Wet Weight versus Dry Weight

[Guest BudWaver]

I recently got into a convo with someone regarding dried bud weight versus initial wet weight.

 

My assumption was that you lose 50-60 percent of the weight of the bud going from wet to dry using superbud and probably 60-70 percent without an additive like SB.

 

So I set up a little experiment and got some results which amazed me...and I was waaaaaaaaaay off base....

 

I weighed up my fully manicured buds wet and then fully dry and my loss in weight was 78%...and these buds were rock solid heavy little suckers not fluffy at all....

 

I hear people all the time saying (inlcuding myself previously) that you will lose 50-60 percent of your crop...but I have to say this is bullshit...its a lot higher....

 

Two other people ran similar tests and lost 80-85% of their yield...

 

Anyone else got some definitive test results and not a rough judgement/>?

 

Leaving the middles wet doesnt count as being fully dry....

[pipeman]

well, I've weighed my only two harvests so far and always got a little under half dry. this was after about a 2 week initial dry. but, last crop I put in a big curing jar and over a month or two it lost I'd say another 10-15% in volume. Not sure about weight. but when I put the buds in they were packed to the rim, now they're loose inside with room to move.

[Guest BudWaver]

Pipeman how did you dry them? Did you dry them till the stems snapped?

 

Ive now tried this on 4 differnet strains with very little variation...except big bud which looked large in size but weighed very little

[pipeman]

just hang em in a cupboard with a fan on em. yeah, until stems snap.

[nouseforaname]

hey,

I get 20-30% without any additives.. will be trying brix plus and lead water next cycle to see what difference there is..

[Guest BudWaver]

is that 20-30 left or lost?

[nouseforaname]

left ....

[Guest weekprik]

I loose roughly 50% since using potash, it seems to hold the weight better.

 

Before I reakon i was looing yea like 60% at least, so IMO the potash is worth its weight in gold,

Edited October 11, 2003 by weekprik

[RobbieGanjaSeed]

It was a long time back (1994? 95?), was soil grown gear and I reckon the same as stonedas, about 20-30% of the original weight.

 

What I often wonder, is there a significant difference in the amount lost in drying between hydro grown gear, and soil grown gear. That's what's had my brain tickin for some time. I haven't got anywhere to grow outside anymore to find out.

 

rob

[jaikai]

usually bank on 25% of original weight. hydro over soil, i dont really think makes a difference. hydro grown using different methods will bring different yields obviously, but the drying ratio will end up the same.

basically a plant, any plant, is 70-70% water and other fluids

 

JAIKAI