JayAllDay07
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This is my first time posting in a forum like this so I hope I’m doing it correctly lol I’ve been growing outdoors (western NY) for about 4 years now, never had an issue except for a Gelato last year that had a small amount of bud rot, handled it correctly and everything was fine. This year my Bruce Banner was a mess, my dad was caring for my plants (2 black widows, 1 Bruce banner, 1 skywalker OG) while I’ve been dealing with medical issues, and between long cycles of heavy rain and him not inspecting the plants closely every single day most of the big pretty colas got bud rot. He found a little of it on the top cola during flowering and I told him to remove it immediately, inspect the stalk/stems, and inspect more closely everyday etc but he works 70+ hours a week and isnt 100% sure about what he’s doing, so I’m assuming he didn’t do some of those steps. He also never shook the colas to get rain water out or covered them during heavy rain. He did some pruning (fan leaves and some smaller leaves etc) before we even hung to dry and I did the rest after it was done drying, I obv found the rot/mold while pruning and discarded it, tried to be as clean as possible and inspected everything super closely, drying process went fine, no mold came from the drying process. But while I was pruning the smaller buds that had no visible bud rot/mold, I could see some powdery mildew on the tinier leaves that grow between the buds. I cut them off and if the mildew was too present I discarded the whole bud. My question is, since my dad did most of this grow for me and I wasn’t able to control things properly due to medical issues, meaning I didn’t find most of the problems until after it was dried and I finally got my hands on it, am I able to soak the dry bud in peroxide and water and do a bud wash after it’s already dried? Or can I spray the dried buds with peroxide/water mixture to make sure any mold/mildew that I can’t see is dead? I already had to waste over 4 ounces just from significant rot, I would hate to waste the rest if I don’t see any visible mold and I removed the PM leaves. It would be more of a precautionary measure, just to make sure all spores are dead and gone so nobody gets sick. Obv there’s spores that I can’t see that spread to other parts of the plant, either from wind or from the pruning process
etc, but can a bud wash make sure those spores are dead so I can still smoke it and salvage it? Again, this would be a peroxide/water wash on dried bud, not cured yet, it just finished drying a few days ago. If i absolutely cannot smoke it, I was thinking about making concentrate or edibles if I have to, but I’m hearing that that may not even work to get rid of/kill spores. Thanks y’all, sorry for it being so long
etc, but can a bud wash make sure those spores are dead so I can still smoke it and salvage it? Again, this would be a peroxide/water wash on dried bud, not cured yet, it just finished drying a few days ago. If i absolutely cannot smoke it, I was thinking about making concentrate or edibles if I have to, but I’m hearing that that may not even work to get rid of/kill spores. Thanks y’all, sorry for it being so long
