+ Rep Dark bud question

WeEdDeMoN

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i harvested a couple weeks ago and everything went great, fruity bright green buds. after drying and curing they are now dark, but still smell decent. i hung them for 4 days then had to move so they finished drying in shoe boxes. are the shoe boxes why they got so dark? i also jared them a little early and had some sweat in jars but left them out over night and they were fine. Plz help! + rep for your time
 

clasonde

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i dried my buds that were bright green in brown paper bags for 5 days and they ended up being really dark as well. ill probably never dry in a paper bag anymore because even though i flipped them 1-2 times a day, some sides would dry flattened.
 

meathook666

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Two things come to my mind. First there are some strains like black domina or black forest which are supposedly darker. Or your plants were hit by a bud mold and changed the colour.
 

straw

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they do get a little dark after drying it will be alright. as long as you like the smoke its fine.
 

Phase420

Active Member
Your fine. its getting darker because theres less water in the buds and leaves from drying. So just like if you didnt water your plant and it looks like it darker then when its nicely watered.
 
i guess how dark are we talking about maybe the strain just dries dark or had gotten some rot some how but i think you would know if your bud had rot
 

nickfury510

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i guess how dark are we talking about maybe the strain just dries dark or had gotten some rot some how but i think you would know if your bud had rot
not all the time. ive met plenty of growers that didnt know their herb had the rot. my brothers friend came over the other day with some blue dream he grew out from some cuts of mine. while it smelled good and looked decent enough it was considerably darker than the product. when i started to break it up to roll i noticed it had rot by the way it crumbled down. you would be surpised at the amout of disease that gets put out there.:leaf:
 
i harvested a couple weeks ago and everything went great, fruity bright green buds. after drying and curing they are now dark, but still smell decent. i hung them for 4 days then had to move so they finished drying in shoe boxes. are the shoe boxes why they got so dark? i also jared them a little early and had some sweat in jars but left them out over night and they were fine. Plz help! + rep for your time
Is it possible that they got a little mold? What was your humidity levels? I'd say anything over 50% is too much, and temps should be cool around 60 or so. . are they moist? do the stems snap? Where I am, my buds dry in a bout 3-4 days. I keep humidity at 40-45% RH and about 65 degrees f. I then put them is 1/2 gallon mason jars for about 3-4 days, then into large plastic air sealed containers for another 3-5 days and they are good to go. My patients and the despensaries love my meds and everything is gone on my first day deliveries.

Good luck....any pics BTW?
 

WeEdDeMoN

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yea i think its mold they smell funny and the taste is a little off.. the strain is blueberry FUCK!!! have a hp of useless bud! thanks for all he reply's gotta love RIU
 
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