A little mold during curing HELP

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jdankman

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I harvested my Barneys Pineapple Chunk I'd say like 1-2 weeks ago. Let it hang dry for around 6 days and then placed it in mason jars. Once a day I let it breathe for around a hour. I forgot to open the jars Sunday so yesterday (Monday) night I checked the jars (3 of them). Two of the jars were fine but I noticed in one jar that there was a little mold on the bottom of the jar. It looked like cotton candy and probably the size of a dime. I then noticed a little on the actual bud itself. It wasn't much, and it came right off when I picked it off. I threw out the piece of bud it was attached to and I didn't notice it anywhere else.

This happened to the top bud which I never separated (it weighed 30g and I liked that I had a bud that big so just put in the mason jar like that).

I guess I caught it before it really spread and I even checked the rest of what was in the jar with my jewelers loupe and I couldn't find anymore but now I am SO PARANOID!!!!!

I am scared to smoke any of it now and I don't know what to do. My logical side says it is good to smoke and even if there is mold anywhere else that it is so small that it wont matter but the germaphobe part of me thinks that I will die if I smoke it lol.

Help please.
 
MeJuana

MeJuana

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Bearer of bad news today I guess. No, don't smoke moldy buds it can make you sick and I've been warned it could kill me I dunno if I believe that. I did get a chest infection though and I've never had one before/since. So I didn't realize the bud I was smoking was moldy, I suspect it because it had a musky taste to it. Then afterwards I seen the molds.. So, anyways... You can turn it to hash, cook with it but don't smoke it.

Just because one bud is moldy doesn't mean they all are but I would certain get those other buds drying on the quickness now. You need to inspect the ever loving crap out of it. In my opinion what you can not see, can not hurt you. So far here I sit still alive.

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jdankman

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Its not like the bud is moldy. It was literally on the outside of the bud and it was such a small amount I was able to pick it off. It was also at the bottom of the jar which I washed and put the bud back in.
 
Indacouch

Indacouch

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jdankman said:
Its not like the bud is moldy. It was literally on the outside of the bud and it was such a small amount I was able to pick it off. It was also at the bottom of the jar which I washed and put the bud back in.
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Was it growing on the bottom of the actual jar or was it on the bud itself....was this outdoor ???? and if it is outdoor are you sure it wasn't there to begin with ??
 
Growdict

Growdict

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if you have big buds, it is a good idea to sweat them 2-3 times in a plastic bag for a few hours near the end of drying, this will pull the inside moisture to the surface
 
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jdankman

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I don't have a picture because I picked it off last night. It was from an inside grow. I checked all the bud from that specific mason jar and I didn't find anymore, even when I used my jewelers loupe on 30x. I pulled the bud apart to even check by the stem. Unless I am not realizing that it is there I cant find anymore.
 
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jdankman

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I saw two spots with mold. One spot at the bottom of the jar and one spot on the outside of one of the buds. Both were id say around the size of a nickel...maybe a quarter if were stretching it. It literally came right off the bud and the spot at the bottom of the jar I washed out.
 
Growdict

Growdict

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if you cant find any mold, i would think you would be ok. unless you have a mold/penicillin allergy, then you may want to make that jar into edibles.
 
BullShark

BullShark

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Dr.Nick Riviera said:
https://www.rollitup.org/t/bud-washing-the-truth.891902/
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I read through a good portion of that thread. I'm actually thinking I might try this when In the Jeorge Cervantes video he's using 250ML per 5 gallons, which comes to 50ML of 3% H2O2 fer gallon of water.

Have you tried this method before? After reading that thread I cut a bud of an almost ready to harvest pant that I suspected might have either some type of spider webbing or spider mite webbing or even very minor mildew and washed it as an experiment and, well because I wanted to practice drying and curing a small amount and wanted a sample.

I ended up using 25ML in a half gallon of 60 degree water and did what he did in the video, albeit i was much more gentile in the rinsing process. I was surprised to see that there was some crud the formed on top of the wash. after manicuring the bud I checked the trichs and they were fine, although a bit premature at just under 8 weeks.

I'm curious if that little bit of H2o2 can actually be enough to sanitize. Seems like an awfully diluted solution. hmm. Any insight? Thanks
 
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