Heavy Rain and high humidity on the last weeks of flowering. What do I do?!?

Ok, I'm stressing out...

Got 2 strains that are 2 weeks away from harvesting, and another 3 that have got atleast a month on them.
Heavy rain started yesterday and its going on atleast until 29 of this month. That's 10 days of full rain and high humidity (right now its 96%)!

I shake them twice a day once the rain stops, check them for budrot and I can see some already...
I can't feed them nutrients because I got heavy watering on the pots, every single day.

I can't protect them from rain, I can't feed them... this is not looking good to me. Feel like I really can't do anything but let mother nature take her way. This is bugging me because I've dedicated a lot to them, time, money and stress.

What would you guys do? I can't harvest them wet, can I? The ones that have 2 weeks on them left... Also feel like I am losing a lot by not going for 2 more weeks, but if they all rot... I get nothing lol...

Man, this is starting to get to my head.

Hoop house with pvc and plastic film, you can make one for less than $100

And fans

Leaf blower

Marlsoft said:

What would you guys do? I can't harvest them wet, can I? The ones that have 2 weeks on them left... Also feel like I am losing a lot by not going for 2 more weeks, but if they all rot... I get nothing lol...

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You pretty much summed it up, but in my opinion its better to harvest early and get what you can rather than wait and lose it all.

Budrot is systemic so if you see it already its only going to get worse. (I'd actually toss the plants that have the rot--sucks I know!)

Yes, you can harvest wet--you just need to make sure they dry off the excess water that first day or two of drying so make sure low humidity and good airflow

Early bud can be decent. Good luck!

I know exactly what you are going thru.
I have lived it. Hated it.
(So bad it drove me to growing indoor.)

It's really bad with the fire and ash this year.
Best of luck on your grow and harvest.

Having the same problems with my outdoor girls.
Just a shit ton of rainy periods during mid flower that is decimating one of the Critical+.
Forecast says it'll be dry and sunny until Thursday, then I will cut her down.
Sad to see hard work damaged.
I may try a hoop house next year to see if that will help.

that's the nature of growing outdoor

Same kind of issue here... but just add freezing temps.
This is why I'm almost religious with spraying my bacterial fungicide twice a week since the start of Aug. Really helps prevent ... tho it is not a guarantee

Cut early. If its going to rain and be all shitty weather, the plants wont grow as good as normal anyways. So that 2 weeks in shitty weather is no more than few days in good weather. Except that you have a big risk of bud rot if you wait it out. Especially if you already see budrot, its only going to get worse.

CannaOnerStar said:

Cut early. If its going to rain and be all shitty weather, the plants wont grow as good as normal anyways. So that 2 weeks in shitty weather is no more than few days in good weather. Except that you have a big risk of bud rot if you wait it out. Especially if you already see budrot, its only going to get worse.

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Thank you all for the feedback. I will cut some down today and dry it in a room at 30, 40% RH with a fan pointing to the wall for around 3 days. Buds are soaking wet! After that I will bring them back to 60% RH.

The rest of the Strains (sativas) I will leave them for October. My first time growing and I loved the outdoors thing until flowering. The moment flowering began, stress came: nutrient deficiencies, stealth issues, high humidity, 60km/h winds breaking branches and now heavy rain for weeks... I love growing weed outdoors but I gotta feeling that once I go indoors, there's no more outdoors for me...

ganga gurl420 said:

Same kind of issue here... but just add freezing temps.
This is why I'm almost religious with spraying my bacterial fungicide twice a week since the start of Aug. Really helps prevent ... tho it is not a guarantee

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Actinovate?

SmichiganOG said:

Actinovate?

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This yr I'm using southern ag garden friendly fungicide..... basically same thing as actinovate for a fraction of the cost.

ganga gurl420 said:

This yr I'm using southern ag garden friendly fungicide..... basically same thing as actinovate for a fraction of the cost.

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Ty for the tip. Will keep in mind for next year.

ganga gurl420 said:

This yr I'm using southern ag garden friendly fungicide..... basically same thing as actinovate for a fraction of the cost.

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your plants look great.

Any issues with mold or mildew at all? Do you root drench with Southern Ag too, or just spray?

growslut said:

your plants look great.

Any issues with mold or mildew at all? Do you root drench with Southern Ag too, or just spray?

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Not this yr so far....
And no I dont put it in the soil because I grow organically....I dont want to kill off my micro herd in the soil. I do spray full strength twice a week tho and have since right before flower.

Marlsoft said:

Thank you all for the feedback. I will cut some down today and dry it in a room at 30, 40% RH with a fan pointing to the wall for around 3 days. Buds are soaking wet! After that I will bring them back to 60% RH.

The rest of the Strains (sativas) I will leave them for October. My first time growing and I loved the outdoors thing until flowering. The moment flowering began, stress came: nutrient deficiencies, stealth issues, high humidity, 60km/h winds breaking branches and now heavy rain for weeks... I love growing weed outdoors but I gotta feeling that once I go indoors, there's no more outdoors for me...

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Yes you better take them, I went threw the same thing last year we are in for a hurricane tomorrow so i cut 3 today they were a week or so from finishing but i won't have to throw they away to mold the rest i can put inside out of the weather

66 north said:

Yes you better take them, I went threw the same thing last year we are in for a hurricane tomorrow so i cut 3 today they were a week or so from finishing but i won't have to throw they away to mold the rest i can put inside out of the weather

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Took some out today. I had a Fat Banana that needed 1, 2 more weeks to get really nice but it might be a good harvest. Had all milky trichomes, Orange pistils, swollen calyxs. Looks promising.
Unfortunately today I checked the rest of the ladies and I had 5 rotten ones... all late harvest (mid to late October) - 2 Bubblegum, 2 Amnesia and some other I dont know the Strain. This last one went entirely to the garbage... the others I lost colas and some heavy buds and I am trying to dry them (separated from the good ones in case they are budrot infected). Lets see how they go... very early harvest on them, they needed atleast 4 to 5 weeks... I see milky trichomes and some clear. Smells Nice though!

Would you recommend a wet trimming for them to dry? I got between 50 to 70% RH, temperaturas go between 17 to 22°C.