How do you keep buds bright green after harvest?

[Milovan]

Some of my harvested buds turn from bright green to brown so is this caused
from not hanging drying branches in total darkness to dry out some?
Why do buds turn brown and how do you keep your buds bright green after harvest?
Anyone? Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[Dibbsey]

keep bud on the stem and dry as natural as you can ina dark place. I dry in a ventilated area for a week with the bud still on the stem. no heating no cooling nothing to try n speed it up. patience is key. even after the week it wont be fully dried you will have to cure it after. Also depending on the strain you have and whether you flushed before harvesting can effect the colour.

 

[Milovan]

Also depending on the strain you have and whether you flushed before harvesting can effect the colour.

The strains I'm working with are Blue Dreams and GSC's.
I grew out the BD's before and after the initial hang dry
the light green buds turned a light brown color. I practice all the things you
mentioned except for keeping them in the dark during the hang dry.
The smell and potency were out of this world though but I did
not care for the brown color to the buds. I wonder if flushing and hang drying
in a dark place would help keep the buds green?

 

[racerboy71]

The strains I'm working with are Blue Dreams and GSC's.
I grew out the BD's before and after the initial hang dry
the light green buds turned a light brown color. I practice all the things you
mentioned except for keeping them in the dark during the hang dry.
The smell and potency were out of this world though but I did
not care for the brown color to the buds. I wonder if flushing and hang drying
in a dark place would help keep the buds green?

How on earth would flushing effect the color of the dried buds??

 

[nova1992]

actually im curious to this as well!!
off to www.google.com to help me solve my problem!!

 

[NightOwlBono]

Whenever I think of brown weed I think of those farmers in Mexico that pile it up in a field to sun dry...not ideal...
I'm not saying you did this.

but what was your humidity when you hung them?and how much airflow did you have in the room?
Also why do you choose not to hang them in darkness?

 

[chocobear]

keep bud on the stem and dry as natural as you can ina dark place. I dry in a ventilated area for a week with the bud still on the stem. no heating no cooling nothing to try n speed it up. patience is key. even after the week it wont be fully dried you will have to cure it after. Also depending on the strain you have and whether you flushed before harvesting can effect the colour.

How on earth would flushing effect the color of the dried buds??

There is no evidence anywhere that suggests flushing would effect the color of the dried buds.

So, it wouldn't, and it didn't, and it doesn't, flushing does nothing to effect the color of dried buds

 

[Milovan]

what was your humidity when you hung them?and how much airflow did you have in the room?
Also why do you choose not to hang them in darkness?

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 the plants
dry some upside down in a partly covered big outdoor room
25' x 14'. 2/3 of the roof not being covered and the plants
were hanging under the 1/3 that did have roof covering so the
hangs branches were not in direct sunlight but it was still bright
in the room during the day. Next time around I am thinking of covering
the roof top completely to blacken out the room sufficiently during day
and night hours to try and keep the buds light green. Along with the
correct humidity level, circulating air and a dark room I hope the buds
will stay light green.

 

[nova1992]

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 the plants
dry some upside down in a partly covered big outdoor room
25' x 14'. 2/3 of the roof not being covered and the plants
were hanging under the 1/3 that did have roof covering so the
hangs branches were not in direct sunlight but it was still bright
in the room during the day. Next time around I am thinking of covering
the roof top completely to blacken out the room sufficiently during day
and night hours to try and keep the buds light green. Along with the
correct humidity level, circulating air and a dark room I hope the buds
will stay light green.

sunlight degrades THC
don't hang your buds in the sunlight

 

[beeralot]

Cant really say to much as the browning but im on my first grow slash harvest and i just dry in a dark place for 4 to 5 days like a closet on the stem in the dark and both the sativa and indica strains are still green. try that. Not sure still a newb but it worked for me. great job keep up thr good work.

 

[jestermite]

not sure of how light exposure affects things... but i know from first hand exp that the faster I get the buds dried and into jars for curing the better the green color. forget the week b.s. unless you live in high humidity and have no choice

 

[Purpsdro420]

I have had some bubba kush that was green as can be before harvest and after the cure it was a golden brown. It actually looked a little more gold than brown and it was great smoke so just cuz it's Brown doesn't mean it shit

 

[zubey91]

Its cuz youre not drying them out enough. At least thats what was happening to me when i first started growing and my buds would get brown in the cure jar

 

[higgins2k9]

It's chlorophyll, that's why flash dried weed tastes very plain and green like smoking fresh grass because it is something that gets released slowly and heat doesn't enhance the speed it comes out of the plant material. The slower you get the moisture out of your bud without it going moldy the better, and curing slowly releases the rest of the chlorophyll over time.

 

[SpicySativa]

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?

 

[Tamfjmy]

• How on earth would flushing effect the color of the dried buds??

  
  
  

 

[skunkd0c]

much of it is strain/pheno, cheese is very light green, some other skunks are almost brown when dry
these buds below are completely different shades of green, some a little brown
all dried and cured the same way

peace

 

[PetFlora]

Flushing with bleach lol

How on earth would flushing effect the color of the dried buds??

 

[Yam]

Some of my harvested buds turn from bright green to brown so is this caused
from not hanging drying branches in total darkness to dry out some?
Why do buds turn brown and how do you keep your buds bright green after harvest?
Anyone? Thanks for your help in advance.

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?

 

[OPfarmer]

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?

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.