Ok so I dried a few plants @ 68 degrees and about 50 to 55% humidity. After 7 days they felt ready to me when the smallest stems would snap.
Then I proceeded to trim and jar my buds in mason jars like I always do. After 24 the humidity in the jars is still only at 52%.
Should I just leave them at 52% for a couple days to see if it comes up or should I add a 62 % humidity pack or a fresh peice of a fan leaf?
What’s the general humidity there? I suppose you’re burping them, if the humidity is around 60% I would let the jars open for some minutes, if it is much lower I would add those humidity packs, the slower they dry the better they are cured … 
I think there is some general confusion about drying. The weed will dry to whatever the humidity is in the room.
I like to dry in a room at 60 rh and in a week or so put a branch or two into a big plastic bag with a humidity sensor to be sure. Then I am sure my buds are at 60. I then cure them in jars and burp as regular.
If you’ve gone a little too dry, which it sounds like you did, then boveda packs are going to become your new best friend.
Hopefully this makes sense.
All the best
I agree with @George
Humidity in jars after 24hrs is only about 52% but im used to having them above 60% after the first 24hrs.
@Foreigner the smallest stems snap, med stems cracked but didn’t break, larger stems still weren’t snapping when I trimmed and placed in the jar.
From my understanding anything below 55% stops the curing process and I can’t stand shit cured buds
Drying and curing is tricky.
I got perfect perfect last time because I caught my buds at 58% exactly and into the jars they went.
It’s doesn’t always go so smooth.
My advice to you is get some boveda packs and this will solve your current problem. Go for the 62%
You overdried a little bit it’s no big deal. Just boveda this time and set Your dry chamber humidity a little higher next time. Buy an ink bird if environment is a challenge.
All the best
Edit: I have rehydrated buds from a lower humidity than where you are now. Don’t stress, get a boveda. It costs like 1-2$ per jar
I was told by Shadey to test the buds before putting them on jars, the outside should be dry but the inside spongeous if you squeeze them, better guide than snapping stems … 
I have a bunch of med size ( 1oz ) 62% boveda packs. Ill add those and check tomorrow, I guess there is no need to burp if humidity doesn’t get above 62%
Have you tried a different humidity reader for a second opinion ?
Yeah, I have about 25 of little Amazon cheap ass jars size ones. They all read about the same give or take 1% high or 1% low
Lol I have 15
Is the temperature low by chance? Humidity will rise with temperature. Put the jars in a warm place and they would be wet by tomorrow morning I should think… I noticed this phenomenon with my own curing. I have a closet that’s on the exterior wall and it gets cold in there. It takes a little longer for the Bud’s to sweat. If your temperature is already higher, I would do the humidity packs or a damp paper towel with the lid of the jar closed for a few hours would do the trick.
Hi Upstate, I think when temperature rises there’s more vapor in the air but relative humidity lowers, when it’s colder it rises, here’s a graph of my veg tent:
Here you’ve got more info about this subject, cheers …
I’m sure you’re right. But something must be going on. Maybe the microbes that are partly responsible for the curing process are more active in warmer temperatures, speeding up the curing process? I’ve had it happen time and time again and it happened again this year. The buds wouldn’t sweat until the temperature came up. Temperatures for me in the closet would be in the 50s, and in the regular room 65 to 70
Temps are mid 60s
Should be warm enough. I’d give it one more day, but it should be sweating by now. You have the jar full too?
It’s hard for me to understand the whole process 
, with stoner science, if the temperature rises the water in the buds evaporate and if the lid is closed it stays there so humidity would be higher! 
. Hope one of our experts 
will enlighten us … 
I’m certainly no expert, but my buds cure well every year. I I don’t understand the process scientifically exactly either. It’s pretty complex, and we’re learning more all the time. But one part of curing is to sweat the extra moisture out of the buds, and warmth helps. I never got into exact humidity like you guys though. I’m sure that’s the best route to go. I always err on the side of caution and take my buds when the stems still fold and snap, but not completely. Oftentimes they sit in the container only for one day, and sweat out a bunch of the water. I remove them for 12 to 24 hours, and then put them back in. From here the normal curing process takes over. Air out the jar once a day for a week every other day for another week once a week for a month once a month for 6 months. If the weed lasts that long LOL. I’m never exact.
My jars are about 2/3 full
