Brown thumb grow

[Brwnthmb]

are these two plants dying, and should be harvested now?
the menu says when no green leaves are left. There are green leaves, but not fan leaves, only “bud” leaves are green and only a few of those are completely green.
edit; the real question is will these plants continue maturing with the greenery they have left or is that over and the quality just going to get worse from here without healthy fan leaves? Trichomes are white with some turning brown but there are still some white pistils. That is the only reason I am waiting.

[Brwnthmb]

I went ahead and hung these 2 up to dry. I haven’t had a reference plant to go by (a healthy plant with green fan leaves at this stage of flowering). So I didn’t know how fast or slow a healthy plant matures. I just knew that these two were taking a long time. That and the stems were yellowish, fan leaves gone, and most bud leaves were only half green, and I figured it was better safe than sorry. I suspect that a few days from maximum potency doesn’t make much difference anyway. If anyone knows better please enlighten me.

[Brwnthmb]

I just want to check to see if I am interpreting this correctly.
when I first put hygrometers in my jars the RH was 32%. With the moisture packs it is getting to the low 50’s.
My best guess is that I let it dry too long.
Am I correct that the relative humidity be around 55% in the jar from just the buds?

[Gator]

32 is pretty low,I try to keep my jars between 58-60, anything lower than 55 you loose terps

[Brwnthmb]

I dried these for 6 days and I’m thinking that 3 would be my next try. I have hygrometers now so I can find out. How many days do you dry your plants to have buds at 58-60% RH?

[Bluey]

You massively overdried and probably too fast also..

Aim for 63% in the jars for joints. I go a bit lower when I'm just vaping, say 58..but no lower.

[Brwnthmb]

To double check; Are the figures you gave (e.g. 63% for joints) for just the buds by themselves, no moisture packs?
And, thank you.

[Bluey]

When I jar them I do not use any moisture or humidity packs, only the buds go in the jars and hygrometers. Once jars are stable at 63% or lower measured during the curing & burping process the hygrometers get swapped to other jars to ensure all jars are stable at a safe level.

I have never gotten mold in my jars even as high as 65% but that's risky. I tend to keep temps under 20⁰C during the cure and once curing is finished store them lower again. Treat the jars like a fine bottle of wine for best results but don't try drinking the buds.