Harvest & Curing How to know when to jar my bud?

[yosim]

Hi all

So ive been drying my harvest for past 2 weeks, temps have been under 10 degrees pretty much the whole time and humidity around 80%

The stems are bending but not breaking, i can see the green colour has faded from the stalks and also can see the buds have kinda shrivelled a little

My question is how to judge when to move the buds into jars as last time i think i jarred too early and they didn't really have that nice weed smell

At the moment there is a kind of hay smell off them but my fingers smell of weed if I handle the buds

Thanks!


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[namvet25]

Are your buds still hanging?I hope the 10 degrees is a typo or they would be frozen.

 

[yosim]

Are your buds still hanging?I hope the 10 degrees is a typo or they would be frozen.

Sorry 10C!


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[qwezdan1]

Hi all

So ive been drying my harvest for past 2 weeks, temps have been under 10 degrees pretty much the whole time and humidity around 80%

The stems are bending but not breaking, i can see the green colour has faded from the stalks and also can see the buds have kinda shrivelled a little

My question is how to judge when to move the buds into jars as last time i think i jarred too early and they didn't really have that nice weed smell

At the moment there is a kind of hay smell off them but my fingers smell of weed if I handle the buds

Thanks!


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Dude, do you have any way to reduce humidity? General formula is RH% : 10 +1 = days you need to dry. So in your case 80:10+1 = 9 days. I would advise you to use a drying net you can get one or just paper bags.

 

[woody]

@yosim 80% humidity is very high- they will dry eventually. But at that humidity bud rot can set in fast. I lost 6oz of good bud in the summer drying in those conditions.
Keep plenty of airflow in the room your drying in. And invest in a couple of small hygrometers. There only a couple quid from ebay.
When the buds feel dry fill a jar and stick in a hygrometer too if it reads anything over 62% let them dry longer.
I aim for 60% im the jars then just leave them in there to cure

 

[yosim]

Thanks everyone, no mould as low temps, airflow is fine, they took about 2 weeks but i jarred a little yesterday and humidity around 60%
It takes a while to get to know when they are dry enough, this is only my second grow
Thanks [emoji1]


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[yosim]

Hey, i jarred my bud with a hygrometer, started at about 60% but today it read 70%, guessing I need to leave the lids open for a bit or even take them out altogether??


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[woody]

Hey, i jarred my bud with a hygrometer, started at about 60% but today it read 70%, guessing I need to leave the lids open for a bit or even take them out altogether??


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Best to take them out altogether and let them dry some more dude. Or the buds at the top of the jar would dry out more that the rest