Wierd looking stem

[Joel67]

Hello!

Five days after curing i noticed slightly fish smell (haven`t trimmed small leaves very accurately and haven`t flushed) and something that looks "like mold" on stems, but not quite sure, only my second grow. Sometimes stems look a bit white as well.

And here are pics (high res)

 

[NnthStTrls]

No worries man. Everything's fine.

 

[Joel67]

Whats is the best way to determine, is it early form mold or not? Googled, and based on that did examine my stuff, but for me as beginner i`st quite hard to get valid results.
Smoked a little bit of that stuff yesterday, tasted quite bad.

 

[Chillintxstlye]

It's only been cured 5 days that's why it taste like that. Cure it out and the flavor will return. Good luck bro

 

[Opm]

What is going on in your curing room? Dark 24/7? What is the humidity? Does it get lots of air flow?

 

[Joel67]

What is going on in your curing room? Dark 24/7? What is the humidity? Does it get lots of air flow?

I`m curing very small amount in airtight jars, open them twice a day for couple of minutes, and shake buds around. Darkness ir 24/7.

Hard to say anything about humidity, but before jars, when buds were in cupboard with fans, humidity was around 30%.

 

[dimebong]

Whats is the best way to determine, is it early form mold or not? Googled, and based on that did examine my stuff, but for me as beginner i`st quite hard to get valid results.
Smoked a little bit of that stuff yesterday, tasted quite bad.

I was pretty disappointed that my stuff didn't taste like weed the first time i grew but after two weeks of cure is was reekin and
tasted like bananas when you sucked on an unlit joint. Cure is everything.

I see no evidence of mold on that bud. The smell of mold is unmistakable, you would have smelt it before. It doesn't smell like fish.

 

[LockedOutOfHeaven]

If grown to maturity it shouldnt smell like hay or taste like shit unless you did something wrong. Like letting mold grow!

 

[LockedOutOfHeaven]

All of my buds smell the same from plant to fully cured. Never like hay or whatever. I made that mistake on my first grow like 12yrs ago. But have never had that problem since.

 

[aknight3]

if the buds ares starting to smell like fish or ''amonia'' smell then they are about to grow mold on them, that is the first sign of mold, the ammonia smell, so let it dry out more before you cure any longer. good luck

 

[Joel67]

what kinda of smell is ammonia?

 

[dtowndabber]

Ak is right. I was going to add you shouldn't put your buds immediately into jars. They Must dry properly first!

 

[Joel67]

if the buds ares starting to smell like fish or ''amonia'' smell then they are about to grow mold on them, that is the first sign of mold, the ammonia smell, so let it dry out more before you cure any longer. good luck

Hmmmm, if this is the case, and there were first signs of mold, do redrying eliminates all signs of mold or only stops process? I mean, now when I have been keeping yars opened for a longer time, smell is getting "normal", but does it mean buds are safe to smoke when I`m done or there is a chance that some spores of mold will remain intact?