im worried i have mold anyone know?

i dryed out buds for 5 days put in jars when the stick was just a lil bendy but ive been opening it 2 times a day for like 2-4 hours at a time but i smoked some of it and it would turn off in the pipe but i got high yeah but my throat has been kinda flemy it doesn't hurt or anything but it does feel weird also the buds smell kinda odd like nothing i ever bought before....oh yeah and the taste is not bad just odd i don't know how to put it like it feels like it isn't mary jane so im kinda worried i don't know if to throw it out or what i don't want to get sick off this any help on the subject would help thanks in advance

if its moldy you will smell it, before you see the white fury mold on the bud it will smell very strongly of ammonia
then the white fluffy mold will come

if it was bud rot, that happened while it was growing not while drying, that will be nasty and harsh to smoke but it will not smell, it will look grey and the buds will be
mush in the middle

none of this will kill you, but it is not very nice, be more careful next time
good luck

skunkd0c said:

if its moldy you will smell it, before you see the white fury mold on the bud it will smell very strongly of ammonia
then the white fluffy mold will come

if it was bud rot, that happened while it was growing not while drying, that will be nasty and harsh to smoke but it will not smell, it will look grey and the buds will be
mush in the middle

none of this will kill you, but it is not very nice, be more careful next time
good luck

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Thanks skunk i appreciate the advice. When you say mush in the middle do you mean that won't look like individual lil buds? just like mushed together? lol that's redundant. Any ways I think im in the clear it doesn't smell like ammonia and it doesn't taste bad i guess i just need to let it cure longer it has been like a week and a half how much longger do you think it will take? thanks in advance!

mush in the middle is bud rot, thats what happens to the plant while it is still growing , the bud rot starts in the center of a cola
it turns the cola to mush in the middle if you squeeze it will completly flatten to a black/grey mush inside the bud
the outside of the bud can look normal
the first signs of bud rot are normally a small dead single leaf or leaf blade poking out of the cola, the leaf looks very dry crispy and yellow, these dead leaves have a specific look to them you look inside the cola that the dead leaf connects to and its likely you will find bud rot
if you did not notice this when growing, and dried the bud that has bud rot inside it will taste harsh, you will be able to see the discolaration inside the bud it will look black/grey
it will not be mushy anymore since it is dry it will smell damp, kind of like a mushroom
it will not smell nothing like mold that happens when you chop it down and dry it too slowly this will totally stink like ammonia and you will see white fluff growing on the bud

you say you cant smell ammonia thats very good news m8, i left some weed in a plastic bag once years ago i forgot about it, 5 oz totally ruined it stank of ammonia lol
and i could just see the fluff starting to form, so i guess the order is ammonia smell first then the fluffy mold comes, this ammonia you can smell it through every single bud
the buds can look normal, but the flavor and smell is fucked

peace