weed doesn't need that we have worked taste, look, smell into the genetics of the plant and I believe you should cultivate to enhance those respects. Marijuana is like a fine wine, cultivators work very hard to bring the best product to market and they command a very high price. I believe that adding shit to enhance flavor or weight during curing is like adding flavor to wine (then you would have boones farm or arbor mist). I think its fine if its for your own personal pleasure, but dont try to sell me shit thats artificially flavored. I find by adding molasses during flower you enchance the sweetness of the bud (and yield!) Thats all you need...granted I'm a fully organic guy
I see both sides of this recent debate: On the one, chris, its your bud and if you wanna sweeten it up that way, why not? beej, on your hand, you're right, you would have the cannabis equivalent of boone's farm, which most wine drinkers call piss but that shit's on the shelf which means some people like the way it tastes. I agree if your endgame is to sell it as nicer herb or play it off like that's how it naturally tastes/smells without your little pineapple concoction you're being a dishonest dick, but nothing like that was suggested. and, for the molasses comment (which i totally agree and do myself!!), that is something done during the growing process, and, if we consider the cure as part of the total operation then this could be seen as just one more optional step some people decide to do.
all in all, i'm for au natural, but to each his own! different strokes for different folks!
be easy