What should a Drying Tent smell like?

[Budclarkson]

I only have a small CBD plant and one branch of OG Kush in a small 2x3 Tent with ventilation.

Opening the dry tent checking in today it does not smell like the flowering tent. Didn’t seem right to me. Plants been hanging in there since Sat 5-days.

Temp/RH is 70F/50%. I turned the humidifier back on today and set to 57% RH.
The OG branch bends and is not ready to snap.

What smell should I be looking for?
Temp and humidity ok?

 

[Budclarkson]

CBD plant 6 days hang dry:

Kush branch 5 days drying:

 

[Budclarkson]

Kush Top cut and hung last night @ 8.5 weeks of Flower.

Seems to loose the nice strong smell the next day after harvesting

Sound right?

 

[Budclarkson]

I guess it’s the fresh cut hayish smell.
Maybe too many leaves left on the CBD plant?

Man there are a lot of varying views on drying g temp/humidity. Some 70-80F others 60F? RH too.

High times has this:

The ideal temperature for a drying room is between 65 – 75 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity between 45 – 55 percent in a dark room. Within 6 – 10 days your branches should snap instead of bending and the buds should feel popcorn dry on the outside. This is the time to cut the individual buds from the branches and put them into glass jars to begin the curing process.

My tent has been low 70s with 50%RH for the first few days. Got the humidifier going and it’s 55-58% RH now.

Good?
When would one emptoy the paper bag method?

 

[SchwiftyGrower]

I guess it’s the fresh cut hayish smell.
Maybe too many leaves left on the CBD plant?

Man there are a lot of varying views on drying g temp/humidity. Some 70-80F others 60F? RH too.

High times has this:


My tent has been low 70s with 50%RH for the first few days. Got the humidifier going and it’s 55-58% RH now.

Good?
When would one emptoy the paper bag method?

Hey boss, sorry for the delay I missed this.

Drying/curing is probably one of the hardest things to nail down for a perfect successful grow. Depending how you harvest will also take in effect on what you're smelling in the tent.

Here is my process:
When harvesting, I will either whole plant hang if able, or I will cut each branch off individually.
I will ONLY remove large fan leaves and leave any sugar fan leaves ON the plant.
I DO NOT wet trim any of my plants - This will also give you a hay smell (like mowing your grass)
Slow and steady is what you want in your drying, and low temps and steady humidity help with this.
I strive for 60f, 55% humidity for the first 24 hours.
I will then adjust to 60f, 60% humidity for 6 days
I will check them with the moisture meter on soft wood setting and I will know it's ready when it gets to 14% moisture
I will then move them to my tub for 1 day of storage to trim them the next day
I will store them in jars or grove bags, whichever I have available at the time.

During the drying process,
I will check on them once or twice a day to open the tent just to get some fresh air exchange
I do not smell any kind of "hay" smell and will smell the plant going through it's curing process which can smell different depending on the strain.
I check for the stems to not fully snap, but hear a crack, this is depending on user and preference but I don't prefer a full snap

I have oscillating fans at the bottom at medium settings but air flow never directly hitting the plants. Just enough air movement to get the plants slowly moving on their own. Exhaust air is also important to ensure proper air flow to get rid of stale air.

Edit: added some pics

Hope this helps!

 

[Budclarkson]

Hey boss, sorry for the delay I missed this.

Drying/curing is probably one of the hardest things to nail down for a perfect successful grow. Depending how you harvest will also take in effect on what you're smelling in the tent.

Here is my process:
When harvesting, I will either whole plant hang if able, or I will cut each branch off individually.
I will ONLY remove large fan leaves and leave any sugar fan leaves ON the plant.
I DO NOT wet trim any of my plants - This will also give you a hay smell (like mowing your grass)
Slow and steady is what you want in your drying, and low temps and steady humidity help with this.
I strive for 60f, 55% humidity for the first 24 hours.
I will then adjust to 60f, 60% humidity for 6 days
I will check them with the moisture meter on soft wood setting and I will know it's ready when it gets to 14% moisture
I will then move them to my tub for 1 day of storage to trim them the next day
I will store them in jars or grove bags, whichever I have available at the time.

During the drying process,
I will check on them once or twice a day to open the tent just to get some fresh air exchange
I do not smell any kind of "hay" smell and will smell the plant going through it's curing process which can smell different depending on the strain.
I check for the stems to not fully snap, but hear a crack, this is depending on user and preference but I don't prefer a full snap

I have oscillating fans at the bottom at medium settings but air flow never directly hitting the plants. Just enough air movement to get the plants slowly moving on their own. Exhaust air is also important to ensure proper air flow to get rid of stale air.

Edit: added some pics

Hope this helps!

Isnt that ACI controller great?
I have 2, one for the Grow tent and one for the Dry tent.

I have to connect up the portable AC to get the tent area down to low 60’s now it’s warmed up outdoors.

The hay smell is gone. I may have left too many leaves on the CBD plant.

The 1st Kush branch when bending last night snapped and clean break but still connected on the opposite side of the break. Going to cut the buds off that and Grove bag. Maybe try cut one up ant try a smoke.

All I have is a coffe grinder I never used. Any other way to chop a fresh bud for smoking?

 

[Budclarkson]

The partial break on the Kush branch happened near the end of the stem and was larger hollow center.

Yeaterday trying in other places it was just bending. So I haven’t grove bagged the buds yet.

Will try again today at Day 9 of drying.

 

[Budclarkson]

Kush branch dry trimmed at Day 11 drying.
CBD/hemp dry trimmed at Day 12 drying.
Now in Grove bags. Smells good.

Rest of the Kush is chopped and hanging.
Seems like I get a hay smell shortly after new plants hung to dry. Humidifier running out of H20 at the same time may be a factor?

Do you guys save the trimmings for smoke or edibles? How do you store it.

Threw them in a paper bag and back in the dry tent.

 

[IndoJoe]

Not trying to hijack your thread. Figured a good place to ask. Are boveda packs ok to add to the Grove bags? My understanding is, you also have to store the bags in 60 to 62 % humidity while they do their thing. Boveda pack seems like it would eliminate the possible human error.