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przcvctm · 03-14-2005, 10:30 PM

After posting on OG I'm in the habit of apologizing for being a first-time ignoramous, so, I apologize. Usually on OG my posts drop like a rock so I hope I can get some help here. My question involves bud aroma as it dries. Since I just finished my first grow with an actual female plant in it, I have no experience to refer to. My question is this. Just before I chopped my Bubblegum girl (THSeeds) it smelled very sweet and bubblegummy. After being chopped and hung it smelled skunky and dank. Today is day 5 of hanging in my grow cab (C13). Completely dark, temp. 65, humidity 20% with the fan on low. The branches bend and kink but don't snap yet. Now the smell is hard to describe, but bubblegum it is not. I would describe it more as green decomposition, a little like old grass clippings or hay. Is this normal or have I screwed this up? Is it possible to get the sweet bubblegum smell back after the buds dry completely and cure?

03-15-2005, 08:50 AM

After it dries, cure it in some mason jars. It will come back after a nice cure. They say the longer the better. I try to let my stuff cure for at least 3 1/2 weeks before I really smoke on it.

03-15-2005, 08:58 AM

lol .. yea bro i been growing some bubblegum, and yes i know what ya talking about ,,,sniff sniff ,, yea my bud has been cut for about 4 days and the smell do go away . but get it dry and it will come back .. it really takes about 1 month in jars to get the sweet bubblegum back ... but don't worry it will be back .

Dr. D · 03-15-2005, 10:26 AM

theres some good threads on this in this forum check em out, asking the same question as u, i had this problem but i cure in old coffee jars now and my weed smells great..peace

03-15-2005, 11:56 AM

Dr.D
So just a regular jar works for you? I thought it had to be pressure tight. like mason,
or Kerrs jars, locking etc.... Im confused, So any jar will work? Cool nice thread learn something everyday.. peace IC'ers

sack

przcvctm · 03-15-2005, 06:16 PM

I appreciate all of your responses. I'll be patient and wait the cure out. I checked again this morning and the branches still bend and kink, so I think I have a few days yet before they go into the jars.

03-15-2005, 06:23 PM

Any jar will do sack... there is no vacuum on the canning jars.

Dr. D · 03-15-2005, 06:25 PM

yeh sack as long as it seals, i use old nescafe jars works great for me, i jar it up and put it in the fridge...peace

Bigmone357 · 03-15-2005, 06:48 PM

Hey ! u didn't screw up przcvctm u need to Decarboxylate the medicine:"rid it of chlorophyll" , I prefer widemouth BALL jars with rubber seals are good for huge colas if u don't want to cut it into small buds, available at your local wal-mart give the cure a 4 weeker at least open jar once a day to air it out check for mold. then voila

tasty & smells wonderful! goo' luck

przcvctm · 03-15-2005, 08:56 PM

One last question on the subject while I'm at it. In letting the plant hang and dry until the branches are dry enough to "snap", does that mean dry enough to snap in two pieces or make a snap when you bend it? Thanks again all for your advice.

03-14-2005, 10:30 PM	#1
przcvctm Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 444	Where'd the bubblegum go? After posting on OG I'm in the habit of apologizing for being a first-time ignoramous, so, I apologize. Usually on OG my posts drop like a rock so I hope I can get some help here. My question involves bud aroma as it dries. Since I just finished my first grow with an actual female plant in it, I have no experience to refer to. My question is this. Just before I chopped my Bubblegum girl (THSeeds) it smelled very sweet and bubblegummy. After being chopped and hung it smelled skunky and dank. Today is day 5 of hanging in my grow cab (C13). Completely dark, temp. 65, humidity 20% with the fan on low. The branches bend and kink but don't snap yet. Now the smell is hard to describe, but bubblegum it is not. I would describe it more as green decomposition, a little like old grass clippings or hay. Is this normal or have I screwed this up? Is it possible to get the sweet bubblegum smell back after the buds dry completely and cure?
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03-15-2005, 08:50 AM	#2
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	After it dries, cure it in some mason jars. It will come back after a nice cure. They say the longer the better. I try to let my stuff cure for at least 3 1/2 weeks before I really smoke on it.
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03-15-2005, 08:58 AM	#3
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	lol .. yea bro i been growing some bubblegum, and yes i know what ya talking about ,,,sniff sniff ,, yea my bud has been cut for about 4 days and the smell do go away . but get it dry and it will come back .. it really takes about 1 month in jars to get the sweet bubblegum back ... but don't worry it will be back .
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03-15-2005, 10:26 AM	#4
Dr. D Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Looking for Shambhala.. Posts: 3,179	theres some good threads on this in this forum check em out, asking the same question as u, i had this problem but i cure in old coffee jars now and my weed smells great..peace __________________ Roots.....its all in the roots!!! To fathom hell or soar angelic Just take a pinch of psychedelic Humphrey Osmond
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03-15-2005, 11:56 AM	#5
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Dr.D So just a regular jar works for you? I thought it had to be pressure tight. like mason, or Kerrs jars, locking etc.... Im confused, So any jar will work? Cool nice thread learn something everyday.. peace IC'ers sack
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03-15-2005, 06:16 PM	#6
przcvctm Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 444	I appreciate all of your responses. I'll be patient and wait the cure out. I checked again this morning and the branches still bend and kink, so I think I have a few days yet before they go into the jars.
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03-15-2005, 06:23 PM	#7
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Any jar will do sack... there is no vacuum on the canning jars.
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03-15-2005, 06:25 PM	#8
Dr. D Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Looking for Shambhala.. Posts: 3,179	yeh sack as long as it seals, i use old nescafe jars works great for me, i jar it up and put it in the fridge...peace __________________ Roots.....its all in the roots!!! To fathom hell or soar angelic Just take a pinch of psychedelic Humphrey Osmond
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03-15-2005, 06:48 PM	#9
Bigmone357 Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: antarctica Posts: 852	Hey ! u didn't screw up przcvctm u need to Decarboxylate the medicine:"rid it of chlorophyll" , I prefer widemouth BALL jars with rubber seals are good for huge colas if u don't want to cut it into small buds, available at your local wal-mart give the cure a 4 weeker at least open jar once a day to air it out check for mold. then voila tasty & smells wonderful! goo' luck
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03-15-2005, 08:56 PM	#10
przcvctm Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 444	One last question on the subject while I'm at it. In letting the plant hang and dry until the branches are dry enough to "snap", does that mean dry enough to snap in two pieces or make a snap when you bend it? Thanks again all for your advice.
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