What's That Smell???

[Tearsofshiva]

Sup friends!

Last year got real busy between my day job and my garden and I left some buds that were curing in mason jars for probably 8 months without opening them once! They were too dried out going into the cure because I fell behind on my trimming, so I added some freshly clipped fan leaves to the jars to return some moisture before sealing them. When I discovered them and opened the jars it smelled somewhat like mold or chemicals of some sort. It's tough to describe I've never smelled anything like it. The bud looks beautiful though no evidence of mold, golden hue, and covered in trichs. I'm assuming it's some type of bacteria, that most likely doesn't need air to survive?

My question is how can identify this bacteria (if it even is bacteria lol) and can I do a nug run with some butane to save all those trichomes!

Peace and positivity

 

[GT21]

Sup friends!

Last year got real busy between my day job and my garden and I left some buds that were curing in mason jars for probably 8 months without opening them once! They were too dried out going into the cure because I fell behind on my trimming, so I added some freshly clipped fan leaves to the jars to return some moisture before sealing them. When I discovered them and opened the jars it smelled somewhat like mold or chemicals of some sort. It's tough to describe I've never smelled anything like it. The bud looks beautiful though no evidence of mold, golden hue, and covered in trichs. I'm assuming it's some type of bacteria, that most likely doesn't need air to survive?

My question is how can identify this bacteria (if it even is bacteria lol) and can I do a nug run with some butane to save all those trichomes!

Peace and positivity

Did you try breaking the bud open and inspecting and smelling? Hard to see bacteria but mold spores are a real concern!!

 

[Tearsofshiva]

Here are a couple pictures my cameras not that great but maybe you can tell from these:
The first is right out of the jar and the second is that same bud broken up so you get a feel for what it's looking like on the inside.

 

[xavier7995]

Looks fine to me...maybe use a scope to take a look at the bud innards and look for anything out of the ordinary.

Smells get weird after a long time in a jar.

 

[Planter01]

Tap a bud lightly on a mirror of piece of glass and then look to see if any "dust" appears. Mold and or mildew that has gone dry will leave a powder that if you scope will clearly not be kief or broken tricomes. HaHa if you have ever busted open a block of brick weed then you know what I'm talking about. It's like stepping on a puff ball. I would have zero problems doing a BHO run even if you find mold spores.

 

[GT21]

Looks fine to me...maybe use a scope to take a look at the bud innards and look for anything out of the ordinary.

Smells get weird after a long time in a jar.

I dont see anything nasty either.

 

[Tearsofshiva]

alright now I at least feel much more comfortable with blasting it thanks everyone!

 

[tinderthumbs]

if it went bad it would get dark and smell like the mold u smell u know and cat piss

 

[Tearsofshiva]

And here they are all chopped up and ready to go..... my first run ever wish me luck....

 

[Ignignokt]

What can you say about the grow? (Before the jar?) So it was like totally organic and you didn't like, introduce some variable?

Terpenes are present in alcohol forms as well as the more persistent (higher than ambient temp) oils. That first whiff you get (that you never seem to get again) are the alcohols in vapor you sense.

 

[Tearsofshiva]

What can you say about the grow? (Before the jar?) So it was like totally organic and you didn't like, introduce some variable?

Terpenes are present in alcohol forms as well as the more persistent (higher than ambient temp) oils. That first whiff you get (that you never seem to get again) are the alcohols in vapor you sense.

So maybe that scent was the alcohol vapors that were trapped in the jar for that long period??

Yup everything was organic my medium was supersoil grown under led lights ( I dunno if you consider artificial lighting "organic"), the only concern was the bud definitely got way too dry before I even harvested, never mind before it went into cure. So I think I lost most of my terpenes which would cause any other smells to be more noticeable?

 

[Planter01]

Good at you for making the best of a bad situation. I hope you can discern the problem but sometimes the answers are illusive. Whatever happened don't do again but I'm betting you'll blast sumpin good out so success is still yours.

 

[Tearsofshiva]

Here it is finally....

 

[Tearsofshiva]

... And are there any safety concerns in terms of disposing of the soaked bud from my column??

 

[Leew421]

When thc breaks down the smell changes. Almost amonia

 

[Tearsofshiva]

When thc breaks down the smell changes. Almost amonia

That's what it smells like exactly

 

[Leew421]

That's the smell of old thc. Really broken down. By product is amonia hence the smell

 

[Sun Valley]

If it don't smell like ammonia you should be ok.

 

[Sun Valley]

That's what it smells like exactly

Oops... see you said it does .. I would have chucked it. All my experiences with ammonia smelling bud has gone hand in hand with mould.

 

[Planter01]

A little bit of mold isn't going to survive a BHO extraction but I'm old school. I was gonna say that as long as it's not moving I'll smoke it but then I remember smoking a bloated tick plucked from a dog's ass for $10.00. Ha I've scraped the bottom of my weeds drawer for a return of mostly hair and dog dander with a few nail clippings mixed in. God I feel so dirty...