Curing for 2 days. Buds smell good when pinch but have a hay smell when not pinched

Dried for 7 days. Then to jars. And advice from advanced growers??

What process did u take before they went into jars? What's ur rh?

Temps was 60 to 65 and RH was 58 to 65 during the 7 days

Usually that grass smell exist when you harvest too early

Trimmed Big fan leaves. Hung whole plant

Herb & Suds said:

Usually that grass smell exist when you harvest too early

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I went 8 weeks. 90 milky 10 amber. Probably 70 % of pistils brown and curled in

KingMJS93 said:

Trimmed Big fan leaves. Hung whole plant

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Then you sound like you dried it too fast , a whole plant untrimmed should take over a week
Have you tried sweating the plant or buds in a garbage bag ?

KingMJS93 said:

I went 8 weeks. 90 milky 10 amber. Probably 70 % of pistils brown and curled in

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And I would say again ...you trimmed early

Whats the humidity in thr jars? Need to take the buds out and let them get down below 65% if they arent already or you going to end up with hay/amonia smell

They have little humidity sensors on ebay for 5 for 10$. Definitely worth the investment.

Herb & Suds said:

Then you sound like you dried it too fast , a whole plant untrimmed should take over a week
Have you tried sweating the plant or buds in a garbage bag ?

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No. But they smelled good when I was putting them in the jars. I do have Boveda packs I just put in

NirvanaMesa said:

Whats the humidity in thr jars? Need to take the buds out and let them get down below 65% if they arent already or you going to end up with hay/amonia smell

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I have 1 in and it says 61%

I hang whole plant with fans. Takes 2 weeks to slow dry. Then I buck down and cure for a week then trim. Buds come out insane everytime

When I open up the jars it has like a tea smell

KingMJS93 said:

I have 1 in and it says 61%

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Good, then toss the #62 bovida in there and keep exchanging the air in the jar a couple times a day with air that is 50% rh.

And you need to keep the jar closed for 12hrs or so at least for the sensor to read correctly. Need time for things to re eqalize after opening the jar.

NirvanaMesa said:

Good, then toss the #62 bovida in there and keep exchanging the air in the jar a couple times a day with air that is 50% rh.

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Okay. Thanks

I'm sure the brovida will fix everything.

KingMJS93 said:

I went 8 weeks. 90 milky 10 amber. Probably 70 % of pistils brown and curled in

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If only 70% of the pistils were brown, I gaurantee you harvested early. I'm assuming it was 8 weeks of 12/12 time? Which is not the same as 8 weeks of flowering.

Then secondly it sounds like you dried pretty fast. However if you harvested early, the buds will really only get so good.

I just had a bad hay smell my last batch and thought I somehow ruined it all. It ended up it wasnt dried enough. My buds were so dense they were way more wet then I thought. Although the outsides were crunchy once I jarred with humidity sensors it was over 85%. So I slowly brought it down to 65ish over the week then down to 62 over another week and it’s amazing now. No hay smell at all. It also took 2 days for the humidity sensor to raise from the dense buds.

The hay smell is usually associated with an early harvest.