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Grassy smell on buds 3 weeks into cure.

TinyTenterstarted grow question 3 years ago

I'm like 3 to 4 weeks into curing my buds. Took one today to vape it, and it still smelled grassy. I'm burping once every 4 days now, and the buds have 2 4g Integra BOOST 62% packs inside. When I open jars, hygro says 59-60%. What should I do differently about the grass smell?

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TinyTenteranswered grow question 3 years ago

@ezzjaygrows @gmslave Thanks for your help. Okay. Well, it was my first harvest ever. There doesn't seem to be any rot, so that was goal #1. I'm happy about that. I also vaped (V-Tower) a bud I ground up yesterday, and it wasn't a horrible smoke. Created good thick vapor. The smell is about 50% grass, 50% weed, so it kinda tastes that way. It gets me stoned in a nice way, which I attribute to the strain. I got that euphoric feel I'm always looking for (I use weed to treat anxiety/depression while allowing for creativity. Growing is an attempt to have fun while saving money on the meds.) It might have lost some potency, but it yielded 4 oz. Four ounces would last me over 5 months with normal potency, so I should have enough to carry me to the next harvest, if there is one (about 70 days away) which was all I was ever asking for. I mean, if I grow another 4-5 ounces of high potency with this grow I'm doing now, I'll be set enough to stop growing for a couple months. Nice problem to have except that I enjoy growing. LOL. I'm humble to the notion that my first dry/cure might not go perfectly. And if it had been perfect, it would have only been luck. I'm going to start burping daily now. Just to see what that does. 10 minutes a day. Best to take this whole growing thing like a science experiment. It's what makes this fun. So that's the strategy I'm going to take for now. Might not result in anything, but better to do a little something than nothing.

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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 3 years ago

I hate to say it but it’s not likely something that you can fix this go round. Drying and curing, as simple as it seems, is an art of sorts and I’m still working on the subtleties of it after dozens and dozens of harvests. Definitely make sure you dry it thoroughly. Don’t be fooled by the dry outside feeling of the bud and assume it’s ready for jar.

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TinyTenteranswered grow question 3 years ago

@gmslave.. Thanks for your reply. It was a 6 day dry. When I first jarred the buds, the hygro read 49% to 50%. So I thought I overdried, actually. That's why I introduced the humidity packs. I burped daily for a week, Then every other day for another week. the packs were able to reach 60% only a week ago. The grassy smells have been there during the whole drying/curing process pretty much.

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GMSgrowsanswered grow question 3 years ago

The grass, hay smell comes from jarring the weed a little to early and not leaving the jars open long enough for the burp. Fail safe method. Trim weed wet, hang to dry. When you can get a bit of a snap in the stem and the bud feels smokable but really isn't., put it all together into a box or cooler, shut the lid for 15 minutes and check to see if the bud have rehydrated. If they don't feel wet again, then give it another 15 min with the lid shut. Once it has rehydrated, then open the box or the lid on the cooler., let the top dry some, then move the bottom to the top and let dry some. Repeat this until it is dry enough to smoke. Leave it an extra day, then jar up. Burp those jars for a few hours every day for a week and you can then leave them shut in a dark cool place for a long as you please. Beauty is it's ready to smoke as soon as it's dry in the cooler or box. Once it turns grass hay smell, I don't know how to fix, if you can? I just know how to prevent.

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