Bud Rot- Outdoor Grow

My buds started getting a gray/brown rot near the stem- I pulled off some of the rotted parts of the bud the last few weeks of growing. Here are some pictures of buds after harvest- a little hard to tell but one can see the gray/brown "dead" part near the center of each bud. One plant had some spider webs but I kept pulling them off- those buds ended up with no damage when they were harvested.


Any suggestions on what happened to my buds? I had this issue (much greater) last year and want to make sure it doesn't happen in the future.

Thanks in advance for the input...

What were your growing conditions?
Were the buds dense?
Cold enviroment?
Overwaterig/Curling Leaves?

Sorry for the delay in replying:

• Both plants were in 12 gallon containers.
• They had been getting 6-8 hours direct sunlight until Labor Day (Sept 1), then moved to a spot with strong indirect light from a pine tree canopy and about 3 hours of direct sunlight.
• Promix was the growing medium; I fed with Botanicare Grow before flowering, Botanicare Bloom after flowering- plants were fed about every 10 days. I don't think overwatering was an issue this year.
• I did not notice issues related to poor feeding (leaves dropping from the bottom of the plant first) this year like I have had in the past.
• One plant looked healthy all the way to harvest; the buds in the pictures above are from that plant.
• The other plant started looking scraggly in August but really went downhill after mid-September.
• Some of the buds on both plants were fairly dense; a lot of popcorn buds on the lower parts of the plants.
• No issues with cold or dampness this season.
• I did not notice any worms or caterpillars during the harvesting/drying/curing process.

Feel free to check out the pictures on page 2 of my Backyard Grow 2014 thread to get a better look at the plants during the late growing season.

Hmm thats rare, Ive had budrot from dense buds sweating