Green v Cured

[Joshish]

I agree that anything more than 8 weeks of curing is futile. As far as flavor goes, I prefer a 30 day jar cure. The flavors seem to be more pronounced than at 60 days and the smoke is slighly sweeter. I do have one strain however, that seems to taste and smell worse with a good cure. The reason is that the more subtle flavor of babypowder is way more pronounced with a longtime jar cure of that strain, it's just not a deisirable taste that I prefer. The nugs actually cure golden though, way more than anything else in the harem.

Joshish Reviewed by Joshish on 08-10-2010. Green v Cured I wonder when the dominant kind of medicine is going to fully cured as opposed to dry enough (green) to smoke? Sticky is good, but dried stable THC is even better and that is what sticky becomes. Of course, I will use some of my medicine early, but I intend to let the harvest cure to its best state. How do you like yours? A High Times issue had a debate on this a few years back and 6 months was the optimum period. :smokin: Rating: 5

[gypski]

according the Jorge Cervantes and Ed Rosenthal, the anaerobic bacteria feeds on chlorophyll, turning the marijuana brown and releasing the smell of ammonia.


this is why brown mexi often smells of windex.


your bud should not be totally brown, and even completely cured but should still have a green coloring to it unless it started out without any to begin with.




post a pic of "brown cured cannabis"...the only brown bud i've seen I would not smoke or recommend anyone smoke.

according to Jorge Cervantes the brown mexi is caused by anaerobic bacteria, and that's why it smells like windex, the bacteria eats the chlorophyll and releases ammonia.

eventually I think it would become slime, ya, which is why I won't smoke it.

I have personally cured cannabis that didn't smell like ammonia or any other smell but good cannabis. And it was brown, cured in Mason Jars vacuum sealed for two month. When opened and smoke it was dynamite. I now know you have never had Acapulco Gold or Red Lebanese Hash that derive their colors from the dried plant material. but hey, you can believe what you want.

[gypski]

The colors in cannabis denote the color it ends up being when dried. Its in the genes of the plant. :rastasmoke:

Colours in Cannabis | Cannabis Culture Magazine

[justpics]

Good hash in my experience derives it's color from the trichome heads. Which can be a reddish, good oils will often be an orange to red as well.

I've grown strains that were made up of bright purple and red flowers with leaves that changed from green to pink in flower. All kinds of colors are possible, but green is the most prominent, and what the title of your post was specifically talking about so that's what I am focused on.

herb that starts green doesn't become totally brown with a "good cure"...the only way something goes from all green to all brown is through bacteria.

[justpics]

It's also important to make a distinction between organic and inorganic buds. and also feeding schedules employed. Those buds which were grown using primarily inorganc nutrients and fed with available nitrogen later in flower, will tend to be a lot more green at the end of curing. Their green will fade less than those grown with primarily organic nutrients and especially if not fed nitrogen in late flower.

Both should retain some green coloring though.

[jamessr]

Mexican weed wasn't on my list of brown cannabis...that is just a given from what the u.s. does in Mexico and columbia...how about Tia? or like gypski said, from country's which specialize in unique strains and curing..does Ed or George mention any non-mexi/lumbo cannabis without the ammonia smell?

[gypski]

Good hash in my experience derives it's color from the trichome heads. Which can be a reddish, good oils will often be an orange to red as well.

I've grown strains that were made up of bright purple and red flowers with leaves that changed from green to pink in flower. All kinds of colors are possible, but green is the most prominent, and what the title of your post was specifically talking about so that's what I am focused on.

herb that starts green doesn't become totally brown with a "good cure"...the only way something goes from all green to all brown is through bacteria.

Let a fan leaf totally die and tell me what color it is. Put your fan leaves in brown paper shopping bags after they are dry and in a dark place for a couple of months and they will be a shade of brown. Not all brown color comes from bacteria. Are you reading from the manuals then post a rewrite what you read to appear knowledgeable? Cervantes and Rosenthal have said different thing with different writings, and have contradicted themselves.

[justpics]

Let a fan leaf totally die and tell me what color it is. Put your fan leaves in brown paper shopping bags after they are dry and in a dark place for a couple of months and they will be a shade of brown. Not all brown color comes from bacteria. Are you reading from the manuals then post a rewrite what you read to appear knowledgeable? Cervantes and Rosenthal have said different thing with different writings, and have contradicted themselves.

im responding to when you said

Green is not cured.

which is totally wrong.

the green color can definitely fade during the dry/cure process, but just because something is green doesn't mean it isn't cured. and bud that is completely brown is generally from improper packaging.

I would not call a hint of golden tan colors within a canvas of greens and whites, "brown"...maybe some really light brown highlights, but all the green isn't going to just magically become brown from a good cure. In fact if you see all brown, something went horribly wrong more likely than not.


and my friends who grow using inorganic lines of nutrients have totally green bud after 8-12 weeks of curing. using the color green as a way of identifying uncured bud is just plain retarded.

[justpics]

All brown weed;



8 week cured hydro organic; http://i37.tinypic.com/kbemur.jpg





ya, the greens are faded, no its not brown.

[jamessr]

All brown weed;



8 week cured hydro organic; http://i37.tinypic.com/kbemur.jpg





ya, the greens are faded, no its not brown.

Ah, brick weed..not even close to what I was talking about..i said no mexi/lumbo. how about true Moroccan, afgan, stuff like that..the days before genetics, boosting additives American, Holland, Canadian and such science...

Weed wasn't "green" after curing before all the techno shit going on...the cured good chit was indeed golden/brownish..and didn't smell like ammonia or bad at all..but, just smelled and tasted good...it sure didn't leave my smoking device full of crap in such a short time as the green stuff does now adays..