Hello,
When I dry my flowers i need to keep the humidity at 60% if I understand correctly.
I will be drying in a small dark room 90sqft.
What kind of a dehumidifier would you recommed, how many watts to be precise. Im gonna make my own humidity meter and switch for the dehumidifier on my arduino so it can be a very basic dehumidifier. I need to know how strong the thing should be.
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I think you should investigate the airflow first. You need to exchange the air while you dry. Figure out what the humidity is with an intake and outtake setup. Then you will know if you need a dehumidifier or a humidifier, and rather than wattage, look at efficiency rating.
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I’d work on keeping air moving and getting a humidifier ready so it don’t drop.
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Actually that 60% number is kind of arbitrary but just want to avoid anything higher than like 70. Been growing for a while now and just use my central air or heating… Hang dry buds on a rolling closet setup in a dark room. Usually have a small desk fan blowing underneath. The opposite is really low humidity can dry them quickly and basically ruin terps. Knock on wood rarely if ever have mold and can’t complain about the final product.
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Right, yeah, 60% is arbitrary. You just want to make sure that you’re not drying too fast to diminish the terpenoids and cannibinoids. A long, slow dry is what you should aim for. I prefer at least 10 days, usually around 14, and if the environment is too dry, that isn’t going to work too well.
And with good airflow and fans, 70% would even work well.
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Also the size of your plants is very important… I keep most of mine small to medium so the risk of mold on a giant cola isn’t very high. Some of you folks with massive outdoor plants and pounds definitely want to take every precaution
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hello, I’m drying my flowers hanging in a cardboard box, but my humidity is 70 to 80%, my drying space would be 80cm high, 70cm wide and 50cm deep, even with air circulation the humidity doesn’t drop , I would need a dehumidifier that extracts how many ml per day?
From what I cam see as a newbie Its best to buy a smart dehumidifier with a built in setting so you can just set the desired humidity and it dosent go below that.
Aight il try only with ventilation for now and adjust later on!
I usually cure at about 65% since my area is very hot. I push in lots of new air every few minutes and had great results.
I control each room with one of these. The previous model though. I can run them from my phone. But yes what everyone else said AIR FLOW FIRST.
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Lets hear your review of that product please.
When you say circulation, do you mean air going out and in to the box? Or just a fan moving air in the box? And whats the humidity out side the box?
What do mean by that.(edit: is there some where we’re supposed to post reviews)I would not suggest it if it was not functional for the home grower. its an amazing dehumidifier though, i monitor veg and flower, its connected to wifi and it pumps out the water out of the tank via pump and hose that are built in. Or i should say came with the hose. All automated just need a drain within 20 feet. Or at least the previous model did i will see if i can find it. Maybe it was a different model looks the same.
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