Jay, if your room humidity is too high, you can put your buds in a paper bag and put them in your fridge for a week to 10 days. Your fridge will have a lower humidity level than what you said yours is. The bonus is every time you go grab something the fridge, you get a big wiff of what you will enjoying in a few weeks
Here is my method.....works for me and my situation.
1. Bud wash
2. Hang dry for 2-3 days
3. Do final trim
4. Bag and in the fridge for 7-10 days. (keeping them on their stems will slow the drying process down which is good)
5. Cut the buds off the stems and into jars, for curing
6. Burp the buds daily for a week. (I usually do one day where I empty the jar on a tray where I allow an even 'airing out' for about 20-30 minutes before going back into the jar)
7. Burp every 2-3 days for 2 more weeks. (Note: when you open your jars for the burping, you should still be able to feel a bit of moisture in the buds, they shouldn't be crispy....if they feel crispy, you have over dried a bit. Simple fix....throw a Boveda 62 or two of them in there depending on the size of your jar. They will fix you right up.)
8. Smoke when ready. The longer you cure the better Jay. I just opened a jar of Blueberry bud that I have had sitting in a jar for 7 months.....holy shit dude. Smell was incredible and the smoke was so smooth I thought something was wrong and I wasn't getting any of the smoke from my bong. I had to blow all the smoke out to confirm it was working....it was that smooth. Several hits and not even the slightest urge to cough. It was good when I last tried it in July/August. Its way better now!
A good dry and cure will do that for you. It would be a shame to spend the last 4-5 months working so hard to not spend a couple weeks to make it worth it. That hay or grass smell is common when you trim. It will go away with a good dry and cure.
