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