Drying medicinal plants is easy, it just takes space and time. The drying process should take 3–14 days, depending on relative humidity and temperature.
Right after you harvest, the plant matter will still be full of chlorophyll. The goal is to get as much chlorophyll as possible to be changed into glucose, to make those buds sugary and easier on the throat. Before the weed dryer, it will taste unsavory and bitter, and it will definitely not be ready for consumption. The process only takes a few days of drying, but herb dryer absolutely vital that you do it right.
Make sure to put as much effort into drying and curing as you did to growing your medicinal plants. This will have a major role in what your buds taste and smell like. Cutting short on this will cost you all the effort thus far.
Never let buds touch each other during the drying process!
It’s very important to check your buds often throughout the Eco farm dryer. If they begin to get too crispy, they are getting too dry and you need to gently increase humidity. If parts of the buds aren’t drying, you may need to adjust air circulation and decrease humidity but be careful if adding a fan, not to point it directly onto the buds as this may lead to further uneven drying.
Taking the buds off the stem and placing them on drying racks will allow you to fit more buds into a smaller drying area. A drying rack will dry your buds faster than most of the other methods because the stems are removed from the buds (and the stems contain a bit of water). Using a drying rack is the preferred drying method if you live in a humid area where mold is a problem, if you’re drying a lot of buds in a relatively small space, or if you have huge colas or buds that you’re worried might mold or dry too slowly. Just make sure there is plenty of airflow.
Other ways of drying can include drying buds in paper bags or even laying them out on cardboard. Just make sure that if you’re laying your buds on something flat like cardboard, you realize that it can create wet spots, and will leave an imprint on the sides of your buds where they touched the flat surface.
Regardless of which method you prefer, you will need to keep the harvested medicinal plants in a dark room (not to tamper with the THC) with temperatures kept within the 60-70°F range and humidity between 45-50%
If you notice that any buds feel damp or moist, do not store them in the jars yet! Allow those buds to continue drying slowly until they start to feel dry on the outside before putting them in jars. If they’re already in jars and feel moist, make sure to leave the tops of the jars off until the buds feel dry again. Buds should always feel completely dry on the outside, and shouldn’t stick together. If you ever smell “ammonia” it means they’re too wet and bad bacteria is starting to grow.