Buds turning brown during Drying. Help.

Please. Somebody. I can't figure this one out.

It is my crop of white widows that are 11th weeks into flowering. I was so happy two days ago when it came time to harvest. After flushing for a few days, I started snipping away and I hung them in my dark closet to start drying. and thats when it started to happen...

I notice one of the colas shrinking and turning brown in the past three days. A few others began to follow. There is no sweet odor of marijuana, instead it smelled like...well, dried grass. literally. Now the conditions of the drying process? well it there was no light. during the night it drop to 55 degrees. humidity was at at 45%. I was starting to think it was the temp so I moved the buds to the oven (there it stayed at a good 80 degrees) The aroma began to seep everywhere. I was happy thinking that I resolved it. But when I checked on it at the end of the day, the shrinking and browning continued now with ALL the buds. I am thinking I am drying wrong. But I don't know what I'm doing wrong. there's no light. It's the proper temp. and its low humidity...its in an oven!!!

So I'm thinking maybe its Bud Rot. But it then again, there would be signs before harvest. it was nice and pretty before and only started to decline after harvest! I am very sad. my whole harvest gone to waste. I would like to think that the learning experience is worth its value, but I don't even know what the issue is!!

So please, Anyone...can you help me figure this out?! So that I can stop crying myself to sleep?

Take a look. The first two is Before I Harvest. They look okay.
The second two are after taken two days into drying. They look like little brown shit turds. WHY?

It looks like mexi weed to me, not what your saying it is.:(

Did you use miracle grow by chance?

hey hey hey dont try and blame this on MG. haha there have been many successful grows with that crap. hell im using it and my plants are fine. beautiful and bushy.

Sorry you got pissed but, it happens sometimes with MG. Experiances in life lead too these questions, and conclusions. It is what it is....ya got any other suggestions of wtf? is going on here?

I have seen this exact issue before, 1) mexi weed 2) MG....3) oven was on while drying.lol,lol,lol....I noticed in this post the oven was on was not mentioned...so the only conclusion was the 2 I posted.:jointsmile:

Notice also I didn't say the plants looked like some MG shit crap, the plants look awesome, it's how it ended up is the issue here.

MG grows bomb ass big pretty plants without a doubt......no arguements there at all.:)

I don't see anything wrong there, looks like some good smoke to me :jointsmile:

You also need to cure the buds to get the full flavors and aromas, the longer the better. http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...your-buds.html

But why does it look like a brown turd. Like what everyone is saying, 'mexi weed.' which I dont think it is because they are beauitful when they where growing.

No I didnt use miracle grow.
I was using supernatural bloom aqua
CalMag
and supernatural bloom maximizer.

Note that it started to turn to this brown turd before I put it in the oven. thats why I put it in the oven.

I have one more plant left. I am afraid to harvest it now. because I am afraid that I am doing something wrong. how could it be so hard. NO light. keep temps around 85. and humidity below 50. this is very discouraging.

Could it be bud rot?

Looks like White Widow to me. When I cure WW, it smells like hay for about a month. The smell comes later and is almost ammonia like.

That looks like a very tasty bud, you don't have any issue at all there.

I've never seen WW buds like this though. I do I know if its bud rot? it is possible I have that because I had spider mites and I would spray the buds with water quite frequently. big grounds for bud rot...But why is it then that the bud starts shrinking and turning shit brown only when it is cut. literally over night.

here is another pic of a bud. that I have still yet to harvest. that is growing in the same room as the rest. Does this look like bud rot? I was thinking that it was lamp burn.

Your plants look a bit singed. I wouldn't worry about the buds now, it's too late to do anything about it. Get the tops of your plants greener and happier looking and just let time take care of the harvested buds. I bet after a couple weeks in jars you will forget what the problem even was.