchen, I’ll burp a bit longer.
You’ll get a feel for it in no time+
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Thank you. Seems easy enough.
I noticed last night the buds felt incredibly dry. I Jared/bagged everything. Everything leveled off between 58 and 60% inside the bag and/or jar.
I got up this morning there were a few jars at 57% and one bag at 56% everything else was 58 to 60%
I’ve got the two dosey doe girls still in the tent so I clipped off little pieces of larf that I would have just thrown in a bag and I stuck it in the jar or bag on anything below 58%
Looks like everything was slightly overdryed but nothing ridiculously overdryed. I’ll continue to monitor the bags and jars throughout the day for any drifting changes.
When jarring and bagging everything I noticed a very faint smell of weed. Just enough to tell that it was weed. How long before it starts getting dank in the jar or bag.?
When drying the smells in the room changed constantly it went from a dirt smell to a hay smell and settled with a strong onion smell. When I searched the onion smell as I’ve never heard of it the results came back it’s a sign of high potency like fuel etc. So that was a good sign. So far so good I might get through this thing after all
Thank you 
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Be very careful with this technique. I don’t know if you remember how I explained that those mini hygrometers were responsible for me ruining several jars of buds by leading me to believe they were either too dry or too wet. In reality, most of them were fine before my dumb ass took corrective actions like over burping or adding moisture to the jars. If you got proper readings from your moisture meter, then the buds should be fine in the jars as is.
During the drying time, the more fan leaves that are still on the plants, the more of a weird chemical like smell you’ll get in the drying room. I typically remove all fan leaves about a week before harvest, and there’s definitely a lot less of that smell during drying. The hay smell is usually related to drying too quickly, but it’s easy to mistake that with the smell of the fan leaves being left on. I’ve read that chlorophyll makes that smell as it’s breaking down in the leaves.
The smells improve slowly over the first couple of weeks in jars. If smell is important to you, maybe consider not using the little humidity packs. A few years ago when I was still struggling with the mini hygrometers I bought a bunch of the Boveda 62% packs, and there is absolutely no question in my mind that they stole the smell right out of my buds.
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To be honest I’m not quite sure I trust myself yet much less the moisture meter or the mini hydrometers.
It seemed everything had drifted while in the jars and bags 15 hours after putting them in there. As far as the jars go I wanted to utilize them as they’re much easier to see with the many hygrometers inside. Basically just want to monitor them for a couple of days until they stabilize then move them to the bags and forget about them.
After waking up from a nap I noticed everything is sitting around 60 to 62 now both jars and bags. I removed the little slice of larf used to add a little moisture back to them. They absolutely felt extra dry to the touch. It’s a little hard not to remember what you said about losing due to inaccurate readings as it’s what I think about every time I look at the jar. 
As for the 62% humidity packs there’s people out there that swear by them I’ve also seen both video and forums that said that they destroy both flavor and smell. I personally bought them to have an accurate humidity level to calibrate the mini hygrometers. The fact that they’re all reading extremely close to what they should be under normal conditions I made the decision to semi-trust the mini readers better than I did before calibrating.
I don’t trust any of this Chinese bullshit we buy for monitoring this includes the moisture meter. Just my opinion. If anybody can get this right it’s me. If anybody can screw this up it’s me. The way I look at it I got a 50/50 shot either way. Touchy feely and smell will be my true guidance through it all. Thanks again for your genuine concern & lengthy detailed responses it’s a concrete stepping stone to me not messing this up! 
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@Cap_Ron
I’ve got two girls drying. Last night they were 14% and I stuck them in brown bags to sweat them. Today is day 8
They’re 12 hours in the bag are up in about an hour and then usually open the bag for 30 minutes and seal it back up for another 12 hours.
I have absolutely nothing to do today and bored as hell. Do you see any problem in me trimming the buds then putting them back in the bag to sweat more being any type of an issue?
I would then simply stick them in my mud drying mesh and hang them up for the last day of dry if needed.
Basically is it cool to trim it a day or so early then let it dry the rest?
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Yeah, that sounds fine, I can’t think of any reasons why that wouldn’t work.
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By the way happy Saturday to you Ron. That sounds great thanks that gives me something to do now.
I moved everything into groove bags except for one single jar. Just for the sake of not having to burp the stuff. I will say every single bag is holding its own between 59 and 61 nothing over nothing under 2 days straight.
The jar stayed at 61 perfectly. I really think the mini hygrometers are insanely close to perfect once calibrated.
One thing stands out in jar vs groove bag and that’s the actual smell. GSCE has a pungent smell of onions mint and spice with a back end note of pepper. It comes through much clearer in the jar than it did in the bag.
By the time is all said and done, after the two months of cure I’ll make my decision what I like better the jar of the bag. Happy weekend buddy thank you
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