make my buds taste better!

[Zowie]

Thanks for posting this puck.. saves me from doin the same!! It's sooooo frustrating.

How does yours taste/smell if you do a quick dry on a bud? Cause I always do a test by snipping a bud and dying with a heater, and it taste great. So it's strange. It almost makes me want to screw the proper way and just heat dry the whole thing.

 

[puck07]

I don't know actually, I've been VERY patient on 4 harvests now and haven't taken any bud until actual harvest.. I think now maybe its to quick of a dry, I'm going to add humidity into my dry room to slow it down like 10-14 days..

 

[hashit]

So i'm still leaning on the flush as being the culprit,(really the chemical nutrients) but I will focus my attention to flushing wiser this next time. Lerellion, until now I didn't know of such flushing agents as final phase, I well definetely employ this next round!! thanks!

ACE, the big bloom fox farm is organic with worm castings and bat guano so that should be on my side, but I also use the tiger bloom as well(not 100% organic). GREAT GREAT point on new strain flushing!!! that was basically a big factor in my thinking still of flush as opposed to cure, because I started flushing at 6 weeks, and the plants didn't need to go until 9!! I think the extra week of nutrient depravation could be not good. I didn't give any mollasses or anything, and did 4 seperate 2.5 gl flushes during the time then watered til chop..

I will flush roughly 10 gallons 2 weeks prior this time, water once with final phase as directed by advanced, and one light water before chop. I will dry and cure, and cross my damn phingers for some tasty treats!! oh well at least I got some budder to keep me busy.... grow on!

I use Fox Farm nutrients (Grow Big, Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom) and don't really have a problem getting great tasting weed. This is what I do throughout the grow:

1. I start off at a very low dosage..usually about 1/4tsp Grow Big and work up until 1tsp.

2. I give my plants Big Bloom at 1/2Tablespoon every watering..then move my way up to 1 Tablespoon every watering. I do this because it helps break down salts.

3. I do the same thing with flower..start off slow and work my way up.

4. I use 1 gallon of pure distilled water per 3 gallon pot and flush it out once. After that I just water with plain distilled water for the next week or so.

5. The bud comes out tasty and smells/tastes like the description of the genetics.

I see that you don't go past week 9...you may want to let them go a bit longer..this will allow the plant to develop a nice terpene profile.

Now this is what I do for drying/curing:

I string the bud in a carboard box and let them dry until they are crispy (around 5 - 7 days for me)..then I place them in jars. If they get too moist in the jar, I simply take them out and hang them over night so that excess moisture gets out..after that I just keep them in jars and burp them.

Hopefully some of these tips will get ya some great tasting/smelling bud.

 

[Diiirty]

i think your problem is in the genetics you are growing. sounds like you should grow some different strains, i can almost guarantee that if you grow the right strains then your gonna get that smell and smoke youre looking for.

 

[ishence]

did you consider your harvest time? are you harvesting at the peak time?...just before your lights come on, when the girls are most pungent and aromatic? i find when you harvest then and keep the buds out of light the flavor and aroma is locked in...just a thought

 

[banjobrain]

Excellent stuff here everyone. I am on my first grow, myself and am certainly benefiting from reading everything here.

Thanks!

 

[denvermmj]

i have the same problem. I think it also might be because of the low humidity here in co. this is a great topic. Has anything fixed the problem yet? I'm about to harvest in 1 week and need any help i can get. thanks

 

[THC123]

If it smells good and you did flush 14-21 days , then you can be almost sure it is the dry+ cure

just follow simon's instructions in the a perfect cure thread to the letter and you'll be fine

 

[redspaghetti]

i think your problem is in the genetics you are growing. sounds like you should grow some different strains, i can almost guarantee that if you grow the right strains then your gonna get that smell and smoke youre looking for.

not true you can give the best strain in the world to a noob and he'll make it smell like hay,
give a so so strains to a good grower, he'll make it smell like top grade,

its all about the growers,
speak from experiences
cheers,
red.

 

[asstastic]

for one flushing is done by
in the last two weeks of flower every time the plant needs water(i.e. when the pot drys out) you water with 5 times the volume of your pot each time the plant needs water

and if you dry the buds on stems as appose to cutting them off they will taste amazing thats how most despencrys do it
and ive noticed a big diff in taste from doing so i just cut the whole plant at the base and flip her over and clip off her leafs while she hangs and leave to dry

(dissclaimer: this process ads to drying time but good things come to those who wait)

 

[simon]

So i'm still leaning on the flush as being the culprit,(really the chemical nutrients) but I will focus my attention to flushing wiser this next time.

If I may, I'd suggest concentrating on the basics and perfecting the cure. Good luck.

Simon

 

[feelingfactory]

Trimmed and dried my DP Blueberries and DNA Rocklock in tent for 6.5 days at around low 50% humidity, approx. 78-83 degrees with an intake and exhaust to maintain environment. Stuck em in mason jars with a quick burp every day for about a week. Buds smell and taste phenomenal. DP BB tastes and smells like blueberries with a hint of cinnamon.

Those numbers work for me. Took two trials to get it down. Why don't you set up different dry/cure environments to lock down what works for you? Totally helps if you can record #s for time, humidity, temps.

 

[grapeman]

Do what Absolut says and read the thread he referenced. Get a couple of digital hydrometers and pay attention to your relative humidity, bringing it down slowly from the mid 70's to about 62 to 65%. Thats what i do, Then I don't open the jars again but for once a week or so.
Smells great, tastes great.
I do it in Organic in soil with no bottled nutes so no need to flush.

 

[ParanoidNovice]

Grow with guano teas and dry/cure properly. If you going organic there is no need to flush

 

[puck07]

Wow, so I haven't even looked at my thread for at least a month now, I thought it was dead!! haha, glad to see some people have still seen the thread and have commented with advice.

Sooooo, its been 2+ months now since I posted, and that means harvest time again, yay!! I've done a lot of reading and talking to people, and after doing a ton of flip flopping I do think its the cure, so try try again! I was actually getting on my thread cause I knew I could find simons(thanks simon) thread about curing with hygrometers on it, because it was recommended last time. Just picked up a hygrometer 2nite, we're in dry mode right now(4days) on screens, gonna throw em in to paper bags in a few for a few days, then into jars with the hygro.

I'll post back in say, 1-2 weeks with progress report, hopin for tasty smoke!!

 

[gonzo`]

btw, if you don't keep the plant happy, meaning little stress, it won't reach its genetic potential and you won't get that dank, sticky bud you're after...

 

[straintester]

btw, if you don't keep the plant happy, meaning little stress, it won't reach its genetic potential and you won't get that dank, sticky bud you're after...

Yep.
Its not ALL about the cure, its about the entire process from start to finish; growing the seeds out as and providing the best environment for it to reach its maximum potential.
Each seed is genetically conditioned as far as traits etc, but it all starts with growing the plant the best that you possibly can.
THEN you learn the best techniques for drying and curing for the BEST possible bud.
Its a continuous learning curve and you never knnow it all.
When you come to the point where you think you know it all, you have a lot more to learn for there is always something new to learn.
Luckily learning is FUN!
Happy growing and harvesting.

 

[simon]

I guess it's my turn to disagree, as I've seen early-harvested, stressed flowers turn into candy after 6 months of a maintained cure, and more than once. Yes, everything matters, but the cure matters quite a bit more. YMMV

Simon

 

[asstastic]

Yep.
Its not ALL about the cure, its about the entire process from start to finish; growing the seeds out as and providing the best environment for it to reach its maximum potential.
Each seed is genetically conditioned as far as traits etc, but it all starts with growing the plant the best that you possibly can.
THEN you learn the best techniques for drying and curing for the BEST possible bud.
Its a continuous learning curve and you never knnow it all.
When you come to the point where you think you know it all, you have a lot more to learn for there is always something new to learn.
Luckily learning is FUN!
Happy growing and harvesting.

ive had alot of plants i treated like shit and the came out bomb
mj is a flower and will produce tricombs abd buds to try and reproduce and those sticky dank buds we want are the same ones mj needs to collect pollen

 

[straintester]

ive had alot of plants i treated like shit and the came out bomb
mj is a flower and will produce tricombs abd buds to try and reproduce and those sticky dank buds we want are the same ones mj needs to collect pollen

Whatever!
I 'm certainly not going to argue the point with you
You just must have been one lucky fella then