Drying/curing

[Esaron]

Hello, just joined the site cuz I had some problems with my last grow.

So everything went great up until harvest. I was growing in soil (just recently switched to my own hydro setup) and I harvested, yay. Started drying and I waited until the outside was a lil crispy and the stem audibly snapped. The drying part seemed to go fine. Then I started curing... I didn't start in bags, which Ive learned I should have, I just started with a jar. Everytime I opened the jar, it smelled rancid. I tried drying more, and there were absolutely no signs of mold. So I kept this up for about a month, opening the jar a few times a day for a few minutes, and the smell never got better. It just smelled like compost. I eventually gave up and just smoked the shit after I let it sit out for a while, but I don't know what I did wrong. I followed all the instructions that I could find.

Does anyone know what might have caused this? (at first I thought i didn't dry well enough, but I dried em pretty damn well)

Esaron Reviewed by Esaron on 12-17-2007. Drying/curing Hello, just joined the site cuz I had some problems with my last grow. So everything went great up until harvest. I was growing in soil (just recently switched to my own hydro setup) and I harvested, yay. Started drying and I waited until the outside was a lil crispy and the stem audibly snapped. The drying part seemed to go fine. Then I started curing... I didn't start in bags, which Ive learned I should have, I just started with a jar. Everytime I opened the jar, it smelled rancid. Rating: 5

[Big len]

I,m not a expert but did you flush your plants before harvest, it could possibly be coming from chemicals you used during growth and flower.

[socialistpete]

I,m not a expert but did you flush your plants before harvest, it could possibly be coming from chemicals you used during growth and flower.

This def could be the smell, but I had a sativa strain that had a real bad smell to it but it was real potent so who cares. And another thing I never cure using bags first just go right to jars when there dry enough. After a few harvests you'll know when the right time is to throw those buds in the jar.

[dejayou30]

I put some over-nuted plants that I killed at 4.5 weeks into flower in a jar and every time I opened it, it smelled like a butt. If you didn't flush, this might be where your smell comes from. Like someone said up there, it doesn't matter what it smells like if it smokes nicely.

[Bongojaz]

if you didn't trim them properly you may have gotten that "yard clippings" smell. i've cure a couple times w/o a flush and had no probs. i go right into jars after the hang too. some strains can be smelly.

[Esaron]

hmmm... thanks guys, now that you mention it, i didn't flush... ill make sure to this time