Brown buds after a long cure?

[THCV]

I want to check with y'all on this. I have some bubba that has been curing for over 2 months now. It was purple/green when it went into the glass jars. I have kept it with a little moisture the whole time so that the cure can continue (once the moisture is gone the cure is cut short). The smell is great, smells almost like cognac, and now the buds look kinda brown. The taste of the smoke is fantastic and the stone is still strong. But is it normal for the green to go away while curing this long or am I doing something wrong? There is no mold at all, but i guess the cognac smell might represent fermentation or something. Did I keep it too wet? The buds are still pliable, not crispy. I have never cured anything this long so i'm not sure if it is normal.

Thanks.

THCV

 

[Guest]

make sure no light gets to the curing buds. is the jar taped up? oh yea..let them dry out real nice before the seal. It sounds like they were too wet, i had this same thing happen before. good luck

ruby

 

[Guest]

thcv- i have that happen with my some of my outdoor buds (depends on the strain) after they cure for awhile. mine go in the jars bone dry so i dont think it has anything to do with there being a small amount of moisture in the buds.

 

[Guest]

its either mold or something to do with the breakdown of chlorphyl.

 

[Mind-Left-Body]

yeah, but if it was mold there would definately be that nasty musky mold smell. i would assume its the breakdown of the chlorophyl over time that gives it that look.

 

[THCV]

the jars are where i cure--they go from hanging upside down into the jars, then regular opening, then burping. it def isn't mold. but yes, my goal is to breakdown the chlorophyl, as with any cure no? The jars are kept in a dark closet and they are rubber sealed mason jars.

Obviously, it could be too much remaining moisture. But when people talk about an 8-month cure, they must leave some moisture in right? Or else you just get the cure it had when it dried out completely? (ie if it cured for a month, dried completely, the next 7 months don't increase the cure really).

 

[aeric]

If there is mold you would know, look under a microscope for fuzzy stuff, don't confuse it for crystals. Rot is grey-brown or yellow-brown, I think you would taste it if that were the case. I believe in a month the chlorophyl converts to sugars or whatever. I would go ahead and dry them at least a little more, but it sounds fine otherwise. Pics would help.

 

[aeric]

...agreed there should be some moisture for a cure, but how much is an inexact science, unless you meticulously weigh wet trim, and get a good sense of percentage of dry to wet weight at the exact point of correct dryness.

 

[skar]

Hello THCV,

the buds doesn't be lightly "pressed" anyway ? no offense

Lightly to hard pressed buds can turn brownish...

But, bubba have often colors that look like she can easily turn brownish, maybe the long cure gave the time to a full maturation.

i guess i'm maybe wrong, it's just suppositions as i've never tried bubba.

skar

 

[Guest]

I think opening the jar every once in a while allows enough moisture from the air outside, into the jar, then you seal it and let the moisture u just let in work. then you open the jar again later, same thing happens.

 

[m.steelers]

2 months I dont see much if any change in color, but I have stuff that goes beyond 6 months and it naturally will start to be more tan than green. I think that must be related to the ongoing decarboxylization process.

I hang until stems give the audible snap, then they spend one night in a paper bag or stash box, then on to jars which are burped once a day for a week... after that they are good to go... but i do open everything from time to time just to get some fresh air in there....I have a lot of buds that go to beyond 8 months cured and they stay very fresh, not crumbly or dry, gooey almost... They do change color slightly... and the taste is much more smooth.

Mold, you know when that happens. Shit smells terrible like ammonia. Now THAT is depressing. That's one of the reasons I continue to open even after a couple months. I have let some cured stuff go for couple months unattended , only to find white fuzz in there when that shit was really dry... Moisture will build back up from deep inside the bud over a long period of time.

happy 420 to all
m

 

[THCV]

Here's a couple pix of the bubba. I am now thinking it is just what a nice cure does to bubba, it's like a fine wine:

fresh harvest (2 day cure):



9 week cure:

 

[aeric]

Lol yeah that's what it's supposed to look like, props for your patience.

 

[THCV]

great! thanks for helping me out guys. funny, in 20 years of blazing, i have never actually seen weed with a proper long cure. i had a friend complain about the brownness, so i was worried. Thanks for setting me straight.

My purps at 2 months look the same--purp--and the TW looks more tan but still light green. The bubba changed the most.

 

[tngreen]

not too many commericial growers with that kinda patience. cut, dry, bag is what it does. beautiful lookin buds!

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

yeah, nice buds... bet they smoke smooth....

 

[The Dopest]

ok so brown is good? mine lost alot of taste compared to fresher cure(1mo) though i did notice it was alooot smoother once brown(6mo). ime

 

[guest5703]

yea i am amazed at some of the long cures on this site. I think i saw one person do it for 12 months! it was a sativa they cured and it looked tanish brown. I wish I knew how to cure my buds really well. I tried it recently with some purple urkle, I left moisture in the nugs, but opened the jar everyday for about a month. By the end the buds were starting to dry out, and i guess they had a slightly different smell(the buds smelled really strong when cracked though). But nothing to crazy, i want my bud to smell super strong and good, do I just need a good ass strain? I tried to cure some coco bubba for a couple weeks, but I think I dried it out too much before the cure so it was just really dry when i started to smoke it. Plus im sure a good strong flush would help and I haven't had the pleasure of flushing longer than 5 days...

Some cured purple urkle...It was very smooth I know that much!

 

[mig]

heres the best way to cure your buds...in my opinion...hahaha... ok after cutting, trim the major fan leaves off, and the majority of the leaf material. save the material with trichomes for hash production. after you have your trimmed buds, hang them in a place with humidity around 30 percent. when they are crispy to the touch, put them in either paper bags or cardboard box (if you like dry buds, hang them an extra day). i use the box and hand hang them from the top and sides by punching holes in the box and putting safety pics in the stems to hold them from falling back through. Do this to sweat them more, but the humidity will be much higher in the box, so the moisture still deep in the leaf tissue will be drawn out. Open the box periodically to change the air. do this for as long as you want. if you like danker buds, do it for maybe 2-5 days...if you like drier buds do ti for roughly 5-8 days. After you have achieved the consistency that you want put it into jars and let them sit for atleast 2 weeks opening them once a day but otherwise keeping them in a dark place. It is essential that you open them once or twice a day to change the air inside the container. Doing this will also provide a nice strong aroma to your flowers.
curing is not necessarily a set science, use your own judgement about how you like your buds. you can always make them drier or even add moisture back to them if you chose. so experiment. just realize what your trying to do is first dry the outside material, then use that dry material to pull moisture from deep within the bud and then evaporate that. So the longer you initially hang for, the drier the bud will be not matter what. You have more control by drying your buds less with hanging and more control drying them out with the boxes and jars. If you find that your final product is still do moist for your liking, leave it out on a table for an hour or two. Hope this helps some people. I did it this way and got primo results. Also remember light degrades thc so keep em in the dark. Also, good cured buds will lose their green color, it is the breakdown of the chlorphyll molecules. A good cured bud will not be green. it will be tannish/brownish

 

[Sativa Soul]

After a while of curing the chlorophill breaks down. This leads to a much less harsh smoke.
When air drying this could take quite a while. But if you water cure, you'll notice in a week.
It's not a bad sign. Unless it really is mold, but you'll see the difference.
In Tilburg (Holland) they have this very nice shiva in coffeshop pasja which has a very light tan colour. No green. Very smooth and nice smoke.