Bitter flavor... if you fertilized them right up until the end that can make them taste chemicall-y.

But you haven't cured the buds yet... you should put them in a glass jar for a couple weeks, check on them often. Open the jar for a few minutes every once in a while. Make sure there's no mold.
With a cure, the taste should sweeten right up.

Pretty bud, btw. It probably could have gone another couple weeks. That's what first grows are for!
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . bitter taste! Hi, Don't know if anyone can help. I've just grown my first plants and all seemed to go well, but now I'm smoking them, they don't taste so good and they are not very potent. I pretty much grew them by the book and they grew real well, but I wasn't sure when to harvest. I air dried them at room temperature for a week or so. The taste is sort of bitter, and the potency is fairly mild and the effects makes you feel slow and tired, rather than up and smily. I have attached a picture of Rating: 5