How to salvage moldy bud and get a great tasting smoke

avillax said:

Does it lose taste/smell? My buds are choco candy and this is really important

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Yes, most of smell and some of the taste. I just tried it to see if it really worked. No visible mold, don't think I would smoke too much just to be on the safe side.

So much ... misdirected passion for mold.

Reading through this thread I just came to say that I've been thinking about all the weed I've purchased off the street over the decades and how I really had no idea where or by whom it was grown. I've probably smoked weed that was in the same grow room as a moldy plant and I'm still alive, gross to think about but I'm still here.

As you were.

Not sure how to embed a video on mobile..but having seen this recently, I thought it may be applicable here.

As to whether or not smoking moldy bud that you clean is safe... I'm not sure. But this is interesting non the less, from the legend Jorge Cervantes



Edit: Nice, it embedded itself!

This is for freshly cut buds, that dont have visible mold growth... but I feel like it must be a similar concept

That’s just nasty

guitarguy10 said:

So much ... misdirected passion for mold.

Reading through this thread I just came to say that I've been thinking about all the weed I've purchased off the street over the decades and how I really had no idea where or by whom it was grown. I've probably smoked weed that was in the same grow room as a moldy plant and I'm still alive, gross to think about but I'm still here.

As you were.

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This is actually true, to be honest. We've all smoked moldy weed. Even if I don't see it I've smelled it. Still healthy, yeah shouldn't risk it but I even believe prime weed could have spores in it.

tl;dr: There is no practical small-scale way to make moldy bud safe to consume.

Yesterday I composted some old weed which had gone moldy. Straight into the worm farm, no attempt to salvage it. I may run dry soon because the coronavirus has interrupted my supply, but it was the right choice.

People have been discussing the question of whether or not there are living mold spores left in the bud after water curing. It's almost irrelevant (more on this below). What matters is the mycotoxins.

When the bud goes moldy, that means the fungus is actively growing. Many fungi produce nasty mycotoxins as they grow. Some of these are water soluble and some are not.

If you water cure moldy bud, you remove polar mycotoxins. You will not remove (all of) the non-polar mycotoxins. You may wash away some through mechanical action, but some will be left in your bud.

If you add a non-polar solvent, you will remove THC and oils from the bud.

Back to the subject of spores: if you create an environment which is conducive to mold growth, mold is going to grow. There are exceptions - if it has somehow been sterilised and then stored in a sterile airtight container, mold cannot start without a living spore. In practice, remember "Everything is everywhere, and the environment selects".

Spores themselves may contain mycotoxins, but if it's just a few spores which have drifted in on the wind, they will not contain enough to harm you any more than breathing the air harms you.

If mold has grown in your weed - whether or not it released spores - the weed is not safe.

Create an environment which is not conducive to mold growth in the first place. Improve your drying and curing skills and pay attention to old batches. Use a loupe to find mycelium long before the bud looks or smells moldy.

Industrial agriculture does attempt to detoxify moldy feed for consumption by livestock. You can read more on the subject in the links below, but if you want to look after your health and the health of your customers, please don't try to rescue moldy weed. It may taste okay, and by random chance it may even be okay if you happened to get a type of mold which only produces polar mycotoxins, but if you don't get it tested in a lab then you're gambling with your health.

Tl;dnr

Sad but I came back and it is all moldy. I will remove it through mechanical means, not gonna waste it.

That is disgusting! and really.......can't you just trash it and buy some?

So I checked and not all of it is bad and no I cant just buy new, these are corona times. I will use peroxyde and water curing

avillax said:

So I checked and not all of it is bad and no I cant just buy new, these are corona times. I will use peroxyde and water curing

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Stop smoking or scrape your resen then. I'd be more worried about the mold than the rona........

Pro tip: Sell you moldy weed in dime bags to elementary school kids. they dont' know the difference

avillax said:

So I checked and not all of it is bad and no I cant just buy new, these are corona times. I will use peroxyde and water curing

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make water hash with it. the mold will go thru the smallest micron bags

DarkWeb said:

Stop smoking or scrape your resen then. I'd be more worried about the mold than the rona........

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i'd rather grind up seeds and snort them vs smoking mold.

rkymtnman said:

i'd rather grind up seeds and snort them vs smoking mold.

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I know right! Gotta be really hard up for that though.

So I cleaned it and about 50% has mold but all of it probably has spores. So now peroxyde water curing.

avillax said:

So I cleaned it and about 50% has mold but all of it probably has spores. So now peroxyde water curing.

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You’re doing all of this for half ounce of moldy weed?

mysunnyboy said:

You’re doing all of this for half ounce of moldy weed?

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Maybe a 1/8th! Seriously go buy some......