Terpene Loss During Drying
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Aroma compounds evaporate steadily above about 20 degrees, so a room drying at 26 produces flower that smells noticeably flatter than the same plant dried cool. Temperature and duration targets for terpene retention are laid out at https://potentthcseeds.com. Ten to fourteen days at 18 degrees and 60 percent humidity is the common reference point. Rushing this stage undoes months of careful growing in under a week.