buds smell like hay

[gah1212]

today i went to my place where i store my buds in mason jars and i opened 2 that smells like hay. so i ordered me some 62% boveda packs to help rehydrate them. is there anything else i can try to save my bud? i feel so dumb for letting this happen. Peace

[Locrian99]

Those bovedas seem like a no brained to me they aren’t expensive compared to what was spent growing the bud in time and money. Last time I was at the dispensary I noticed they have them in all of their jars too

[Potted]

Spray them with a little water, to aid the boveda in rehydration

[Canyon Grower]

If your buds small like hay they typically are still green(ish) and need to have moisture removed. I would take the buds out of those jars and dry them loosely on a cookie sheet. After several days you can put them in with a boveda. Boveda packs can raise or lower moisture levels a little bit from above or below the 62 percent target but too dry or too wet cant be remedied. I have used them for a long time and they work well for what they are intended.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Sounds to me like you put them in the jars when they were not dry enough yet.

[Vitreous]

There isn't a harvest that goes by when my freshly cut buds smell like a bunch of hay laying on a fresh cut lawn!
After drying and getting ready to cure... the hay/fresh lawn smell diminishes and then the sweet ripe smells of bud heaven start shinning through like magic.

[Dagmar]

This is my experience too. At some point, the hay smell comes, but then it goes - as long that you properly cure your flower. I cure for about 8 weeks, depending on the bud density, and then add Boveda packets to the jars. I use a Caliber Digital Hygrometer which fits inside the jar to test the humidity level of the buds. Use Boveda as soon as the humidity drops to under 70% and then just open the jars every other day until I reach 62%, still opening the jars every other day for a week or two.

https://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Digital-Hygromter-Western-Humidor/dp/B00JXOKQVW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&dpID=41GqdR07-zL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1H1YY5GDP0J6JEAKVMDQ&linkCode=ll1&tag=4200a7-20&linkId=906692fed4bdde5c62b2dee2a90f9c18

[Vitreous]

Hi Dagmar, I use big stainless tins to cure in. Once I reach 60 humidity, I crack them open once a week, until the humidity drops to 55, then I store until needed.
OMG after each week or so when I need to open for use, every batch after gets better and better right up to the last of it.
The last of it always has the most potency and such a rich smell. Agreed. The longer you wait... pays off drastically.