4 oz grove bag molded after 2 weeks

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

i been curing my stuff in grove bags . i chopped and let this stuff dry inside my tent for 6 days then i let it sit in a brown paper bag for 2 days until the humidifier in the bag said rh was 52 then on 7/11 i put my stuff in grove bags 1 of my bags with 4 oz in it is now molded i just looked in this bag 3 days ago and no mold , today u see the pics , i been keeping it in the box you see under my bed there is an ac on all the time in the room but last few days even with ac temps been 78 degress in my bed room i took the rest out of grove bags and put in a brown paper bag , a couple questions i have
1 the small pile with a few buds i see no mold could i still smoke that or should i throw it away ?
2 do i need to throw it away could be used for bubble hash ?
3 does this mean the buds were still wet when i put them in the bags or does this just happen sometimes
4 what mistake did i make

nashobaTHC · Jul 28, 2022

Nice buds but it looks like you put buds in grove bag too soon. When you looked in bag three days ago and saw no mold did you dump out entire bag to check down deep. Also smell test then would have told you something. You may be able to spread out a couple ok buds to check for mold and if clear dry them further for smoking. I’ve never tried to make bubble hash from moldy buds but it might be possible. Personally I’d trash the moldy buds and chock it up to learning experience.

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

nashobaTHC said:
Nice buds but it looks like you put buds in grove bag too soon. When you looked in bag three days ago and saw no mold did you dump out entire bag to check down deep. Also smell test then would have told you something. You may be able to spread out a couple ok buds to check for mold and if clear dry them further for smoking. I’ve never tried to make bubble hash from moldy buds but it might be possible. Personally I’d trash the moldy buds and chock it up to learning experience.

when i looked the other day i weighed the weed so yea took it all out and unfluffed it

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

nashobaTHC said:
Nice buds but it looks like you put buds in grove bag too soon. When you looked in bag three days ago and saw no mold did you dump out entire bag to check down deep. Also smell test then would have told you something. You may be able to spread out a couple ok buds to check for mold and if clear dry them further for smoking. I’ve never tried to make bubble hash from moldy buds but it might be possible. Personally I’d trash the moldy buds and chock it up to learning experience.

out of all the bags that was the only one with mold

Ponky · Jul 28, 2022

Moldy weed can only really be salvaged with extraction. And even then I wouldn't.

growsince79 · Jul 28, 2022

biggerbud420 said:
i been curing my stuff in grove bags . i chopped and let this stuff dry inside my tent for 6 days then i let it sit in a brown paper bag for 2 days until the humidifier in the bag said rh was 52 then on 7/11 i put my stuff in grove bags 1 of my bags with 4 oz in it is now molded i just looked in this bag 3 days ago and no mold , today u see the pics , i been keeping it in the box you see under my bed there is an ac on all the time in the room but last few days even with ac temps been 78 degress in my bed room i took the rest out of grove bags and put in a brown paper bag , a couple questions i have
1 the small pile with a few buds i see no mold could i still smoke that or should i throw it away ?
2 do i need to throw it away could be used for bubble hash ?
3 does this mean the buds were still wet when i put them in the bags or does this just happen sometimes
4 what mistake did i make
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Chance are the plant was infected while it was still growing. At the first stage it's impossible to see without a scope. If it's dried fast, you might never even know it's there. Put it in a jar too soon and you see what happens. Don't trust hygrometers either.

josefrahl · Jul 28, 2022

That sucks man I would just trash 'em.

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

growsince79 said:
Chance are the plant was infected while it was still growing. At the first stage it's impossible to see without a scope. If it's dried fast, you might never even know it's there. Put it in a jar too soon and you see what happens. Don't trust hygrometers either.

there was no mold while it was growing im sure of that this is the zkittles its been cut for a month

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

should i throw away the grove bag it was in ?

biggerbud420 · Jul 28, 2022

its been hot with high humidity here the last few days i was thinking that was the reason my window a/c arent doing that much to cool things down during the day

Aqua Man · Jul 28, 2022

I agree there was absolutely mold before. Spores do bot permeate the bags. You cant see early infections without a microscope. That dry time was likely not near enough to pull the moisture from the bud.

Sure it may have read 52% but its likely the moisture in the middle of the bud was high and the outside was dry then as it was drawn out boom.

That is why a slow dry is important to evenly dry the buds and not have then wet inside and dry on the outside

Aqua Man · Jul 28, 2022

biggerbud420 said:
should i throw away the grove bag it was in ?

Yes absolutely

growsince79 · Jul 29, 2022

biggerbud420 said:
out of all the bags that was the only one with mold

I'd check the others real close with a scope. Look at the inside where the flower meets the small stem.

Madmax · Jul 29, 2022

Even if you see a brown color where growsince79 mentioned...thats mold.

growsince79 · Jul 29, 2022

Madmax said:
Even if you see a brown color where growsince79 mentioned...thats mold.

I've throw away lots.

Aqua Man · Jul 29, 2022

Yeah it really sucks but on the bright side it can be a good learning experience

Madmax · Jul 29, 2022

Same here .just when i think i got it all when growing.i find it when im cutting the buds off the stem.i bet there would b people who still keep it and dont realise what it is..

Aqua Man · Jul 29, 2022

Madmax said:
Same here .just when i think i got it all when growing.i find it when im cutting the buds off the stem.i bet there would b people who still keep it and dont realise what it is..

Yeah the bigger the buds the bigger the risk

growsince79 · Jul 29, 2022

Aqua Man said:
Yeah the bigger the buds the bigger the risk

I can grow Colombian or Mexican right beside infected plant and it won't get it. Even big buds are ok

Aqua Man · Jul 29, 2022

growsince79 said:
I can grow Colombian or Mexican right beside infected plant and it won't get it. Even big buds are ok

Yeah some strains like say white widow are very resistant and some are much more prone. Unfortunately in newer genetics its not as tested and weeded out.

Silica can help prevent infection as can some foliar treatments.

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