Bex
Well-Known Member
With so few leaves in the chamber it will be hard to keep the rh up. During yellowing too much Rh should not be a problem. But leaf wilting I think is critical to lower to 55 and hold.
barns never added rh only removed. Nowadays I have no clue.
I have to add rh due to my heat exchanger removes it very quickly.
Yes, I'm sure that trying this out with only 14 leaves was not terribly realistic. Although I thought that perhaps, as my freezer is sitting in a barn (actually, it's in a hay shed) that perhaps some of the 1800's technique might rub off?? I think for my next run, I understand the process better. Presumably with a freezer full of leaves, the rh will be sufficent for the yellowing stage, and would keep the temps more stable, as DGbama says. I wanted to try this as a trial run, so that I didn't screw up when doing this with a freezer full of leaves, and ruining all. Even though my result is not very good, I learned a ton during this, and will be alot more confident with it when I do this for real....I may even move the chair that I put in front of the freezer away from it, as it's possible I won't be sitting out there for hours, staring at a thermometer. Possible??