So question grow family, why does my bud turn a dullish brown during dry? Not mold, mildew,rot,ect. Always seem to turn brownish after dry. Now my drying conditions are NOT ideal. Is it because of being too warm during dry, drying too fast….. always seems to do it after my wash and dry.
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How fast are they drying?
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About 6 days.
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The brown I see are the fizzled pistils.
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If it takes care of you, I would not worry. A wash with to much peroxide does that to mine. I don’t wash unless I have to spray or have rot/mold. Not a fan of washing.
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I’m a fan of the lemon juice and baking soda for bud washing.
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Wait is your ratios? if you don’t mind me asking
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I do 1 cup each in 5 gal. They react like a kids “volcano” and fizz.
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That’s also my preferred method 
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I did do some with just baking soda. Increase the ph so molds aren’t hospitable.
If a small run, I’ll do them in lemon without going to rinse bucket. Then dump the baking soda in for combined wash. Then rinse and final rinse to hang.
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Thank You @Budbrother
Bookmark for next wash. 
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I did 1 cup peroxide to 5 gal. Of water. And 2 rinse buckets. I was doing 3 bucket, 1st, 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup lemon juice, 2nd bucket 1 cup peroxide per 5 gal. And a clean rinse bucket. Ran out of lemon juice so I just did a 1 cup peroxide per 5 gal. And 2 rinse.
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I think that must be the issue, too much peroxide. May have added a touch extra just for good measure.
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I like @Budbrother recipe. Peroxide messes the trichombs up. I also found luke warm water is better.
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NOTED! damn, I wondered about how it reacted with the peroxide, I just went by what I read here and there. Saw others use it successfully. Thanks for the heads up. And I always wash in warm and rinse in cool.
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That’s the main reason I don’t post pictures of my finished product. It’s embarrassing compared to other grows here. Always have gotten the brownish color in my buds. Now I believe it’s the peroxide that causes it. I know what bud rot looks and smells like, I cut thet chit out. But always turns my bud a brown color.
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I do my peroxide wash first, baking/lemon second, rinse third, maybe second rinse, same proportions as you all. Is there any advantages to doing baking/lemon first and then the peroxide? I always felt that the baking/lemon kind of neutralizes the peroxide. Just curious. Thanks.
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Not really. It’s usually a one or other deal. I’ve never combined them both into the process. From example above, I’d flip flop that. The acidic h2o2 going into the neutral bucket like you do already.
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Thanks, I appreciate your input. In some of the videos and blogs I had researched, it was explained as the peroxide was kind of the medicinal neutralizer for the mold/spores/fungus, and then the baking/lemon was the agitation agent to wash off the now neutralized mold/spores/fungus as well as the dirt and debris, while also stopping the peroxide reaction. Then rinse/rinse to get everything off and clean. If that’s not correct, I would want to know so I can adjust moving forward. Thanks again for all your input and advice.
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It’s correct as explained. The peroxide will “neutralizes” mold and spores, but it’s more of a surface sanitizing and oxidative cleaning step than a guaranteed decontamination. You don’t always need peroxide unless you’re specifically combating powdery mildew, botrytis, or visible mold spores.
If you’re dealing with organically grown buds, no pest/mold issues, and you dry carefully, a baking soda/lemon wash is plenty. The peroxide step is more of an emergency cleanup or preventative measure for questionable outdoor harvests.
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