Smells weakkkkkkkk

Snooze08 · Sep 9, 2021

-5x5 Dry room tent
-9 weeks flowering(July 1 to Sept 4th)
-Day 5 of drying
-Strain: Strawberry cough
-Temps 64-69F
-Humidity 51-56
-Inline fan 150cfm sending air outside (Pulls string right through)SUNCOURT Inductor 6-in Dia Galvanized Steel Axial Duct Fan in the Duct Fans department at Lowes.com
-Typical house fan blowing against inside wall of 5x5
-Whole plant hung from base

Plant never really smelled great or strong. After 5 days drying, the tent smells a little hayish and really have to dig my nose in the bud to get any aroma. Ive checked for mold and rot religiously and trimmed a few buds just to see a little closer.

The other plant im letting grow a few more weeks to see the difference and it seemed a little behind, and appears to be losing some smell if anything. Pretty sure it hermied but that shouldnt affect the aroma? Any thoughts?

5x7 flower room
Temps 70-80
Humidity 50-55%
6inch inline infinity

Budzbuddha · Sep 9, 2021

Buds were not finished - no weight no bulk

ct26turbo · Sep 9, 2021

Picked to early strawberry cough usually runs for me 12-14+ weeks

Snooze08 · Sep 9, 2021

Budzbuddha said:
Buds were not finished - no weight no bulk

ct26turbo said:
Picked to early strawberry cough usually runs for me 12-14+ weeks

THe trimmed bud was a random tiny branch. Theres prob 10% amber trichs when i cut. Even still it was so early to be this hayish?
Plant still in flower room has smaller buds and giving it a few weeks so guess ill see the difference.

Rurumo · Sep 9, 2021

It's great you still have some in there, let it grow way past the time you think it should be harvested, then compare. It still has plenty of swelling and ripening to do. Some people disagree, but I firmly believe wet trimming results in a lot of terpene loss. So if you don't already dry trim, try it with the branch you have left in there.

oill · Sep 9, 2021

Snooze08 said:
-5x5 Dry room tent
-9 weeks flowering(July 1 to Sept 4th)
-Day 5 of drying
-Strain: Strawberry cough
-Temps 64-69F
-Humidity 51-56
-Inline fan 150cfm sending air outside (Pulls string right through)SUNCOURT Inductor 6-in Dia Galvanized Steel Axial Duct Fan in the Duct Fans department at Lowes.com
-Typical house fan blowing against inside wall of 5x5
-Whole plant hung from base

Plant never really smelled great or strong. After 5 days drying, the tent smells a little hayish and really have to dig my nose in the bud to get any aroma. Ive checked for mold and rot religiously and trimmed a few buds just to see a little closer.

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The other plant im letting grow a few more weeks to see the difference and it seemed a little behind, and appears to be losing some smell if anything. Pretty sure it hermied but that shouldnt affect the aroma? Any thoughts?

5x7 flower room
Temps 70-80
Humidity 50-55%
6inch inline infinity

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Not sure about maturity. The trichromes seem to have an Amber glow... but hard to tell.

Your dry is too short and lots of buds get smelly again after cure. Cure it and see.

Snooze08 · Sep 9, 2021

Rurumo said:
It's great you still have some in there, let it grow way past the time you think it should be harvested, then compare. It still has plenty of swelling and ripening to do. Some people disagree, but I firmly believe wet trimming results in a lot of terpene loss. So if you don't already dry trim, try it with the branch you have left in there.

Yeah I'm going to let this one run a while longer. I haven't trimmed anything on the one hanging and its 5 1/2 days in. Still needs a lot longer to dry before jars. Maybe I'll trim a few of the branches on the one drying now and compare the difference.

Snooze08 · Sep 9, 2021

oill said:
Not sure about maturity. The trichromes seem to have an Amber glow... but hard to tell.

Your dry is too short and lots of buds get smelly again after cure. Cure it and see.

Fair enough. Still has atleast 5 more days of drying if not more. Buds still pretty wet. I have to post some scoped pics of trichs.

KaliBudz808 · Sep 11, 2021

Snooze08 said:
-5x5 Dry room tent
-9 weeks flowering(July 1 to Sept 4th)
-Day 5 of drying
-Strain: Strawberry cough
-Temps 64-69F
-Humidity 51-56
-Inline fan 150cfm sending air outside (Pulls string right through)SUNCOURT Inductor 6-in Dia Galvanized Steel Axial Duct Fan in the Duct Fans department at Lowes.com
-Typical house fan blowing against inside wall of 5x5
-Whole plant hung from base

Plant never really smelled great or strong. After 5 days drying, the tent smells a little hayish and really have to dig my nose in the bud to get any aroma. Ive checked for mold and rot religiously and trimmed a few buds just to see a little closer.

View attachment 4983305
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The other plant im letting grow a few more weeks to see the difference and it seemed a little behind, and appears to be losing some smell if anything. Pretty sure it hermied but that shouldnt affect the aroma? Any thoughts?

5x7 flower room
Temps 70-80
Humidity 50-55%
6inch inline infinity

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Try drying at 60-65 rh for 4 days. Then jar them

Scuzzman · Sep 11, 2021

were not ready- needed another 4 weeks in my view maybe more

Wastei · Sep 11, 2021

Cut a month or more early hence no smell and effects.

xtsho · Sep 11, 2021

You need to let the plants finish completely to get "That Smell". You cut too soon.

Let it go longer if you want that smell.

Snooze08 · Sep 11, 2021

KaliBudz808 said:
Try drying at 60-65 rh for 4 days. Then jar them

Theres so many people drying at 50-60 though, I understand losing some life but didn't expect hay.

Scuzzman said:
were not ready- needed another 4 weeks in my view maybe more

Have trainwreck outside 5 weeks into flower that smells more than these did at 9... or even 10weeks now for the one still going.
If I wait another 4 weeks feel like the trichs will all be amber or popped. It should smell pretty dank at 10 weeks.. no?

Wastei said:
Cut a month or more early hence no smell and effects.

Haven't smoked it but should be able to try soon. Smells on my fingers but the room is hay. Have the other one, gonna run it pretty far but don't want to for no reason.

The trainwreck outside smells more at 5 weeks than these at 9...10, but the strawberry cough outside also aren't alarming yet. Kinda subtle.

xtsho said:
You need to let the plants finish completely to get "That Smell". You cut too soon.

Let it go longer if you want that smell.

Second plants gonna run longer and test everyone's theory.
I mean.. I know it smells like something but to me it just smells weak. Been told you can smell it outside even through this ac infinity filter (apparently garbage) but its not what I expected. The wind blows and I can smell the trainwreck(5 weeks flower) outback more than these.

Thanks for all the advice. Should be ready for cure in a few days. Prob will make hash and hope for the best. ‍

Thundercat · Sep 11, 2021

It might also just be genetics. Not every seed produces a winner. In my experience not even every pack of seeds produces a winner. Some times the genetics just don’t like how you try to grow them too, your environment will effect the phenotype of the plants.

StoneyJake · Sep 11, 2021

anything over 70f and light kills your terps. dark and cool will help but if it didnt really smell during flowering then its probably the genotype

Snooze08 · Sep 12, 2021

Trichs from last cut. The second plant is about at this point.

1. Genetics?
2. Bad grow?
3. Bad dry?
4. I have 2 plants cut from same mother outside.

EndGreedMakeSeeds · Sep 12, 2021

Usually by the time my harvest is over, I can't smell shit, because I've been surrounded by that same odor for so long.

Get a nose from outta the house to come smell it, I bet it smells great

Nutty sKunK · Sep 13, 2021

Microbes = smell

Could just be bad luck on the generic side of things too.

Some phenotypes just don’t smell that much

oill · Sep 13, 2021

KaliBudz808 said:
Try drying at 60-65 rh for 4 days. Then jar them

4 days? Sounds like recepie for mold mate

GroBud · Sep 13, 2021

Personally I don't know of a auto that'll finish in 9 weeks or a photo that will finish in under 12 weeks. You want to be looking at the trichomes on the bud itself or calyx. The sugar leaf trichomes will ripen early and be misleading.
Look into getting a ink bird for humidity control. I dry in a 3x3 tent inline fan on 1 with a 4 in desk fan blowing away and down from the weed on low 60% humidity around 68° 10 or 11 day dry, you want at least 7 adjust environment to achieve. Trim them up and put the bud in air tight jars with hygrometers as long as the humidity dosen't go above 65% there's no need to burp. Mine will hover around 62% for a couple weeks time will vary. Once the humidity drops below 58% I'll throw a humidity pack in there. Still no need to burp unless the humidity goes over 65%. But it won't hurt anything if you take a whiff from time to time. After a 30 day cure it'll start smelling more like weed. 90 day cure is even better. Most of the cannabis cup winners have a 6 month cure.

If you do go over 65% just pour the jar out inspect for mold and rejar. If its above 70% let the bud sit for about 15 or 20 minutes before placing back into the jar.

It's ready when the buds themselves feel dry and the leaves left will fall off with a brush of the hand. The stem may or may not snap but not break. However if it does snap but doesn't break it's ready.

If you're drying that above your light that won't work has to be dark.

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