You can save moldy bud and make it perfectly safe to smoke/consume/vaporize.
It doesnt matter if the bud is fresh or dried, water curing washes away every trace of mold.
Ive done this a number of times and it works perfectly. Next time I do it, I will take pictures.
Place the moldy bud in a jar and fill with regular tap water until the bud is submerged. You will have to rig some kind of method to keep the bud completely submerged because some of it will want to rise above the surface. SImply putting a lid on it will not work. I usually use a weighted plate to hold it down.
Keep in a cool dark place for 24 hours then take it out and you will see dirty murky water. Pour it all off, then refill with fresh water and stash again for another 24 hours.
I was told to do this every day for 2 weeks, but in my experience the bud is completely clean in less time.
Every day, when you change the water, notice how dirty it is, when you have had several days of pouring off crystal clear water, you are done. Every trace of mold will be gone.
Drain the bud and dry as usual.
The upside is you will have the smoothest, cleanest smoke you have ever had, with all the original potency intact. In fact, some people say it increases that potency, because it takes out plant material but leaves the THC, thus making the thc more concentrated.
The downside is your lovely bud will now look like schwag, but who cares if your using it yourself, you know its not crap!
Water curing will improve any bud, even perfectly good bud, as it takes out a lot of the bad tasting plant material.
