curing going on 21 days still hay smell

I started curing my buds on oct. 14th and buds still have hay smell to them is it still to early is there anything I can do like keeping lids off for longer periods of time or just give it time. Now when I grab a bud and break off a piece to smoke I can smell it

Best way to know is get hygrometer and see how moist your buds are, you can gaet a nice digital one on ebay, or I've heard at K-Mart, you should strive for no higher than 62%.

I have them in masin jars in a box for darkness and in my garage is this ok temp varies from 50-60 deg. Dep. Day and night is this ok

How long did u hang then put into jar?

About 5 days

I think the curing temp should be about 60 to 65 degrees and your humidity at this point should stay around 62% I would get a hydrometer and a couple of packs of the boveda 62% humidipak, stick that in there along with the hydrometer to monitor your buds. I think all together its around $25 30 I use to have to same prob then I purchased what I needed and haven't had the hay smell when I cure, also the longer the better if you want that smell appeal I would look into those items you should have a lil better luck.

Ok so untill I get my hands on those items would it be better in my closet at 69deg. Or keep in garage where temp is lower.

How low are we talkin in your garage? 69 isn't bad either you really don't want temps getting much higher then 75 degrees

Current indiana weather 45-60 deg dep on dsy and night

Hey man you also need to pop the lid on the mason jars for a couple of hours each day to let the bud air our.
If you don't do that then you will get mold and your bud will be ruined.

big bud 56 said:

Hey man you also need to pop the lid on the mason jars for a couple of hours each day to let the bud air our.
If you don't do that then you will get mold and your bud will be ruined.

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that's a fact!

Ya I pop the lids everyday I think it just needs mire time cause when I break a bud off I can smell the good stuff when I break it up.

I had the same issue with an outdoor plant I grew to remember what to do lol. I read here or at another forum that I probably dried it too fast and nothing could be done about the smell. Not sure but I do think I dried mine too fast, small plant with about 1/2 oz on it and i dried it about 5 days.

If you dry it to 60% moisture your bud will rot. That over half the weight in water. Most vegetation stabilizes around 22%

Smell isn't going to be enhanced from curing, however, improper curing can ruin your flowers smell. If your product doesn't have a potent aroma it is either the strain isn't that strong or the plant was stressed during flower.

I recommend cutting down the entire plant and then removing the fan leaves and cutting it into individual branches and then hanging it up in a closet or tent. Open up the tent or closet daily for a couple of hours to allow some moisture out. On average after about 5 days the outside of the buds are crisp but the stems still don't snap, cut all of the buds off of the stems and then spread them out on a clean surface. When those buds are crisp enough to easily trim I trim them up and then place them into a bag. I prefer bags because it sucks breaking a jar and then having to pick out shards of glass. After about 12 hours in the bag you can feel that the outside of the buds are wet again I dump it out again and let it sit out a few hours. I repeat this about 2 more times and then the product is ready to smoke. Most people have their product on shelves of dispensaries about a week after it's cut down.

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If you dry it to 60% moisture your bud will rot. That over half the weight in water. Most vegetation stabilizes around 22%

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Its 60% humidity in the jar, not 60% moisture in the bud

Well I put my jars in the house @ 69 deg and just 1 day I could already smell some goodness

1. You need a digital hygrometer.

2. If you're opening the lids daily you're not curing IMO. Curing means getting the buds to the correct level of dryness first, and then putting them into jars and not opening the jars for a month. You're still drying. It all depends on where you live in terms of how long you dry, but basically if your buds smell like hay you're drying too quickly.
My last grow I hung dry for 3 days, with the leaves on. After the 3 day hang dry I put the buds in tupperware with the lids on for 12 hours. After 12 hours the lids came off. This cycle of lids on/lids off at 12 hour intervals lasted for 2 weeks. This gives a nice slow dry. After the 2 week slow dry the buds were dry enough to put into mason jars. They went into the jars for an uninterrupted month.

I was very happy with the results.

3. Keep in mind you could ask 10 people how to dry and cure and you'll probably get 10 different answers but after trying a few different methods the method I described works best for me.

4. Your mistake was probably in the hang dry time. When I hang dry I don't let the buds get to the point where they are starting to lose their potent smell while hang drying. Once again it depends on where you live, but whether it's 3 days, 4 days or whatever, once you notice they are starting to lose smell when hang drying get them into a slow dry mode where you're burping jars or tupperware. Thus keeping them airtight for 12 hours and then letting them dry some more for 12 hours. Repeat the burping until they are ready for the jars, and then put them into the jars and leave them alone for a month.

a hygrometer can do a lot of help. personally, i like the caliber 111 hygrometer because it can easily fit in quart mason jars. the longer you cure the buds, the better they are and the smoother and more potent. some are also using boveda medium 62% packs for drying and curing marijuana buds

weedow said:

a hygrometer can do a lot of help. personally, i like the caliber 111 hygrometer because it can easily fit in quart mason jars. the longer you cure the buds, the better they are and the smoother and more potent. some are also using boveda medium 62% packs for drying and curing marijuana buds

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I feel the xikar is better b/c you can calibrate it using the salt test method. It's also small.