So I wanted to share my method of chopping a plant. Im no pro by any means but I’ve picked up a few tips of my own while perusing these forums over the years.
Not much to it but I’ve seen alots of clips, clamps, clothes pegs and such so being a cheap I mean thrifty fellow I came across this method somewhere over the last 15 years of experimenting. I can’t take credit but I don’t know who to give credit to lol but I don’t mind sharing.
So you just start at the top somewhere you will get a feel and your own preference for where you do this. I usually start so the next branch is starting to get big.
I’m not bright enough to do this on purpose but I do ALWAYS use the little nubs, etc to hang off of, or if I get lucky I end up with one of these.this is pretty sweet actually. Gracias
I tend to chop them one at a time and than hang in a tent to dry with some carbon filtering and climate/RH control. Chop one plant, hang, trim and move on. Sometimes I hang the whole plant as well, depends on if I am wet or dry trimming. I use binder clips to holds them to hangers Also depends on the time of the year. If I am about to shut down for the summer I can use my 4x4 or 5x5 for drying so much more space but otherwise it’s the 2x4 drying tent.
Well that’s just the chopping process drying is a whole other process The humidity in my house is only 30% RH. So I dry them hanging in this box for about 3 to 4 days then into paper bags then into jars.
In the winter months I have the same issue. If you look at this pic you can see a bowl in the bottom of the tent. I fill that bowl with water and put a towel half in the bowl with the rest lying across the floor and a fan blowing over it. It raises my RH to a good spot and you just have to keep the water filled in the bowl. The towel will keep wicking it up.
I used to do the exact same thing only I’d have the towel right over my fan in my veg tent. Don’t have room for a separate drying space really I could see left the box I’m using I put a dehumidifier in thinking after it was full of buds I would need to pull the moisture out somehow that work good in the old crawl space but now in the house with only 30% RH almost needed humidifier in there I’m okay if it’s working out we adapt
Ahhh hmmm!
I never did this on purpose either but it was Always convenient when going to dry the branches and they already had a nook to hook on the rack !
Hey Doug I used that towel and bowl technique a while back actually remember you helping me out with a humidity problem a while back on another platform …here’s my gratitude to one up the towel/bowl method
Three gallon fabric pot filled with soil soak the heck out of it let it drip dry for a min then put in tent …had it jumping my humidity in a little 2x2 almost 15%
but I don’t mind sharing.
Also depends on the time of the year. If I am about to shut down for the summer I can use my 4x4 or 5x5 for drying so much more space but otherwise it’s the 2x4 drying tent.
Don’t have room for a separate drying space really I could see left the box I’m using I put a dehumidifier in thinking after it was full of buds I would need to pull the moisture out somehow 
that work good in the old crawl space but now in the house with only 30% RH almost needed humidifier in there I’m okay if it’s working out we adapt 
