Hey guys, new to the forum here but I'm an huge fan of Chris as I believe he is one the most non-biased, educated and informative growers out there sharing gold for free.
I live in Utah where my RH is typically 20-30%. I have been drying my plants whole plant hung in a 3x3 tent with an exhaust fan barely kicked on and an oscillating fan that is running very low too (not hitting the plant). I have a humidifier in there set to 60% as well as temps being 60-65. I have been doing around 7 day drying times to where the stems are barley about to snap. Once I jar them, my hygrometer in the jars barley reaches 40-45%. I have to throw a Boveda in the jars to help bring the RH up, which I feel like the cure is already compromised.
Please, anyone that lives in a similar environment with some feedback? The buds are beautiful, healthy, smoke good, but I can't seem to get the harvest down to get the proper terp expressions in smell and taste - very mild.
Thank you all!!!
I struggle with low humidity in the winter and sometimes I can only get in 4-5 days before I have to jar them up. Sometimes the buds seem dry enough even though the stem does not snap, so I go by how the bud feels and not so much how the stem snaps.
Thanks for the reply. What is your indicator for when the bud feels good enough to cut down and jar up?
I leave a lot of sugar leaf on the buds while drying. Once the sugar leaf feels dry and the bud feels dry but still has a little bounce in it I'll jar it up. It's more of an art than science and you learn as you go. I think you are on the right track and just need to jar them up a day or two earlier.