alfalfa-ish smell during cure?

[SecretiveVikki]

okay, heres what I've done..I hope I didn't mess it all up.
I've harvested a few of my plants about 10 days ago, hung the whole thing for the first 24 hrs or so while I manicured then broke it down to branches, discarding the main stalk, they hung in a cupboard for 5 days and were dry to the touch and stems snapped when bent so I trimmed off all the nuggs, put them into a mason jar and put the jar in my bottom drawer...about 4 hrs after doing this I opened it up and the delicious smell of my girl had turned to a hay/ alfalfa smell...not vinigary, or mildewy, just like fresh cut hay and all the bud is remoistened, not neccesarily wet, but moist...so is this bad? I've been airing the jar a couple times a day..should I not? should I just leave it be to cure? or did I get too over anxious and not let it dry enough? should I maybe use a piece of cheese cloth for a lid? what have I done and how can I fix it?

[Administrator]

You are doing exactly as you should Vikki. That smell is normal for a week or so during the cure. Soon you will start to smell the buds as they should be. That's when you know they are cured and ready to smoke.

[SecretiveVikki]

woohoo!
I'm just giddy with delight.
thanks Herb :kiss:

[greenthumb420]

You're probably smelling the chlorophyl and other substances breaking down.after about two weeks the smell should start getting less and less and smell more like bud towards 1 month.Basically what Herb said.LOL

[fromthemorning]

I had that kind of smell until yesterday. Now it's all smelling fine! 2 weeks and counting! yes!

[simpleminded wiseguy]

weed needs to be DRY to smell like it should.U will see that now that ur buds seem too dry, just keeping them in a closed jar will extract the moist from inside the bud to "equalize" humidity!Then the Real cure starts!
GreenThumb is right it is chlorophyl u were smellin'.An advice for the breakdown of chlo. is let ur plants hang fully for at least a week leaving all leaves who will breakdown the chlo. much better than if it is manicured (less living material to breakdown chlo.!!!!
:animbong:

[MR P]

i have the same smell from mine, to get the fragrence out of your bud grap a lil nug and gently roll it back and forth between your fingers and then take a second smell you should smell the true fragrance of your bud mine makes my mouth water when i do that and its fun when someone smells you bud and goes dam that crap smells like dry ol hay then you give it the magic rub and tell em to take a second wiff its a whole different reaction.