Hey folks. Just finally reaching the tipping point here and thought I’d ask around the forum to see if anyone can help me. Surely I’m not the only person in the world who has this problem? Google hasn't given me any results.
I’ve been dealing with this issue for a few years now. It only happens to one strain I grow- the ever troublesome Pineapple Chunk. P Chunk, the strain I love to hate, is a very fine smoke, but the plant itself is a total pain in the butt to grow. Out of all the strains I’ve ever grown it’s by far the most prone to budrot, aka grey mold. It’s also sticky as epoxy glue, stinks to high heaven, and grows like a insanely tangled floppy vine. It needs constant trimming to keep it semi-manageable- usually once or twice in veg, and 2 or 3 times in flowering. I practically need to wear a moon suit to do this job, or I will stick to everything in sight and stink for days. Yuck. Honestly, I’ve been trying quite hard for years to get rid of this strain. In spite of my best efforts chasing down new strains, sadly, in the end the PC is still the best bud I grow.
On top of the problems I’ve mentioned, it occasionally gets this other issue. I’m quite sure it’s not budrot, or at least not the normal kind. I’m very familiar with budrot since I live in an extremely humid area and have battled it for a decade or so. If it wasn’t for my dehumidifier and a lot of fans my whole flowering room would probably be taken over by it. As it is, I rarely get it anymore, except sometimes on the P Chunk when the air is extra humid.
This problem seems to favour drier conditions. It starts on the surface of the buds first. Initially the sugar leaves will take on a limp appearance and lose a little colour, as in this picture.
As it spreads, the buds dry out and turn pale yellow/white. The trichomes seem intact. The end result is bud that is bleached of colour and dead- completely dried to a crisp. There are no spores visible. The problem spreads from the outside of the bud, usually the tips, and travels inward.
This is opposite to the gray mold as I know it- in several ways.
-Gray mold rots the bud and turns it wet and slimy. It completely ruins the area it affects, leaving no visible trichomes.
-It usually (though not always) hides itself and starts from the inside of the bud, near the stem.
-When I touch a bud that has advanced budrot/grey mold, I can see a puff of spores fly up. Not so, with this other problem. None to be seen.
-Budrot thrives in humid conditions, while this other problem occurs in dry conditions.
Thanks for any help. Cheers.
I’ve been dealing with this issue for a few years now. It only happens to one strain I grow- the ever troublesome Pineapple Chunk. P Chunk, the strain I love to hate, is a very fine smoke, but the plant itself is a total pain in the butt to grow. Out of all the strains I’ve ever grown it’s by far the most prone to budrot, aka grey mold. It’s also sticky as epoxy glue, stinks to high heaven, and grows like a insanely tangled floppy vine. It needs constant trimming to keep it semi-manageable- usually once or twice in veg, and 2 or 3 times in flowering. I practically need to wear a moon suit to do this job, or I will stick to everything in sight and stink for days. Yuck. Honestly, I’ve been trying quite hard for years to get rid of this strain. In spite of my best efforts chasing down new strains, sadly, in the end the PC is still the best bud I grow.
On top of the problems I’ve mentioned, it occasionally gets this other issue. I’m quite sure it’s not budrot, or at least not the normal kind. I’m very familiar with budrot since I live in an extremely humid area and have battled it for a decade or so. If it wasn’t for my dehumidifier and a lot of fans my whole flowering room would probably be taken over by it. As it is, I rarely get it anymore, except sometimes on the P Chunk when the air is extra humid.
This problem seems to favour drier conditions. It starts on the surface of the buds first. Initially the sugar leaves will take on a limp appearance and lose a little colour, as in this picture.
As it spreads, the buds dry out and turn pale yellow/white. The trichomes seem intact. The end result is bud that is bleached of colour and dead- completely dried to a crisp. There are no spores visible. The problem spreads from the outside of the bud, usually the tips, and travels inward.
This is opposite to the gray mold as I know it- in several ways.
-Gray mold rots the bud and turns it wet and slimy. It completely ruins the area it affects, leaving no visible trichomes.
-It usually (though not always) hides itself and starts from the inside of the bud, near the stem.
-When I touch a bud that has advanced budrot/grey mold, I can see a puff of spores fly up. Not so, with this other problem. None to be seen.
-Budrot thrives in humid conditions, while this other problem occurs in dry conditions.
Thanks for any help. Cheers.
did you ask Mr. Krip? Not the same area as you, but a well researched guy.
