Firstly shout out too chris for replying too me and informing me of this site. Cheers my dude you have been my fairy godmother when it comes too growing.
Question for all is. When do you guys start cureing. There's so much mixed reviews in terms of RH and the (stem snap). I've been drying now for 10days at anywhere from 55% too 65% RH. More 55% too 60%. Temp has been tricky as I'm in a garage. Ranging from 16 degrees Celsius which is like 60 Fahrenheit, too like 24celius Max during the days I think that's like 75ish Fahrenheit( 22degress average) Now I've watch a couple videos particularly garden talk with pigeons 420. He states that the stem snap is too late and u have probs over dried slightly. I'm on my third harvest and the first two I feel I dried abit too much and lost abit of the taste so I really just wanna nail this one..
Any and all comments appreciated growmies cheers my dudes 🤙
Also forgot too add I have a timber moisture meter set on softwoods and it's reading about 15% moisture content on the flower.
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This is such a hard question to answer because there are so many variables that can change things. For me it's when the outside of the buds are crunchy. My stems usually don't snap. If I let them go that far I'd just have dust for bud. Take some of the guess work out and grab a grove bag. A 1lb bag is like 14usd and you can reuse it a couple times. They are really worth it imo. It's one of the products I swear by. Not hype at all.
A good way to tell if buds are ready to come off is to place the plant in an unscented trash bag once the outside first becomes crunchy. The buds will regain some moisture after a few hours. If they seem overly saturated then let them dry out a bit longer. If they aren't too wet then you can start the cure.
Hey Stainer, just my 2cents, ide probably wait for not a full snap. Like where the snap ends up breaking the branch completely off. Try an aim for a Snap but only half the stem breaks and the other half bends/kind hangs on for dear life. Not Creasing either, as that's still too much moisture, get it to snap where you hear it