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**PigSquishy** · 05-21-2017, 04:53 PM

One thing to note I learned from reading the informative articles here is "Do Not Use Bovida during the Drying Process", because it doesn't work very well... instead dry your bud, and then after a month to three months later when its dried and curing... then add the Boveda packet... and when I did this one my buds tasted better, two they smell better and the problem you are having also were fixed for me... and the other thing was the potency got better too.

**Tika** · 05-21-2017, 05:01 PM

In agreement with that ...wait til you are cured before adding packs. Do you know your humidity in your jars? Hygrometer?

**Bklyndiaz** · 05-21-2017, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by Rockmyhandle View Post

I've been curing my auto flower for about 3 weeks now and I'm not noticing any smell difference or change from the fresh hay smell. One of my auto flowers smells sweet when I crack the lids to the mason jars but when in the curing process should the smell change to smelling like good buds again. I'm using quart size mason jars with brovida 62 percent humidity. I open them now every week instead of once a day. Thanks in advance for any advise.

My first grow, was the same way, but I tried this on my second grow and no more hay smell, hoping it continues for all my grows!!! Good Luck to you.

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**PigSquishy** · 05-21-2017, 07:54 PM

When it comes to the harvest and "Drying" most people really believe it ends when your buds reach the humidity level you think they need to be at and then DONE... buds to smoke, Problem is it doesn't work that way and believe me there is as much to drying and curing as their seems to be to growing a plant, but the more you know the better the buds will be. I push to get my humidity down to 40% in drying myself, then I put them into mason jars and do the daily/weekly pop the lid and let it breathe for an hour and reseal it until I really get the humidity down... Then it takes about 3-months once I get it down to where I keep an eye on the humidity inside each jar and then I open it and drop in a Boveda packet or two depending on the size I bought and then I give them another month of curing...Believe me I know nobody wants to wait that long to smoke some buds, so not all the jars may make it to that point for some people and that's fine you will still get high and enjoy some great buds. However the buds that make it to 4-6 months compared to the fresh buds you have that just dried even of the same clones there is a serious difference in the smoke you are enjoying. I read some place from some trusted source that bud should actually cure 1-YEAR to be at its best potency, taste, etc... All in all I actually don't know, but was willing to debate and test that claim and I can tell you this... WOW I wasn't complaining when we put that question to the test.

Here is what I can honestly say about our Test/Trial on the 1-Year cure... the bud was potent in the smell, it got Boveia at 3-months and moved to a dark place to be left alone undisturbed for the rest of the time once the burping of the jar was completed. We compared the same mother plant clones which have stayed the same in potency and have been staying to the same nutrients, etc... so we feel confident in our results, and in the end... Opening the other newer jars (fresher buds) there was some nice smell, you opened it got a whiff and stuck your nose in there to get a good smell of it. The 1-year old jar, you opened the lid and it smelled up the entire room and surrounding rooms with its potency of the smell, made me think of a hot car with the new air freshener in it for the potency of it. When it came to the smoothness, the newer buds were okay for smoothness you coughed here and there... but nothing horrible... the 1-year old stuff however when down like air, you couldn't even feel it burning your throat or lungs, but the hits OMG allowed you to really take in much bigger hits without any issue getting it all back out without coughing became the trick. When it came to the high effects, again we noted a serious difference it seemed much more intense as well.

Why does any of this really matter? Because when you really start getting into learning about Drying and Curing you will learn some aspects of how some things inside the buds need to lose water for them to change into something else, and thus that is why cannabis must dry out to a certain percentage and then Cure in order for the buds to become more potent in the ways you are looking for. In the end I ended up learning so much that I did some more experiments to see if the drying and curing process would in effect change taste, flavor and potency depending on the aspects of curing and drying... and sure enough buds off the same plant, dried and cured in different ways were all believed to be different strains all grown by different various people, and couldn't believe it was all bud from one plant at one harvesting. So here is a good place for you to start learning about Drying and Curing may it help you get started learning more on these topics:

Original Guide to Drying and Curing Marijuana Buds | Grow Weed Easy

http://www.growweedeasy.com/drying-curing

This tutorial teaches you the best way to dry and cure cannabis buds after harvest, which greatly increases bud quality. Quality drying/curing ensures the best smelling, most dense and highest potency marijuana buds!

**Rockmyhandle** · 05-21-2017, 09:06 PM

This is my 3rd grow and trying to perfect the drying and curing. The first two grows I didn't pay much attention to the drying and curing to get it to the point I could smoke it. I'm noticing that this time I'm following the steps mentioned and I'm noticing a major difference in taste, smell, and affect. This time when I crack the lids they are starting to smell sweet and it's about 4 weeks into curing. Hoping soon it will smell like weed. One of my auto flowers is blueberry and can't wait for that taste to come through to the buds. It seems like 50 percent of growing process is drying and curing which from what I'm reading could take 6 months to year for a proper cure before they are ready, does that sound correct??

**GreenArmadillo** · 05-22-2017, 03:18 PM

aaaaah curing. So happy to be knocking on it's door.
Thanks for all the delicious info peeps.

**Rockmyhandle** · 05-22-2017, 05:17 PM

Thanks everyone for the helpful advice. I followed the guide too but I know now it's going to be maybe a few more grows before I understand how my environment works for my plants from seed to curing. I'll give the opening the jars once a day for a week and see if that helps improve the smell. I've learned what doesn't work lol. These plants I actually let go two weeks longer into harvest, the buds started showing cool colors since I started giving it cooler temps at night a week before cutting down. I also noticed that out of the 3 plants one was ripe and fat buds and smelled great. I took that one down and started the drying process which I extended out to 1 weeks. I trimmed all the fan leaves and most of the sugar leafs because the humidity was very high. At 3 days later I cut down the second and did the same process. The 3rd still had a few undeveloped colas so I let that go for another week longer and they fattened right up. During the drying process about 7 days later for each plant the top colas were getting brittle while the lower branches were still wet to the touch. So I jarred the buds that were getting crispy on the outside but I didn't close the jars and just left them open. Once all the buds felt dry on the outside I started the mason jar once a day and popped the lids. I was worried of ruining it so I threw bovadia packs and opening them once a day with bovida for a week. Hydrometer has been reading 61% humidity now and the lids are closed the jars are in a dark cool area.

I'm enjoying the journey and appreciate the help

**Rockmyhandle** · 05-22-2017, 05:29 PM

Here she is, this was the first one I started the curing with, this photo was taken 7 days after drying.

**Rockmyhandle** · 05-22-2017, 07:31 PM

Originally posted by Rockmyhandle View Post

Here she is, this was the first one I started the curing with, this photo was taken 7 days after drying.

Thanks for the advice I'll try that next time. What do you put them in before the quart size jars

**LuckyAcres** · 05-22-2017, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by Rockmyhandle View Post

Thanks for the advice I'll try that next time. What do you put them in before the quart size jars

Same size jar just only 2 thirds full

**PigSquishy** · 05-22-2017, 09:46 PM

The best article I've read on curing and drying is here:

Original Guide to Drying and Curing Marijuana Buds | Grow Weed Easy

http://www.growweedeasy.com/drying-curing#having-trouble-curing

This tutorial teaches you the best way to dry and cure cannabis buds after harvest, which greatly increases bud quality. Quality drying/curing ensures the best smelling, most dense and highest potency marijuana buds!

I fill a Wide Mouth Quart Jar 2/3 way full

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