greenops
Well-Known Member
First of all sorry for making another "my buds smell bad" thread!
I read every thread on this i could find and the more I read the more it confuses me.
A little backround:
x It's my first grow, 3 AK48 (Nirvana) 1 Skunk#1 (Royal Queens) under 250w HPS
x Flowered for 72 days. Smell was mild, but when I touched the buds, my fingers smelt like i washed my hands with some sweet citrus handsoap!
x Individual branches were hanging for 6 days, then buds got crispy, branches started to crack/snap when bending.
x 71-73F, 55% RH during drying. The buds smell like a wet towel!
x been curing for a week now, regularly burping.. still smell like some wet towel, hay or cut grass... tho when buds are
squeezed, i can smell some sour odor, which is also not very pleasant.
My occasional f-ups during the grow, which could have contributed to this:
x Overnuted once with Plagron Alga Bloom during 6th week of flowering, gave about 3x normal dosage accidentaly.
x about this time, some leaves started yellowing and wilting. Overfeeding? Bleaching from the light? Some other deficiency?
x I flushed after 7th week.
x 8th week I got impatient that buds didnt seem to swell, so I gave one last feed, 1/4 dosage. The next and last watering was just water, to flush it out.
x Temperature during last 3 weeks of flowering was between 87F - 90F, and stayed at 80F when lights off, due to summer heat.
From researching, i found contradicting statements such as:
x If you open the jar and it smells like sweaty feet or something nasty, dump it out on a mesh screen or piece of paper
or whatever and let it air dry out fully.
Once everything is nice and dry seal it up and put it in a cool dark place and forget about it. After 3-4 weeks, you'll open the jar and the smell will knock you on your ass.
x While drying you should notice a very nice smell. That's the time you should put them in jars. If you miss it then there's nothing you can do to get that smell back.
x properly grown weed always smells dank during flowering, drying and curing!
x my buds almost always have no smell but it comes back with a proper cure.
So is it true that the smell does come back? If so, what should I do to achieve this? Leave them in the jars, and continue burping? Unfortunately I cant find a hygrometer that will fit in the jar, so i just burp them once or twice
a day, take the buds out, let them rest a bit, put them back in, leave the lid open for about an hour.
Or should I get them out of the jars now and let them dry fully? Tho I really feel they are dry enough.
I've never put so much effort in anything like I did for this grow. And I dont feel like I accomplished much if I just end up with this kind of smell.
Much thanks to anyone who can shed some more light in this!
I read every thread on this i could find and the more I read the more it confuses me.
A little backround:
x It's my first grow, 3 AK48 (Nirvana) 1 Skunk#1 (Royal Queens) under 250w HPS
x Flowered for 72 days. Smell was mild, but when I touched the buds, my fingers smelt like i washed my hands with some sweet citrus handsoap!
x Individual branches were hanging for 6 days, then buds got crispy, branches started to crack/snap when bending.
x 71-73F, 55% RH during drying. The buds smell like a wet towel!
x been curing for a week now, regularly burping.. still smell like some wet towel, hay or cut grass... tho when buds are
squeezed, i can smell some sour odor, which is also not very pleasant.
My occasional f-ups during the grow, which could have contributed to this:
x Overnuted once with Plagron Alga Bloom during 6th week of flowering, gave about 3x normal dosage accidentaly.
x about this time, some leaves started yellowing and wilting. Overfeeding? Bleaching from the light? Some other deficiency?
x I flushed after 7th week.
x 8th week I got impatient that buds didnt seem to swell, so I gave one last feed, 1/4 dosage. The next and last watering was just water, to flush it out.
x Temperature during last 3 weeks of flowering was between 87F - 90F, and stayed at 80F when lights off, due to summer heat.
From researching, i found contradicting statements such as:
x If you open the jar and it smells like sweaty feet or something nasty, dump it out on a mesh screen or piece of paper
or whatever and let it air dry out fully.
Once everything is nice and dry seal it up and put it in a cool dark place and forget about it. After 3-4 weeks, you'll open the jar and the smell will knock you on your ass.
x While drying you should notice a very nice smell. That's the time you should put them in jars. If you miss it then there's nothing you can do to get that smell back.
x properly grown weed always smells dank during flowering, drying and curing!
x my buds almost always have no smell but it comes back with a proper cure.
So is it true that the smell does come back? If so, what should I do to achieve this? Leave them in the jars, and continue burping? Unfortunately I cant find a hygrometer that will fit in the jar, so i just burp them once or twice
a day, take the buds out, let them rest a bit, put them back in, leave the lid open for about an hour.
Or should I get them out of the jars now and let them dry fully? Tho I really feel they are dry enough.
I've never put so much effort in anything like I did for this grow. And I dont feel like I accomplished much if I just end up with this kind of smell.
Much thanks to anyone who can shed some more light in this!
