🌱 S11-E22 Harvest Day: How We Cut, Hang, and Dry Cannabis at 68/60

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Harvest Day is always bittersweet. After more than five months from seed and 11 full weeks of flower, it’s finally time to cut down our legal 4-plant indoor organic cannabis grow here in Canada.

In Season 11, Episode 22 of GrowDaddyTV, we show exactly how we harvest, hang, and dry our plants — including the mistakes, the stress events, and why we dry at 68°F and 60% RH using dew point, not bro science.

🌿 The Grow at a Glance (Season 11 Overview)

Grow Stats

Legal 4-plant indoor grow (Canada 🇨🇦)
155 days from seed
78 days in flower (11+ weeks)
100+ bud sites across tents
Organic, water-only living soil
No salts, no bottled nutrients

Meet the Plants

Louise – Quebec Black Bud (top producer candidate)
Chantal – Biscotti (frost monster, possible larf)
Marie – Runtz (Daddy’s girl, dense lower buds)
Colette – Frosted Gelato (early harvest due to nanners)

💧 Harvest Day Reality Check (Stress, Heat & Lessons Learned)

The Fan Failure & VPD Disaster

We’ll say it plainly: we messed up. After filming last episode, all fans and dehumidification were accidentally left off for roughly 15–18 hours, causing:

Temps over 90°F (possibly higher)
Humidity spike
Severe VPD imbalance

This stress didn’t contribute to nanners on Colette – she was already harvested.

We worried a bit though since flowering cannabis can be so sensitive to environmental swings

🌸 Pre-Harvest Dry-Down (Millibars Explained)

Why We Stop Watering Before Harvest

Before chop, we intentionally dry the soil to:

~500–800 millibars (very dry to “bone-dry:)
Encourage final resin production
Make harvest cleaner and faster

Reference points:

50–120 mbar = moist soil
~800 mbar = bone dry

Even near bone-dry, the plants showed no visible droop! Soil moisture meters are better than guesswork.

🌸 Step-by-Step Harvest Process (Exactly How We Do It)

Cutting the Plants Down

Remove yo-yos and supports
Place plant on a stool
Cut whole branches (not wet trimming)
Keep buds spaced for airflow

Why We Don’t Wet Trim

We leave most leaves on to:
Slow the dry
Preserve terpenes
Prevent overdrying

🌸 Hanging & Drying Cannabis Properly (With “Dew Point”)

Our Drying Room Setup

Spare room (dark, quiet, no fans blowing directly)
Plants hung on coat hanger racks
Branches spaced — not touching

The 68/60 Method (Dew Point Drying)

68°F (20°C)
60% Relative Humidity
Target dew point ≈ 53–54°F

This method:

Dries slower than 60/60
Preserves terpenes better
Avoids brittle buds and “snap test” myths

🌸 Why We Don’t Use the “Snap the Stem” Test

The classic / traditional advice says buds are ready when stems snap — we disagree.

What We Look For Instead

Buds feel dry on the outside
Slight internal moisture remains
Jar test lands around 60–62% RH

Our buds end up more like raisins, not crackers — flexible, aromatic, and terpene-rich.

🌸 Early Yield Teasers (Before the Trim)

What We’re Expecting

Louise: likely top producer (64 tops, thick girth)
Chantal: big yield, some larf expected
Marie: fewer tops, very dense buds
Colette: smallest plant, still over 4 oz

Final numbers will come in the dedicated Harvest & Yield Breakdown Episode.

🌸 Final Thoughts – Harvest Is an Art and a Science

Drying and curing are where great grows are won or lost. With the right environment, patience, and confidence, harvesting doesn’t need to be stressful or complicated.

This is the GrowDaddyTV way: