Jimster
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I've grown for years and have always had good results, but a nagging question has been bothering me regarding old style buds, supposedly Hawaiian Puna Buds from around 1980. The buds were pretty smallish and looked like mini Christmas trees... each bud was elongated, roundish, and pointed at one end. Each bud nicely filled up a bong's bowl, but there were no large buds over an inch and a half, if that big. They were obviously Sativa, but totally unlike the Jamaican Sativa that was also arriving onshore, although Jamaica buds were cured and seedy, pressed into "bibles" and not small, loose green buds tha were tasty as can be. The taste was unlike just about anything that I have had since. The smokes of today are strong and robust, but the Puna Buds were light green with a strong piney taste, but more delicate.
When I grow, the buds are first mostly dried, then transferred into mason jars. They seem to develop their unique flavors and aromas during the next few weeks and usually lose the chlorophyll, with a resulting loss of a lot of green color. I'm fine with the time honored process of drying and curing, but it made me wonder about the old Puna Buds, and how they kept the lime green color and have a great taste, but still managed to get rid of the harsh, chlorophyll rich green homegrown taste. Were these buds slowly dried but not cured?
When I grow, the buds are first mostly dried, then transferred into mason jars. They seem to develop their unique flavors and aromas during the next few weeks and usually lose the chlorophyll, with a resulting loss of a lot of green color. I'm fine with the time honored process of drying and curing, but it made me wonder about the old Puna Buds, and how they kept the lime green color and have a great taste, but still managed to get rid of the harsh, chlorophyll rich green homegrown taste. Were these buds slowly dried but not cured?