Hemp Drying Barns

A tobacco barn might be what your after only instead of drying piles of leaves you would hang them.

Hemp drying barns.

Kentucky hemp farmers have already started purchasing most of the barns at auctions and equipment sales. We have seen several methods for drying hemp. Irwin said the goal is to get hemp to around 8 moisture to be considered dry. The trays will be placed in the mechanical dryer which has the capacity to do 1 040 trays at a time.

The general rule of thumb has been you need about 20 000 square feet of drying space per acre of hemp biomass. Screenshot 2018 11 24 09 34 17 jpg 1080 1920 759 kb 3 likes. Created in 2016 the hemp barn started as a small group of highly experienced cannabis experts who saw a lack of transparency and traceability in the current hemp and cbd product market. This group wanted to create cbd and hemp infused products that were transparent traceable and affordable.

Whitewash is an age old method to freshen up barn that contains lime and salt. Drying time varies depending on heat but can get 15 000 lbs of material dried within 48 hours. Unfortunately as those plants dry the branches droop down in the formation of a closing umbrella. A used barn can cost as low as 4500 right now due to loss of contracts for flue cured tobacco growers.

Using tobacco barns is probably the cadillac system but people have been successful with drying in buildings or barns if they could maintain good airflow and keep humidity at 60 or less. He plans on separating the flowers from the stalks at harvest and placing them in three by three trays. Another grower was able to dry approximately 1 5 acres worth of hemp plant number not stated in a 2500 square foot barn. Hanging entire plants upside down on wires in the drying barn is a common practice.

That closing umbrella shape results in less air flow to the center of that entire hemp plant. Remember that after you dry the hemp you have to keep it dry or it will absorb moisture and may mold. After drying you are ready to strip and separate biomass with the flower extractor system. But those numbers are fluid and there are many new innovations farmers are coming up with to properly dry their hemp biomass.