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Mold questions

Smelly Sticky Fingers

Smelly Sticky Fingers

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Okay so I'm getting close to my first harvest, and I'm curious about mold. Is it something like if you cure it right, and by the book it's not a worry, or even if you do the most to make sure everything is going right there's still a chance of mold? What are some curing methods that decrease the possibility of mold? Please help me I've put in way too much time, and money for everything to go to waste, and I'm maybe just over stressing this a little.
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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Buy a dehumidifier if you can't keep humidity below 60%. Nice fat buds always mold first. It sucks to throw them in the trash can. A couple fat colas will pay for your dehumidifier. If you can't afford a dehuey (for now) at least blow some air around them.
 
Pounds4days

Pounds4days

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Smelly Sticky Fingers said:
Okay so I'm getting close to my first harvest, and I'm curious about mold. Is it something like if you cure it right, and by the book it's not a worry, or even if you do the most to make sure everything is going right there's still a chance of mold? What are some curing methods that decrease the possibility of mold? Please help me I've put in way too much time, and money for everything to go to waste, and I'm maybe just over stressing this a little.
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Airflow and humidity control is really all you can do.
 
RetiredGuerilla

RetiredGuerilla

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Smelly Sticky Fingers said:
Okay so I'm getting close to my first harvest, and I'm curious about mold. Is it something like if you cure it right, and by the book it's not a worry, or even if you do the most to make sure everything is going right there's still a chance of mold? What are some curing methods that decrease the possibility of mold? Please help me I've put in way too much time, and money for everything to go to waste, and I'm maybe just over stressing this a little.
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When ur bud dries put in mason jars. Check them daily, if they soften leave the jar open for a day then close. Then you still need to burp jars or open them once a week to 10 days.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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if you keep the rh in your flowering area below 60% and keep a little air moving, you should be pretty safe from mold.
once you cut and start to dry, you need to keep the rh around 65%, with a small fan blowing at the wall just to keep it moving a little.
as long as you keep your room clean, you should be ok.

and silica packs are pretty much useless outside of sealed containers. get a dehumidifier, don't cut corners, or you'll regret it
 
Smelly Sticky Fingers

Smelly Sticky Fingers

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Already got the dehumidifier, just curious to how I can not speed the process but ensure no mold. So after like 2 weeks of curing would I have to worry about mold anymore long as I air out the jar according to how my man in the above comments said.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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let it dry to the proper point, then jar it. put a hygrometer in the jar, and keep burping it till it gets to about 65%. at that point, you shouldn't have to worry about any mold forming, and you have just enough moisture to keep the curing process going. you can go to a brief burping every couple of days, really more to dump it out and put it back in the jar so it cures nice and evenly. when it drops to 62-63% in the jar, you can quit burping at all, and just store them in a cool dark place. they should last for at least a couple of years in those conditions.
 
Smelly Sticky Fingers

Smelly Sticky Fingers

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Last question tho, I went ahead and bought the dehumidifier, and hygrometer online. They should be here around the beginning of May. I'm on week 4 day 3 on my auto kryptonite by pyramid seeds, throughout flowering what should the humidity be?
 
Smelly Sticky Fingers

Smelly Sticky Fingers

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Also should my fan blow directly on my plant it's been on it since week 2, I don't see any purple leaves, but today it occurred to me that I might have miss interpreted something. Would it affects the stomata's job?
 
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