Any carb or sugar source has made my. dro burn the same. I used to use molasses or bud candy till harvest afted i stopped got clean burn. just my experience

In regards to drying we hang by hangers, give it a couple of days then start trimming ( just taking off big fan leaves when harvesting). In dry room only a couple of fans and a dehumidifier. After the bud is trimed all pretty it goes into jars. If the bud has dried out too much put a damp paper towel in the lid for a day or so. Smoke turns out ako.
In flush we just add about 1/8 tps of sugar in the raw at the beginning, then flush with strait h2o. How ever I have been reading a lot that strait h2o is not cool for coco, so I will be trying a low ppm base when it is time to start flushing. Smoke and ash usually turn out good white and clean.