How do you dry your buds? Here’s my method – what’s yours?

There are a lot of variables, but as long as you have the temps mid 60F and 60% RH, it'll turn out well. There are numerous things you can do to impact total drying time from hanging entire plants to cutting down to bud-sized bits, or maybe, branches... wet trim or dry trim... etc etc.. Your local climate is probably gonig to make such decisions for you. If a bit dry, you probably want branches or entire plants hung to dry. I cut to individual buds and wet trim to create the most consistency across all my buds. It still takes 9-12 days depending on density and size of nugs. My assumptions -- the key is to reduce degredation of molecules (terps / thca) and control evaporation rate. Degredation will be most strongly correlated to light and heat. Evaporation rate is about temps and RH - "evaporation pressure" vs "condensation pressure". There's a lot of scienc-y sounding stuff out there that has little to no evidence to support it. I would suggest you just keep it simple. I know a guy that has a patent (well, 'had' as he died a few years ago) for a device that is absolute bullshit as far as function and the promises he made about it. A patent does not mean it has evidence to support anything it does. Otherwise, we'd have several 'perpetual energy' machines, lol, which are just a lie some shcheisters use to bilk rubes out of their money. This guy hated it when i called it his 'perpetual energy' machine, bwahah. he'd reply, 'That's not possible. It is not a perpetual energy machine,' but in reality, yes... yes it was yet another psuedo-science contraption that absolutely did not work as advertised, but he had it patented, lol. There's a handed down Tesla patent that claims something similar. There are more than one example of this sort of nonsense of some contraption circumventing the laws of physics or capable of some other impossibility. For a while this guy controlled 'that' patent too, probably so he'd have less competition selling his magic to the less-intelligent of the wealthy social classes. At least he was ripping of the 'right' people.

Dry well dry is one thing season is another, i like hanging whole plant or chumks of plants on stock till big leaves crispy. Then i break them down into buds with a rough trim. Bag them yup and sweat for 24 hrs can do up to a week in freezer. Then i spread out on a screen dry again till slightly crispy to touch.. fine trim and bottle i like pickling jars best is brown or blue glass with air tight seal. Burp couple times a week for couple weeks then once a week adjust by smell when you open jar. Temp is usualy around 70 and humdity cloee to 60 while hanging or on screen

Hey Growmie, I usually hang dry whole plants or big branches in a dark tent with good airflow, no fans blowing directly on the buds. I aim for 60–65°F and 55–60% RH, for that nice slow dry usually takes about 7–14 days. Sometimes I’ll cold dry around 50–55°F to really lock in the terps, but it takes more patience. I use the snap test on the smaller stems to tell when they’re ready; they should snap, not bend. Buds should feel dry on the outside but still have a little give. Once I jar them up, I check with a hygrometer after 24 hours, aiming for 58–62% RH inside. If it’s too high, I burp or leave the jar open a bit. Too low, I toss in a Boveda pack. Curing starts right after that, slow and steady always wins for smooth smoke and loud flavor

The Cannatrol patents, the research to affirm the mechanism behind it, and spin-off products/research/techniques is really an interesting thing right now. We are witnessing a first principles approach come blazing through an established market - the theory behind the Cannatrol system is to cannabis drying and curing what general relativity is to physics. in short, most of us are doing it wrong or at least have been. Be on the wave of the future...do some research into this topic. The theory is simple, and is what we use for meat/cheese/book/artifact/pharmaceuticals and more drying/curing. You don't care about the temp or the RH, you only care about the dew point on principle. This means you are safe from mold when done correctly, regardless of other factors. This lets you speed the process up or slow it down, theoretically, in perpetuity. The Cannatrol theory is the only system to ever create a safe stasis environment for cannabis. External research is also categorical in that slow drying and slow curing is the ideal (for preserving trichome contents, and thusly both the active ingredients but the botanical taste and smell profile as well). In practice, this looks like a gentle one day dry hanging with racks (with a preference for whole plants) to get a large chunk of the water out of the produce. The buds are then placed into a hand made unit which functions like the Cannatrol for 4 days to complete draying, based off a step function to a dew point that represents 68F and RH60% essentially.... Curing is usually done in a matter of days when applying science principles like this, but you can let it go for months if you desire. LMK if you want info on how to build one brother man!

I’ve tried every possible drying method over the years, but this one consistently gives me the best end result – it’s become my ultimate drying guide. After harvest, I aim for a slow and gentle dry. I hang the whole plant upside down in a dark tent at around 19°C (66°F) with 45–50% relative humidity. I try to stretch the drying process to at least 10 days, but sometimes the buds are ready a bit sooner. As soon as the smaller to medium-sized branches give a clean snap when bent – not break – I know it’s time to move on. At that point, I dry trim the buds and place them into jars. I keep the jars at a steady 19–20°C (66–68°F) with 58–62% RH, using Boveda packs to maintain the ideal environment. After about 14 days total, the buds are already good to smoke – but from there, it just gets better every day. Chlorophyll breaks down, the terpene profile develops, and the overall flavor and smoothness improve steadily. Whether you’re cold drying, using racks, nets, or fast-drying methods – I’ve done it all. But for me, slow and steady in the dark tent always delivers the best results.

If I can, then preferably in my tent, since I can control the conditions there without much problem. I always do a rough stripping of the biggest fan leaves that would cover the buds, and then just hang them whole into the tent. No direct airflow on them, temps around 21-24C preferably. If all goes right, I can fine trim them 7-10 Days after cutting and put them in Jars with a Boveda Humipack. The exact moment for me when to jar them is when the stems start to break, not bend, or when I feel the buds are hard enough. After that it's just burping and smoking.

I hang the plants upside down for 7 days, then cut the buds and keep them in glass jars for a month. You need to open the jars once a day for 5 minutes to let the excess moisture evaporate from the buds.