Don’t get too discouraged. proper drying and curing can be just as tricky as growing. An environment at 64-68 degrees and humidity around 50% will give you a slower dry (8-12 days) and preserve terps. when you can fold the stem and it crackles but doesn’t snap completely in two, it is ready to go in a mason jar. Then the curing can begin. crack the jars from time to time and if it smells like hay let the jar breathe for a few minutes before resealing it. the hay smell is just decomposing chlorophyll, we need to replace that with fresh air so more chlorophyll can decompose. eventually the hay will be replaced by wonderful terpy stench.
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Good info up in here for sure. My first run was the same way. Hopefully my second wont be like that.
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Well I’m around 12 to 14 days in the grove bags still no change in smell they still smell like grass maybe I messed up the drying I don’t no anymore
AGREE.
Are you usin RH meters?
Slow drying is good.
Smaller stalks/buds/nuggets will dry faster.
Wet trim allows faster drying.
Did you wash the crop before hang/dry?
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From my little experience. From day one I spent a lot of money on a lot of growing stuff. A few things I don’t use that I think is useless that some people may not. One thing I cannot say enough good things about is the wedryer to dry cannabis. I use no dehumidifier or humidifier in my whole growing process ever. I let the Massachusetts weather do it for me LOL. 
I also wash my weed which consists of dipping your weed in water and hydroperoxide and shaking it a little in water. So I saturate this stuff with water cleaning, hang upside down for a good day or two with circulating air in the room window open. then the wedryer till ready = a few days. Then Auto burping/grove bags after.
Good luck with your drying methods everybody has their own little methods including growing. There’s a lot of people who don’t even wash their weed and look at me like I’m an alien with three heads when I try to explain it to him. Even though I’m in a closed tent and a clean room I still like washing my weed, also boveda packs in buckets and bags I use 62% boveda packs only
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Washing before hanging is good and always should be practiced, IMO.
Weed is softer and definitely cleaner.
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I always have a big smile when I explained that process to people. When I grew my first batch it came out like I was doing it for a while so I had a lot and I was scared to dip it in water yes scared like a little girl and if you looked at me you’d be like wow that gets you scared. I always have a small dripping of running water to always clean the skim off the top five gallon bucket that I’m dipping them in. Then between 4 and 5 minutes of the drip I add a little bit more hydroperoxide.
I’m off to a job interview in a little yay no talking about washing cannabis
I built a closet I can resize and store away for drying and storage. It’s next to a well insulated window with a window ac unit to keep the temp down. hygrostat on the humidifier and thermostat on a space heater and ac to maintain the environment. I also have A LOT of small fans I use for circulation. I have never washed my crop before but I will be in the future as I believe cleaner is better. In my experience the bulk hygrometers from amazon aren’t accurate at all. I learned to dry and cure by feel and smell and I just can’t imagine doing it any other way. Not saying my way is the only way, just the only one I know.
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I do the feel.
Nose does not work well since surgeries and COVID.
Cheap meters used for “directional” of dry.
PNW always 60-95% humidity.
Currently, dehumidifier in lung/Garage holds 60%RH, during tent lights off.
Jars, bags, and smoke pile utilized for dry and storage.
Absolutely new routine, the “cure”, for me.
Two year collection, with a little help from friends.
Jars only half full, leaves space for airy-tumbling, during burping and cure
Test and taste daily.
What a fun hobby (life, now).
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That’s for all the great info guy I do use the rh meters I think maybe I just dried to fast
Also I didn’t no you had to burp grove bags
If your buds aren’t too dry you may still be able to save them. I’ve never used grove bags but I imagine they can’t be that different from mason jars. If they aren’t crunchy on the outside after a couple days of being unopened, they still have enough moisture to cure off a lot of the chlorophyll. It may take a month or more of burping though
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If your material is under 66%RH, you shouldn’t have to burp the bags, I think.
I frequently add more material that is not dry, to the bag and raise the RH.
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