Harsh and taste like hay

[Thundercat]

A nice slow dry(2+weeks) does wonders. My buds never last long enough to cure them for months. Everyone wants them as soon as they are dry all stinky and delicious.

 

[2Hearts]

No its because noobs have taken the subject and turned it into a joke, throw boveda at it, use paper bags, cure stops under 55% humidity - i would look like the stupid one explaining how drying is done against all that crap, the crap that keeps these hay taste threads coming thick and fast.

Irony!

Because there are 50 guides and 500 youtube videos on the subject and you are asking someone to write that all out for you instead of typing in a basic internet search and reading a few articles... to educate yourself

 

[Wattzzup]

You followed a bag box humidity approach and didnt dry properly.

What does this mean?

 

[xtsho]

I hear ya. I like both ways depending on strain. I have one that progressively gets way better tasting, and super smooth after 4-6 weeks.

Actually I just smoked some Oldtimers Haze I flowered for 20 weeks that's been sitting in a jar for a few months and it was divine. Beautiful caramel spicy taste and extremely heady uplifting high. A pure sativa does wonders on a dreary overcast day.

 

[obijohn]

Means it dried too fast

 

[Skewbong]

Actually I just smoked some Oldtimers Haze I flowered for 20 weeks that's been sitting in a jar for a few months and it was divine. Beautiful caramel spicy taste and extremely heady uplifting high. A pure sativa does wonders on a dreary overcast day.

20 weeks flower!! Curing is very important to many. Im a seasoned smoker, And i just don't like strains over about 18-23% THC. I like the terpene profiles that are fruity, berry, Bubblegum and enjoy being functional, and not be a big tub of goo!. Not a huge fan of earthy, musty, diesel. But when I wanna get wasted...fuel me up with some diesel!!!

 

[JSB99]

Actually I just smoked some Oldtimers Haze I flowered for 20 weeks that's been sitting in a jar for a few months and it was divine. Beautiful caramel spicy taste and extremely heady uplifting high. A pure sativa does wonders on a dreary overcast day.

Totally agree! It ages like wine, bringing out all the flavors, and none of the "hay". Personally, I think it smells like freshly cut grass, and I'd hate to be smoking anything that had that taste. Drying and curing can make or break a grow that took months.

 

[JSB99]

Means it dried too fast

Is that Ktulu in the pic?

 

[JSB99]

A nice slow dry(2+weeks) does wonders. My buds never last long enough to cure them for months. Everyone wants them as soon as they are dry all stinky and delicious.

Just finished the last of my Jack Herer I harvested last September. Superb taste and quality! Tasted as good, if not better, than the fresh buds smoked last year.

 

[BostonBuds]

My first harvest I had some that smelled like hay and I really think it was because I hung it to dry too long before final trim and putting into jars. It did seem to get "better" by leaving it in the jars stored in a closet and opening them up once or twice a month and laying it in open air for 30 minutes then putting back in the jars, the hay smell went away. I also feel that to get a nice smooth smoke either flush before harvest or at least decrease the nutes when it's close to harvest.

 

[obijohn]

Is that Ktulu in the pic?

C'thulu? yes, it is

 

[LinguaPeel]

I like fresh weed. I don't like old cured weed. I like in your face tastes not mellow subtle tones. Even with wine. I like a bold Cabernet. Tastes vary. I like a good 3 - 4 week slow dried bowl over a 3 month cured bowl.

Yum

Makes no sense to this old organic grower.
Wet organic bud tastes like generic sugar water, dry organic bud tastes like various rich cake frostings, cured organic bud gets more sour, brighter and "brand specific" day by day.. What are young internet forum growers doing to make their bud so different? Uncured organic bud always tastes like imported hash, then the bright sour tangy distinct "alien candy" flavors develop, always, regardless of genetics..

There's no candy on earth that could match the crazy intense unique flavors of 5 month cured organic bud. If I grew a plant that tasted as basic as a Jolly Rancher in a joint I'd know something was wrong with the soil. If you want to actually taste the strain and not just smell generic fruit smells,grow in soil. Alot of my strains smell like mangos, peaches, etc during veg, with no real flavor in the leaves (Yes Id rather vape defoliation and dead leaves between harvests than waste my time browsing through sprayed hydro at the dispensary). Hydro growing must put those same organic veg terpene smells into flowering buds and never actually develop the strains "candy" sugar/acid/ester/thiol flavor. Does hydro smell like dank during veg, is it literally backwards from organic? Even turned into concentrate, all that hydroponic live resin rosin sauce nonsense doesn't match cured organic flower in a vape.

Hydro simply doesn't have a shelf life and can't be cured, I'd guess because it's missing those sugars and acids and fatty avid enzymes native to soil grown bud. And that's why there's so much confusion and opinion on something that's not at all relative, subjective or arbitrary. More sugars and acids aka more flavor = better, always. Easy to cure,long shelf life, no mold.. God it would save hydro growers so much duress and keep them from embarrassing themselves with flavorles weed that had to be freeze dried to even have a ecig smell, if they simply built a mineral rich biologically active soil and stopped over thinking /fooling themselves.

 

[Tangerine_]

Because there are 50 guides and 500 youtube videos on the subject and you are asking someone to write that all out for you instead of typing in a basic internet search and reading a few articles... to educate yourself

Because if a sock doesn't ask, the other sock wont be able to answer.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

No its because noobs have taken the subject and turned it into a joke, throw boveda at it, use paper bags, cure stops under 55% humidity - i would look like the stupid one explaining how drying is done against all that crap, the crap that keeps these hay taste threads coming thick and fast.

Irony!

Damn kids these days! There are multiple curing methods that work well and none of them cause weed to taste like hay. There is only one thing that causes weed to taste like hay and that is drying too quickly, which prevents the chlorophyll from breaking down before the the bud is dry. The harshness on the back of the throat is also caused by chlorophyll. BTW, I’m not a fan of the paper bag method, but that isn’t some “noob idea”. It’s an old drying and curing method that’s been around for probably as long as paper bags have existed.

 

[Mybabyjustine]

Damn kids these days! There are multiple curing methods that work well and none of them cause weed to taste like hay. There is only one thing that causes weed to taste like hay and that is drying too quickly, which prevents the chlorophyll from breaking down before the the bud is dry. The harshness on the back of the throat is also caused by chlorophyll. BTW, I’m not a fan of the paper bag method, but that isn’t some “noob idea”. It’s an old drying and curing method that’s been around for probably as long as paper bags have existed.

What works for you wht method do you use

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

What works for you wht method do you use

I remove just the fan leaves, cut and hang each branch for 7-10 days at 60%RH & 65°-70°. Then dry trim buds, fill mason jars up 75% with trimmed bud and an Integra Boost pack, close them up, and put them in a dark cupboard. Then I just open the jars for 15-30 minutes a day, every day, for 2 weeks. The Integra Boost isn’t needed for curing. I just use them to keep the humidity from fluctuating too much without me noticing.