here's the actual quote from Ed Rosenthal, "The odor is caused by anaerobic bacteria, which are active in the absence of oxygen. Ammonia is one of their waste products. Anaerobic decomposition quickly destroys chlorophyll, leaving buds tan or brown colored."



Jorge's quote is explaining why mexi-brick is brown and is in his book, but its 300 pages and im not scanning every page to quote mine.



In my experience, when buds are starting out green, a nice cure will lighten that color, producing a light green, that sits behind the white/grey created by the trichomes, with hints of a golden tan/orange highlighted by the pistils/stem/parts of calyx.
justpics Reviewed by justpics on . 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