hi guys i grew a gelato cookie doh hope and it has no smell to it at all and smells dead. it wasnt cut early and dried for 5 days. has been curing for 3 days so far but doesnt look like it will have a nice smell at all. im so gutted as i thought it was going to b a good 1. any ideas?
gelato x gsc smells dead
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Squidkid
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I hang for minimum of 12 to 14 days before I do anything to it.then trim them jar it up..really pumps up the volume.
Indacouch
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I like to start my cure a lot wetter than most people. It takes a bit more work and patience but it's well worth it. Over the years I've realized it's no fun over drying flowers. I'm not saying that's what you did,just my opinion. There are a few things that can be at play here. First off how did it smell when it was deep into flower and during chop? Some strains such as northern lights for instance, never really have a powerful smell like an OGK or a GG will, or even cookies.Secondly, during the cure there is a point that the jars don't smell great... and another point where it seems like no smell at all. The cure process if done right takes time and traps a lot of these awesome smells inside the nuggs themselves. I usually don't get excited about cured weed for at least 3 months. I like 6 months even more. I've noticed a lot of smells will come back after a long cure.....and if a strain has any fruity or fuel smell, after a nice long proper cure is when these smells will reveal themselves. Lastly, if you take a bud out of your cure jar and open it up, what does it smell like then. I'd never just pull a bud out of an early cure jar and smell the outside, it's not nice at that point because lots of things are happening. I suggest you break a nugg open and smell. If you didn't over dry it the smell will hit you in the face when a nug is bruised or opened. Be patient and it will get better ......if it's not overly dried out.
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Indacouch
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If I hung my plants for two weeks in my climate, they wouldn't be worth the stock they were attached to.
Squidkid
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I roger that..its hard to dedicate a separate area just for it..
Indacouch
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I go straight from the dry room into paper grocery bags. Like I said above I start my cure wetter than most...when just the outside of the buds feel dry to the touch. The bags make it easy to dump the bud out to air out a few time during that first critical week. Then I'll toss em in giant food grade containers and watch em close. The bags are a bit extra work, but for around 12 years now I haven't had any issues with overdrying. Before that it was always a crap shoot tbh. I use to wait until the stem snapped....way too fuckin dry at that point....lol...Starting them with more moisture and drawing it out super slow is where it's at imo.
Kronickeeper
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So much about the dry and cure has to do with the individual conditions/climate of each grow so what works for one person may be bad advice for another person based on his conditions. I think more information, temp, humidity, dry area, are you hanging whole plant? Or wet trimming and drying on racks? Need more info
Chunky Stool
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Paper grocery bags are the only way to go -- especially if buds are more fluffy.
Herb dries evenly because there's zero airflow.
I would guess it didn't dry enough or didn't finish growing
Indacouch
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During Grow season we always switch to paper bags at the checkout line getting groceries. There a bitch to carry inside compared to plastic....but there worth the hassle to have for curing. Unless I go to winco. Then I'll just put a bunch inside another paper bag and bring em home. I know I know ....what a rebel. That's what they get for making me bag my own groceries to keep prices down in the store. Lol
tstick
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Yeah....the truth is that you may have just gotten a dud. It happens.
You may have gotten a seed that expressed all the poorest traits related to the cross. That's one risk when you grow from seeds made from complex hybrids. Too bad there aren't more "landrace" seeds available. I say that in quotes because a landrace stops being a landrace when it's not grown in it's native environment....but you get the idea.
Diverse breeding works great for humans. We don't want to interbreed with our own brothers and sisters, obviously. But, for cannabis plants, the closer-in the genetic line stays, the better.
One big reason we get plants with very little smell, has to do with the plant selections going on dating back to the 70's and 80's. Growers back then didn't want the stinky strains that we all love (and miss) today. They bred for low-stink and high THC content. And that's the way it stayed for decades. Now, we are suffering the backlash of that selective breeding.
You may have gotten a seed that expressed all the poorest traits related to the cross. That's one risk when you grow from seeds made from complex hybrids. Too bad there aren't more "landrace" seeds available. I say that in quotes because a landrace stops being a landrace when it's not grown in it's native environment....but you get the idea.
Diverse breeding works great for humans. We don't want to interbreed with our own brothers and sisters, obviously. But, for cannabis plants, the closer-in the genetic line stays, the better.
One big reason we get plants with very little smell, has to do with the plant selections going on dating back to the 70's and 80's. Growers back then didn't want the stinky strains that we all love (and miss) today. They bred for low-stink and high THC content. And that's the way it stayed for decades. Now, we are suffering the backlash of that selective breeding.
Indacouch
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That was exactly my point when I said 2 weeks would literally dry my flowers to a crisp. I usually tell people what to watch/feel for when giving dry cure info. What takes me 3 to 4 days in the dry room, can literally take someone else 2 weeks. Even then it could go a week for me to. Last year everything finished real early so it was still hot and dry here. Other years I'm well into the first few rains and the moisture and cool weather slow drying down quite a bit. So you're right about what works for one most likely won't for another. Same goes for flowering imo. Lots of people think it's guna finish when the pack says..... wish it was that easy ...lol
i think i just had a dud. it deff finished as tri were all cloudy and 10% amber. the plant didnt have a smell while it was in full bloom. not like the gorilla infested gelato i had on the go same time, that was pungent with the glue smelling nice. shame really, guess it will get me high just wont taste nice. will cure for good 4 weeks first though
Kronickeeper
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Lol exactly man and you’re right flowers times have a lot to do with your environment and even feeding schedules it’s not one size fits all
Kronickeeper
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Sometimes it’s just genetics