mr_hyde143

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I am currently growing three separate strains in northwestern Pennsylvania and I need some advice asap. At the beginning of the season I had three separate gardens 8 plants in one garden, 8 in another, and 4 plants in the third garden. I have been refining my techniques for a few years now, and I went into this summer confident that I did everything I could to have a successful harvest this year. I was very careful to do everything right this year. However the wonderful weather here in Pennsylvania is always unpredictable. This year we had a month and a half of rain and ridiculously record breaking HUMIDITY!!! ranging from 75% to 85% humidity everyday for a month and a half. The budrot started in my first garden the one that gets partial shade about 2 weeks ago. It first appeared on 2 plants, so I pulled them both as per instruction. The weed was premature I managed to save most of it because I caught the budrot early, but not early enough because a few days later it infected the rest of the plants in that garden all 8. I pulled them trimmed out the infected areas completely and dries the non infected bud. About 2 weeks go by and my other 2 gardens look beautiful huge top buds all the trich's have gone to full milk, but very little amber yet I figure I need about 2 more weeks to finish out the best outdoor crop I have ever had. Lo and behold I checked on them this morning and I found the first traces of budrot on three different plants. I figure I need to harvest all 8 plants tonight before the budrot can jump to the other four plants. I still have one garden that has not been affected, but they are calling for 5 days of rain. I am thinking about moving the last 4 plants inside and finishing them in my garage because I want to at least get a few plants to go to full term. This budrot has been a nightmare. I was wondering if anybody who grows outdoors in a climate like Pennsylvania has any advice about how to deal with a season like this when the humidity is simply off the charts for 2 months straight. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks
 

outlier

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It's not the humidity you need to be worried about it's the water from the rain/dew etc... and how long it's sitting on/in your buds for. I live sub-tropical on the coast and find if you can keep the buds dry, or have them dry out very fast if wet, rot should not be an issue. My humidity is sky high all year round and if I keep my plants under an eave during our wet stints, it will stop them from rotting out on me.

If you decide to try and pull them through, I would definitely get something sorted so that you can keep them dry. Bring inside, build a cover, place under an eave or the likes.

Nothing worse than bud rot. Unfortunately you are at mercy to mother nature. I'm lucky in a sense in that a month of rain is normal in my climate so I need to prepare for it with my outdoor plants. Absolutely shattering to get rotted out, I can certainly empathise with your pain mate :bigjoint:
 

HydoDan

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It is the humidity and mold spores.. Botrytis... The thing about bud rot is by the time you find it, it's too late...
the shit sucks... I live in NW Wa state 2.5 mi from the coast.. 120" avg rain fall.. humidity is 70-100% most of time.. I don't spray my plants and I get bud rot on my indoor grow... From my experience... I have learned that air flow is key.. removing leaves to create a thinner canopy is a must... a bigger fan ... I haven't found a way to predict it or to stop it.. I can detect it much sooner keeping losses down.. but they're still losses.. I've tried all kinds of fungicides but hate putting that shit on my smoke.. didn't work anyway.. So yes I feel your pain.. finding rot in you best kola is a gut wrenching experience... Nature wins!!
 
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