WrinkledNugSack
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For the people who are in the dry areas of the world, this simple hack may "help" in your drying process... it's far from perfect but it costs minimal dollars and you may already have the parts you need.
I live in an area where during the winters I can easily see sub 30% humidity in the house. This will cause your plants to dry in less than (or about) 3 days.
I have tried running cheap household humidifiers in the tent when I dry, but it hardly helps the dry time, BUT, certainly does clog the carbon filter with dissolved impurities from the water.
So, last winter when I came to the end of the harvest I decided to run another hose back into my tent from the exhaust end of my fan (I have it outside the tent anyway). I chopped the plants down whole and hung them in the tent. I then watered the pots that they came out of with the thought that the soil would transpire at least "some" of the necessary moisture back into circulation. It worked by raising the humidity to the point where I dried in about 6 days and the cannabis didn't have any indication of that hay smell.
This year, (depending on the ambient humidity), I am going to "likely" add another pail or two of soil along with the fabric pots that are already in the tent to raise the humidity a bit higher yet. The "intake filters" are still left open, the only thing I do is pipe the exhaust air back into the tent instead of expelling it into the house (basement).
If you want and "need" to try an easy and simple humidity hack, you might want to experiment with this one. AND, if you have your tent sitting empty right now, you might try to toss a humidity meter in the tent and try out a dry-run of your own... just remember you won't have the moisture that would be coming from the plants themselves to assist you in this case.
I wouldn't want to mislead anyone, but I "think" i got the humidity up to 45% (+/-) by doing this.
I have thought about putting a shallow try of water in the tent with a heating matt underneath it, but I don't like the (potential) water/electricity combo. Perhaps, a heating pad under the moisturized fabric pots, but I think just more well moisturized grow medium should get me to 7-8 days drying time.
I live in an area where during the winters I can easily see sub 30% humidity in the house. This will cause your plants to dry in less than (or about) 3 days.
I have tried running cheap household humidifiers in the tent when I dry, but it hardly helps the dry time, BUT, certainly does clog the carbon filter with dissolved impurities from the water.
So, last winter when I came to the end of the harvest I decided to run another hose back into my tent from the exhaust end of my fan (I have it outside the tent anyway). I chopped the plants down whole and hung them in the tent. I then watered the pots that they came out of with the thought that the soil would transpire at least "some" of the necessary moisture back into circulation. It worked by raising the humidity to the point where I dried in about 6 days and the cannabis didn't have any indication of that hay smell.
This year, (depending on the ambient humidity), I am going to "likely" add another pail or two of soil along with the fabric pots that are already in the tent to raise the humidity a bit higher yet. The "intake filters" are still left open, the only thing I do is pipe the exhaust air back into the tent instead of expelling it into the house (basement).
If you want and "need" to try an easy and simple humidity hack, you might want to experiment with this one. AND, if you have your tent sitting empty right now, you might try to toss a humidity meter in the tent and try out a dry-run of your own... just remember you won't have the moisture that would be coming from the plants themselves to assist you in this case.
I wouldn't want to mislead anyone, but I "think" i got the humidity up to 45% (+/-) by doing this.
I have thought about putting a shallow try of water in the tent with a heating matt underneath it, but I don't like the (potential) water/electricity combo. Perhaps, a heating pad under the moisturized fabric pots, but I think just more well moisturized grow medium should get me to 7-8 days drying time.