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Quote Originally Posted by TurboALLWD
If you're drying them out in a single day you're locking a lot of clorophyll in the buds, and if they get too dry the curing process will not continue, even if you add moisture it will not continue from what I've read.
I have had my humidifier fail overnight and have come into the curing room the next day and found my buds pretty crispy. I didn't move them at all, got the humidifier working and cranked it up to around 70% for 24 hours, then gradually dropped it back down to 50% and finished the drying process. When I moved them into curing, they were nice and firm, didn't crumble to dust and they sweetened up/cured out just fine. Freaked me out pretty good though.
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One guy on here said he drys at 70% humidity, at that level I believe things could mold, especially with the moisture level in the buds. Theres a great writeup on icmag about curing, all of you're questions are explained in it, hell I think it was even posted here in the colorado section as well.
70% seems a bit over the top for sustained curing, but they manage it down in the tropics. that's one thing I like about Colorado. It's easier to control humidity levels during curing with a humidifier than, say, down close to the gulf coast using a dehumidifier.

Anyways, if its in the jar and above 70% humidity it's going to mold. Thats why you need to monitor the rh while its in the jars, start jaring when the stems are still somewhat plyable but do not snap, buds should be hard to the touch. I bought the recommended hygrometer but it's really close to the $7 walmart units so I'd just use them.

When you first jar them, and the humidity goes over 70 which mine normally do, the buds need to be pulled out and put over a screen for a couple hours and try again. As you get a week-two weeks cure, open the jars periodically for a half hr or so and slowly bring their RH down to 60, stems will snap at that rh and thats where I like it! Burping the jars will help. Just don't let the buds dry out too quick or too much or they'll taste like grass when you smoke them. And don't let them mold by keeping the jars 3/4 full while monitoring the RH. Once it's stabalized at 60% 36hrs I find the smoke is just right and I pull the hygrometers out and go ahead and store them. Some like to store at 55% humidity which is the lowest rh that the curing process can handle.

Hope this helps :stoned:
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