Dehydrator?

[arbogast]

OK, I have read about dehydrators not working well for drying bud, but I would think that mostly is because of too much heat, from off the shelf, they DO make a lot of heat, but looking at the mechanism, it sure looks like a perfect little drying box without the heat....so my question is, has anyone tried one for drying buds by defeating the heating coil? I bought one and defested the heating coil, just have to cut one wire, and it has been running now for about a day, and the buts are still nice and moist and seem to be drying ok, but this is my first crop, so I am a bit of a newbie, and cut one plant early because my first taster buds had a great head high that kept me up all night.....anyone ever tried that?

Arbogast

arbogast Reviewed by arbogast on 01-07-2008. Dehydrator? OK, I have read about dehydrators not working well for drying bud, but I would think that mostly is because of too much heat, from off the shelf, they DO make a lot of heat, but looking at the mechanism, it sure looks like a perfect little drying box without the heat....so my question is, has anyone tried one for drying buds by defeating the heating coil? I bought one and defested the heating coil, just have to cut one wire, and it has been running now for about a day, and the buts are still Rating: 5

[turtle420]

Don't know who's tried it... but you should watch out for how much airflow you have going through them.

If you dry the buds too fast, you'll "lock-in" the green/grassy taste.

But hey, keep it up!!!
Keep a log, and rate the buds... the ones dried one day after... one day and a half... two days... etc.
Then "rank" each smoke for taste/harshness/bud quality/etc.

Hope it all works out!

Best,

-turtle420
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[arbogast]

Well, after two days, the buds in the lowest tray, the ones I cut first, are a little cruchy dry, but the stems are still not breaking, just bending over, so I will let them keep going I guess, but it seems to be working pretty well. I am putting the trim in the lowest tray, and it is drying well, remember, I have defeated the heating coil, so only air flow. I am thinking I will put a dimmer on the motor today and slow the fan down a little bit, although it is not a really high airflow, not as high as I would expect from some o the homemade boxes I have seen on here with the 4 inch computer fams, that is a lot of airflow, but maybe they are drying too fast it the bud feels pretty dry after two days, and the stems are not breaking????

If this works, I will post some pics of how to defeat the heating coil if anyone is interested.....

Arbogast

[kz1000r]

I use a rubbermaid tote with a 4 in muffin fan drawing air out of the tub and a dryer vent hose with the opening at the top of my room, I dry 6-8 oz's in about 3 or 4 days and then move it to mason jars and open them each day untill done which is about 7 to 12 days more.

hope this helps

[olliegrow]

I use a dehydrator all the time because of my time restraints. If they are too dry and the stems are still a little soft, put the dry budz in a zip lock and ue a spray bottle to spritz a little water in the bag and seal it. After a couple hours the water will spread through out the budz and they will have a more even feel and not too crunchy.

[kz1000r]

I think for a good product you need to understand and balance "drying" versus "curing". The only thing that gets rid of the green taste is time though.

[olliegrow]

This is true, if you want all the chrlorophyl or green out you have to dry them naturally..