A Rainy Harvest?

Hey folks,

I'm 7 and a half weeks into a Sweet Seeds + Speed (autoflower) outdoor grow. I planned on harvesting today (or at least within the next couple days) - been checking trich's under 40x for the past couple days and it's getting to the point where I don't want any more amber. Buds are swollen, 70%+ of the pistils have browned off.

Unfortunately, it utterly pissed it down for a few in the early hours. Now I don't subscribe to the "starve your plant for x days/weeks pre-harvest" to increase potency mumbo-jumbo. Nor do I think flushing is necessary under my conditions. I grow 100% organic, and (especially these being small autoflowering plants) haven't used a full strength fert dose throughout the grow. Nor have they been given ferts for a couple weeks.

So what I'm trying to ask, I guess, is will chopping now when the plants have just had a big drink do anything more than increase drying time? I'm drying at around 22-24C (71-75F) and 40-45% RH (little bit low I know). Should I be worried about mold? I'm thinking (hoping) RH is a bit low to be worrying.

Regards and thanks in advance.

Only thing i can think of is when the buds are wet that the risk of mold increases.

Fuck it, I'd cut em down. It may add a day to your dry time as they'll have more moisture inside of them but that's no biggie.

Give your plants a good shake by grabbing the lower to middle part of the stem and shaking it, that should get most of the surface water off. I don't think that mold will be an issue.

Well I'm sold. I'm going to shake the surface water off definitely, they're quite soggy. Thanks fella's, I'm off to chop!

I will post back here if I encounter anyway problems with mould for future reference.