elibrium
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If you can build a little dry box with a pc fan to extract the air slowly like maybe once every ten minutes and throw a hydrometer in there using a fan not pointed directly at the buds. You can use a tray of water to raise humidity a bit if needed. But I've found that if you can keep your dry at a steady 70 degrees and the humidity at the range of 50 to 55% I never get the hay smell just bud and it slowly fades more and more to almost no smell. I like there to be a soft crunch around 7 days this way and not a snap and then into the curing jars where the smell comes back stronger then ever. It works every time for me and speeds up the curing process. I take the temp down to 68 after the first 3 days once the are crispy on the outer bud. And let them go another five days usually for a total of a week dry time till soft crunch. I de stem and open the jars for 10 to 15 minutes and fan them with the lid every 4 to 6 hours for the first 3 days then twice a day for 5 days then twice a week for the second weeks and they are usually up to snuff. But for best results for two more weeks I only open once a week before I seal Em up for long term storage. I'm thinking of using some of the small boveda 62 packs for storage up to a year with the jars sealed with canning wax. This is what always works for me to preserve smell and pliability but dry enough for a joint. I have a lil DIY carbon filter on my box but not required if you want to take a look at my journal.
but I'm already loving it as I'm almost done smoking my cola I cut a few days ago lol ! However I have 2 lovely clones in dwc flowering as we speak so they will ease my broken heart while I smoke my 1st grow !!! And yes my friends are pretty lucky cuz they get to smoke my lovely home grown without even knowing its homegrown hehe they are already commenting about the lovely taste and smell of the bub smoke even though it wasn't properly dried or cured !!!
