420BudzFreak
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Sounds like my local store lol. They put in a big order once a month or so. They always have some kicking around.
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Sounds like my local store lol. They put in a big order once a month or so. They always have some kicking around.
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Canada Guy
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Not really. The local breeders live in the shadows currently. I want to try different stuff too, but at 10 bucks per seed it gets expensive quick. This is why we need like a seed exchange program.
Same, there are always some cheese, some kind of skunk, fems, autoflowers. The owner like to grow chernobyl, so he quite often tries to sell his own seeds (at 10 bucks a piece!). I'm sure he can grow fine, but I'm not paying premium prices for bagseed lol.
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Canada Guy
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I opened a jar today to enjoy some bud and found this.
WTF!?!
WTF!?!
Scientific
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I opened a jar today to enjoy some bud and found this.
WTF!?!
Do you know what the humidity in the jar was? I"d be curious to know.
Whatever it was, apparently in needs to be significantly lower.
(BTW, you can freeze buds...)
I opened a jar today to enjoy some bud and found this.
WTF!?!
Mold or fluff I'm hoping fluff
I lost over an ounce of my outdoor like that tried sweet sues slow and cute method in fridge went away on trip wife forgot to open and burp yeah was very sad. It does look like you could remove that rinse with h202 3% 1/8 ratio maybe best thing I can think off.
I opened a jar today to enjoy some bud and found this.
WTF!?!
Means you didn't have your buds dry enough or humidity went to high with moisture and lack of fresh air . Sucks but that is a small bud is the rest affected ?
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Canada Guy
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The humidity is controlled by Boveda 62%. I did not open this jar for quite a while, not all the buds are affected just some. Only 1 out of the 30 jars has some mold. Gotta crack it once a month i guess lol. Oh well it's minor. I have so much bud right now it doesn't even phase me.
Scientific
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Just my .02, but if you're seeing visible mold, that probably means you've got mold growing at less than visible levels in other buds, and mold is not very healthy stuff...
If it was my stuff, I'd lower the humidity a lot (like chuck the Bovedas and drop to about 40% or so?), or better still, freeze for long-term storage and just stop the biology altogether.
Just the .02 of a former microbiology major...
Stltoed
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Bovedas work great. They make for a nice long cure. I believe your bud might have been his a little too damp when you put tbem in jars. They make another packet in the mid 55s. Maybe that would be closer to what you need. Be sure
Stltoed
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Oops... buy a hygrometer or 2, or 10 if you have a large harvest. I calibrate mine with a digital version before use, but that's me. They are under 10 bucks at Cigar International and indispensable for judging the moisture content. The packet in this jar is by Integra, a Boveda knock off.
I love boveda as well .
Sorry bro just looking out sir .
Sorry bro just looking out sir .
Scientific
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Not to be contrary, but the Bovedas don't seem to be working that great here.
If the bud was too damp, then the Bovedas are supposed to absorb the extra.
I do see Bovedas for 58% and 49%. I think I'd go for the 49% after the mold incident (or again, the freezer...)
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I remember that Canada Guy has beaucoup hygrometers from that supreme supplier of analytical instruments, Canada Tire.
You can easily calibrate your hygrometer using the "salt slurry" method if you want. Google it if you're interested. It's easy and even kind of fun (if calibrating instruments is your idea of a good time. Woo hoo!)
Stltoed
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Om with you. But the Bovedas can only absorb so much. If deep inside a bud the humidity is still about 70 he is still in trouble. 62 percent is close the edge in my mind. You really need a solid number... see there I go again Scientific. I haven't had this issue, but I watch my cure closely especially at 62% and use hygrometers all the time.Not to be contrary, but the Bovedas don't seem to be working that great here.
If the bud was too damp, then the Bovedas are supposed to absorb the extra.
I do see Bovedas for 58% and 49%. I think I'd go for the 49% after the mold incident (or again, the freezer...)
Not to be contrary, but the Bovedas don't seem to be working that great here.
If the bud was too damp, then the Bovedas are supposed to absorb the extra.
I do see Bovedas for 58% and 49%. I think I'd go for the 49% after the mold incident (or again, the freezer...)
I use 62%. I also think it depends on your actually enviroment conditions your house is might play a role too thinking out loud again.
Stltoed
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I think you're right. If a location is musty it may be more prone to stuff like this. I'm not saying this guys pad is filchy... just sayin
I'm here now! Late but I have time to catch up. I saw the tail end of your outdoor Grow and wow! You grew that in Alberta!??? Awesome-sauce . fellow albertan here bud
Scientific
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Good point. I hadn't thought of that. But I did follow CG's cure and it looked pretty thorough to me... maybe the take-home message here is to keep tracking the humidity even after the cure is "done."
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Canada Guy
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Quite the discussion going on here. So all the jars have humidipaks and hygrometers inside. I think what happened is I had not opened the jar in over a month. None of the other jars with the 3 month cured buds has mold at all. I might freeze it, I just don't like to freeze my bud... feels less fresh? I dunno maybe I'm just crazy. Thanks for all the help guys! I've never had any issues with mold ever and I always do things the same way. I may go to a lower humidipak, I just don't like dry bud. Once the perpetual harvest starts buds will not stick around long enough to mold lol.
Scientific
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Just thinking, maybe there's a lesson here that we should cure to a lower humidity for long-term storage?
(When I was moving from my old place, I found a tiny teak wood stash box with some buds inside that I had been given as a birthday present many years earlier. The buds were turning to dust, but they were mold-free!)
(When I was moving from my old place, I found a tiny teak wood stash box with some buds inside that I had been given as a birthday present many years earlier. The buds were turning to dust, but they were mold-free!
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