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just had a thought, no idea how well it would work, but maybe when the humidity is too high you could take some dehydrated rice put it in a paper towel and tie it off so it doesn't mix with the bud and put in jar. But you would still need a hygrometer so you don't dry too much
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when i dry i go until the entire bud is CRISPY dry, and the stems between the nugs snap with a pop, but the stem inside the bud is still a little flexible.
as you cure up this little bit of moisture left in the stem will spread back out evenly through the neg leaving a nice, soft, pungent smelling, dry enough to smoke, and no longer crispy dry nug.
Humidity here was between 75-85% for almost the last month, been battling light signs of PM on my outdoor queen but didn't have any issues drying or starting the curing process on my lanky queen.
If you ever over dry buds TOO MUCH before the cure, you can actually wet your finger with purified water, and rub this around the rim of a jar already filled with over dried nugs, pop on the lid, and set the jar in WARM DIRECT sunlight for NO MORE THAN 5-6 MINUTES.
Let this sit for about 6 hours after that in warm darkness, NO LONGER THAN 6 hours, then burp that a couple times and go on curing like normal.
if your humidity indoors isnt manageable and you dont have a hygrometer (i have never used one tbh) then id recommend cutting your nugs off the main stems and drying them on a screen with similar airflow to the way you would if you just hung them up. This helps drying when it's humid a LOT more than you would think without damaging the terpenes, or having to fork out a small wad for a dehumidifier.
Although just getting a dehumidifier is a lot easier and keep in mind some genetics wont begin to smell :right" for sometimes even up to 2 weeks in cure, if you dried it correctly it will NOT smell like hay or dirt before the cure abut after drying, it WILL however smell VERY similar to sliced cucumbers, if you are familiar with that smell, is quite specific, but still recognizeable as the smell of cannabis resin, and a hell of a lot more pleasant than that dried-to-quick "hay" smell, some genetics ive had however have smelled like cured nugs no matter how i dired them, even in the oven, but those are FEW and far between lol. (Kera Seeds White Thunder was one, smelled incredible, smoked incredible, tasted incredible, even freshly dried completely un cured, was VERY impressive, however those seeds were TERRIBLE on yields and hermied like fucking crazy )
not saying what you had wasnt mold, just rambling on about the curing process really lol, although i have had a couple indica dominant plants that cured up and smelled like a straight up dirty wet basement, smooth even burn, piney taste, no sign of molds or PM, but the bag still smells like a dirty basement thats been wet for a year... they just smelled like that for whatever reason, very mold like, but having molded buds before it was not the same smell, but very similar, also not implying this is your issue, just throwing things out there from experience.
always helpful milk thanks bud it makes more sense it was mold my sniffer is amazing and I see now that I didn't dry enough
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lol my sniffer was great when I did smoke I haven't smoked for a couple years now and it is insane how strong my sense of smell is and my taste buds are ridiculous I used to do pest control when I smoked I was known for being the death sniffer I could tell exactly where something died in the walls the moment I stepped in the house I could not do that job today vomitus maximus...
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and keep in mind some genetics wont begin to smell :right" for sometimes even up to 2 weeks in cure, if you dried it correctly it will NOT smell like hay or dirt before the cure abut after drying, it WILL however smell VERY similar to sliced cucumbers, if you are familiar with that smell, is quite specific, but still recognizeable as the smell of cannabis resin, and a hell of a lot more pleasant than that dried-to-quick "hay" smell, some genetics ive had however have smelled like cured nugs no matter how i dired them, even in the oven, but those are FEW and far between lol. (Kera Seeds White Thunder was one, smelled incredible, smoked incredible, tasted incredible, even freshly dried completely un cured, was VERY impressive, however those seeds were TERRIBLE on yields and hermied like fucking crazy 
