mold inside my main cola ...

[nickman]

well the title says it all...

I;m on week 8.5 and i have a couple uber kush 's going. They are labeled as 7-8 week strains. I chopped the 1st one down at the 8 week point and left the other 2 to flower for another week becuase they just still wernt done yet...

while i was looking at them tody, i noticed some white looking fuzz growing from inside the top of the main cola. At 1st it looked just like some crystalls on the buds. Then with a closer look and i ripped the bud open a little bit and saw that it had some kind of mold inside of the cola. I decided to chop the entire cola off.

!st time anything like this has ever happened to me...

Can this stuff spread to all the other buds? Even the buds on the plants that are nearby?


After disecting the cola, I saw that the mold was only in the very top of the bud.
\
Can i still smoke the rest of the cola that didnt have any mold in it?

I kinda think that this happened cause this cola was really big. The biggest one in the room.


Any help please...
Sorry 4 all the ?'s...

 

[ellio187]

PM mold if thats the mold present is a inner plant issue. That is to say that PM mold if present the mold is inside the plants xylem and phloem. The plant will be entirely infected with mold spores but weather the mold has grown or not is hard to say. The plant may be salvageable but any colas with mold should be hashed or tossed.

 

[Neo 420]

lower your humidity......This is always a concern when you have big buds....

 

[MegaHermie]

twist big indica type colas before drying to let air into those thick tops.. you wont see it again

 

[Core]

Mold is't always a humidity problem.....it can be caused by decaying leaves or tips touching the buds.... it starts there and spreads ,affecting the inner parts

cutting off the top was a good desicion do not trow away the infected parts , make oil or something and dry the rest to smoke...

 

[nickman]

thanx 4 all responces all ready...

my RH% is 50-60%
my temps are 75-89 degrees

would it help if i put a dehumidifier in the room?

like i said, i cut the infected part off the cola. So will i still be able to smoke the bottom half of that cola as long as i dont see any mold in there?

So what is this exactly? Powder Mildew or some kinda mold?

 

[nickman]

another thing was that this cola was growing right under the 1000 watt light. Could that have had anything to do with it?

I always try to keep my room as clean as possible. im always picking up the dead leaves that i see laying around. I dont see how it could be possible for some dead leave matter to touch the cola though...

its getting really hot here wher i live and i was afraid something like this was going to happen. I was also thinking about putting in an AC unit to cool things off a bit this summer. Would that help at all?
I've got like 2 more months of this hot wheather outside then it'll cool down...
Luckily this round is just about over...

 

[fredcdobbs]

another thing was that this cola was growing right under the 1000 watt light. Could that have had anything to do with it?

I always try to keep my room as clean as possible. im always picking up the dead leaves that i see laying around. I dont see how it could be possible for some dead leave matter to touch the cola though...

its getting really hot here wher i live and i was afraid something like this was going to happen. I was also thinking about putting in an AC unit to cool things off a bit this summer. Would that help at all?
I've got like 2 more months of this hot wheather outside then it'll cool down...
Luckily this round is just about over...

stick an ac in there right now..

 

[Weezard]

Gotta see it to nail it, yah?

Gotta see it to nail it, yah?

well the title says it all...

I;m on week 8.5 and i have a couple uber kush 's going. They are labeled as 7-8 week strains. I chopped the 1st one down at the 8 week point and left the other 2 to flower for another week becuase they just still wernt done yet...

while i was looking at them tody, i noticed some white looking fuzz growing from inside the top of the main cola. At 1st it looked just like some crystalls on the buds. Then with a closer look and i ripped the bud open a little bit and saw that it had some kind of mold inside of the cola. I decided to chop the entire cola off.

!st time anything like this has ever happened to me...

Can this stuff spread to all the other buds? Even the buds on the plants that are nearby?


After disecting the cola, I saw that the mold was only in the very top of the bud.
\
Can i still smoke the rest of the cola that didnt have any mold in it?

I kinda think that this happened cause this cola was really big. The biggest one in the room.


Any help please...
Sorry 4 all the ?'s...

Aloha N.M.,

Without a picture, this is just a guess.
But, that does not sound like mold at all.
Or PM which usually spots the lower leaf first.
Or bud rot, which is brownish.


That sounds like light burn to me.
Too much light will bleach out the chlorophyll.
It does look kinda white n furry.

If that is the case, it's harmless, just raise your lights a bit.

Shoot us a good photo and you'll get a mo' betta diagnosis.

Grow on.
Weezard

 

[krunchbubble]

that's classic budrot, ive been battling it for years.....

humidity has next to nothing to do with it.....

you NEED to cut down on watering toward the end, notice the stem near the rot was dripping water, extremely moist? if you water for a count of 20, lower your count to 12-15....

also, the addition of a silica, like protekt, drastically cuts down on bud rot.....

 

[TNJed]

Yeah, I just harvested some Mango (at least that's what the cuts were labeled as), and these pure indica bitches were, hands down, the fattest, most dense and heavy buds I have ever seen indoors. Bear in mind that they had decent veg. time and mounds of lumens (1k lights per 20-25 sq. ft., w/ clean glass, ans lots of ventilation.....I kept the lights about 10 or 12 inches over canopy, and my hygrometer probe showed an average reading of about 80 degrees F. at the canopy, and 73 -75 F ambient. I've grown a lot of dense strains..... '96 AK-47, LUI, etc., but this shit takes the cake! However, there were a couple negtives to the plant..... Negative #1: It throws of copious amounts of what appear to be sterile nanners. Bear in mind I've only grown this plant once, so it could have bee grower error. In my defense though, it's the only strain out of 7 or 8 strains to throw nanner, and every one of the Mangos did it. It's still drying and I haven't found any seeds yet, so we'll keep our fingers collectively crossed.
Negative #2: One of the uber-dense colas have some mold going on. Not horribly, but bad enough to make it get tossed into the hash trimmings pile. This bud would have probably weighed in at 18 to 24g's when dried. I'm pretty sure this is human error because I don't really run my fans at night and the humidity can climb a good bit. 45-50% w/ lights, 65-75% in the dark. I've just never had the problem before, so I didn't worry about it...
Long, stoned, rambling story short: My AC has a dehumidifier mode on it. Do you think if I ran that, and a small fan, at night that all will be well with my chunky monkey Mangos in the future? Assuming that I don't toss them due to hermie issues. Thanks ahead of time!

 

[Neo 420]

that's classic budrot, ive been battling it for years.....

humidity has next to nothing to do with it.....

you NEED to cut down on watering toward the end, notice the stem near the rot was dripping water, extremely moist? if you water for a count of 20, lower your count to 12-15....

also, the addition of a silica, like protekt, drastically cuts down on bud rot.....

I agree on cutting down on watering toward the end but humidity and heat has a major impact in respects to budrot. Sometimes when the bud is absolutely huge, there is not a lot you can do because of the moisture and the tightness of the bud.

The OP stated
"my RH% is 50-60%
my temps are 75-89 degrees"

Too hot and to much moisture. I'm not saying everybody with those temps and humidity will catch budrot but those ranges with budrot already present will allow it to persist. My boys that do the big thangs always drop the temps to the 60's during the end to help combat budrot. Bring the temps down as low as you can and try for 25 to 40 humidity. Have plenty of circulation and continue to isolate any buds that do show budrot. Good luck!!

 

[krunchbubble]

I agree on cutting down on watering toward the end but humidity and heat has a major impact in respects to budrot. Sometimes when the bud is absolutely huge, there is not a lot you can do because of the moisture and the tightness of the bud.

The OP stated
"my RH% is 50-60%
my temps are 75-89 degrees"

Too hot and to much moisture. I'm not saying everybody with those temps and humidity will catch budrot but those ranges with budrot already present will allow it to persist. My boys that do the big thangs always drop the temps to the 60's during the end to help combat budrot. Bring the temps down as low as you can and try for 25 to 40 humidity. Have plenty of circulation and continue to isolate any buds that do show budrot. Good luck!!

ive NEVER once had humidity above 30%, yet i got the rot pretty damn bad if im not cutting down on watering and using silica....

but close to 90 degrees and 60% humidity, your going to run into problems for sure...

 

[Neo 420]

WOW....That is a conundrum!! Maybe you have a strong spore source near you?...Sorry to hear that Krumch. I definitely have respect for your growing skills and I know you know what you are talking about.

 

[nickman]

thanx again 4 all the help guys...

After looking at some of those pics posted i feel that what i have is BUD ROT...
It did have a little brownish tint to it as well...

thats weird cause last round and only on a few this round, i used Silica Blast by Botainicare. Unfortunitly i did not use it on my uber kush's...

So i will slow down on the watering the last few weeks from now on ...

thank you ...

 

[laughingmoon]

You can sorta tell when you've got budrot before you harvest because the fan leaf in the cola at that area will die. Happened to me this round. Knew it before I cut the cola up.

 

[wilbur]

hmmm ... mould. comes from spores. plants more susceptible if potash is low. (this is not to contradict what has been previously offered as solutions.)
but for you wicked people who are profit motivated, did you know that spray of vinegar and water on yr buds will destroy and disappear any mould so that yr buds appear normal again? you can spray until bud is quite wet and mould is well saturated as long as subsequent drying is rapid.

 

[schwilly]

hmmm ... mould. comes from spores. plants more susceptible if potash is low. (this is not to contradict what has been previously offered as solutions.)
but for you wicked people who are profit motivated, did you know that spray of vinegar and water on yr buds will destroy and disappear any mould so that yr buds appear normal again? you can spray until bud is quite wet and mould is well saturated as long as subsequent drying is rapid.

Why would you say that? The only option for moldy bud is the compost heap, or maybe the hash pile if you're comfortable with that.

Posts like yours might lead some kid reading these forums to think it's ok to sell his rotten outdoor buds to unsuspecting buyers just because it's been hit with some vinegar.

Certain people can have dangerous reactions to mold, especially smoking it. Not to mention herb is medicine for many folks. It might be tragic for a patient with a lowered immune system to be exposed to moldy buds. It's not so much the mold is dangerous, though it is, it's the toxins it produces that are not eradicated by vinegar or burning.

But you're right, great advice for the wicked and classless. Not really needed here though.

 

[nickman]

i have a LG dehumidifier but its hooked up right out side the door of the grow room. I have not been running it because i was trying to get the RH level up a bit in the veg room.
Its kinda big so thats why i dont really want to put it in the room.

Would using the dehumidifier be the only solution to lowering the RH% ?
I also have 2 fans running 24/7 in the flower room so there is good circulation ...

What i dont understand is how does a bud start to rot as it is still growing ???

 

[Neo 420]

The spores hit the moisture in the bud and starts to flourish as mold....... Weak plants is also more susceptible to budrot than healthy plants..