Dried Buds

[JJP53]

I finished my first indoor harvest and I have the buds in mason jars. I opened the jars yesterday and smelled them and they smelled like olives. Does anyone have an idea why they smell like this?

 

[MountainWalker]

Check out the curing threads in the harvesting and drying section. With a proper cure buds go from smelling just okay to out of this world.

 

[joeca1i]

fuckin olives wtf...lol

 

[Reefer Franklin]

Were the Mason jars previously used for canning olives ?

Just a thought. They might not have been sterilized afterwards.

The Reef

 

[Seamaiden]

Were the Mason jars previously used for canning olives ?

Just a thought. They might not have been sterilized afterwards.

The Reef

I am laughing my ASS off, that was the first thing I thought, too!

Please, tell us you didn't use old olive jars to store your weed in, please! If so, allow me to prevent you from making the following mistakes:
Old pepper jars (pepperoncini, banana peppers, whatever)
Salsa jars
Peanut butter jars
OLIVE JARS ( :giggle )
oh fuck, now I can't stop giggling...
Caper jars
anything pickled
anything hot
anything strong
anything nuts
I can't stop giggling now.
:giggle

 

[below frigid]

Lol!

 

[ProdigyGrower]

Lol

 

[Cort]

No good ?

 

[crom]

Sometimes when you leave your jar sealed and your buds are sweating the moisture out they smell a bit different, but not olives. If you have a small hygrometer put in the jar and seal it, check the % of humidity in the jar. You might have put your buds in to the jar phase too early. I think 60% is a good number to toss them into the jars. Make sure you "burp"(read:open) your jars till your buds feel like they aren't spongy. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Crom

PS
Don't use any of the jars mentioned lol