Jamorros swedish indoor grow 2025

[jamorro]

High time for an update i think. I decided to cool the room a bit as it was a higher temp due to a small server running in the same area. It helped the color curing immensely and things have been curing decently by just hanging since then.
Unfortunately i had to harvest my second grow a bit too early as i was going away for 2 weeks without any ability to water the plants so i stalk cut the small stalk black mammoth and the connecticut shade a bit early.
Pic below was from december 20th.




i only had one leaf mold on me. A few of them had mold spots where the leaf med the stalk so i cut a few inches of those leaves off.

A few leaves did cure with a bit of a greeen shade though. Whats the consensus on those can they still be saved or are they too green?




In other news im currently storing the dried leaves in a brew bucket with a 69% boveda pack. Seems to hold the moisture well without molding. Currently waiting to start building a small kiln.

 

[johnny108]

High time for an update i think. I decided to cool the room a bit as it was a higher temp due to a small server running in the same area. It helped the color curing immensely and things have been curing decently by just hanging since then.
Unfortunately i had to harvest my second grow a bit too early as i was going away for 2 weeks without any ability to water the plants so i stalk cut the small stalk black mammoth and the connecticut shade a bit early.
Pic below was from december 20th.


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i only had one leaf mold on me. A few of them had mold spots where the leaf med the stalk so i cut a few inches of those leaves off.

A few leaves did cure with a bit of a greeen shade though. Whats the consensus on those can they still be saved or are they too green?
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In other news im currently storing the dried leaves in a brew bucket with a 69% boveda pack. Seems to hold the moisture well without molding. Currently waiting to start building a small kiln.

Kiln them: the green may go away in a month or two.
At least, that’s been my experience. Sometimes it works- sometimes it doesn’t.
But it’s worth trying on leaves that color.

 

[jamorro]

Kiln them: the green may go away in a month or two.
At least, that’s been my experience. Sometimes it works- sometimes it doesn’t.
But it’s worth trying on leaves that color.

Great thanks for the input.
Seems my 20w heater didnt really reach the 50c temperature goal so ill have to look for another one.

 

[jamorro]

Bought a 28w one and that seems to have done the trick if i put it on max temperature the box reaches about 36c. It came with a potentiometer control of some kind (prob a small scr) so i turned that down a bit and empty it was howering around 54c (129f). I will probably turn this down slightly more to land closer to 53c once its stabilized properly. The box houses a pair of pc fans running on low to circulate the air properly im gonna 3d print a small holder to keep the heating mat away from the polystyrene as well but atm its resting on a bit of fabric. I have a thermocouple in between bags to log the temperature and im thinking of connecting it to a relay of some kind as a safety switch. Im also gonna 3d print a small spacer to keep the top bag away from the lid, altough i think it will probably be fine either way.

 

[StoneCarver]

I imagine you are keeping up the moisture in the bags?

 

[jamorro]

I imagine you are keeping up the moisture in the bags?

Yeah the bags are closed so i dont feel like they should drop much over the month they will be in there. But i guess ill check em now and again to make sure they arent loosing too much moisture. The leaves were stored with 72% boveda packs before they went into the bags, so the leaves some moisture to start with.

Do you think i will need to be quite vigilant about the moisture in the bags?

 

[StoneCarver]

Do you think i will need to be quite vigilant about the moisture in the bags?

That's hard to say as there are many variables: bag quality, outdoor humidity, etc. I could be wrong but its my understanding the kilning process goes best when the leaves are adequately hydrated, iow in high case.

 

[jamorro]

i have yet to really get a feel for how wet or dry high vs mid/low case actually is. Might have to introduce some water into the mix. The kiln seems to be holding rock steady at 52-53c atleast depending on where i measure, so that part seems quite complete .

 

[deluxestogie]

Definition: What is "case"?

Bob

 

[jamorro]

Definition: What is "case"?

Bob

sounds like i might have to spray mine a bit then i think they are around medium to low case still.

 

[StoneCarver]

as long as your kiln temp is at least 52C you shouldn't have to worry about mold. You can dry the leaves down to a lower case after you're done kilning them.

 

[jamorro]

yeah i didnt realize that they should have been much more moist when i put em in the kiln. I think i cracked a few of the connecticut shade leaves. Either way i distilled some water and moisted em up quite a bit. Kiln is running around 54c atm so i should be fine even for leaves that might be a bit too close to the walls.

 

[jamorro]

yep they are now much easier to deal with and completely silent. They absorbed a whole lot of water, i sprayed em quite liberally once more a few hours later. It surprises me how much water they can hold

 

[StoneCarver]

Cool, if you open the bags and smell ammonia, you know you have the kilning/ageing process moving along, iirc.
It also surprises me how much water tobacco can hold and still not mold.
You distill water yourself? Pretty cool. I also use distilled water for rehydrating my tobacco. However, I buy mine from a store.

 

[jamorro]

had none at home so i set up a basic distiller with a stock pot, a bowl on a rack and an upside down lid. Great tip ill open em in a week or so and see how they are doing.

 

[StoneCarver]

I had forgotten about that way of distilling water. cheap and cheerful.