Newt’s Grow Journal (´◡`) (Part 1)

[Newt]

My original post which was a response to a question about the subject

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OK… Here’s what I do, and it takes a lot the guesswork out of it. Your ideal dry will be about 7 days, but it’s hard to stay at 60 degrees and 60% humidity, so I use one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Mecurate-Moisture-Detector-Calibration-Firewall/dp/B08VDZP7N5

When a bud gets to 11-12% on the soft wood setting, it’s ready to start curing. Smaller buds may get there first, and you can start curing them first, just snip them off and place into your cure container. If you go into your container at 11-12% moisture content, you should level out around 64-65% RH in your container. You will want to monitor the RH in your container. I use these:

https://www.amazon.com/Goabroa-Hygrometer-Thermometer-Temperature-Fahrenheit/dp/B08HWG68TG

And then follow this general guide:

As for containers, most of what you read will refer to 32 ounce mason jars, and they work great, but must be burped regularly. I instead, opt to use Grove Bags as my cure containers. There’s a lot of info about them here: Anyone using “grove bags” to cure? . I personally think they are great! No burping required, (still follow the chart, though)

What changed this time?

1. I used a WeDryer XL. It’s environment (the room it was in) stayed around 61-62° F, and 57-58% RH
2. After 7 days in the XL, the buds read about 12-14% with the moisture meter so I took them out of the XL and into
3. Paper grocery bags, following the Grove Bags guide on sweating cannabis. This process took me 2.5 days to get them to 63 - 64% RH, then I finished trimming and into the Grove bag. They stabilized right at 61% and have been there since.