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Cheeba Monkey

I bought a half pound of pot off of a guy a few weeks ago. The pot is pretty good except now it has started molding. It is the white, fluffy type of mold. My question is... This pot is VERY compressed. I was going to try to scrape off and discard the outer layer that is moldy, rebag it all in freezer bags, and freeze it. Should this help salvage my remaining Quarter pound???? I have read about the mold before and know most people say throw it...but this is over a QP we are talking about here!!! I simply can't afford to throw away that much weed.

Things like this sometimes make me wanna say **** IT ALL!

Thanks for any help.

 

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Potbelly

P.S. (from my last posting) Don't leave the apple or the lettuce in the bag for more than a couple hours at a time or you'll soak your buds and have to dry it back out. The more lettuce or apple you use, the faster this transference happens.

HillBilly

If you scrape it off, chances are there will still be spores left on the bud. So wether or not you want to smoke that is up to you. I dont know if spores will make you sick, but it's likely.

You said it's compressed. You need to break it up quickly, dark places are good mold breeding grounds. Hopefully, it's just the buds on the surface that are affected.

~~hb

Cheeba Monkey

But can mold grow on pot if you freeze it?? I'm hoping I caught it in time. It is very tightly compressed, so if any mold got on the inside, it was probably not as much. I've smoked nearly 2 or 3 ounces of this already without really getting sick... that's why I want to freeze it. I wouldn't think mold could actually grow in the freezer. I don't think freezing it will kill the mold, just prevent it's growth.

Also... you said that breaking it up was what I needed to do. I had thought of doing that but am afraid that will make the mold spread more quickly on it. If I end up needing to do that, how can I do it and keep the mold from spreading any more?

Something else I forgot to add... alot of the mold seems to be located on the seeds that are compressed into the pot. Just thought that info might help with the answers. (In that it may tell the type of mold or whatever...)

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Cheeba Monkey

 

TXM

dude i know what chu mean about the Half pound thing, i'd almost rather be sick . 1st if u grow, DON'T plant the seeds. scrape the mold off. put the stuff in a boilable bag, and boil the shot outta it. then smoke it quick, call friends. **** call me and i'll smoke it all in a week , sell what u can't smoke, get rid of it in like 2 weeks or less. FYI this is my theory, it may be flawed or not working

Potbelly

You've been smokin mildew and mold for as long as you've been smokin mexican.

Go find my posting about how to use apple to cover the taste. It seems to have gotten disconnected from this thread. Apple actually gives it a good taste.

HillBilly

Mold, fungi, spores, bacteria...

Have been found in every enviornment on this planet. Freezer included. The freezing temperature retards the growth of new cells. But it will not destroy the ones already present.

Break the bud up. Seperate the affected pot from the non-moldy. Is it MOLD for sure? I've gotten some sweeet outdoor herb with spider webs, mite webs. Heck.. once I even found a little weevil thing in the bud. He was allready dead, and I thought it was a seed. But thats another story.

By seperating the buds, you can control where the "infection" is. You don't want spores being shaken loose and falling onto otherwise unaffected buds.

If it hasn't hurt you yet.. it probably won't. If it starts to make you sick, get rid of the affected pot.

Adding apple, orange peels, lettuce... This provides the mold with sugar (in form of fructose, a simple sugar which makes excellent food) By introducing a food source, that would encourage mold or bacteria growth.

~~hb

Cheeba Monkey

I'm pretty sure it's mold since it wasn't on it when I first bought it. It's some of the best bud I've had in a while. Really sweet skunky taste with alot of red hairs and crystals. I think whoever got it or grew it, compressed it before it was completely dry, so it started molding. I never really liked the idea of fruit peels in bags anyway. I did it once and it made me keep coughing up phleghm.

What I did is went through it all and tried to take out all the affected pot (there are probably still the odd seed or chunk with a bit of mold maybe), rebagged it in freezer bags, and froze it. I did it when I first noticed the mold. Didn't do any type of drying or anything, just that.

I'll probably just keep an eye on it and keep smoking it, and throw it out if I start feeling sick/funny.

Will the pot mold quicker now than before when I take it out of the freezer (like, in a matter of a week)? I've never froze my pot before and am just curious. I thought maybe being in the freezer could possibly make the pot wetter when it thaws. Just a thought...

Thanks for the replies.

HillBilly

Cheeba Monkey

You have done well in combating this irritating problem. The mold should grow very slowly, if at all in the freezer. When you do take it out, just take what you're gonna smoke. Don't bad it up in a bunch gram bags, as this could be used as evidence to distribute, should something awful happen. Just remove the amount you'll be smoking.

Set it out to thaw, and maybe give it an extra 15-20 inutes to dry out a bit. I have heard tell that freezing bud towards the end of the curing process is a new fad. Don't know much else about it, though. There should be no negative affect by thawing. It should not mold any faster when it thaws.

~~hb