When hang drying, which method do you use to determine it’s time to cure?
This is my first time leaving all the leaves on my plant when I hang it up. It’s been about 10 days @ 75f and 50% RH and branches still not snapping…
When I did wet trims before I always used the snap test and they’d be done in about 5 days.
What method do you use to determine that the buds are dry enough (but not too dry) to cure?
Details are appreciated 
Stem does not have to snap, but Buds should break off easily without leaving "threads " hanging.
10 days @ 75 and 50 % they should be done. See if Buds will “snap” off stem easily, if so, your good .
I rarely get stems snapping…braking and flattening yes, snap in half, pretty rarely. I dry about 14 days at 72 and 60%
Thanks for the reply! If you check too early and the little bud hangs on by a thread, what do you do with that bud? Put it into a jar for cure?
Just let it hang, not going anywhere…
I also hang dry for 14 days . I aim for 50% and 68 - 70 . Ruff trim before hanging . I don’t like dry trimming .
I only trim off bad leaf if any, I want all the plant on to slow the dry. Yes dry trimming is tougher, but after repeated back to back tries…whole plant hang is my only method now.
I don’t know if it was Shadey who told me to squeeze them a bit, they should be dry in the outside but spongeous inside, they can finish the cure inside a jar. That’s much better than waiting too long and drying them too much … 
I’ve heard similar methods to this, but I feel like that’s sort of too subjective for me personally. I went to squeeze the buds today and maybe they were “dry” feeling? They did spring out like a marshmallow but they also felt sticky outside not wet… Too hard to determine by finger feel for me, but I’ve heard a lot of people like that method. Maybe I’m missing something 
This is still a bit subjective but I’ve always waited until the stems snap just a little. Not a full SNAP.
I don’t do it this way, but, if you demand precision I’ve heard of cramming bud into a ziplock bag with a humidity meter and this will give you numbers you can work with. If humidity rises too high, it’s not ready.
I use a jar with hygrometer, I put some inside, if the humidity is 60 % or below it is OK, if not, I let them hanging for longer …
I would agree with @Jetdro that whole hang is best, yet I still trim wet because of ease and depending on my schedule. I find in my hang/dry room that at 50% humidity it dries too fast (4-5 days) and have mine set at 60% humidity with cooler temps and slight air movement. I hang for 2-3 weeks then final trim and jar burp time but have to burp in jars less when I hang it longer. The snap bud off the stem is a good test and eventually you can get a feel on how the bud feels when it’s ready for the next step.
Y’all were right, she was dry enough and the littlest buds popped right off.
This was my first time in 5 years or so doing a dry trim and I don’t think I’ll ever do wet again…
Using my gloved fingers to pull off the dried leaves was way faster than doing a wet trim with fiskars. Used the fiskars some to get some leaves but like 95% pulled right off… Someone on this forum tipped me off to this method, and I’ll definitely try it again.
Wasn’t a big harvest, single plant at 67 grams but it only took me an hour to trim her all by myself… For me that’s fast, not sure if y’all are light years ahead of me though LOL 
Excellent! Where do i find such a jar online? Takes the guesswork out of it.
Any good mason jar will work with a mini hygrometer. Then if need you can add a boveda pack to keep it where you want.
EEEKit 5-Pack Mini LCD Digital Electronic Temperature Humidity Meter Indoor Thermometer Hygrometer (Black) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07DGC3SWZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_fpHoEbSGV2YX3
I dry by hanging branches on coat hangers but prefer whole plants for organization sake. I would like to add for others following that climate is a huge factor in drying methods. In humid new york, you may need to lose the fresh fan leaves to help the plants dry and lessen the risk of mold (if you don’t use a dehumidifier. )In the arid West it may be best to leave the fan leaves on to protect the bud from drying too rapidly. This is what my cousin did in Washington State. So what works in one area may not be the best for another. Density of the buds determines the best moisture for jarring for me. The fluffy ones go in a bit damper than the dense ones. I used to jar when the very small individual bud stems snapped. But I like to jar especially nice colas intact, and I have found that the moisture from the thick stems migrates back into the buds in the denser budding types to a greater extent than wanted. They often times had to come back out to dry for another day or two. Now I let the bigger colas that are to be jarred intact dry for that extra day or two. For the fluffier buds I still like a clean break on a small stem.
Sounds like what I do as well and yes full plant better and does totally depend on where you are unless you over ride it with a humidifier/dehumidifier. I extended onto my flower room sealed in panda film to control it.
I bought it on Spain, but if you do a search for “mason jar hygrometer” you will find some … 
Dry trim is best trim. 10 days should be plenty at that time. I jar my buds a bit moister than most though. Just enough to not mold is my preference. If the outside is crispy but the inside is still somewhat moist I find that to be the sweet spot.
My branches never snap. If it’s dry like now hanging plants can be jarrable in 5 days, a bit too quick. Summer humidity it’s more like 8-9, just about perfect.
I will usually de-fan the plants as they’re hanging, 'cause it’s easy and saves time later.
Thanks for that! Takes the guesswork out of it.
Good idea. Does it block light? Or it’s I dark/dim room?
