A fuckin disaster

I just got ready to harvest and realized I hit what I assume is bud rot ),: lost a lot but salvaged some I hope. Any advice for next time ? Didn't even know this was a thing. First plant ever. Tangerine dream autoflower.

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What kind of ventilation in your tent/bloom room? What's the RH of your grow space and the area you dried in? And, do you spray your plants during flower with a spray bottle?

I had sprayed them due to a bug issue. Then became over crowded from 2 stray plants and had super bad condensation in the tent. It's bad all around. But I'll do better next time

Sometimes you can see a beige/yellowish looking spot on an other wise healthy looking bud and if you bend that bud open you'll spot it.

I had it a lot when I grew with my friend we got good at spotting it. I haven't had it for a while, but I top a lot and get multiple colas instead of a big fat one.

Kursty_Krab said:

I had sprayed them due to a bug issue. Then became over crowded from 2 stray plants and had super bad condensation in the tent. It's bad all around. But I'll do better next time

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Does your tent have two exhaust openings? When condensation builds up in my tent i use a 6 inch hurricane fan to blow air from my lung room into the tent and the air flows out of the other opening. Very simple and very effective. I also normally have a dehumidifier running in the lung room as well.

Continue to break down colas ... look inside and see if you noticed any mold or rot within dense areas.

If so , well then there will be less to happy about.
Conditions of your grow would have been the reason. Flowering stage like 40% Rh or So.