Leaf smell

[fatalack]

I have done all the regular steps with this batch ,as far as curing goes. I am still having a leafy homegrown type smell.I dried by hanging the buds, after being crispy on the outside. I put them into a large twist top container to cure now they have the leafy smell. When they were growing they had a stinky smell of dank i have yet to smell again. Anyone have any solutions to this problem.

 

[JoNny Pot sMokeR]

Dude ive had buds take 2 or 3 weeks after drying to cure and get there dank smell. Take a small bud and break in to it a little if you smell dank then just let them cure for a bit longer.

 

[joe4444]

Did you flush at the end of flowering? Sometimes a stronger plant smell/taste indicates a lot of nutrients were not exhausted before the plant died. It's important to flush at least 2 weeks prior to harvest in order to give the plant time to consume most/all of the nutrients so you get more THC and less N in your smoke.

 

[MrBaker]

I have done all the regular steps with this batch ,as far as curing goes. I am still having a leafy homegrown type smell.I dried by hanging the buds, after being crispy on the outside. I put them into a large twist top container to cure now they have the leafy smell. When they were growing they had a stinky smell of dank i have yet to smell again. Anyone have any solutions to this problem.

Don't let the flush-fear mongers discourage you. Can you give us more info? Like how many days the goods were hung, how long they've been in a container.

The leafy smell is essentially the green stuff escaping the buds. Once that is gone, your buds will smell good.

Keep in mind, air curing at its fastest is like 3 weeks, assuming drying only takes a week and the rest of the cure is 2. Although, 3 weeks is probably far too short in many cases.

 

[fatalack]

yea!!! good looking out ,I'll use this good knowledge.I guess it because it is a different strain that i tried. Cant wait to see what it smells like next

 

[sandmonkey]

More than likely the chlorophyll breaking down.
If the bud burns smoothly and the ashes are soft, you need not worry about not flushing enough etc.