I need help with my dry this is my 3rd or 4th grow and I can grow fire really nice looking and smelling bud but when harvest comes it seems like I just ruin it all right now I’m drying in my tent I grew in the RH is 40-45 and temp is 70 my buds are really dry probably over dried but the stems of the bud are still really wet all my other grows have been about the same I can cure for 6weeks to 6minths and it still smells and taste like grass cured in grove bags
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More humidity 60 ish less heat 60 ish, imo no pro but dealt.with drying issues before close to above and ya should do better!
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Would it help if I used a 2x2 tent vs the 5x5 to dry in
Doesn’t matter about tent, but keep a fan circulating the air but not blowing on the plants. 60/60 is a good dial in. Go to lowes and get your self a moisture meter. I use mine to check stems and buds.
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Agree with John7, any size tent can be dialed to your liking just may take a bit fiddling around. 
And moisture Meter does help!
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Ok thanks guys now what should I do with the bud now the bud itself I no is way over tried should I do the final trim and get them in bags
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Imo trim and put in a paper bag for a bit and see if the bud will sweat a lil and pull some moisture out of the centers and keep a touchy feely on them and see if it makes a difference, and if you have any plants still growing and you feel it is still to dry add some fresh clipped leaves in the bag.
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Once I cut my plant I make huge branches with buds on them and wash them in a 5 gallon water hydroperoxide solution. IMO worth the cleaning and my sealed tent room is clean.
Next I let them hang on my clothes rack with filter fans circulating air in the room. Cardboard in the bottom floor to collect all the moisture.
24 to 48 hours later I put it in a Wedryer for a few days to my liking.
I have these three gallon Auto burping buckets that I made. So I’ll keep him in there with a humidity pack.
Also I found Grove bags being pretty awesome for the finishing off main stash bag instead of buckets.
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The goal starts at 60/60.
I can’t do bush hanging, PNW too damp.
I do selective bud harvesting.
Too difficult to hang wet bushes or fan leaf covered.
I always want to do wet trim before hang.
Tent space, always a premium, but
“YOU GOTTA DO, AS YOU GOTTO DO”
No room in the 2x2
AGREED, this will clean, and hopefully shake/wash particles or pathogens, out.
Hopefully, less chance of mold, rot, or dead bugs.
OUTDOOR WEED really needs the washing, else practicing unsafe.
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Shoot for a slow drying period 8 to 10 days.
Temperature 65 to 68 would be good humidity 40 to 50 As mentioned I like to Break the plant down and hang the larger lambs. Remove the large fan leafs One small circulating fan.
But not blowing on the product . Do a final trim after dryed. If the bags are not working for you might consider jars . Good luck 
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I placed mine in a cure bag recently, must not have closed it properly it became to dry. I placed a orange peel in the bag and the next morning it was rejuvenated and I removed the peel and sealed the bag. It worked very well.
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Thanks everyone hopefully it will still turn out to be decent
Insurance or Back-up, well worth the price.
Kief collection in jar, inside right jar, being RH monitored.
T-Press next step.
Please elaborate on these?
I’m interested.
Yeah , i’ve always liked the jars for curing and also for storing. I keep a couple of jars of buds in the freezer most all the time.
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I do have some of these for my bags I’ve put the bud in the grove bags since I’ve made this post and there sitting at 56 this is where I had problems last time seems like no Matter how long I leave it in the grove bags it still smells and taste like hay but prior to harvest these buds smelt amazing almost like juicy fruit I also taste tested a bud right after it was dry and holy cow was it good amazing taste…. Fast forward a week buds have been it grove bags and I taste test another bud and now it taste like grass and hay I 100% no forsure the buds were dry actually they were over dried I don’t understand if I can’t get this grow to turn out I might just give up on it I’ve had 4 grows like this now and I don’t Wana waste time and money to grow something that doesn’t turn out
All I did was get 3 gallon buckets with the sealed screw top. Then I hot glued perforated hose made a hole at the bottom side put them to a fish pump on a auto timer.
So what you really need is buckets hose and one way valves. All kind of sold by fishing supplies cheap cheap. I would suggest Google do it yourself auto purpose marijuana and do what you think is best for you.
Also I do leave a lot of my weed on the stems I cut the majority off but I don’t mind stems if I know the weed is going to be sitting there for 6 months.
So what I’m saying is when I do fill up my daily jaw for the week I’ll trim a bunch of buds that have been in buckets or Grove bags curing. I actually worked at a big marijuana grow facility for a little bit and what I found everybody has a little different way of drying technique. I still believe in washing weed. Hope this helps good luck everybody everybody here is awesome too shout out
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Thanks. I got 2 five gallon buckets and filled a hole in the side at the bottom. I used clear air hose and pointed a ton of holes in them and ran them inside the bucket. I don’t have puffs but i did have two bowls that fit perfectly.
I have the air pump set on a timer to run 15 minutes every hour.
I threw it together and had to leave town for 3 days so… i put 1/2 pound in each bucket and we will see how it’s doing when i get home. Thanks for the info.
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I don’t know if this YouTube link will be blocked I’ll find out
But this video shows pretty much how this works, he says too much pressure it’s because I have double valves going out because the fish pump I’m using pushes out more air than one valve will push out.
A spiral the hose on the bottom of the bucket perforated it beforehand, I’m really thinking about updating to 5 gallon buckets. Very easy to do Google auto burping buckets diy and do some search good luck
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