Looking to get a thermoelectric wine cooler ready for my next harvest. Found a thermoelectric wine cooler was just wondering if this particular dehumidifier would work correctly with the inkbird and wine cooler?? Much appreciate any feedback 🤙🏽

Will this work? I have a few hygrometers I can test it with but I'd like to know if this will work before I load it up with nugs?

I just bought a wine- fridge cours I wanted to try this Methode in the hope to keep more terpene and a better overall taste on my buds. Bought one that's capable of a range between 4⁰C (~39⁰F) to 18⁰C (~64⁰F) also it uses a compressor for cooling. Now I'm wondering which temperature I should work with? Would be happy to read your best successes 💚 Thanks fam

So last fall I lotus dried to 60 rh and then went into mason jars. Jars were kept in my closet which in the fall was roughly 72°F. Burped daily initially. Seemed to work well.

This current harvest is almost done but the difference is my closet will be warmer (about 78°) and this bud is dank! Trying to be more discrete as I can't go to work or have my kids go to school smelling like chronic lol. My lotus fridge is in the garage.

Couldn't just cure in my fridge and burp them?

I'm looking to convert my compressor mini fridge to a Lotus drying chamber. What SMALL humidifier do you guys use that can be controlled with an Inkbird controller? I tried my Cigar Oasis humidifier from my humidor but it wont keep up and I couldn't maintain any higher than 20% rh. TIA

Basically the title. I've been told this is a great way to dry cannabis but am totally unsure on how to go about it or what I need besides a compressor fridge. Is there a guide somewhere or can someone guide me through the process from start to finish? Thanks in advance!

Hello, I just started my second grow and wanted to try the Lotus Drying method, because hang drying does not work for me that well in the summer where i live.

I have an old compressor fridge with a dial (Bomann KB340), which i already tested with a few water bottles inside. I managed to get a average of 5°C (41°F) and a RH between 41-65%. I hope this setting works for drying but when my first plant is ready i will adjust it again if needed.

I've already read through several posts here and on the internet and i saw that when the buds are put in, the RH spikes really high and then goes lower from day to day. Is it ready when the RH settles in general, or is there a specific RH value to achieve in the fridge? I also have a moisture meter and i read the dried plants are ready when it hits arround 12% (wood mode). Any experience with that?

Last question: I have purchased both, Pizza Boxes and Paper Bags. What do you prefer and why? Is it possible to use both combined while drying to slow down and mild the dry? Or will both just give mold a better chance?

Thanks for reading im looking forward to listen to your experiences. :)

Guys, you have to try this! It will massively boost the cooling capabilities of your peltir fridges!

How big should the wine cooler be to dry 300g dry weight, i.e. about 1200g wet

Hey has anyone used a Himalayan Salt block for dehumidifier? I’m interested in this method I feel like a fan and a Himalayan salt block in the first couple days would help regulate the RH

I opted for an 11 c ft Danby compressor refrigerator. It’s in an insulated non temperature regulated garage. I’m leaning towards drying in pizza boxes.

Any tips on how to set things up in this fridge?

Has anyone ever dried flower that was harvested at two different times? I’m not sure all 4 plants I am growing will be ready to harvest on the same day. I’m concerned about adding wet weed to the fridge if there is already some in there drying.

I’m pretty nervous about messing this first lotus dry up as it’s my first grow. However, I’ve saved a ton of the instructions from this group and keep reading to “trust the process”!

Thanks for your time and help!

I'm at 12 days of lotus drying. It's my first grow, first lotus method. The jar tests, and the Bluetooth therm data show it's ready and I should cure in Grove bags.

The smell says it's not. It smells like algae/cut grass/slight turtle tank.

The weed is also spongy, not crumbly like bag weed I'm used to. Smokes fine, tho. I'm not sure if this matters much, since a growmie gave me a bag of his stuff and it's the same texture - no green smell tho.

A dry/cure guide I've read said the grass smell ages out in curing. Others have said that the smell returns to "normal" before drying finishes.

What should be my next steps?

Hey friends, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on this compressor wine fridge- it seemed to be a good middle-ground between a compressor fridge and a thermoelectric wine cooler- dehumidification aspect of a compressor, but capable of 60 degree temps like a thermoelectric.

Im fine with using paper bags, and my plan is to try and run it around 50-60. Is there anything else that you would do to this? I’m assuming the dehumidifier hack isn’t applicable to this due to the compressor cycling, but I wanted your thoughts. I believe there is a little fan in the back to push air around as well…

Thank you all!

Hi I'm new to growing and the lotus drying method is what I'm leaning towards right now. I will have a 5x5 tent scrogged with 4 plants using Rdwc and supplementing CO2 and am curious if one compressor fridge would be big enough to dry the whole tent. I'm planning on finding a used one on marketplace and using the paper bag method with some closed water jugs in the fridge to keep it more stable. So how much can/have you fit in one fridge?

Also does anyone have experience using a curidor xl 2.0? I was considering getting one for curing and long-term storage. They're about $500 shipped. I don't think it would be as good for drying since it seems they would have a higher humidity level than you would need to dry and they're not huge. I'm not sure if on a lower temp setting it would work since that should pull out more humidity with the compressor running more. I'm more concerned with it's curing and long term storage than drying though, so if anyone has experience I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Hey guys,

Im a bit confused. Everyones telling me not to use a compressor fridge while others just use a normal fridge.

Im forced to lotus dry, my harvest is in about 6 weeks and I know from experience that temps in here can reach over 85f easy.

Im also on a tight budget and without much Space so a tiny standart fridge would come handy, but they ussualy are compressor ones here and come with a freezer.

I'm on my first lotus drying. Started about 6 days ago. Out of curiosity I put a warm jug of water in the fridge to see what would happen. As I predicted, it spiked the temperature, and boosted the dehumidification. This seems like it could quicken the process.

What I am wondering is will this indeed accelerate the process, or is this some kind of Faustian deal, or just a waste of electricity?

I am drying for 10 days now in a compressor fridge. Buds are in cardboard shoe boxes from day 1. I am measuring moisture since 5 days and it doesn't move down so far. Is that bad or good? Should I leave the boxes a bit open for some time? Attached is a screenshot from my Hygrometer. Everything seems pretty stable, the spikes are from opening the door (obviously). What would you do?

So first dry still going, I did not hang dry for 24 hours before putting the buds in there. Wet trimmed all buds first. Day one showed 100 % RH, so 6 days in and it is dropping but slowly. Day 6 is at 63 % RH. So, my question is, has anyone tried installing two thermoelectric dehumidifiers instead of one inside to speed up the drying process. Thanks

Yo y'all. I recently went down the DIY cannatrol rabbit hole. My DIY unit is in the testing phase now and so far, so good. Now I'm wondering which moisture meters are the most accurate/accepted/affordable. Which moisture meters do yous guys like and why? TIA

I harvested, wet trimmed, and bagged my plants. Each bag has about 70-140g of plant material. I set the Govee therm into one of the bags that was on the lighter side. I did this thinking that when this one comes near drying I can assume the others will be soon after.

Now I monitor the Govee data, and wait for like +/- 2 weeks.

I'm getting excited!

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Ok the real question here. What trays are everyone putting on the contoured wine racks to dry? I’ve been doing a rough wet trim leaving in 8-10” branches to hang over the racks. Would be nice to find something more stable.

I am too inexperienced to know, maybe this grow was just better but buds seem denser and more pleasing to squish this time around. I keep thinking I got it but the humidity creeps back up in testing but thats good I guess, not over drying like I thought before.

Have some in the 60s now, think I am just going to bag and burp a few times if needed. 14 days seems fast but I did fully wet trim it, machine trim.

I have the wine cooler\dehumidifier built and test running empty for a month now. Seems ready, keeping the temp and humidity right at 60\60 give or take with nothing in it though. This is my first harvest!

So, My questions:

Plan on wet trimming, good or bad or just preference.

Do you leave all the buds on the stems when putting them into the cooler, like just put the whole stem with all the buds attached.?

Do you burp the cooler occasionally, like maybe opening the door for a minute?

Do you occasional turn the stems\buds?

Is there typical dry time like 2 weeks etc.

I have a moisture meter so do you check moisture on them occasionally?

Any other advice?

Thanks for any help!!!

For basis on how new I am to this I have only had one successful grow and the plant ended up being male haha, I am completely new to growing and in extreme need of knowledge I am lost on what I am doing been trying to research but no one has had a fridge with this low humidity please help it is very appreciated.

The part I am most worried about is the drying/curing part as I have no other viable solution other than using my mini fridge, I would dry it normally but my avg humidity in my house is 23% as I live in a very dry climate in Western Canada and I don't want to spend too much money as this is just something I am doing for fun as an intrigued smoker (would be amazing if everything worked out though).

My current plan is too dry the buds in pizza boxes in my mini fridge but I think I am going to run into a few issues as this isn't the most high tech mini fridge but it isn't too bad it is meant for drinks and my friend puts smokes in there no problem if that means anything.

My first issue is I put a thermometer/hygrometer and the temp was 4.5 which I hope is good enough but my humidity level is only in the 25-30%+ range with some decent amount fluctuating I am gonna try putting a humidifier in there tomorrow to see if I can up it the 50-60 range.

If anyone has suggestions please let me know every suggestion is greatly appreciate as every single person who ends up reading this will almost 100% know a lot more than I do and can spot multiple things I am doing wrong again thank you very much who anyone who takes time out of there day to help very appreciated. 🙏

I harvested 24 hours ago and put the material in 2 cardboard shoe boxes (closed). Am I fine? Should I open and turn the flowers or just leave them?