Argghhh...bud rot

[Joker]

While gazing at my girls I noticed a dark spot I hadn't seen before, hard to pick up under the hps light. I don't think it's bad and I didn't see any others. They are about 10 days form harvest, do any of you think I should cut now, or just keep an eye on them?

[alltatup]

Wow, man, if that's the only spot, you are doing good!!! They're indoor, right? Cut it out, amputate it, eradicate it, lower the humidity if you can, and keep watching. What do the triches look like?

[Joker]

Yea they are indoor. Right now about 50 percent of trics are cloudy with a few ambers.

[Dutchman1]

Once I get ANY rot I remove the whole branch and harvest as soon as possible. Its amazing how fast it can spread. Also I mostly make tinctures so if I get any rot I filter the liquid to .2 microns.That removes any mold spores. Many places Ive read all of the plant should be tossed once rot is found on the plant but I dont necessarily agree .

[Dutchman1]

Ive read it can be really bad for people with autoimmune issues and others with compromised health conditions. Even taking it internally can be horrendous as can smoking or vaping. You'd think stomach acids would kill the spores. But the rot "Botrytis" is amazingly hard to kill with no safe way to remove it from buds.

[Joker]

It was a cola and I cut the bud but not the branch. On Nov 8th will be 8 weeks of flower and I was pretty sure they will be ready. It just worried me because I don't know how fast it can move in 10 days. If one bud had rot I assume the spores are already spread?

[Dutchman1]

Correct. I had a plant a year ago that got it on one bud. Temperature was high ( 80) and humidity a little high at 60-65 percent.I cut the whole branch off and was heading out on the road so no time to harvest the plant. When I came home three days later 1/3 of the plant had succumbed.

[alltatup]

Cut her down, Joker!!!

[Joker]

Thanks for the info every one, they're comin down, can't take the risk of losing more. Here are some pics I just took. They are violator kush at 7 weeks of flowef.

[Dutchman1]

Those are lovely ! If I were you id be so tempted to wait as it looks like they only need another week or so to completely mature( maybe week and a half). But then Id torture myself wondering if its worth the chance. You gotta make the decision, lol. Keep us informed.

[Dutchman1]

You could take half of the larger buds that are closer to harvest . That would net you some for sure and open up the canopy so you get better airflow and less chance of more rot. Just a thought. Just remember to watch closely during drying. They can still get bud rot during drying and curing.

[alltatup]

Wow, they are frosty, Joker!!! I believe you'll get some great smoke out of them!!!

[alltatup]

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Joker, consider a good dehumidifier (that's the one I got, and it's humming away right now, keeping those flowering girls at 40% humidity). You may save more money in the long run by not losing bud to rot!!!

BUT GOOD SAVE!!!

[Joker]

Gonna start my next grow soon as these are dry and I will have one of those baby's.

[alltatup]

I don't even want to add up what I've invested in 2 chillers, dehumidifier and everything else to get my environment right in my grow room. But it works reeeeeeeal good now!!! ;-}

[oldjarhead100]

hey Joker I live in Ma and we lost half of out outdoor grow to rot, by the time we were finished we notices a couple of thing first when you see rot cut below the rot, and before we saw rot we would see a discoloration on the stem, once you see the bad stem the whole thing will be gone in about 3 days, so I would say cut that bud out and look closely at your other plant stems and take them if you see discoloration. I do believe that it stops growing once its cut (at least all the buds we cut off did not get worse after we cut them. I plan on making dry ice hash from all the bud rot material

[Joker]

Thanks OJH, since they were so close I took another look at the trics and decided to cut now. It's funny you mentioned the stem because while trimming I saw that the stem had a bad spot about 2 inches long, I didn't know to look for that before.
My outdoor plants also got hit with rot, I have heard another outdoor grower say that out of a 15 pound harvest this year he lost about 4 pound to rot.

[Dutchman1]

You cant unless you get it into liquid and filter it. Smoking does not burn up the spores like youd think it would. But many people are not as susceptible to problems that Botrytis mold can cause. Ive read about hairy stuff though, of Cysts forming in the lungs and needing to be surgically removed. Dangerous stuff.

[alltatup]

Dutchman1 Thank you!!! Absolutely not worth the risk.

[Tika]

Regalia biofungicide

[Dutchman1]

[Dutchman1]

Don't think I'd wanna smoke or ingest that but heh, that's just me.

[Tika]

Thinking of you joker

[Joker]

😊 well I ended up with over 11 oz of primo smoke from those 2 plants. Well more than the 8oz I had hoped for.

[alltatup]

Right on Joker

[Tika]

Bravo!!!!!