What makes ash white or black?

[BG Bud]

I also read it was a result of flushing and curing. Have yet to harvest my first so stay tuned 5th week flower for me

 

[NA420]

Luv the aluminum can bong i used to use that all the time!

 

[alltatup]

Great article, Greenthumb

Thanks for posting.

 

[DW2]

The flushing prior to harvesting may very well affect the curing and the smoothness of the bud or trim, I have not done a flush cycle on the previous grows, I am doing it on this grow in an effort to reduce the curing time. My last grow took more time than I was expecting to cure out. Smoking unused fertilizer can't be good for You, by either health or taste wise. I did a flush on last Saturday (FloraKleen) and I'm going to drain and refill the reservoir with plain pH'ed water today and then, chop, chop on Friday.
A thanks to all for their information and input and great growing to all.

 

[NebulaHaze]

Wow, this is a really great experiment! I'm so glad you shared with us! Definitely food for thought. It does seem to add evidence that the way you dry/cure the buds has an effect!

 

[NebulaHaze]

Yes, and I was using chemical nutrients too! Nothing organic. Although the ash color stayed the same, I do feel like the flavor got better after I started flushing. But it may be that I just got better at drying/curing, since that seems to have the biggest effect on taste that I can tell. That being said I flush every time now, just to be safe

 

[DW2]

Thanks, the 'quick cure' by baking the trim in the oven is only a 'stop-gap' measure, it does not produce a better quality smoke as does thee normal curing process. I do think that it does break down some of the un-used nutrients in the trim and accelerates the breakdown of the chlorophyll, but I would not do the entire crop this way. I did try a small amount of trim today that was removed after I started the flush cycle and without the baking (just air dried) it smoked very well, I was very surprised. I will, from now on, flush every time before harvesting! This proves, to me, that flushing is a very necessary part of the process to produce top notch bud.