I recently received a report from a patient that the smoke they got tasted earthy... they said it tasted like they were smoking dirt. I gave this to them early and they were supposed to complete curing the bud but have started smoking it a little early, about two weeks cure. I wonder if that is the reason for the taste or maybe something else. I flushed the plants for two weeks before harvest so I'm not sure what else it could be. I have grown this random strain before and had no bad feedback on it. Any thoughts would be great, thanks.

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is it just from this person , or from a number of people that have had a toke ? , if it is just the one person , maybe its there tastebuds

... it was just one, but got a call from another with the same complaint, so its two people now

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i heard some strains taste "earthy"

cure longer bro!!!!!

or if you need to cure it quickly, i always heard that "water curing" take 7 days i think? and there is no real taste to it. i am not speaking from experience, so i cant verify if its true or not.

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I figured that it was because of the incomplete cure and really hope that it will mellow out with more time. Thanks for the input guys and gals.

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ive had earthy tasting plants too. generally not. but hey if people cant follow directions like, you have to finish curing the bud then all i can say it fk em. their loss. they have no reason to complain. what they expect?

i smoke alot of uncured bud because i also sometimes have no patience to wait. its neve like bud thats been cured for a few months. i think people are stupid.

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too early for the cure. and the water curing can cut down the time to a week, however you also need a large food dehydrator. i did it and compared to air dry with my last Chocolate Thai grow (see signature). you can smoke the water after 7 days of changing water, but even then it can still have a little earthy chlorophyll taste. if you water cure honestly you should still pure in a jar for a week or two to get a better flavor. but the air dry and then cure.....ahhhh thats what is amazing. the bud looks better and keeps its original flavor. i would suggest keeping with the air drying, but curing for at least a month.

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