How long to burp and open jars ?

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Newbiegrowerrr

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So I've hung my buds for 4 days and they maybe could of gone 1 more day drying but they are still pretty much ready for the cure, I'm away from home for 3 days and have decided to bring them with me.

I've done a fair bit of research on the burping and cure etc and I don't have any hygrometer so no way off telling humidity.

I jarred them up in glass mason jars 3 quarters full and after a few hours they are barely sticking together but you can tell there's still probably just a bit more moisture then it should have in there.

The buds still smell good with a bit of hay smell aswel as is expected, my question is how long should I open my jars for to burp them and how often if there's still a bit of moister and when can I start leaving them closed longer. I don't know how fast mold can develop and I think I may be leaving the jars open a bit too long because of fear of mold and I know it needs to be closed to cure properly. Any help will be much appreciated , cheers.
 
BMWEATER

BMWEATER

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Newbiegrowerrr said:
So I've hung my buds for 4 days and they maybe could of gone 1 more day drying but they are still pretty much ready for the cure, I'm away from home for 3 days and have decided to bring them with me.

I've done a fair bit of research on the burping and cure etc and I don't have any hygrometer so no way off telling humidity.

I jarred them up in glass mason jars 3 quarters full and after a few hours they are barely sticking together but you can tell there's still probably just a bit more moisture then it should have in there.

The buds still smell good with a bit of hay smell aswel as is expected, my question is how long should I open my jars for to burp them and how often if there's still a bit of moister and when can I start leaving them closed longer. I don't know how fast mold can develop and I think I may be leaving the jars open a bit too long because of fear of mold and I know it needs to be closed to cure properly. Any help will be much appreciated , cheers.
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Honestly if you smell hay it’s already ruined. Hate to be so blunt. It would have been best to let the buds hang to the point of being overdry, then to take them down with moisture still in them.

You see when you get the hay smell it isn’t going away. No amount of burping will help, to try an minimize the hay smell I would leave them open for atleast 30 mins, every 3-4 hours.

If you overdry your buds you can add a Boveda or Likewise humidity pack and bring them back to life. Yes the smoke may be harsher due to it being drier but the smell will be perfect. If you want more in-depth knowledge about the points I brought up, look up CrazyDago, Harvest and Curing Roundtable 2017...2 hours of great knowledge and tips
 
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Thanks for the replies , since I wasn't getting any responses the other day when I posted, I did a bit more research and tried the paper bag thing and put them in over night and they are now they are back to the standard curing and burping and starting to smell pretty good, no hint of hay smell anymore , I've got some boveda humidity packs that arrive in the next 2 days which il chuck in the jars as they are starting to be dry enough to be left closed with them in there. Do I need to burp still once I put those packs in to continue the cureing process or can it be left like that now?
 
Edwardo Ruffian

Edwardo Ruffian

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I had a very strong hay smell after my first harvest. I trimmed pretty close to the buds, so lots of sugar leaf trimming, which created the cut grass smell. After drying the smell was significantly reduced. I also jarred my buds early and had to dump them out often. I also left them lids off for a few days too. Each jar has a boveda 62% pack in it with a weighed out 28 grams of bud. it took a few days but as the plant matter broke down the grass smell was replaced by the pungent and overpowering smell of cannabis. Might smell of grass/hay for a bit longer if you jarred early and left significant amounts of sugar leaves on the bud.
 
Edwardo Ruffian

Edwardo Ruffian

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Newbiegrowerrr said:
Thanks for the replies , since I wasn't getting any responses the other day when I posted, I did a bit more research and tried the paper bag thing and put them in over night and they are now they are back to the standard curing and burping and starting to smell pretty good, no hint of hay smell anymore , I've got some boveda humidity packs that arrive in the next 2 days which il chuck in the jars as they are starting to be dry enough to be left closed with them in there. Do I need to burp still once I put those packs in to continue the cureing process or can it be left like that now?
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The burping introduces oxygen to the jar, which the microbes feed on in order to break down the chlorophyll and other plant matter.
 
Bugeye

Bugeye

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BMWEATER said:
Honestly if you smell hay it’s already ruined. Hate to be so blunt. It would have been best to let the buds hang to the point of being overdry, then to take them down with moisture still in them.

You see when you get the hay smell it isn’t going away. No amount of burping will help, to try an minimize the hay smell I would leave them open for atleast 30 mins, every 3-4 hours.

If you overdry your buds you can add a Boveda or Likewise humidity pack and bring them back to life. Yes the smoke may be harsher due to it being drier but the smell will be perfect. If you want more in-depth knowledge about the points I brought up, look up CrazyDago, Harvest and Curing Roundtable 2017...2 hours of great knowledge and tips
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It is never a problem to begin a cure too wet, you can always paper bag, but letting them over dry first ends the curing process and you will not restart it.
 
BMWEATER

BMWEATER

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Bugeye said:
It is never a problem to begin a cure too wet, you can always paper bag, but letting them over dry first ends the curing process and you will not restart it.
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In my experience, and from others I’ve seen you can rehydrate the bud if it’s dried out. But as you state it’s not starting the cure again, but it makes the bud smokeable and not as harsh as a dried up, crumbly nug— I apologize if I used the term “back to life” but it was just a manner of speech. Not really referring to the cure cycle starting again.
 
Jimdamick

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BMWEATER said:
In my experience, and from others I’ve seen you can rehydrate the bud if it’s dried out. But as you state it’s not starting the cure again, but it makes the bud smokeable and not as harsh as a dried up, crumbly nug— I apologize if I used the term “back to life” but it was just a manner of speech. Not really referring to the cure cycle starting again.
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If I over dry some of my bud, I place that bud into a jar with an apple slice for a day, and it is as good as new (maybe better if you like a fruity taste)
I'm of the opinion that placing not completely dry herb into a jar sucks. If the herb is not dry before, it will never cure correctly in a jar.
I wait until the outer leaves on the bud are crunchy (or the twigs snap) and then place the bud in jars and seal. 24 hours later pop the lid for a few hours (shake) and seal again for 24 hours.
Do that for around a week or so, and you should be done with your cure.
 
sacballa

sacballa

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Jimdamick said:
If I over dry some of my bud, I place that bud into a jar with an apple slice for a day, and it is as good as new (maybe better if you like a fruity taste)
I'm of the opinion that placing not completely dry herb into a jar sucks. If the herb is not dry before, it will never cure correctly in a jar.
I wait until the outer leaves on the bud are crunchy (or the twigs snap) and then place the bud in jars and seal. 24 hours later pop the lid for a few hours (shake) and seal again for 24 hours.
Do that for around a week or so, and you should be done with your cure.
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FUCK TRUMP
 
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LinguaPeel

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70's natureboy said:
You're flying blind without hygrometers. You should at least know the humidity of your room.
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Or cure in bags.. Big open bag, big closed bag smaller bag, double bag, vacc bag.. Going from hanging in a giant unsealed room into tiny glass jars in one step is probably why most people don't understand the potential of their weed and think that curing takes too long to maintain a high quality standard. With jars i had to cure 4 months. Doing it gradually its about a month.

If you gotta rely on numbers maybe you should quit growing ancient hippy drugs and get into computer programing! Flying blind is how you get good at flying
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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There ya go, trial and error works too. After 10 or 12 grows a guy should have a handle on it. Sometimes I wonder why my plants are drying so slow. Then I look at a humidity gauge and see it's too humid. It's pretty hard for the average person to feel the difference between 55% and65-70% humidity. I can tell the difference between 40% and 70% without a gauge but my girls like me to be more precise. Some people are just lucky and live in a 55% humidity climate.
 
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DarkGreenThumb

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Yeah hay smell is when it got to dry or you left leafs on the nugs, never leave leafs on nuggets in a jar.I even cut off all the sugar leafs. When you trim a nug completely it lets off all those sweet potent ganja smells, kinda like if you cut into a onion the oils are released. I burp my jars every other day for 10 minutes each jar. It doesnt need to sit open for a hour or 5 that would make it dry even more basically devolving it not evolving you get my knowledge im dropping bud. Good luck and StayGreen
 
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