Beachwalker said:

Looks good! Take them out, hay smell means too wet, jar at *60% rh or below for best results
*(57-60%)

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DreamTHC said:

So I harvested one of my Auto Kush plants last week (monday) and hung dry them in my basement for a week (60% humidity) until the buds were a little crispy on the outside and the stems snapped. I now have the buds in jars with hygrometers and Boveda 62% packs. I've been keeping a close eye on the buds over the past couple days and they def have a hay-like smell to them. According to my hygrometer they are sitting at about 62-64%. Should I keep burping? Will the hay smell go away or do I keep burping until that smell goes away? Do I just seal them up now and as long as they dont go above 64% I'm good? This was an outdoor grow if that matters at all.

Help!

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Beachwalker said:

If you sit them out for an hour a lot of that smell will go away; after you put them back in the jar for a few hours you'll know how much of that hay smell is going to stay, it depends how wet they were when you put them away and how long you left them sealed wet, but this is just from my experience

I have a designated drying area and I do a very short cure now and I haven't had any hay smell at all in several years. It's really a learning curve, curing is like the Alchemy in this thing we do; good luck and if I can answer any other questions just ask

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Madbud said:

Makes sense

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Beachwalker said:

If you sit them out for an hour a lot of that smell will go away; after you put them back in the jar for a few hours you'll know how much of that hay smell is going to stay, it depends how wet they were when you put them away and how long you left them sealed wet, but this is just from my experience

I have a designated drying area and I do a very short cure now and I haven't had any hay smell at all in several years. It's really a learning curve, curing is like the Alchemy in this thing we do; good luck and if I can answer any other questions just ask

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DreamTHC said:

So I harvested one of my Auto Kush plants last week (monday) and hung dry them in my basement for a week (60% humidity) until the buds were a little crispy on the outside and the stems snapped. I now have the buds in jars with hygrometers and Boveda 62% packs. I've been keeping a close eye on the buds over the past couple days and they def have a hay-like smell to them. According to my hygrometer they are sitting at about 62-64%. Should I keep burping? Will the hay smell go away or do I keep burping until that smell goes away? Do I just seal them up now and as long as they dont go above 64% I'm good? This was an outdoor grow if that matters at all.

Help!

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Jimster said:

As long as they are kept fairly dry and without the chance of mold or mildew, I have noticed that it takes about 3-4 weeks to get the hay smell to dissipate, and the buds seem to get stronger at the same time. I have noticed that every grow, the buds get better after about 3 or 4 weeks, although I can't explain the reason. Once the buds get to the stage that they can be crumbled instead of just smashed up when a bud is broken up, it seems to increase potency. It shouldn't, but I have noticed this for mny years. The potency seems to go up as the hay smell goes down.
Once your humidity is stabilized and at the proper dryness, I don't think there is any advantage to burping any more. In my opinion.

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Beachwalker said:

If you sit them out for an hour a lot of that smell will go away; after you put them back in the jar for a few hours you'll know how much of that hay smell is going to stay, it depends how wet they were when you put them away and how long you left them sealed wet, but this is just from my experience

I have a designated drying area and I do a very short cure now and I haven't had any hay smell at all in several years. It's really a learning curve, curing is like the Alchemy in this thing we do; good luck and if I can answer any other questions just ask

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Beachwalker said:

Once you put them back burp them twice a day (every 12 hours open for about one minute & stir buds gently), for 5 - 7days, after that check the RH and adjust from there

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DreamTHC said:

Thank you! I have a couple of the jars down to 57% after letting the buds sit out for an hour or so. 57 is what its reading after being jarred back up over night. I popped the top this morning and the hay smell is pretty faint at this point, but no danky smell that I'm looking for. As long as it stays under 60%, should I just keep them jarred from here on out for a few weeks?

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BloodShot said:

I've dried my flowers and now I'm in the process of burping the jars a couple times each day until desired moisture content is reached throughout flowers . I don't have any moisture meters atm and never used them but now have a Boveda pack in a couple jars.
When I am content, I will seal it in jars by sucking the air out.
This is fire and glad I took a clone, taste is smooth for just dried and burped a few days. It's sticky and the smell is wonderful since chop.
A few pics of BC big bud curing. I weight out over 84 grams of fine hard tops and haven't weighed any of the other buds but I'm very happy wit it.

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