All good on this end. I have a terrible habit of posting thoughts that I think other people can hear me formulating in my head 
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I believe that would be my fault. When I first linked the video the URL did have a timestamp. I removed it when I realised.
Apologies for the confusion caused 
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I’ve used his parameters the last to dries in my climate controlled tent and I believe it results in sub par bud. I’ve watched all the cannatrol videos on YouTube and even subscribed to his YouTube channel trying to get my dry as perfect as possible. I’ve come to the conclusion he’s just an advertisement for his fridges. Mr grow it as well.
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Also a lot of negative reviews on his fridges.
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Sorry to hear you failed to get the results you desired using his device. I imagine it must be annoying having laid out ridiculous money on something that doesn’t work for you.
I linked that video, not for the information on the cannatrol, but for the information he talks about regarding the science of the drying and curing processes in general. I personally found it to be pretty informative, but that’s not to say everyone will 
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I put my dried bud into paperbags and then into trashbags, where it sits in the same climate controlled room (60% RH + 60-70℉) they were hung in. Same takeaway over the years is that some chemovars will keep a higher moisture content than others. I happened to notice recently a strain that was highly drought resistant, seems to be keeping moisture the longest, maybe there is something to that…
Really enjoying the conversation in here, so I gotta ask: am I the outlier using trashbags for bulk storage? 
I got jars, turkey bags and totes, oh sure, but something about them paperbags and trashbags, keeps a real pikey element in the air.
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Everyone needs to buy an old barn. Ha ha ha. 
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I appreciate you taking the time to do so.
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I know right lol! Why did the weed taste better to me in the 80’s and 90’s? My friends dad use to dry his plants in an 80 degree attic! Super dry but was always tasty!
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Every time I read an article about drying marijuana it says something to the effect of, “dry your buds at 60-65 degrees and 50-60% humidity…”
Now, how in the hell is your average person with a plant growing in a closet going to do that when it’s 90+ degrees outside and 73 degrees inside with the AC running steady all summer long? Are these articles all written for people who are drying weed in the Northern reaches of the USA in the winter? Is there some affordable refrigerated drying chamber that I don’t know about?
I can’t find much information about drying weed at normal summertime-in-the-South conditions. What am I missing?
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The numbers provided are preferable conditions. I’ve hung dry in high temperatures and in the sun, it worked out fine. But, the idea is that high temperatures and/or low humidity will increase the likelihood that you are loosing terpenes along with the possibility of over-drying the bud prior to getting a good cure.
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Honestly I’ve always thought the same whenever I read that… it’s laughable to me and in my opinion not necessary to get a good dry. I just hang a whole plant upside down and try and make sure the humidity isnt ridiculously low or high. In the winter I don’t use a humidifier because they honestly freak me out and in the summer I use my dehumidifier to regulate the rooms humidity to around 55-60%
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It sounds like we live in similar climates… southeast US here. I hang the plant totally untrimmed from coat hangers in a closet with a small fan set to low, blowing anywhere but directly on the plant. I put a hygrometer in there & keep an eye on it. If it starts reading too dry… down towards 50%, I’ll get a bath towel a little damp and hang it in the closet.
I basically gave up on trying to get the temp as low as they say. Not gonna happen.
Once the outside of the buds feel a little crispy but the inside feels like its got a little sponginess to it I’ll trim and jar them up or put into turkey bags w/ a hygrometer. This amount of dryness is is generally when the buds will break off of the stem without leaving any strings behind, but can vary depending on bud density, stickiness… sometimes you gotta get 'em jarred up a little earlier. The tops tend to dry out a little faster than the buds a little farther down the stem for me. Plenty of times I’ve had to trim and jar some of the branch and leave the rest to hang for another day or two.
If the hygrometer in the jar/bag shoots up over 62, I’ll take the buds out and lay them out for a few hours and try again… or if its only a couple points over 62 I’ll put them in a cardboard box… a size you can fill to about 3/4 of the way, stir 'em around every few hours or so, and put back into jars. Once the jar/bag stays at 62% range, I’ll start the burping process, and shoot for slowly getting them down to 58-60% over the course of a couple-three weeks before calling it good.
Seems to be working well so far. Kinda like anything else, once you learn from enough screw ups you start getting better at deciding which plants need to get jarred up a little early or a little later.
Thats about the best I can do with what I have… probably better ways to do it, but I’m happy with what I’m getting out of it. Maybe someone will come around and tell me I’m wrong about everything… lol…
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The same way people do it with plants. I have a tent with controller, fans, dehumidifier or humidifier if needed, exhaust fan etc to to keep it as close as possible.
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I get that it’s the “ideal conditions” but when said conditions are unattainable for a huge percentage of the readers it becomes pretty useless information. They might as well just say that the ideal way to dry weed is to buy a commercial weed drying machine for $20k. Or maybe, “move someplace cold, buy a house with an accurate heating system, buy a humidifier and then…”
I understand pointing out what ideal conditions are but I just did a quick search online of “drying marijuana at normal room temperature and humidity” and every hit went straight to “ideal conditions” stories. I’ve still not found any in-depth articles about drying weed at 75 degrees and normal air conditioned summer house conditions. Weird.
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So how do you get the temperature down to 60-65 degrees in there?
I’m in a basement. People use portable acs and mini splits to cool the lung room air.
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I get these little hygrometers from Amazon. I dry at 55°f and 55% rh. I hang until buds are crunchy on the outside then trim and finish drying in Glad XXL food containers with lids turning often. I put lids on and off turning each time until RH is below 70 %. Then I put in jars, when RH has stabilized below 70% I put jars in the refrigerator at 45° for a long slow cure. Weed keeps fresh and terpy in the fridge for well over a year.
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Do you guys know the biggest thread on any grow forum about the Cannatrol is right here on OG? Lots of great info even if you hate the machine because of how much it costs.
It solves ALOT of what you guys are complaining about.
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@tomatoesonly Problem is that it only holds 2 lbs wet so unless your a small time grower or have multiple it’s not worthwhile to invest in. Ive heard rumors that you can easily modify a wine cooler to do the same thing but never saw it happen. I will use a portable ac unit in my drying tent if need be to try an maintain 60 degrees and 60 rh but if it’s under 70 degrees and under 60 rh I’m not messing with it tbh
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