Room smells, buds don’t

Mrs. Weedstein · Aug 26, 2020

So I’ve been drying a couple plants I harvested roughly 1-1.5 weeks ago and the room smells like dank but the buds don’t really smell like anything. I generally keep the room at about 75 F just like the rest of the house. The buds maybe have a mild hay smell, mild weed smell but the room smells more. How should this influence my thinking in terms of when to start curing?

Dontjudgeme · Aug 26, 2020

Most start curing when the stems snap, not bend, and the buds are dry/crunchy to the touch. But your temps seems a little high. Should try to keep it under 70, Rh around 50%. The point is to dry as slow as you can. Usually the hay/grass smell is a sign of chopping too early. Curing will help a little to bring the smell and taste out, but chopping too early is kind of hard to fix.

Mrs. Weedstein · Aug 26, 2020

Dontjudgeme said:
Most start curing when the stems snap, not bend, and the buds are dry/crunchy to the touch. But your temps seems a little high. Should try to keep it under 70, Rh around 50%. The point is to dry as slow as you can. Usually the hay/grass smell is a sign of chopping too early. Curing will help a little to bring the smell and taste out, but chopping too early is kind of hard to fix.

Yeah, the trichomes were about 20-30 percent amber so I figured it was ready but I guess not maybe. As for the temperature, I may go a little lower but I can’t afford to keep it below 70 F even though I live in a double wide. I will just deal with whatever comes out. Any thoughts why the room would smell more than the plants?

JoeBlow5823 · Aug 26, 2020

Dontjudgeme said:
Usually the hay/grass smell is a sign of chopping too early.

Exactly.

Mrs. Weedstein said:
Any thoughts why the room would smell more than the plants?

Thats kind of normal. And considering you say they smell like hay.....

Room smells, buds don’t

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