Need advice with My Mephisto Crop

[Free_Palestine420]

I'm not a newb as I have been playing around with cannabis cultivation for about 15 years. I've always lived in a non-friendly state so I never got serious. When I was under 21, I would grow about 4-5 photos a year in a closet or extra bedroom turned grow op, lol. I even made shatter a couple times, years ago. My point in all this filler is that I'm not newb but I am def still novice. I can veg and flower my girls like a pro, but when it comes to drying and curing, it seems to always be the fucked point. Enough background bs, sorry:
I grew 1 Sky Stomper 2.0 and 2 of the freebies (which are CDLC x Sour Stomper). I chopped Sky Stomper at 69 days based on trichome color. I chopped the other 2 at 71 days based on trichome color and pistil color. Swollen calves were noted also. I did branches instead of the whole plant. They were big clusters with all fan leaves gone and trimmed but not perfect yet. My drying tent was kept at 60-65f and between 58-63% rh. I have a portable AC hooked into my ac Infinity controller as well as a clip on fan on the lowest setting blowing against wall away from hanging plants. I kept the buds drying for 7 days, that's when they felt dry on outside but still sticky on the inner. Everything I read recommended 7-10 days in that dialed in environment. After I took them out of dry tent, I did a final trim and put the buds into grove bags and heat sealed the grove bags, as instructed by grove team. I got lil hygrometers in my grove bags just to be on the safe side. I check them multiple times daily, without opening bags of course. It's staying in the 58-62% rh range. All that being said, I popped open 1 of the grove bags, to check on progress. At that time, the buds had been in the grove bag for 7 full days. Oh, once I got all the grove bags heat sealed, I put them back in the dry tent and keep the temp at 60f and the rh between 60-65% rh.
When I opened the bag that had been curing for 7 days, it didn't have much smell at all. No hay or grass smell, just nothing really. I broke down a lil piece of the bud and it's not ready yet, and the smell is def there, just on the inside I guess. I am hoping that this is just the way they smell at this point of the curing process. I really hope. From what I can read and from my limited experience, I did everything like I was supposed to. My genetics are top notch, my growing environment was dialed in, my drying and curing regime is by the book, as they say. I know I ramble, but hopefully I made enough sense to get a helpful reply or 2. Thanks in advance guys and girls... Signed,
Harambee Hashashin

 

[defective]

I'm not a newb as I have been playing around with cannabis cultivation for about 15 years. I've always lived in a non-friendly state so I never got serious. When I was under 21, I would grow about 4-5 photos a year in a closet or extra bedroom turned grow op, lol. I even made shatter a couple times, years ago. My point in all this filler is that I'm not newb but I am def still novice. I can veg and flower my girls like a pro, but when it comes to drying and curing, it seems to always be the fucked point. Enough background bs, sorry:
I grew 1 Sky Stomper 2.0 and 2 of the freebies (which are CDLC x Sour Stomper). I chopped Sky Stomper at 69 days based on trichome color. I chopped the other 2 at 71 days based on trichome color and pistil color. Swollen calves were noted also. I did branches instead of the whole plant. They were big clusters with all fan leaves gone and trimmed but not perfect yet. My drying tent was kept at 60-65f and between 58-63% rh. I have a portable AC hooked into my ac Infinity controller as well as a clip on fan on the lowest setting blowing against wall away from hanging plants. I kept the buds drying for 7 days, that's when they felt dry on outside but still sticky on the inner. Everything I read recommended 7-10 days in that dialed in environment. After I took them out of dry tent, I did a final trim and put the buds into grove bags and heat sealed the grove bags, as instructed by grove team. I got lil hygrometers in my grove bags just to be on the safe side. I check them multiple times daily, without opening bags of course. It's staying in the 58-62% rh range. All that being said, I popped open 1 of the grove bags, to check on progress. At that time, the buds had been in the grove bag for 7 full days. Oh, once I got all the grove bags heat sealed, I put them back in the dry tent and keep the temp at 60f and the rh between 60-65% rh.
When I opened the bag that had been curing for 7 days, it didn't have much smell at all. No hay or grass smell, just nothing really. I broke down a lil piece of the bud and it's not ready yet, and the smell is def there, just on the inside I guess. I am hoping that this is just the way they smell at this point of the curing process. I really hope. From what I can read and from my limited experience, I did everything like I was supposed to. My genetics are top notch, my growing environment was dialed in, my drying and curing regime is by the book, as they say. I know I ramble, but hopefully I made enough sense to get a helpful reply or 2. Thanks in advance guys and girls... Signed,
Harambee Hashashin

Sounds like you did everything right…at some point it comes down to genetics imo…maybe it’s just not that stinky? I can say that I have not always dried as slowly as I’d have liked and never had an issue with lack of smell…to my point, I have an auto going right now called hellfire og…not much smell other than a sweet floral smell…a far cry from any og I’ve ever had, but she’s frosty.

 

[Crystalbare]

Sounds like your doing everything right but maybe your drying tent is working better then the schedule your following. Could be over drying.

You didn’t mention if the buds smell crazy good when on the plant and first hung. Good genetics doesn’t always mean great smelling weed.

 

[Free_Palestine420]

Oh my bad for not being more specific. They smelled amazing right before I chopped. I could even smell the candy terps coming thru on the CDLC x sour Stomper freebies. I gave them a cold night time temp to bring those candy terps out. That's why it was so disappointing when I checked on them yesterday. Hopefully I just checked to soon, and the curing process hasn't concluded. Thanks for taking time to reply. I do appreciate it

 

[Captspaulding]

7 days?
Thats right when most in jar herb is going through terp changes. The nose can def be grassy at that point.
If it doesnt change and is the same at 3 weeks then id be a little bent.
But the. Again, id just make a concentrate or cook wirh it .
If it was stinky on stalk, it should come around given you are doing what yu said in the conditions you laid out.

 

[Free_Palestine420]

7 days?
Thats right when most in jar herb is going through terp changes. The nose can def be grassy at that point.
If it doesnt change and is the same at 3 weeks then id be a little bent.
But the. Again, id just make a concentrate or cook wirh it .
If it was stinky on stalk, it should come around given you are doing what yu said in the conditions you laid out

7 days?
Thats right when most in jar herb is going through terp changes. The nose can def be grassy at that point.
If it doesnt change and is the same at 3 weeks then id be a little bent.
But the. Again, id just make a concentrate or cook wirh it .
If it was stinky on stalk, it should come around given you are doing what yu said in the conditions you laid out.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. I know that 7 days curing isn't even close to being ready, I just got a lil worried when I checked on the buds. I sealed them back up yesterday and put them back in the dry tent with the 60f 60rh ish. I got a lil freaked out cuz I have over dried a couple times before and the taste was forever lost, smh. That was before I upgraded to what I have now. It def smelled good on stalk, so hopefully it will come full circle with the grove bags. Thanks for your time, I really do appreciate your attention. You guys have been extremely nice and positive. Such a refreshing site, Reddit should take some lessons. Thanks again guys and girls... JR

 

[Captspaulding]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. I know that 7 days curing isn't even close to being ready, I just got a lil worried when I checked on the buds. I sealed them back up yesterday and put them back in the dry tent with the 60f 60rh ish. I got a lil freaked out cuz I have over dried a couple times before and the taste was forever lost, smh. That was before I upgraded to what I have now. It def smelled good on stalk, so hopefully it will come full circle with the grove bags. Thanks for your time, I really do appreciate your attention. You guys have been extremely nice and positive. Such a refreshing site, Reddit should take some lessons. Thanks again guys and girls... JR

Its all about that 62% in hang, and in jar.
They longer you can hang dry the better.

 

[katraiter]

I'm not a newb as I have been playing around with cannabis cultivation for about 15 years. I've always lived in a non-friendly state so I never got serious. When I was under 21, I would grow about 4-5 photos a year in a closet or extra bedroom turned grow op, lol. I even made shatter a couple times, years ago. My point in all this filler is that I'm not newb but I am def still novice. I can veg and flower my girls like a pro, but when it comes to drying and curing, it seems to always be the fucked point. Enough background bs, sorry:
I grew 1 Sky Stomper 2.0 and 2 of the freebies (which are CDLC x Sour Stomper). I chopped Sky Stomper at 69 days based on trichome color. I chopped the other 2 at 71 days based on trichome color and pistil color. Swollen calves were noted also. I did branches instead of the whole plant. They were big clusters with all fan leaves gone and trimmed but not perfect yet. My drying tent was kept at 60-65f and between 58-63% rh. I have a portable AC hooked into my ac Infinity controller as well as a clip on fan on the lowest setting blowing against wall away from hanging plants. I kept the buds drying for 7 days, that's when they felt dry on outside but still sticky on the inner. Everything I read recommended 7-10 days in that dialed in environment. After I took them out of dry tent, I did a final trim and put the buds into grove bags and heat sealed the grove bags, as instructed by grove team. I got lil hygrometers in my grove bags just to be on the safe side. I check them multiple times daily, without opening bags of course. It's staying in the 58-62% rh range. All that being said, I popped open 1 of the grove bags, to check on progress. At that time, the buds had been in the grove bag for 7 full days. Oh, once I got all the grove bags heat sealed, I put them back in the dry tent and keep the temp at 60f and the rh between 60-65% rh.
When I opened the bag that had been curing for 7 days, it didn't have much smell at all. No hay or grass smell, just nothing really. I broke down a lil piece of the bud and it's not ready yet, and the smell is def there, just on the inside I guess. I am hoping that this is just the way they smell at this point of the curing process. I really hope. From what I can read and from my limited experience, I did everything like I was supposed to. My genetics are top notch, my growing environment was dialed in, my drying and curing regime is by the book, as they say. I know I ramble, but hopefully I made enough sense to get a helpful reply or 2. Thanks in advance guys and girls... Signed,
Harambee Hashashin

I'm a newbie, and had about a pound last year . And did ok. I got a small wine cooler . I want to get a much larger one now because It worked well. I live in a hot humid area and to get anything to 60 degrees is impossible without a refrigerator or it being December . I found that that really helped protect the smell and OMG the taste was pure grape gum!!! I kept it at like 58 degrees . Like after it was hung , then trimmed, I put batches in the wine cooler. I also added closet desiccant to the bottom. Like a flat damprid container . Just to keep the humidity in check.

 

[Crystalbare]

Few blunts later I think I might know what’s happening. I don’t know anything about tents and an old stoner so probably way off though.

When you put the fresh bud in drying tent, humidity goes crazy high. The tent kicks the ac on to bring the humidity down. Since the buds are so wet, the ac runs a lot.

The ac dehumidifies by remove almost all the moisture in the air that passes through it. It doesn’t just remove it down to whatever you have it set at 62%. It’s closer to zero.

I think it’s that air, with very little moisture as it leaves the ac unit, is drying the outside of your buds well pass the 62% and the oils and resins are breaking down.

Then when the ac turns off, the outside buds draw the moisture from the inside and get to an equilibrium. I would bet your bets are having a big difference in the outside and the inside at the start of drying.

The idea of slow drying is to bring the whole buds moisture content through out down at the same rate.

That’s might be why the inside smells better. Not knowing anything about drying tents I would bet they are designed for easy, quick, foolproof drying and not getting top shelf.