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Disturbing find today with the Bomb Girls. Checking buds and one had mold starting on it. Temperatures have been down the last couple days in the bloom room (mid 60s) and humidity at night has likely been high as its been raining and overcast here for over a week.

I amputated the offending bud, it was in an area where air flow might not have been great. I also put a small controlled heater in with the girls to bring the temps back up to the mid 70 range. Hopefully catching it early and the measures put in place will prevent it spreading and I can let the girls go longer as needed, if not, I'll have to pull the plug early and hope for the best.
 
Good luck TheCelt. I always worry about mould here too as it's always raining over here. Hopefully you have caught it in time and stopped the spread, always best to be alert when checking on the plants. I hope you have it under control, all the best :thumb:
 
TheCelt said:
Thanks Kriaze

So far so good, no signs of any today and I put an old dehumidifier we have in my grow room as well, keeping the humidity down in the 50% range.
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Have question about this:

Humidity is always 70-80% in my grow room, you think a dehumidifier is necessarily and why?(benefits)
 
ganjazz, during flowering you should target the lowest humidity possibble to have more flowers and more resin. the plant should feel end is nearing and she is stressed to act faster namely producing more and more flowers and resin (to finally find some pollen, which of course we want to avoid)
 
Morning ganjazz and tony

Tony has given the #1 reason but just importantly lower humidity reduces the risk of mold.

Mold thrives in temperatures between 70 and 90F which is also the temperatures that that our girls do best at. Because cannabis is most susceptible to mold during flower. To minimized the risk of mold, or in my case its spread as I have already found it, we need to have good airflow and reduce the humidity to levels less favorable to mold. If possible, below 50% RH.
 
Will be pulling the girls out tomorrow and giving them a thorough inspection. Just found another bud with mold lower down and maybe another one farther back.

If I find too much mold that I can't contain, I will be pulling the plug. The THC Bomb girls are just coming up on their 2 week window according to the breeder and the Cherry girls will be about a week ahead of their window. I am not seeing much in the way of amber trichomes but its had to judge under the LEDs. May see more when I get them out in the whiter light.

I would sooner pull the plug early rather than lose to mold
 
That is such a bummer about the mold! :sorry: I would do exactly the same thing rather than lose it all. I hope it isn't to extensive!
 
Thanks Magic

So far it doesn't seem to be extensive but until I can get the girls out and give them a good going over its hard to tell. I would do it now but there just isn't enough time before lights out left today.

I've turned up the dehumidifier to drive the RH even lower and I will drop the temps in there. If I only find a few spots of mold, them I will amputate them and let the girls go another couple days and do another thorough inspection to see if I have it under control.
 
Quick update on the Bomb Girls and the mold.

I spent a few hours this morning pulling the girls out into better (whiter) light and going over them for signs of mold. I amputated 2 buds off one Cherry Bomb and 3 off the larger THC Bomb, all of which would be near one another in the bloom room. These where the only buds I could find that appeared to have mold. With the lights-out humidity spikes in the past week or so, and knowing that the moldy buds where all in the same area, air circulation in that spot must be poor.

After inspecting the girls, I gave some a bit of a trim to remove dying leaves, rearranged some limbs for better support, and then put them back under the lights.

After the girls were back under the lights, I brought the amputated buds up to do a closer inspection with my 40x loupe and 60-100x pocket microscope.

As it turned out, only one of the Cherry Bomb buds had mold, which I pitched. Of the three THC Bomb buds, one was pitched, about a 1/3 of the second was pitched, and the 3rd had no sign of mold. The salvaged bud was trimmed and weighed green to get an idea of what dry weight would be.

Here are some pictures of the buds taken this morning.

Cherry Bomb
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THC Bomb
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The trimmed bud ready for drying, Cherry on the left and THC on the right
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I salvaged about 20g green weight and scraped about 11g green weight.

Because the mold appeared to be confined to one small area, the girls get to live on awhile longer yet ;)

The THC Bomb are just coming into there harvest window and after inspecting with the 60x I am seeing mostly cloudy trichomes with some clear and the odd amber, so I will be letting them go another week and watching to see more amber.

There Cherry Bombs have another week before the beginning of their harvest window which seems about right as I am seeing about a 50/50 mix of clear and cloudy.

Fingers crossed that I contained the mold issue and these girls get to go until they are ready :)
 
Good luck mate, mould has to be a bummer, I think I worry about that more than mites. Be careful though, I would hate to hear that you got some nasty fungal infection or something over a bit of green. If you have some good air flow there and some higher heat/lower RH everything may well sort it out. All the best :thumb:
 
Damn Bro!! Sorry to hear about your mold problem but it's great that you noticed the problem and was able to react in a timely manner. Botrytis / fusarium are both almost impossible to stop once they strike but your approach to dealing with the problem is spot on.
Wishing you all the best brother.
 
That's awesome news!! Way to go brother!
:bravo:

I know you already know this but I suggest doing everything within your capabilities to keep RH controlled as much as possible while drying and avoid any spikes.
It would really suck donkey balls to see you make it over this hump with the bud rot issues only to be tripped up at the finish line with mildewed buds.

Have you considered setting a temp/humidity gauge in the area where you intend to dry and monitor the environment for a few days before harvest day rolls around, basically a simulated drying run?
 
Hello friends, been away for a few days, got family visiting from out west for a couple weeks. I try to get on and catch up in the mornings before the crew wakes but its hard to post using my phone LOL

I had a quick check when I was home for a few minutes earlier, before going back out golfing, watered the girls and found one bud with mold/bud rot. Again it was one the bigger THC Bomb, may have missed it when I went over them a few days ago. Humidity had gone back up to 73% as the dehumidifier was full. Not too worried, the THC Bombs are getting really close to harvest time and the first buds I cut a week ago weren't harsh at all when I tried them last night. Potency was far from peak but they were still a nice smoke ;)
 
Hey UncleC

The few buds I cut Friday, I put in a paper bag in a cabinet over the fridge. Seemed to work OK for a few buds. But I am looking at doing a partial harvest tomorrow or Wednesday and a bag over the fridge probably just isn't going to cut it LOL

Now I am not sure how I am going to go about drying my harvest. My original plan had been to use the outer part of the grow room, but the dehumidifier drives the temps up to near 100F, so that's out. The back shed where I intend to dry the outdoor harvest this fall has good air flow but the RH outside this time of year tends to be 70+.

I have seen a number of members hang their bud inside a cardboard box, so maybe that's an option. Any suggestions?
 
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