How do you keep buds bright green after harvest?

Kronickeeper

Well-Known Member
Mostly genetics but medium plays a role, hydro/DWC grown always came out very light green and the same strain/clone grown in soil or coco would always dry a darker green than the DWC grown. If it’s brown you’re probably doing something wrong though
 

LinguaPeel

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What causes brown weed? Not using h202? I'm goin to go ask ICMag and enjoy the silence.

Every time I get brown weed it has to be cured for the dirt smell to convert to gods crotch. Probiotic weed holds its natural fresh color if you dont like the copper.
 

Yam

Active Member
Yep had wonderful golden weed in the early eighties. Columbian or alcopolco gold? Stuff tasted like smoked sausage, bong rips got us plenty wasted.

Have grown strains like old school Speed Queen, that were golden brown cured. Smelled good and tasted good.
Good to know... I guess it's the sun drying that turns the buds brown? I never au dry so idk. Always heard that sun will degrade thc so i stick to what's worked.
 

Sithlord88

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I cut a branch off of my plant that was only 4 weeks into flower and my shut got lighter when it dried. Nice bright green. Although they were mainly in darkness for the whole dry. I hung it for 2 and a half days then cut the buds and later them out and had a fan blowing over top about a foot up. Even at 4 weeks in flower I had a decent smoke. Smelled very fruity. You could smell the kush smell but mostly fruity like a fruit punch smell. I didn't flush obviously bc the plant isn't done flowering.

I think drying outside during the day was what probably did it.
Interesting really bc I've NEVER seen or had brown weed that smelled and tasted phenomenal... ANYONE ELSE?
Lol. Dont get impatient and take little nugs or branches that early.
 

powderhoundpup

New Member
The excess humidity is what causes browsing after harvest.
That's what I'm thinking as well. I just finished growing three strains. I decided to jar and starting curing them as soon as they were dry enough to not go moldy. Only opening them for a little while a day while still moist. The strain with the most moisture while has taken on a brownish (Black Hulk) hue to it while the others remained quite green (Cake Bomb and Tropicana Cookies Purple). Still strugglin to find a scientific reason that would back this up.
 

Gemtree

Well-Known Member
That's what I'm thinking as well. I just finished growing three strains. I decided to jar and starting curing them as soon as they were dry enough to not go moldy. Only opening them for a little while a day while still moist. The strain with the most moisture while has taken on a brownish (Black Hulk) hue to it while the others remained quite green (Cake Bomb and Tropicana Cookies Purple). Still strugglin to find a scientific reason that would back this up.
Decomposition
 

Synchronicity

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I also think humidity plays a huge role. The longer you wait to chop, the greater role the humidity plays. It is also important during drying and curing.
In the seedling stage the plant likes more humidity (like at least 60 to 75%). As the plant matures, that number should lower to about 40% during mid to late flower and for drying.

My humidity on my last chop was at least 60% and probably higher and my top buds showed rot and mold. those top buds that did not mold turned brown during dry time. They are still potent but are not the same high as the lower green buds. It could have been much better but we had heavy rains and flooding this year and moisture got into my basement where I grow. I should have chopped earlier under the circumstances- but I was prompted time and again to wait, wait, wait. , which was correct but I was not thinking of high humidity since I never experienced it like that before.

So the moral of this grow- is to always pay attention to your RH and ventilation and temp and air flow when indoors. Cooler air holds less moisture and will give a lower RH than a warmer temp. So increasing light intensity can increase temp and therefore increase the RH. This is no good for big, fat buds which should have lower temps and lower RH.................... or you will get mold and rot..........

best regards and I know this is an old thread but it is still an important thing to consider before the freaking buttrot ruins your day..............

yo
 

Herb & Suds

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I also think humidity plays a huge role. The longer you wait to chop, the greater role the humidity plays. It is also important during drying and curing.
In the seedling stage the plant likes more humidity (like at least 60 to 75%). As the plant matures, that number should lower to about 40% during mid to late flower and for drying.

My humidity on my last chop was at least 60% and probably higher and my top buds showed rot and mold. those top buds that did not mold turned brown during dry time. They are still potent but are not the same high as the lower green buds. It could have been much better but we had heavy rains and flooding this year and moisture got into my basement where I grow. I should have chopped earlier under the circumstances- but I was prompted time and again to wait, wait, wait. , which was correct but I was not thinking of high humidity since I never experienced it like that before.

So the moral of this grow- is to always pay attention to your RH and ventilation and temp and air flow when indoors. Cooler air holds less moisture and will give a lower RH than a warmer temp. So increasing light intensity can increase temp and therefore increase the RH. This is no good for big, fat buds which should have lower temps and lower RH.................... or you will get mold and rot..........

best regards and I know this is an old thread but it is still an important thing to consider before the freaking buttrot ruins your day..............

yo
I’ve had tons of issues in grows
But buttrot sounds like the worst thing ever :lol:
 

Billy the Mountain

Well-Known Member
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Cooler air holds less moisture and will give a lower RH than a warmer temp. So increasing light intensity can increase temp and therefore increase the RH. This is no good for big, fat buds which should have lower temps and lower RH.................... or you will get mold and rot..........

...So increasing light intensity can increase temp and therefore increase the RH.
Your RH logic is ass-backwards

Water-holding capacity of air decreases with temperature, so the relative humidity will INCREASE with reduced temperature

Increased lighting and the corresponding heat will REDUCE the relative humidity
 

Leonards

Member
I forget the humidity reading but at outdoor harvest
time in SoCal humidity is usually not a issue. I also had a couple
of box fans going at the far end of the room not blowing directly on the hanging branches.

I had
Buds turning brown sounds like mold to me... That shouldn't happen.

I use a SLOW dry (hang for at least one week), and a LONG cure (still have some buds I harvested over one year ago). Never had any buds turn brown... Even the buds that are over a year old are still green, and still have all the aroma, flavor, and potency they had right after harvest. Maybe more...

Can you describe your drying process? At what point did they turn brown?
I think it's correct not drying enough before it goes into the Mason jar
 
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