Found some mold on my buds with few weeks left. What to do?

CannaOnerStar

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So i just found some mold on one bud on a plant at 7 weeks of 12/12. I was looking at how the plant was doing and noticed that it had one leaf sticking from the bud that looked like it was dried out and yellowed a little, but still soft and i also noticed a lot of brown pistils around it, peeked inside the bud and saw some mold, so i chopped that branch off. I did not find anything similar on other buds and even on this it was just one spot and had not spread much and mold is not visible outside.


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Humidity during day is around 45rh and the min/max setting on my hygrometer shows that it has went to 64rh during night(few days ago 60 was max at night), but its not that high all of the dark time.

I should have good enough aeration and have kept the bottom of the plant even maybe a bit too clean and well aerated. One thing that i think could had caused this is if i pulled off a leaf and it gathered some moisture inside the bud that then caused it to rot. But this particular branch did get least aeration.

Here is a short video showing how its aerated, as its hard to take pic through all the mess. If someone could tell me if this should be enough. You can see where i cut this branch from, its furthest from the fan aerating underside of the plant.



So how to go around this? Do you suspect that this is just one isolated case, or should i worry more on others? Its not too far from being finished and id rather chop it now than have the whole plant rot away. This is supposed to be my weed for the next like two months after its supposed to finish, so i really would not like to lose it all :/ But if i cut it now, i dont think there is enough for me to last for 2 months yet, especially considering its not finished yet.. And the freakshows next to it, well they will finish sooner, but yield will be so low i cant count much more than week on them.


edit. fuck i just found another spot :/
 
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Bernie420

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Humidity spikes at night, probably had a pocket in the room that wasnt getting much air flow. Suggest getting an oscillating fan blowing around the canopy.

Might want to hit it with a pm wash type of product to be prevetative if pm is hanging around.
 

CannaOnerStar

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I inspected both infected spots a bit better and they did seem to both start from a spot where i had removed a leaf from and spread from it, so i guess removing leafs when the buds were already too tight likely created the rot. I asked about the humidity and temps the other day and it was supposed to be fine and only need to worry if rh goes over 65 and spends too much time there.

I did move the fan closer now.
 

DarkWeb

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I inspected both infected spots a bit better and they did seem to both start from a spot where i had removed a leaf from and spread from it, so i guess removing leafs when the buds were already too tight likely created the rot. I asked about the humidity and temps the other day and it was supposed to be fine and only need to worry if rh goes over 65 and spends too much time there.

I did move the fan closer now.
More air flow.......
 

CannaOnerStar

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No that little fan is not going to be enough. You're better off putting another one in there.......closer does nothing for the other side of the tent.
No matter which part of the plant between buds or any i put my hand on now, i can feel a good airflow. Its right under the canopy now blowing directly on the plant from downside. Other side of the tent does not require as strong airflow currently and ill set up another fan in there when its needed there more than elsewhere. Also by the time that is relevant, i have chopped down this plant, but i will definitely set up better airflow for next plant when its time for that.
 

SCM 831

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Usually once it starts there’s no going back. You’re going to have to decide if it’s worth it to let it keep going and risk loosing more to mold or to chop early
 

CannaOnerStar

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Usually once it starts there’s no going back. You’re going to have to decide if it’s worth it to let it keep going and risk loosing more to mold or to chop early
I will definitely keep an close eye to them and if i see any more, ill cut down the whole thing most likely.

Im quite certain that it was caused by me removing some sun leafs that got in the way of other buds, because in both cases they had started from a spot where i had removed a leaf. The buds are really tight and definitely seem like they would mold easily if some moisture got inside them. In the future if i need to remove leafs from tight buds, i will definitely cut it instead of trying to rip it from the stem completely

Now that i moved the fan right under the canopy and kept the hygro/temp meter underside the plant furthest away from the fan as possible, the humidity did not spike over 52 and settled to around 49 last night. Min temp was 20C during night and during day its been pretty much spot on 25C and RH around 45 during day.

Even when the rot appeared, the night humidity did not go over 65, which i heard is where you should start to worry

Now besides doing the fan thing i put my 600w HPS back to "superlumen" setting, which make it 660W and heat up a bit more. I had it at 600w for the summer. Im hoping that will heat up stuff a bit more and get rid of the moisture a tiny bit better.


What do you think if it is likely that picking up leafs from too hard buds caused those particular buds to rot and also do you think that it might spread even if the conditions would be ideal now? Keeping in mind that the buds are extremely dense, which doesent help things..
 
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