Hello - just chopped Nirvana's Chystal which was flowering for 9 weeks - hung them up for about a week then put them in jars last night. When I woke up this morning to 'burp' them they had an odor I can only describe as a pungent aroma to it. Its NOT a good odor at all, I can hardly take it.

So my question is "Is this the normal process of drying and curing?"

(first time grow BTW)

Thanks!

did u wait for the stems to make that twig snap before u put them into jars.
and how long is that strain meant to flower for

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well I usually here that in the first few days of jarring, you should burp the jars every 8-12 hours. After about 4-7 days, burp every 24 hours for 5 min. for another week, then enjoy the fruits of your labor

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I think the strain said about 8-9 weeks of flowering. The stems didn't really snap but it would have been in another day or so. Hmmm..

maybe u didnt let it dry anoth.
so id watch that make sure theres no mold about to form.
cause some times if its still wet wen u put it in the jars.and no airs in there then its guna start to form.
maybe pull them out and let them dry 4 another day then put back into jars.

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Thanks for the tip! I'll do that

I think you're fine. It can smell like grass clipping during cure... says nothing about the finished product.

Twig snap shouldn't come until a full cure is in. The time to move to jars is before twig snap, but when the smaller buds are near crispy.

I challenge anyone to find a reputable curing tutorial that suggests the twigs should snap dry before jarring.

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its crystal its a stinky plant thats what im veging right now till my nevilles is done and shes stinks and only 5 inches(crystal) 2 weeks old so it might be a normal thing (skunky)

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I believe that is common. Just some of the chlorophyll and such leaving the plant.

They tell you to do that in Jorge's book but I think they're wrong too. If the small twigs snap you're too dry and you lose some good vapors/terpines, etc. You just have to burp more than once a day until you are satisfied with the H2O content. I'm in a dry climate so for me I need more moisture content as buds in my jars dry out faster everytime I take a few buds out. In the south or other high humid areas I think I would have the buds a little dryer at cure time. Also, five-six days hanging for me at 45% RH is about as long as I can go. I use a humidifier in my cure closet as my normal RH in the house is 16-20% year round.

Check out FDD's harvest and cure toot. It's a good way to go.

Harvest time....... a tutorial.