Temperatures & Humidity
humidity - is the mass of water vapor divided by the mass of dry air in a volume of air at a given temperature.
Believe it or not, humidity is actually very important to your plant! Humidity will help determine your plants resilience against mold/mildew in addition to how much your plants need to drinking only in veg and in flower but also play a vital role when cloning.
Cloning State
the most Optimal Humidity is 70-80% with tempatures well into upper 70s into the mid 80s ideally 78-83 degree f.
need time to develop a root system thus low light settings with right conditions will improve and provoke them to root. Young clones are solely dependent on obtaining water through their leaves from the air. this is only possible while Maintaining high levels of humidity. this will dramatically increase the chances of the clones rooting successfully, and will increase young clone growth. This is why many growers use a humidity dome for new cut clones!
Vegetation State
The best grow room temperature during the vegetative stage of growth is mid to upper 70s around 73-78 degrees F. when the lights are on during the “daytime” and no more than 10-15 degrees cooler at “night” with a relatively high humidity of 50-70% With these settings, your plants will best be able to convert light into energy for growth. This is the time when the plant puts on leaves and branches and expands it’s root system throughout your medium. If it gets too cold or hot, growth will slow.
flowering State
Ideally the humidity of your grow room should be lowered to around 30-40% at the beginning of the flowering stage. As plants approach harvest, some growers lower humidity down to 20% or even less to force cannabis buds to produce more resin.By the beginning of the flowering stage, your cannabis plants have created a large root system to fulfill their water needs. They will still be able to take in water through their leaves, but maintaining a relatively far lower humidity than the vegetative stage this helps prevent molds or mildews from forming.
Curing State
Keeping the humidity around the 45% – 55% range will allow your buds to dry, but keep them from drying too quickly.
This range is also optimal for preventing mold, so it doesn’t get any better for drying if you’re a beginner!
some growers like to keep the humidity a little higher so buds dry slower (which could increase the quality of your cured buds). Drying with high humidity is considered an advanced technique because drying must be done with extra care to prevent mold forming on your harvested buds! It’s a must to have air circulation in the drying area, but not being blown directly at the buds to prevent them from drying too quickly.
Jarring State
Once your cannabis is mostly dry, it’s time to cure them. Place the trimmed buds into some type of airtight container. Wide mouth canning jars make it easy and are the most commonly used container, Some people use oven bags, which are perfectly fine, but most plastic bags are unsuitable for curing as they are not impervious to oxygen and can degrade when they come in contact with certain terpenes found in cannabis.
Pack the flowers loosely into your containers, filling them all the way to the top without compacting or crushing the buds. Seal the containers and place them in a cool, dry, dark spot to finish the curing process. Within the first few days, you will notice that the buds are no longer crunchy and dry on the outside, as moisture from inside the flowers rehydrates the outer buds. If this is not the case, you have over-dried your cannabis. During the first weekbest to keep shut! open the containers several times per day and let the flowers “breathe” for a few minutes. This allows moisture to escape and replenishes the oxygen inside the container. If you notice the odor of ammonia when opening a container, it means the buds are not dry enough to be cured and anaerobic bacteria are consuming them, which will lead to moldy, rotten cannabis mean to burp the jars more often or pull the herb out and allow fr it ti further dry. After the first week, you will only need to open the containers once every few days or so.
After 2 to 3 weeks (a good cure) in containers, your cannabis will be cured enough to provide a quality experience, but 4 to 8 weeks of cure time will improve it even more! Some strains benefit from 6 months or more of curing.The curing process is possibly the most overlooked aspect of cannabis production, one that was all but ignored when the black market was our only option. more growers are paying attention to this process that can turn a decent product into an excellent one, and now you are able to do the same with your own flowers!
