curing
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churchhaze
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it should smell like hay.
superloud
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Ok does it take the full month befor it starts smelling good? Im not rushing it just wanting to make sure im on the right track
Dan Drews
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For my first grow, 2 plants that were both Indicas smelled very potent at harvest, during drying, and when they went into jars. They never smelled anything close to hay, and the smell today is richer and more complex that when it first went to cure, and the smell is still very strong.
However, one plant (an Indica/Sativa hybrid) smelled milder while growing, lost it's scent during the dry, and still smells mostly like hay today, several months later. What I learned was I SHOULD HAVE let this plant grow another 2 - 4 weeks, and even then it may have been less potent smelling than the other 2 plants.
In my experience and in conjunction with what I've ready, genetics will play the biggest factor in how potent the smell is, ASSUMING you haven't picked too early. Many apparently do recover their smell during the cure process, but you won't know for sure until you give it time in the jar.
However, one plant (an Indica/Sativa hybrid) smelled milder while growing, lost it's scent during the dry, and still smells mostly like hay today, several months later. What I learned was I SHOULD HAVE let this plant grow another 2 - 4 weeks, and even then it may have been less potent smelling than the other 2 plants.
In my experience and in conjunction with what I've ready, genetics will play the biggest factor in how potent the smell is, ASSUMING you haven't picked too early. Many apparently do recover their smell during the cure process, but you won't know for sure until you give it time in the jar.
superloud
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Alright thanks for the reply. i dont know the strain it was seeds from a bag of mids. ill be using clones when i start back up from known genetics
superloud
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Yeah I think I pulled my plants too early they were having some problems in the end so I pulled them so I didn't lose the whole thingDepends on the strain. The "grassy hay" smell should disappear with a good cure. My smoke starts to smell like weed, within the 2-week window that it dries on coat-hangers, and definitely once it is in jars
ayr0n
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there's too many factors to give a set time, but from what I've seen / read loss of smell/flavor is normally due to going in the jars too early / while too moist. Are you monitoring RH in your jars?
superloud
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No I have not I just waited until the stem snap. Put it in the jar and open it twice a day for 15 minutes.
superloud
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Nnever bought a meter the person who Introduced me to growing has been doing for over 20 yrs and told me hes never had any kind of humidity meters. he just let them dry 7 to 10 days then trim and jar. open lid a couple times a day for a few min. But I will be investing in humidity meters for my next go round I have a branch I choped last night off of my brothers plant Hopefully I can get a different result off of it
superloud
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I think part of the prob was my growing