SlyBoy420 said:

So I’ve already harvested a couple plants this season and the last couple years I’ve had no luck keeping the smell I lose it almost completely. So this year I got a grow tent and attempted making a dry tent. I’ve been running it as close to 60/60 as I can i can really get much lower than 55rh at times but never go over 65rh and the temp stays about spot on. So far dry times been 7-8 days. Bud looks great and is really sticky but upon hitting the jars or before I take the bud out to trim up for jars the smell is basically gone or slight grass.
I’m curious if I’m just screwing the drying environment up or if maybe I’m not getting the plants ready to be dried properly like wet trim,dry trim etc. I’ve been processing plants into branches and removing everything except sweet leafs. Should I be trying to dry the whole plant or bigger branches minus the bigger fan leaves or just leave everything to slow the dry as much as possible? I’ve added some pics so u can see what I’m working with and suggest how i should approach harvesting these. Thank you for any help. View attachment 2294525View attachment 2294527View attachment 2294528View attachment 2294529View attachment 2294536View attachment 2294544View attachment 2294550View attachment 2294551

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cbrians said:

Also struggling with drying, my first time. My understanding is the smell is chlorophyll and should fade after a long enough cure. Light exposure and heat can effect it tho.

I do hope it goes away after cure or I’ll be smoking some hay sticks lol

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cannafarmer420 said:

Correct it is the chlorophyll burning up, which is vital to smooth smoke. Sometimes when you let it cure properly it will bring terps back out

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cbrians said:

YEAH SCORE A POINT FOR THE NEW GUY

Hope you’re right, they smelled like an orange grove. Now it’s just like horse food. I didn’t fully trim them, they were airy nugs that got really dry so was hoping that would help with the cure.

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cannafarmer420 said:

So there is way too much to explain but some key notes, different terps and whatnot get destroyed at different temps starting around 60F and up. Alcohol esters like skunk smell occasionally can be, will NEVER stay they die with the plant. Drying way too fast and hot temps can destroy the smell and flavor. However after a long cure if they are any left it brings them out. Weed is not in its truest form until 3 to 6 months of proper curing IMHO

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SlyBoy420 said:

So I’ve already harvested a couple plants this season and the last couple years I’ve had no luck keeping the smell I lose it almost completely. So this year I got a grow tent and attempted making a dry tent. I’ve been running it as close to 60/60 as I can i can really get much lower than 55rh at times but never go over 65rh and the temp stays about spot on. So far dry times been 7-8 days. Bud looks great and is really sticky but upon hitting the jars or before I take the bud out to trim up for jars the smell is basically gone or slight grass.
I’m curious if I’m just screwing the drying environment up or if maybe I’m not getting the plants ready to be dried properly like wet trim,dry trim etc. I’ve been processing plants into branches and removing everything except sweet leafs. Should I be trying to dry the whole plant or bigger branches minus the bigger fan leaves or just leave everything to slow the dry as much as possible? I’ve added some pics so u can see what I’m working with and suggest how i should approach harvesting these. Thank you for any help. View attachment 2294525View attachment 2294527View attachment 2294528View attachment 2294529View attachment 2294536View attachment 2294544View attachment 2294550View attachment 2294551

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Organic13 said:

My first real outdoor grow this year. I chopped a plant early. Did a bud wash. Hung for 7 days, 68⁰ and between 50-60% humidity. Smelled like hay for awhile. They've been in jars for 2 days now. They smell absolutely dank now. The smoke THC is low though because there were still lots of clear trichs when cut. I call it pretendica. Wanted to let you know if you know your trichs were on point, your smoke should eventually smell like dank cannabis. If you aren't getting that after a year or two after harvesting, something isn't going right somewhere. Are you using hygrometer in dry tent and the jars? I did a wet trim and hung branches, not entire plant.

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Organic13 said:

I've used the term for years. Now, I know why weed can taste and smell so good and not get you high or as high as it should. I know the science behind it. Also, I now know that commercial operations cut at one time, regardless of what trichs look like.

Listen, there was a time where all these gadgets weren't available and people didn't have the ability to control their drying environment. Your smoke will be just fine if you trichs were cloudy. May not taste or smell like you want, but it will get you high. Glad.your bags are working out for you. Good to hear.

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cbrians said:

My dry got drrrrry. Like up to 90 at times, hardly even above 30%. So I’m not too optimistic.

Will say tho, it’s in knock off grove bags now and it’s up to 55% humidity which is kinda cool.

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Thatoneguyyouknow_ said:

you can let buds get cracker crispy dry, and often so long as theres a tiny bit of moisture left in the stem inside the flower, itll still come back quite nice as it sits. Especially if it came back to 55 on its own. You nailed the timeing even if you damaged some more volatile terps, and i bet itll smell real nice in jar within a week even still. May produce a little extra lung phlegm because it dried faster the chlorophyl breaks down, but thatll go away within a couple weeks most likely as it sits.

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cbrians said:

I’m hoping so man, between this site and whatever ganja goddess has smiled upon me, thinks have gone pretty well..

*knocks on every piece of wood in my house*

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