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@CrimsonEcho can you elaborate a little more on the bags and how you are doing that? Man if i could get a hang time like that it would save a lot of work. I always struggle trying to get past a 7 day hang. I have never tried hanging a whole plant but plan on figuring out a way to do so.
Well bro my environment is the big factor here. Its just brown bags i use but i saw people do trashbags and stuff in dry environments.
There was a good contraption i saw which may work for you if you have very low rh. What that person did was he made a big box out of wood i guess ran some lines inside and hang the plants inside the box and covered the top with trashbags. He was supposedly lifting the bags up multiple times for a couple of minutes to provide air exchange. This was in a 20% environment and i really would be a little concerned about the wood smell effecting the taste but other materials is possible.
Another thing i saw people do is getting a huge brown box or two. You know something that can accomodate your plants heightwise. Run couple of fishing lines from wall to wall and hang the plants on it. You can either close the top with trashbags and lift them daily to encourage air exchange or you can just close the lid and lift that.
The last technique i stumbled upon with trashbags suggests bagging the plants whole and leaving the bottoms of the main stem out. Close it with a rubber band and hang as it is. You can open it daily to encourage air exchange or you can -i’m guessing- poke couple of holes with a needle to provide continuous air exchange.
My rh is significantly lower in winters and what i do is. I brown bag them with couple of layers. Just as they start to feel crispy on the outside. But the branches should not be snapping. I do my trim and cut the buds off and brown bag them then another brown bag and maybe another. Just let them slowly cure and dry all at once. You have to open the bags and move the buds around daily to let every bud get exposed to air.
Another big trick i could suggest is saturating the pots with water a day before harvest. Let them go thru one more light cycle and harvest after the dark or 48hrs etc. They are going to be filled with moisture and this will keep them from drying too fast.
Some of these techniques i utilize personally, some are just the stuff i read. You know its not science. The key is to slow the loss of moisture as best as you can while still providing air exchange to prevent mold and stuff. So i’m sure you can come up with something even better.
