last desperate resort to improve bad taste caused by mould (molasses)

[IngFarmer]

there is this batch harvest of mine which I didn't dry properly before storing away. After 3 weeks of me being in vacation I came back and found out the whole bag has lost that nice weed smell and now smelling mouldy!!! I quickly put it back to dry out completely till they even crumble to powder by just crushing them between the thumb and index finger!
I went through the produce and removed all buds showing clear signs of white mould!!! but it seems the whole bag has taken on that smell..my friends who tried smoking it also complains it got some crazy taste although it highs them...
Well to improve the taste a bit I was thinking of spraying diluted molasses on the batch then letting them dry again!!! What do you think? I also use molasses 2 weeks to harvest to improve taste.
So, the whole idea is to spray molasses diluted in water on this particular batch, dry them out, hoping it will put back some sweetness into the smoke thereby improving the bad taste caused by the mould...
give me what you think

 

[RobFromTX]

there is this batch harvest of mine which I didn't dry properly before storing away. After 3 weeks of me being in vacation I came back and found out the whole bag has lost that nice weed smell and now smelling mouldy!!! I quickly put it back to dry out completely till they even crumble to powder by just crushing them between the thumb and index finger!
I went through the produce and removed all buds showing clear signs of white mould!!! but it seems the whole bag has taken on that smell..my friends who tried smoking it also complains it got some crazy taste although it highs them...
Well to improve the taste a bit I was thinking of spraying diluted molasses on the batch then letting them dry again!!! What do you think? I also use molasses 2 weeks to harvest to improve taste.
So, the whole idea is to spray molasses diluted in water on this particular batch, dry them out, hoping it will put back some sweetness into the smoke thereby improving the bad taste caused by the mould...
give me what you think

Just toss it man. Its not worth a lung infection. Theres a very small window to dry/cure it properly and when you dont its pretty much over. I speak as someone whos jared weed that wasnt dried enough and tried to smoke it . It was a very unpleasant experience

 

[Ca++]

You're poisoning your friends. The fact it's easy to dust is because it's been eaten through. Even dead mold is poison.

If you really want, you could ice blend the lot and scoop the top away quickly. The weed and mold will float briefly, and the water will take on many toxins. At the bottom you have find some resin. Though the return will be disappointing, still toxic, and taste bad.


Many people loose a crop through poor processing. Very few do it twice. It's months of your life lost, but don't loose months more by making yourself ill. Make a point of the fact you won't sell bad weed, and dispose of it publicly.

 

[IngFarmer]

You're poisoning your friends. The fact it's easy to dust is because it's been eaten through. Even dead mold is poison.

If you really want, you could ice blend the lot and scoop the top away quickly. The weed and mold will float briefly, and the water will take on many toxins. At the bottom you have find some resin. Though the return will be disappointing, still toxic, and taste bad.


Many people loose a crop through poor processing. Very few do it twice. It's months of your life lost, but don't loose months more by making yourself ill. Make a point of the fact you won't sell bad weed, and dispose of it publicly.

thanks for your input...but what do you mean by "...and dispose of it publicly"..hahaha thats sound more like going to the municipal center and shouting out to all to come and see me really dispose of moulded weed hahahahahah ...it surely will never happend haha

 

[StickyBandit]

I wonder if it's possible to cob it for eating?
The digestive system is tolerant of many things that are bad for our lungs. Just a thought....
It's possible rehydrating with citrus skins a little might work prior to the cobbing process. You have nothing to lose
Another option would be to make some edibles
I'm too tight to chuck out weed

 

[Coconaut81]

Just soak it in iso alcohol or everclear. Then filter it thru a syringe filter before drying. Mold spore free.. better than losing it all. I've actually made edibles out of moldy buds. As long as they arnt too far gone. I'm still alive

 

[Ca++]

Even if your friends want it, say no and destroy it. Don't be known as someone that has moldy weed. Raise your standards to who you want to be. If someone ever says they had a bad bit, replace and refund, while drawing all the info you can from them. Make it the isolated case it should be. It should never be bad, and it should always be getting better, until it's the worlds best.

Who else do you want to be?

 

[Coconaut81]

Even if your friends want it, say no and destroy it. Don't be known as someone that has moldy weed. Raise your standards to who you want to be. If someone ever says they had a bad bit, replace and refund, while drawing all the info you can from them. Make it the isolated case it should be. It should never be bad, and it should always be getting better, until it's the worlds best.

Who else do you want to be?

Destroy it!?!?!? Guess you didn't read the post prior to yours

 

[RobFromTX]

Destroy it!?!?!? Guess you didn't read the post prior to yours

You should just do a smoke report and post it. You'll throw it away after that for sure

 

[Hombre del mont]

Smoking mouldy weed will give you a serious lung infection. Get rid of it.

 

[Ca++]

Destroy it!?!?!? Guess you didn't read the post prior to yours

Do you mean a vacuum filter?
The reason I suggested water, is because you chuck the water away. The water will contain poisons. In a solvent extraction, you reclaim them.
I'm talking poisons. If instead we look at the visible structure of the mold, yes it can be filtered with media so fine you need to suck or push the solution through it as gravity won't be enough. Such filter are not particularly cheap, nor fast. That's why we often see them used on a very small scale. You call them syringe filters, highlighting their typical size. They are just for small jobs. A few particles from a bit of fluid. In our case, we would be blocking them up at quite a rate. So while technically you can filter out the visible signs, it's not very viable, and doesn't remove all the soluble toxins. Just as it doesn't remove the gloopy oils you are trying to reclaim.

Guess what. Nobody wants your produce anymore.

 

[Switcher56]

I am truly surprised there are cheap idiots who would smoke that SHIT!

there is this batch harvest of mine which I didn't dry properly before storing away. After 3 weeks of me being in vacation I came back and found out the whole bag has lost that nice weed smell and now smelling mouldy!!! I quickly put it back to dry out completely till they even crumble to powder by just crushing them between the thumb and index finger!
I went through the produce and removed all buds showing clear signs of white mould!!! but it seems the whole bag has taken on that smell..my friends who tried smoking it also complains it got some crazy taste although it highs them...
Well to improve the taste a bit I was thinking of spraying diluted molasses on the batch then letting them dry again!!! What do you think? I also use molasses 2 weeks to harvest to improve taste.
So, the whole idea is to spray molasses diluted in water on this particular batch, dry them out, hoping it will put back some sweetness into the smoke thereby improving the bad taste caused by the mould...
give me what you think

Stop getting high on your own supply! It fermented nicely while you were enjoying yourself on vacation.

 

[Ca++]

I don't imagine spraying with molasses would sweeten anything. I mean, you could coat a smoke with it as a test, but burning sugar carbonises pretty quickly.
There are things like the terribly named 'tasty puff' around. It's a brand of tobacco casing. One that has flavours such as candy, and chronic. It's pretty good at ruining anything, but it does have a market for flavouring straw.

 

[RobFromTX]

I don't imagine spraying with molasses would sweeten anything. I mean, you could coat a smoke with it as a test, but burning sugar carbonises pretty quickly.
There are things like the terribly named 'tasty puff' around. It's a brand of tobacco casing. One that has flavours such as candy, and chronic. It's pretty good at ruining anything, but it does have a market for flavouring straw.

I read somewhere years ago that people were spraying buds with glass to make it look higher quality. Picture what that does to your lungs

 

[Coconaut81]

Do you mean a vacuum filter?
The reason I suggested water, is because you chuck the water away. The water will contain poisons. In a solvent extraction, you reclaim them.
I'm talking poisons. If instead we look at the visible structure of the mold, yes it can be filtered with media so fine you need to suck or push the solution through it as gravity won't be enough. Such filter are not particularly cheap, nor fast. That's why we often see them used on a very small scale. You call them syringe filters, highlighting their typical size. They are just for small jobs. A few particles from a bit of fluid. In our case, we would be blocking them up at quite a rate. So while technically you can filter out the visible signs, it's not very viable, and doesn't remove all the soluble toxins. Just as it doesn't remove the gloopy oils you are trying to reclaim.

Guess what. Nobody wants your produce anymore.

Um nooooooo. I meant run iso/everclear thru a .45um syringe filter. There's bottletop filters for larger amounts. Have you ever ran alcohol thru a .45um filter attached to a 60ml syringe???? Doesn't sound like it dude, becauseit's very cheap and FAST! They cost like 2 dollars for a Whatman filter, and the same for the syringe. .try it before you knock it dude. Just because YOU haven't done it, doesn't mean it's not doable. Lol

I think you need to do a little research about the size of a micron. .45um will get rid of anything but a virus. Then the .22um come in. You honestly think thats gonna leave particulate in the solution?? Didn't think I had to mention to filter the alcohol first with coffee filters to catch the solids. Duh..

 

[IngFarmer]

I wonder if it's possible to cob it for eating?
The digestive system is tolerant of many things that are bad for our lungs. Just a thought....
It's possible rehydrating with citrus skins a little might work prior to the cobbing process. You have nothing to lose
Another option would be to make some edibles
I'm too tight to chuck out weed

yeah one of my friends said this thing..that some people use lemon juice or lemon skin juice to take away that mould taste...since you also saying it then it means there must be something to it...do you have a step by step way of doing it? I may check online though...the weed I have although mouldy looks beautiful...my pot head friends will never let me throw that away..they will smoke it rather than go and buy

 

[IngFarmer]

Just soak it in iso alcohol or everclear. Then filter it thru a syringe filter before drying. Mold spore free.. better than losing it all. I've actually made edibles out of moldy buds. As long as they arnt too far gone. I'm still alive

I heard soaking weed in iso alcohol will dissolve all the thc into the alcohol hence one will be left with very weak potency! Infact I think one method of extracting pure thc is by soaking it in iso alcohol then evaporating all the alcohol to be left with pure white powder thc...if i'm not wrong...

may be one can quickly soak the bud in alcohol then quickly take it out blowing fan air on it to help the alcohol evaporate faster!!! I'm gonna try this method...alcohol too is a natural disinfectant

 

[StickyBandit]

I heard soaking weed in iso alcohol will dissolve all the thc into the alcohol hence one will be left with very weak potency! Infact I think one method of extracting pure thc is by soaking it in iso alcohol then evaporating all the alcohol to be left with pure white powder thc...if i'm not wrong...

may be one can quickly soak the bud in alcohol then quickly take it out blowing fan air on it to help the alcohol evaporate faster!!! I'm gonna try this method...alcohol too is a natural disinfectant

Alcohol might act as a solvent and wash/dissolve the trichomes off as if you were making hash oil

 

[Ca++]

Um nooooooo. I meant run iso/everclear thru a .45um syringe filter. There's bottletop filters for larger amounts. Have you ever ran alcohol thru a .45um filter attached to a 60ml syringe???? Doesn't sound like it dude, becauseit's very cheap and FAST! They cost like 2 dollars for a Whatman filter, and the same for the syringe. .try it before you knock it dude. Just because YOU haven't done it, doesn't mean it's not doable. Lol

I think you need to do a little research about the size of a micron. .45um will get rid of anything but a virus. Then the .22um come in. You honestly think thats gonna leave particulate in the solution?? Didn't think I had to mention to filter the alcohol first with coffee filters to catch the solids. Duh..

Mycotoxins go through a 0.22um with 0.1um being common.

I can only repeat myself here. You are just removing what you can see.

You don't even recognise the name of these filters when you hear it. Your lab credentials have been checked.

 

[IngFarmer]

Mycotoxins go through a 0.22um with 0.1um being common.

I can only repeat myself here. You are just removing what you can see.

You don't even recognise the name of these filters when you hear it. Your lab credentials have been checked.

can you give a link for us to see this .45um syringe filter and if possible too a picture of the bottletop filters for larger amounts you talking about please ???