Damn, it's got wet

[Noobus Maximus]

Greetings,

I was due to harvest this morning, but left my plant out. It p*ssed down this morning, and my plant is now soaked (some of the lower branches actually collapsed under the weight of the rain).

Question: Should I leave the plant as is until it dries? Should I try and dry it myself (don't like the thought of dabbing it with a paper towel - loose too many trichs?) before harvest? Should I harvest anyway (won't this increase the chance of rot?)

This has been a total bodge grow (no real effort, lots of moving the plant about, bashing into stuff) and she's survived admirably, and I'd hate to screw it up now :-). I'm addicted now, and the next one will be done properly.


Cheers,

Noobus
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[RhinoGrowUK]

I would Take the plant indoors to dry if possible, if your hanging your buds to dry , then you are better off leaving it & letting it dry out , after all it wont take long as its flowering and can use water very quickly.

[Noobus Maximus]

Thanks Rhino, you confirmed my own thoughts. Indoors it's come, bar 1 bud which was too twisted on the stalk to save so has been harvested.

Yes, I'll be hanging and then glass jar curing. It's all gone a little over my planned time (checking those trichs, rather than going by the pistels), but fortunately I lucked into an ounce of nice sativa donated with another clone by my friendly not-so-local growing mate, so I can take it nice and slow :-):jointsmile:

Thanks,

Noobus
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[Opie Yutts]

Around here I have to harvest any outdoor stuff at least a week early due to bud rot from rain. You gotta watch that shit around this time of year. I would cut them down and bring them in to dry as soon as possible.

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[the image reaper]

put a fan on it, don't let it mold ... mold can kill you, if smoked ... :smokin:

[Noobus Maximus]

Thanks Guys,

I took your advice and brought the plant in and trained a fan (a side to side moving one, low power, and observed to avoid over drying) on the plant, and that seems to have worked. I've stopped watering it as well.

A couple more days to be sure, then the long awaited harvest!

This is quite an addictive pastime isn't it :-)

Cheers,

Noobus
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[TJ23]

should i harvest this yet, its starting to get kinda cold here on the east side of the us...another question is if i take braches off that are more mature than others will it hurt the rest of the plant? but i am happy to say the least so far i am projecting about 2 1/2 oz's off her, thanks for the help.p.s. what nute. do you suggest for outdoor in soil for veg and bloom?

[Opie Yutts]

Taking off more mature branches won't hurt the others. Some people do perpetual budding this way. I use Fox Farm's nutes.