Harvest & Curing My harvested bud smells like flowers

[Cerul]

Hi guys,

I harvested my NYC auto by Pyramid seeds 3 days ago and I'm getting ready to cure them in mason jars. My question is that none of the colas smell like weed but rather like fresh cut flowers or grass. Did I do something wrong growing the plants?

 

[Discretepete2676]

Can you by chance get some pictures? Strain name, how long it ran.... Any other info much appreciated.... What method of seeing did you use and did you test the RH of your drying environment? I'm very new to growing as well but would love to offer any help I can

 

[BR549]

No, nothing wrong. Just go ahead and cure them properly and the smell will come back. Mine did that too.

 

[Cerul]

I haven't checked the RH of my environment. After harvesting I hung the branches of my plant in a secluded dark cupboard. Its been 3 days and I checked on them today. The branches can be bent without snapping and appear dry. I might give it a couple more days and then cure them. The pic uploaded upside down.

 

[BII]

Smelling like cut grass, hay, etc., is good. It means the buds are already off-gassing -- experiencing breakdown of undesired cellular components (proteins, plant pigments, carbohydrates/polysaccharides, DNA, etc.) with this done by fungi, bacteria and enzymes released from dying/dead plant cells. The more nasty or undesired smells you get during early drying and curing, the less will be around once it's actually cured.

Much like Voodoo Juice, Great White/Orca, etc. used for soil/media microbial inoculation, there should be microbial inoculation products on the market to assure consistent and speed-up curing, which is largely driven by microorganisms digesting residual plant molecules. Does anyone know of any company offering or developing microbial products for curing? Or anyone know of any good related scientific research articles. What exactly happens during proper curing?

 

[Cerul]

Thats interesting BII. I always thought that the purpose of drying/curing was so that the plant compounds would concentrate due to aging. I didn't know it was so that fauna residing in the plant itself would break these compounds down. Any botanist's in the house?

 

[Kulgan]

Give it time and they'l be fine.

 

[swizzlestix]

I don't mean to play devil's advocate here but they are flowers man.

 

[G.Leave]

Damn that's dry for it being only 3 days! I have always struggled with my drying as I have less than ideal conditions any time of the year(damp and cool in the fall) and warm and really dry(20% humidity) in the winter. In the winter I suspend trimmed plants(trimming the whole plant and leaving on main stalk, to slow the process)in a large cardboard box. Drying take around a week in this setup and it works well for drying and containing the strong smell for the first 3 days of drying.

 

[Dr Fluff]

Smells like flowers , nice especially in spring time too.

As it has been pointed out "They are all flowers",which maybe a bit of crass statement (lacking sensitivity), it may be that the smell could be better described as "floral" to avoid obvious pedentry.

I have posted a flavor wheel for you to help you pinpoint your smell profile should you want to define it a little more.

Cheers Arty