Mold!?

[Bklyndiaz]

Hi all! I have been curing for about 13 days now, I did everything I was to do before hand, dry hanging upside down for about 4 days, buds dry on the outside and then put in jar and opened jar everyday.
today I open jar and see this!!! Is this MOLD?
its suppose to be bloody skunk auto,

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[9fingerleafs]

How does it smell? Is it appealing or gives you goosebumps?

 

[Bklyndiaz]

Not sure I think it smells like pine, my girlfriend thinks it smells good!

 

[9fingerleafs]

Then all is well. Rotten bud smells and tastes kinda bad. Not appealing at all. even piss like or sour

 

[Bklyndiaz]

Thanks, 9fingerleafs, gonna keep an eye on it!
As I look at it Thur a jewelers loupe, it looks like small suguar dots,

 

[Weasel]

To be honest it looks like mold to me. I personally haven't noticed any smell from budrot- aka gray mold/botrytis, and I get it all too often. I'd keep a hygrometer in the jar to make sure your RH is in acceptable limits.
But first pry a bud or two open and check the centers- if they feel spongy and wet, they're too wet still. If they have a pale yellowish/gray appearance in the centers then open them up and dry them asap to save what's left.

 

[Bklyndiaz]

Thanks, Weasel, I'm afraid it is also, so I removed the ones that had MOLD on them, I now have the buds on my tent floor on paper towel, will that help? And for his long overnight?
OR should I just call it a loss and toss them?
Thanks, for you advise

 

[Horace Kemp]

It ruins it. I'd not smoke that. Chuck it start over. I do not think four days hung to dry was enough time. Minimum I have let hang dry was seven days. That's not good bud anymore sorry.

 

[Weasel]

I'd pull them apart into smaller pieces and dry them fairly quickly. If they have that pale slimy appearance inside - the rot attracts moisture to itself and gets worse very quickly. I use lightly damaged buds for bubble hash or qwiso and toss the worst out. Some would say to toss it all - I don't

 

[Weasel]

I'd comment that it's not the drying time necessarily. Three days drying even is ok as long as it gets dried. I prefer longer. It's just that you didn't dry it enough before jarring. Get some hygrometers it really takes the guesswork out.