How to deal with the dreaded 'Hay / Fresh Cut Grass' smell. Created for Newbies...

[Failmore]

Everything seems to be doing its thing breaking down the chlorophyll cut grass smell. After 24hr jar time I had the jar sit open for about 5 minutes. After which the smell was dank for a split second and went to a much lighter smell of cut grass than was jarred with. Can't wait to smell it in another couple days. I'd like to say it worked but she hasn't lost all of that cut grass smell but she is getting better by the day. Went from about 63-65%RH in jar to about 58RH. Will be adding a boveda pack at 55rh or sooner.

Thank you all.

Stop opening it. You want it to stay at 63%. If it gets lower the process stops and what you get is what you get. Just leave it alone in a dark area for 2 weeks. Open it once a week.

When you want to smoke it you bring it down to say 55 for a nice vape.

Also. Personally the bovida are not needed if you have it at 63. It will stay at 63 for a long time in a good jar.

When I used bovita it stole all my flavor.

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

Stop opening it. You want it to stay at 63%. If it gets lower the process stops and what you get is what you get. Just leave it alone in a dark area for 2 weeks. Open it once a week.

When you want to smoke it you bring it down to say 55 for a nice vape.

Also. Personally the bovida are not needed if you have it at 63. It will stay at 63 for a long time in a good jar.

When I used bovita it stole all my flavor.

I feel like a child getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar. lol

Alright. No more touching. 2 weeks and I'll update.

Thank you.

 

[jynzy420]

I feel like a child getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar. lol

Alright. No more touching. 2 weeks and I'll update.

Thank you.

Just reading your thread and wondering how your smell is after 2 weeks of not touching

 

[jynzy420]

You will be fine after a lil time in the jar. At 63 dont burp. Just leave it. Maybe exchange the air a few times. But def don't need to burp to get the rh down.

Sorry to chime in here on a revamped thread... Just came to confirm at 61-63% RH in jars, I'm good to not burp daily. Maybe twice a week at this point??

 

[Boatguy]

Sorry to chime in here on a revamped thread... Just came to confirm at 61-63% RH in jars, I'm good to not burp daily. Maybe twice a week at this point??

Personally i get mine down to 58 or so, so i can roll a joint with it and have it burn proper.
I think anything under 60 is good for long term storage without any cracking of the lid

 

[jynzy420]

Personally i get mine down to 58 or so, so i can roll a joint with it and have it burn proper.
I think anything under 60 is good for long term storage without any cracking of the lid

Thanks for replying. They are definitely a little too sticky for a smooth burning joint, imo. I'm about 2.5 weeks into curing and can find a TON of info on targeted humidity, but not nearly as much on burping frequency. Just want to make sure my decreasing in burping will still allow all necessary gases to escape the jar.

 

[Boatguy]

Thanks for replying. They are definitely a little too sticky for a smooth burning joint, imo. I'm about 2.5 weeks into curing and can find a TON of info on targeted humidity, but not nearly as much on burping frequency. Just want to make sure my decreasing in burping will still allow all necessary gases to escape the jar.

Honestly i dont burp anything. If i jar and they are anything higher than 60, they come back out of the jar for a typical workday, then i retry.
As soon as they stay around 58 the jar is sealed until it is next for smoking

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

Just reading your thread and wondering how your smell is after 2 weeks of not touching

MUCH better!

 

[Lenin1917]

I only get that green smell with fruity strains really. Anything funky stays funky even with suboptimal drying conditions, the fruity ones now they’re picky. You gotta dry them cold and slow to bring the flavor out. Just a little bit to warm or to dry during the dry and you lose a whole lot of flavor/smell.

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

I only get that green smell with fruity strains really. Anything funky stays funky even with suboptimal drying conditions, the fruity ones now they’re picky. You gotta dry them cold and slow to bring the flavor out. Just a little bit to warm or to dry during the dry and you lose a whole lot of flavor/smell.

Everything about my dry/cure process has been cold, 60RH 60F. I did jar them a bit early but have been on top of laying the bud out and re-jarring.

Now with the entire plant having been hung it did the same thing. Same conditions. I am in the jar stage with it now. When burping it makes my room reek of dankness, but smells earthy/grassy when I stick my nose in the jar. Seems to take a couple weeks for that smell to go away.

Curious if perhaps I am drying too slow at too high of a humidity and that being the cause for the grassy smells. I had a piece of trim left on the floor of the bathroom, about 23-30RH 68F-72F and I could smell it when I walked in. No grassy smell, just dankness. Which is odd considering a lot of people were telling me my plant was pulled too early, dried too fast, bad genetics, etc. NONE of them are right. As helpful as these suggestions are, they are not helpful in my scenario as they are non-issues.

 

[Lenin1917]

All I know really is that right now my drying process is suboptimal (working on that but I’m on a fixed income so I piece things together as I go, just need another ac to put in the drying tent now so I’m waiting on Black Friday/cyber Monday deals.) but gas and funk are for sure more tolerant to suboptimal conditions than fruits.

 

[jbcCT]

I've discovered the hay smell tends to be strongest before you final trim and remove excess leaf matter. After drying on the rack for 7-10 days I do final trim and throw them in a big paper grocery bag for another week. Then I bag it and burp it for a month.

 

[jynzy420]

MUCH better!

Super happy to hear your troubles have left

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

Super happy to hear your troubles have left

Ditto!

Was freaking me out man! I lack a lot of patience and this hobby requires all of it and more. I think next go round I'll try fixing ventilation to see if it makes any difference. There were a lot of newb mistakes with regards to feeding, lighting & air quality. I tried my best & I learned a lot. Can't wait to learn some more!

 

[DrOgkush]

Everything about my dry/cure process has been cold, 60RH 60F. I did jar them a bit early but have been on top of laying the bud out and re-jarring.

Now with the entire plant having been hung it did the same thing. Same conditions. I am in the jar stage with it now. When burping it makes my room reek of dankness, but smells earthy/grassy when I stick my nose in the jar. Seems to take a couple weeks for that smell to go away.

Curious if perhaps I am drying too slow at too high of a humidity and that being the cause for the grassy smells. I had a piece of trim left on the floor of the bathroom, about 23-30RH 68F-72F and I could smell it when I walked in. No grassy smell, just dankness. Which is odd considering a lot of people were telling me my plant was pulled too early, dried too fast, bad genetics, etc. NONE of them are right. As helpful as these suggestions are, they are not helpful in my scenario as they are non-issues.

if it’s not pulled to early. Or dried to early. Or placing it in a jar when still wet. Then genetics is a factor lol. I mean. You have no choice but to assume genetics IF YOU did EVERYTHING correct. If your questioning yourself over the genes. Then only you know the true answer.

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

if it’s not pulled to early. Or dried to early. Or placing it in a jar when still wet. Then genetics is a factor lol. I mean. You have no choice but to assume genetics IF YOU did EVERYTHING correct. If your questioning yourself over the genes. Then only you know the true answer.

If genetics are the issue then why did my trim, hanging out in the bathroom at low rh med. temp never smell grassy and go right to dankness but the stuff hanging in 60rh/65F smell like a soccer field? My first guess was poor ventilation. While there is a fan in the room, there is no real place for new air to come in. So even though I have the fan I believe I had stagnant air. Only thing I could come up with for the answer to why the bathroom trim dried smelling great vs the plant smelling green in its conditions.

 

[DrOgkush]

If genetics are the issue then why did my trim, hanging out in the bathroom at low rh med. temp never smell grassy and go right to dankness but the stuff hanging in 60rh/65F smell like a soccer field? My first guess was poor ventilation. While there is a fan in the room, there is no real place for new air to come in. So even though I have the fan I believe I had stagnant air. Only thing I could come up with for the answer to why the bathroom trim dried smelling great vs the plant smelling green in its conditions.

Once again. If you did everything correctly. You can only assume it’s genetics. There is no way around it. Unless your lying to yourself.

As for the trim. Your probably only smelling the resins aroma. Trichomes. But only you know the truth.

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

I also have been told I jarred early, if you missed that part. I was told that jarring early is better than too late. I Didn't want my shit to dry and stay green smelling so I jarred early. Stayed on top of burping and laying out buds. Buds still have good moisture and am still in the process of burping. At least until she reaches 62rh. Then I'll let her sit a couple days or more and burp for a bit. Smell is slowly going away like my test pieces BUT it never should have smelled green according to the trim in my bathroom smelling all kinds of good and it was dried "improperly" according to most everyone anywhere be it riu, yt, other forums. Genetics isn't on the table. It is my process and I believe it to be a lack of fresh air replacement. It is the only thing aside from too high RH that is different from the bathroom where the stuff dried great and the room where I did my main drying.

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

Once again. If you did everything correctly. You can only assume it’s genetics. There is no way around it. Unless your lying to yourself.

As for the trim. Your probably only smelling the resins aroma. Trichomes. But only you know the truth.

So why would the trim never smell grassy then?

 

[Cannabinoid Froyd]

Once again. If you did everything correctly. You can only assume it’s genetics. There is no way around it. Unless your lying to yourself.

As for the trim. Your probably only smelling the resins aroma. Trichomes. But only you know the truth.

Shouldn't it smell grassy too if it is genetics?