My bud smells of Compost !

i took the top buds out of one of my plants due to it having a slight bit of bud rot at the very tip of the bud, i took the rot out and im drying/curing the rest of the bud, the bud is completly fine byt was harvested around 1/2 weeks from when it was ment to be harvested, its in a seaed tub curing atm and everythime i open it in the morning it smells like compost ? The bud smelt nice on the plant ! cant understand why its changed smell ?? will the nice smell ever come back ?

the longer you cure, the better the smell. Usually curing can take one to two months to get the kind of smell you're looking for (gives time for the chlorophyll to break down).

-4 days into curing now still smelling alot like compost :/

Are you burping your tub once in a while. How wet are buds?

the thing about bud rot is that it start in the middle of the bud and by the time you see it, it is usually too late.

i had a huge top on a blue hash plant that got bud rot. i saved what i could from it, but most of it was no good.

so did it get better? I took a clipping of a premature bud off one of mine and dried it, it smelled like lawn clipping. Ewwww.. But it was dank as fuck. pure couch lock.
No one is going to think your bud is any good if it smells like shit though. Is it the curing that makes a difference? I've never cured what i grew because in the past I only grew enough for me to smoke for about a month. This time I'm going to have a 1/2 lb extra to sell to the club. It better not smell like shit. I don't want to be sitting on a bunch of grass smelling bud, how am I gonna get rid of my excess to the club??

smokeymcpiff, i feel your pain.

With all of the pressure our clients have to deliver product to their dispensaries (Colorado), curing seems to be where people are cutting corners. A one to two week curing cycle is barley enough time just to get the moisture levels near where you want them. At 2 weeks, the curing processes may not have really gotten underway so we basically feel that the industry is not so much curing their product as they are just reducing moisture levels for delivery.

We see people vegging plants for 1-2 weeks longer than necessary for their yield targets, but the growers are reluctant to trade some veg time for more time in cure. Regardless of the reluctance, learn to better control your curing and you will find (like tobacco producers) that while the growing process provides the basic materials for flavor, the curing process is where flavor and smoking character is really developed.

Environmental control is critical for proper curing. If buds are left in too cool an environment, molds, etc are encouraged. and once you get the unpleasant flavors . .. you're largely stuck. People who have allergies for molds, etc would be especially prone to being affected by moldy product.

If you are a home / small production grower, start to invest time in post harvest trials to find out how you can get the best flavor, texture and color from your crop.

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ik its been in there a while now and its started smelling nicer i thought it was smelling like that cause of the rot but the smell dissapeared and it started smelling like weeds should i think patience is prob the hardets thing here i like my smoke and i dont like waiting ! but iv found with this that its worth waiting