Help!!! How do I stop my buds from molding!

oregoncoast

Member
I've been growing my plans plants outside near the Oregon coast it is harvest time and there is mold. Can anything be done? Or saved?
 

tyson53

Well-Known Member
Mold is a battle...you can control to a point ..but never win....its like herpes...just spreads..lol...

what i do is daily walk the garden checking for mold...if any I cut it out...spray the area with a water /peroxide solution...it is suppose to oxidize the spores....then after cutting i clean my hands and scissors with that hand sanitizer so no spores on both and proceed on looking...always clean between cuts..less chance of spreading....

Now if the situation is bad and lots showing up daily..you may have to take the loss of buds being mature and cut all before you lose it to the Bot...

last year i tossed maybe 2 pounds of wet bud away to the mold...it came on fast..was a losing battle...but we had a very rainy harvest time last year..days of rain...its been good this year...

Good luck and Happy Harvest
 

Diabolical666

Well-Known Member
@tyson53. I feel you. I lost 5 last year to botrytis, hit me in about 12 hours.Never again! I been fighting a winning battle this year, conditions have been perfect for it. Its so important to check on a daily or even every 12 hours.
 

tyson53

Well-Known Member
@tyson53. I feel you. I lost 5 last year to botrytis, hit me in about 12 hours.Never again! I been fighting a winning battle this year, conditions have been perfect for it. Its so important to check on a daily or even every 12 hours.

this year I upped my game..did lots of preventive ..more fans in greenhouse....spray walls with Physon 20 weekly...spray plants with silica twice a week in morning and water in once a week,,,,I set a pop up tent on the outdoor grow in garden and put a 38" industrial fan in it to blow on plants outside to keep dew off....and make a bacteria tea weekly yo spray also...but its getting close so may stop the tea...dont need a added flavor..lol....so far maybe 6 grams of rot to be found...way better than last year...and mostly on the lower popcorn stuff...

Who ever invents a bot destroyer is a farmers hero....I mean an eradicater...lol....
 

Weed _Stu

New Member
I endorse the Jorge Cervantes' hydrogen peroxide method. I tried it recently and after that I water cured the buds. The results are good although some tricomes were lost and potency was affected, but the buds were nice and smokable.
 
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