I am 1 week into curing my first ever harvest. It seems the learning experience isn’t over yet…smh.
I was inspecting the jars during their morning burp and discovered some mold growth on a few of the buds… pictured below. What a huge disappointment.
I have used hygrometers and Boveda packs to ensure a stable 60-63% environment in the jars. I have opened them once per day to breathe.
DO I NEED TO TOSS OUT THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE JAR AT THIS POINT?
And would this be a product of inadequate drying before jarring? Or something that was on the plant from its time outside? There was some bud rot / pest damage on the flowers from the wet and humid summer, but I tried to remove all damaged buds before drying.
I am about to inspect the rest of the jars and am nervous about what I am going to discover…
I went through all 6 jars and found a couple instances in each jar. Always that same white, somewhat cottony matter, located near the bottom of the bud where it was cut from the stem. I put the clean buds bag in the jars pending some insight from the community. Thanks for the reply, @oldmarine.
If it’s critters: throw it all in the freezer in it’s jars for 6 or 7 days.
I agree pic looks like a pest not wpm.
Strongly suggest you adopt a policy of doing a bud wash in peroxide/water at the time of harvest (too late now) as this will make for a cleaner harvest, especially outdoors. Besides; it makes sense to clean crap that has landed on the plant off before smoking. Here’s after one plant grown indoors:
