I just mentioned the smell not being like weed in another thread, but just afterwards I got feedback from a friend who I left some with. He wanted to smell it first thing in the morning. So he did. Sent the message “It smells like fresh hay. i used to feed horses growing up”
Thing is, this bud has been in a jar for six weeks between 58-62% being burped daily for at least 3 of those weeks, and since ive burped every 2-3 days. I had bovedas in there for a while, because they overdried before they were jarred, but those were taken out a week or 2 ago. It isnt just the batch. The last batch did too. The Tropicanna Poison did not. It had that mown lawn smell for like a week and went away, but those buds were also much smaller. Please halp. I dont want crappy buds.
Edit: they were jarred longer than that. it took time to get them up to around 60%
I had been trying to do the snap test per GWE. Thing is, it takes forever for the branches to snap like they say. I live in AZ so super low humidity here. I have a humidifier arriving today.
Ive encountered similar low humidity situations and what I did was trim the plant as a whole and then hang it whole for extra moisture in those dry environs… And usually takes 7-14 days for a good slow hang, if you aren’t using fans and are hanging by branch and is drying out too quickly, I highly suggest the whole plant hang
Edit: I have like a pound of hay smelling shit I’ll never smoke that were stepping stones on my way to the best dry/curing method for me
I agree with Jake on both counts. Hang the whole plant, it will dry slower. Fast dry locks that hay smell in. It will never go away no matter how long you cure it. I live in NM, so I have low humidity too…
If the buds have been in jars for 6 weeks I think you’ll just have to live with it.
I suspect jake might be right. A slow dry is important, as is jarring them at just the right time.
This doesn’t help you now, but:
I dry in a sealed room with no exhaust. The wetness of the buds raises the humidity of the room to 60% which is perfect. Most people don’t do it this way, they use an exhaust and/or a humidity sensor to turn it on. Once the humidity in my room starts to drop the buds are ready for jars.
Bovedas can cover a lot of sins and make dusty weed pliable again but they are not a perfect solution to everything.
I agree with others, as I hang the whole plant and remove big fans to dry 10-14 days. You don’t want it too dry fast. Sounds like you did get good smells and cure on the Tropicana Poison, are you running the same genetics again, or different varieties? Sometimes you just lose the genetic lottery in the smell department, no matter what you do to dry and cure, it can still come out grassy or little to no smell. If you’re running proven genetics/clones and still experiencing the issue, then really examine your drying and curing setup and process.
Edit: One trick that I’ve found to help before trimming, is to trim all the buds off the stems and let them sit in a paper grocery bag in the drying space for 12-24 hours and let the moisture levels equalize through out the buds. The paper will suck some moisture out, so don’t leave them too long! I also dry trim.
Im learning that you cant ONLy go by the stem snap test.
Some buds just dry faster. Smaller stems snap faster than large stems. Some stems just hold moisture longer than others. (Prolly due to some being hollow etc)
U just kinda gotta learn to read the plants and jar then accordingly.
Ive dried in 60rh/60degrees and Ive dried in 30rh and 70degrees.
Better to jar a day early and do extra burping than to overdry.
I had some that held onto its hay smell. I re moistened with a piece of lettuce until it was slightly over moist. Then cured from there and after a bit it came around!
My first plant i over dried aswell… leaves on and all. So I stuck it in the bathroom on with the shower running full hot for a few cycles of 20 minutes over a few hours before trimming it
You all are amazing. He asked if he should smoke it, and I told him ‘give me a few, i know who to ask’. You guys came through again. I will deal with it for now, and trying hanging the plants whole this time,
I am pretty sure my humidity is also causing they to drink too much at the moment as well, which burnt tips on my last feeding.
@iamyou_youareme The smelly buds are a bag seed I used CS on, so I have no idea what it is. The trop poison I mentioned and the plants in my diary are from the same F1 pack.
100% this…if in doubt slow down the process. If you have to jar and burp extra …oh well… better than hay. If you pinch a bud and it crumbles it is far too dry.
This last time it was really dry air and when they had hung for 2 days I took the fans off. They crumbled. Another day and only the middle of the buds was still springy. I put them in plastic grocery sacks until the moisture was consistent and the buds softened. Then hung for overnight and trimmed to jars. Humidity is 35% and small plants dry out in no time. The 7 day hang these guys are talking are on plants that will exceed a 1/4 lb dried I’m thinking. If you only have an ounce or so on it trimmed it will crumble to dust when you squeeze a bud in a week
