mauichronic808
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what is a good way to kill bud rot or to prevent it in plants during outdoor grows? i had to harvest early due to rot on my last plant 
Best Way To Avoid Bud Rot
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Xare
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The very first decision for your grow is the most important.
"What seeds / genetics will be grown"
Sativa's can be mold resistant because the buds are very wispy.
An Indica however will be very dense and will be more prone to mold.
I live in an area where I have to stick to early flowering Indica's so I have to put up with the mold.
This year I tried to spray with a Sodium Bicarbonate mold prevention mix. But it rained non stop for the next 7 days because of the hurricane Ike and I got alot of mold.
As soon as I saw the mold I went out and bought a commercial anti fungal spray. I cut away all the moldy spot and treated the infected plants with the spray.
I think it helped for a few of those rainy days but it just got washed off and later more mold showed up.
"What seeds / genetics will be grown"
Sativa's can be mold resistant because the buds are very wispy.
An Indica however will be very dense and will be more prone to mold.
I live in an area where I have to stick to early flowering Indica's so I have to put up with the mold.
This year I tried to spray with a Sodium Bicarbonate mold prevention mix. But it rained non stop for the next 7 days because of the hurricane Ike and I got alot of mold.
As soon as I saw the mold I went out and bought a commercial anti fungal spray. I cut away all the moldy spot and treated the infected plants with the spray.
I think it helped for a few of those rainy days but it just got washed off and later more mold showed up.
tusseltussel
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put up a cheap carport over the plant in the rainy season
ive herd somthin bout spraying with h202 but not sure
ive herd somthin bout spraying with h202 but not sure
mauichronic808
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thanks guys. could i perchance go outside and blow dry them with out damaging buds?
mauichronic808
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most excellent. once the rot is there is there a way to make it go away?
freddiemoney
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Cut away the rotted stuff, plus a few more inches. That rot likes to set in to the stem as well. If possible, clean up the scissors between cuts, keep that rot confined. Lost a lot this past fall...
mauichronic808
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i hate bud rot hopefully next fall/summer will be a dry one!
hopefully next fall/summer will be a dry one!
mauichronic808
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cant you get horrible lung problems if you do.
freddiemoney
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I get chest and throat issues just from trying to sort through it...
Klo$etBreeder
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safers 3-in1 or serenade...best way I've come across yet for outdoor guerilla plants is to do your best in pre-care with safer's or serenade...and just keep it up thru till 2 weeks before harvest so theres no spray on your buds...that and shake the water off of them after it rains...i'm in the same sitch I got 16 large girls outside yeilding about 1-2lbs a peice and it's been very humid and rainy lately tho im not far into flower I'm doing all the pre-care that I can to prevent it from even starting...including spraying all the plants around my MJ plants as well..
good luck..bud rot is just a part of growing and it's better or worse year to year...everyone hates it but theres not much you can do about nature
good luck..bud rot is just a part of growing and it's better or worse year to year...everyone hates it but theres not much you can do about nature
Spanishfly
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Bud rot? what´s that? Move somewhere where it doesn´t rain a lot.
sappytreetree
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dust with baking soda