my bud smells like hay.. :-(

Beezcheeze

Beezcheeze

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I just harvested my first plant. I cut the plant into 5 big chunks and let those dry for 3 days before cutting into individual stalks. And dried another 2 days then I manicured and cut into individual buds. Now keeping in large jar with lid off and moving buds around several times a day for the next prolly 2 days before startjng my cure for a month. They don't smell like hay at all only fresh, not a very strong smell im assuming untill cured. I feel like the slowest you can dry it out without molding the better the smell. The faster the dry the more it smells like hay.
 

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UncleReemis

UncleReemis

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There's a window of opportunity for jarring. This window is when the buds are about 70-80% dry, you jar them for half a day at this point to allow the remaining moisture absorb and distribute evenly through the buds again which makes them feel wet again. Then you burp for however long to allow moisture to escape, then seal jar again and repeat until the bud stays 90-95% dry, then jar for longer periods of time. You're gonna wanna open them from time to time to smell and admire;) so that should take care of whatever remaining excess moisture there is. The idea is a slow dry, very little air flow but good air exchange, around 60% humidity, harvesting when ripe, and remoisturizing/burping phase.

Flowers dry from the outside inward which is why we remousturize for a more even breakdown if chlorophyll.
 
calyxian

calyxian

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Letr go longer next time. Don't start flushing til the buds stop growing.
And trim more foliage off when you harvest.
Oh and the best cure won't help bad genetics. Investigate and invest in genes that're worth your while.
 
Potgrower3345

Potgrower3345

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lawlrus said:
this is about 6 different shades of stupid
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How so? every bud i've ever grown has always smelt like hay after 5 days of drying (i harvest at 7 and a half weeks and when trichs are all cloudy or milky) and so you disagree that weed that has been squashed/ handled to much won't smell any stronger than weed that has been handled like it's dynamite? obv have never grown b4
 
lawlrus

lawlrus

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Potgrower3345 said:
How so? every bud i've ever grown has always smelt like hay after 5 days of drying (i harvest at 7 and a half weeks and when trichs are all cloudy or milky) and so you disagree that weed that has been squashed/ handled to much won't smell any stronger than weed that has been handled like it's dynamite? obv have never grown b4
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I want you to go back and read your first post and then decide if you want to pursue this.
 
jarvild

jarvild

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I've never had any of my strains smell like hay from start to out the door so I can be no help here.
 
Beezcheeze

Beezcheeze

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Mine started too but I slowed down the drying and they smell just fresh. Not very pungent like they did when growing. Until they cure up I hope that smell comes back to me!!
 
weedenhanced

weedenhanced

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nicoj said:
Hey this is my 1st grow and my end result smells like hay. when i cut all my buds off and hung them to dry they smelt really sweet and potent & really sticky to touch .... i hung them to dry for 4-5 days until they where dry to touch in a dark room at approx 18oC... the hay smell kicked in at about day 2. at day 5 i then cut the buds again to fit into my glass jars which ive stored again at room temp in total darkness. am i just being inpatient/unexperienced?
i had flushed the plant for 2 weeks prior to chopping. Here is a photo of my bud at the min View attachment 3349379View attachment 3349380 the stems are still bendy too. Thankyou in advance to anyone that replies!
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It's the chorophyll in the plant matter u either dryer to fast or dryed in low humidity
Jar and cure once chorophyll has gone bud smell we come back
 
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