What have you heard or think of the herbsnow dryer. I been hearing a lot of hype about it. What’s y’all thoughts?
Herbsnow dryer
by Bartee02 | Oct 21, 2019 | Grower Questions | 14 comments
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Not practical or a good solution in my opinion. I’ve been cringing watching other people recommend this thing to new growers. Ugh….
Drying your harvest properly isn’t really that hard. It just takes some planing and patience. Set up a cool room and hang whole plants for 10 days. Bada bing, bada boom.
Drying isn’t hard, new grower’s just often underestimate the importance of a slow dry and a cool environment. It’s not difficult to do it right, it just takes a little planning and patience. These are things new growers need to learn, but they aren’t difficult. I think it’s a lack of education that causes most drying problems.
The makers of that product and those recommending it act like it’s super hard to setup a small drying room and control its temperature and humidity for a few days. But if you can’t do that, how the heck were you able to grow?
Setting up and maintaining an environment is key to growing… if you can do it during the grow, you can do it for drying too!
Take the money you were gonna spend on one of these silly little dryers and put it towards a small portable AC instead. You can setup a small AC in a bathroom or closet and then you’ve got a room you can use to properly dry your whole crop, instead of a puny little machine that can only dry a handful at a time.
I keep seeing new growers being sold “shortcuts” instead of being taught how to do things properly and it makes me really sad. In my opinion, growing is fun! and it’s even more fun when you really embrace the process and enjoy learning to do things right instead of buying cheesy solutions.
Other reasons I don’t like it:
-tiny capacity
-stupidly expensive
-it’s not a new invention, it’s a rebranded fruit dehydrator
-it feels like they are preying on the ignorance of new growers to push their product
I’ve dried somewhere between 10-12 plants since last year. The drier works as advertised and I have nothing bad to say about it. 8 trays filled up comes out to roughly 7 ounces dry.
Here’s another time this machine came up and we discussed it:
https://www.dudegrows.com/herb-dryer/
I also just wanna add…
I know my opinions on this thing have been a bit harsh, but (as always) my grumpiness is coming from a place of love. My goal is always to help people grow their own and get the best quality possible, and I just don’t think this machine is the right path to get there.
Others may disagree, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still be friends and smoke together. 🙂👍
I tend to voice my opinion loudly and strongly, but that’s only because I love this crew and I care about helping people in this community get the best results from their grows. 🙂✌️
Hell yeah bro. I completely understand. I was just asking because it looked waaaaaay to good to be true.
Hey soup, greetings from sunny Florida. The longest I’ve ever been able to dry is about 5 days, usually the herbs have a slight hay smell, temps Hover around 70-75°, humidity 50-60%. Due to my situation I usually have to dry in a tent with my carbon filter/exhausting constantly due to the smell… Is the constant air exchange the main contributing factor in my drying? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Reducing airflow would probably help, but getting your temps down a bit lower would be my first suggestion.
I’m always shooting for 60 degrees and 60% humidity for a nice 10-14 day dry. I know getting temps down to 60 degrees isn’t always easy during the summer or in places like Florida, but keep in mind you only have to pull that off in a small space and you only have to maintain it for 10 days. Even getting things down to 65-70 would slow down your drying a lot and probably help your quality. For the price of that herb drying machine you could grab a cheap window ac off craigslist and set it up in an extra bathroom or a closet so you have a climate controlled drying chamber when you need it. Get creative if you have to! I’ve even seen someone put a tiny window ac in a cardboard refrigerator box and use that as a drying chamber.
Some more drying tips:
-Dry things in as big of pieces as you can, bigger branches and bigger nugs take longer to dry. This means hanging whole plants if possible, or at least as big of branches as you can manage. You can also leave some or all of the fan leaves on the plant to further slow things down.
-Make sure there isn’t excess air movement around the plants as they dry. Having a carbon filter running for odor control is fine, but make sure there isn’t any wind blowing directly on the drying plants. When drying in a large room it’s a good idea to have a small oscillating fan to stir the air up a bit, but in a small tent I would try to keep air movement to a minimum.
-Check out ac infinity inline fans with adjustable speed controls and an automated controller. They give you a lot of options to adjust fan speed or have the controller automatically adjust the speed based on temp or humidity. They really are a game changer for tent growers and they could really help when using your tent for drying too.
-don’t over dry. At 60 degrees and 60% humidity this generally isn’t a concern, but if you aren’t able to get your conditions that ideal, you may have to make a judgement call about when to jar up your bud. Error on the side of jarring them up a little too early when they are still a tiny bit moist. You can always open jars up to dry them out a little more, but once bud is dry, you can’t put the moisture back in. The only real danger of jarring them up too soon is mold, so check your jars regularly and open them up to allow excess moisture to escape.
-don’t let humidity get too low. if you need to raise humidity in the drying area, try putting a tray of water or a few wet towels on the floor. This can raise the humidity a bit and doesn’t cost you anything.
-Learn to cure your bud. There is lots of other content on this site about curing so put that in the search bar and you’ll get lots of good discussion. Basically it involves opening your jars to check on them and vent out excess moisture at least once a week for the first month or so, and then less often after that.
-pay attention to your dry + cure and make some notes about how it came out. Use your notes to make adjustments and improvements next time around. Like many other aspects of growing, drying is a bit of an art, and it takes practice and experience to get good at it.
-Understand that like most artistic endeavors, drying and curing is not something you’ll master your first time. It takes practice and experience to get it right, so keep working at it and try to improve your dry and cure with each crop. When you get the hang of it, the results are totally worth it!
@SOUP
I think if you were giving your opinion in person, it would all come off as normal and not some kind of rant. Conversation in text form is missing the human element and can be interpreted in any way the reader wants. If we all use our heads we can clearly see that you did not start your post with, “Listen Bitch…”
Stoner thought…this is why as a society we are becoming so PC! Most of our conversations are in text form where we have to over explain ourselves to not come off a certain way….in other words: people can’t fuckin read!
…hey, sorry about those explanation points, they were meant to be happy explanation points.
Listen bitch… I think you are totally right, and you are making some excellent observations! 😉✌️Lol
Also, I think people need to be more comfortable disagreeing with each other from time to time. Different people have different opinions and that’s a good thing! If we all felt the same about everything and everyone liked the same stuff life would be pretty boring!
Ive been at this a long time, so I often have strong opinions about grow related stuff. I often express those opinions loudly, especially when I’m trying to help new growers find success in their gardens. Other growers might not agree with me, but I still love hearing their perspectives! I know my comments are a bit strong sometimes, but I really hope that doesn’t keep others from joining the conversation too.
I truly believe we all benefit when everyone feels welcome and like they can speak their mind. ✌️
Indeed. We gotta read intent first!
Soup, we know you’re looking out for the community. I feel the same as you. You echoed a lot of the points I would make about this thing. There’s so many gimmicky products for new growers because growing is fashionable and in style right now. Look at all the cheap Chinese blurple LEDs on Amazon!
That’s why the dgc is here to help cut through the nonsense!
Appreciate your input and keep up the good work on Grower’s Love!
There have been side by side comparisons between this dryer and air drying that went out for lab testing. It was documented on Instagram and the bud dried in the dryer had slightly less THC, CBD, and terps. Not by much honestly, only a few percent in each category but there was a slight degradation of what we want most out of this plant with the dryer. I used to hate it, but eased off a bit but I personally would not buy one unless my ideal conditions to dry my bud were just unreachable without spending major money.
juicy_frost is the IG user who documented it. Same strains same grow style of course just different dry method.
I know this an old post. But anyone see that MyHerbsnow has vanished? No more wbepage, IG OR Facebook.. Anyone know what happened? Had my machine for almost 2 years and loving it. Fine through 10+ lbs of medicine with it and its still kicking.
I got one when they were available and it works to my satisfaction . I heard the business owner on. Auto flower 101 podcast: class 11 . He basically said he lost most of his life’s savings to a large order of the dryer that was destroyed by a fire and he is going to try to come back with better units.