usually burping is just opening to lid to burp off the gasses/get dryer air into the jar which the buds will then re-moisturise, by that guide 4 days means your local rh is 30%(?) id say taking them out weekendly for so long at a time may have dried them a bit much unless they were over 70% but 2 weeks in jars so only burped/dried twice max?
we want more gradual change than weekly steps.
in that guide it says burp more often at certain points towards the start have you done that weekendly drying since they went in the jars or is that just how it is recently?
if you dry the outsides too quickly then all the fermentation (?) and chlorophyll processes wont take place in those parts so you end up with the hay smell instead of the stink were after.
you wanna start by burping a few times a day them down to once a day then week etc. just judging when it needs it more often by the RH%
dont worry about it id say the smell will return, its early days. i wouldnt bother with the boveda and especially not the peel, the orange wil change the smell and increase the risk of mould. ive done it myself back when i was buying with no ill efects but i wouldnt recommend it atall. it a do at your own risk kind of thing.
boveda packs are handy to have around and useful for long term storage stability but not essential to everyone. buy some when youre bothered or if you want to. i think they have 62% ones now too.
personally i like to leave the jar bud in that range anyway and then just pull out a few buds to a smaller jar that ill use to roll etc, that way it gets longer to cure and over time it will slowly lower the rh anyway you dont really have to do any scheduled burps as your smoking will make it happen often enough anyway unless you have a million jars on the go.
no problem, im no expert btw but i follow that guide myself and have done it 3-4 times with good success now.
if theyre steady at 62% id just leave them be and burp once for like 5 mins weekly or so. you want it pretty sealed so you dont lose anymore moisure, and during that week being sealed the inner moisture will spread to the crumbly bits decrumblifying them. ive got mine sitting at 63 now in a drawer, just whenever i need a bud or a sniff i open it and then back in the drawer, it doesnt need much once youre down to 65% and lower
even if it doesnt end up changing smell isnt really the main thing anyway, and theres always next time. no easy way to practice these things quickly.
if youre not planning to store the jar for years untouched then 62 is a good number to aim for imo.
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good luck