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[Esteban1]

Any one else finding this weather crazy? A few of the bushes branches' got water logged but able to tie 'em back. Peace in the East


:wtf:

[catbuds]

Hopefully the next 6wks will have less rain, lower humidity. Other wise we'll all have moldy rotten buds. Ugh!

[Esteban1]

Agreed, this is what I woke up to this






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Peace

[majordog]

totally agree, the weather here in the far east coast of canada is crazy, rain rain rain, no place to dry that isnt damp damp damp any ideas people

[catbuds]

Pretty ladies! You need some dryer weather quick! I live in Md. near the head of the chesapeake bay. Even when it's not raining, the humidity is high enough to cause mold growth. I understand it's been the same for the entire eastern seaboard. Durning the first round of constant rain, even my tomatoes turned yellow & died from over watering. They were in the ground. I had 14 ladies in 3 gallon nursery pots, lots of loose organics & sand in my growing mix, well drained & doing great (still in veg.) but they were stolen about 5or6 wks ago. Thats the 6th yr in a row, so I guess the mold will be someone else's problem. After a rain, go out & gently shake off as much water as you can. If you still end up getting mold/fungus, you may have to treat with a fungicide. I don't advocate smoking these chemicals, so if you're forced to use them, rinse them well just before harvest (hopefully on a dry sunny day if we ever have one), shake off the water & harvest once dry. I love growing outdoors organically, but on the east coast, we are a slave to the weather. It can be so different from one summer to the next it's almost like moving to a different state. I can't wait till it's legal & I can grow in a greenhouse!

[catbuds]

I guess everyone on the east coast will have to create indoor drying space. I live alone, so I can wreck my house to creat space if I see fit, no one around to bitch about clothes line stretched across a room with buds hanging from it. It's been WAY too hot to run a heater & fan in the drying room, so you'll almost certainly need a/c to keep humidity down, but even with a/c, you'll still need an oscillating fan. Round about 20/25 yrs ago, it was so humid one fall that even this failed for me. I started to see mold on a few buds dispite my efforts. In a panic attack, I threw out the molded buds & dried the rest in the microwave. DO NOT OVER DRY if you get stuck with this as your only option, they will burn up. I dried in small batches & it took me over 15 hrs. It was a big harvest. I found this do-able in 1/8 (wet wt), 1 min at a time, on several sheets of paper towel to absorb moisture as they sweat, turn over, go another min. Keep going in 1 min increments untill dry. I guess this does degrade some thc, but it was still kick ass, & ANYTHING beats loosing your whole harvest to mold & fungus. I mean go this far with so much, then loose the buds in the drying process!?!? Anybody with a similar experience to share? How about a better way to deal with such an emergency. I'm all ears.(eyes?)

[Esteban1]

Air conditioning


:jointsmile:

[tlranger]

Hear it might get cold tonight

[Shovelhandle]

Yut, the 30s tonight.

[Esteban1]

Ouch, burlap cover @ night?

[catbuds]

I just checked accu weather on line. 49º both tonight & tomorrow night here in Cecil county Maryland. Since someone stole my pot plants, the only thing I'll be bring in this fall will be oregano & some miniature ivys :'( I hope this isn't an early warning message that we'll be needing thermals early this year.

[Shovelhandle]

no burlap now but maybe sometime too soon, I'm afraid.
I'm expecting the lowest predicted temp to be up in the hills/mountain and down here near the lake we may see 40ºF.
These are tough northern strains. The Euro was developed for outdoor growing in Switzerland, the Shit and NL5 xSk1 are also from Afghani climate, which is pretty rough. They are also set just under a tree, which offers frost protection. One plant is on the east side, the other on the west side. When one plant loses direct light the other gets the direct light. Good stealth cover too.

can you get an indoor crop going, catbuds?

[catbuds]

Nah, not now. I'll be living in a camper for the next 3 yrs. I'm on a disability check, & the hurricane last year fucked my roof. I got a grant to fix the roof, but the county won't release my house (they posted it as unsafe) untill I gut it & replace all the walls, ceilings & insulation because of mold & water damage. I can only get the one grant once a year & its small, so this will be a slow process. Another county office says I can't live in the camper & have give me till Sept 26th to vacate. So I'm trying to get some help to move stuff & hid the camper in the garage & live in it anyway. So with 2 county offices creeping around, I'm afraid to grow for a while. Yeah, 'big brother' at work. That's why I'm not as bummed as I could have been over the plant theft, its probably a good thing I have no plants.

[tlranger]

Catbuds, best of luck on this. Rest of you sound ready so good luck

este - will the cement hold a little heat?

[confused.scholar]

damn I visited canada a couple weeks ago, seems like a complete contrast!

[tlranger]

Hope no one was potcicles

[Esteban1]

50's around here

[tlranger]

Say a weatherman is about the only job where you can be wrong most of the time

[Esteban1]

I only Watch the weather to laugh & judge the weeks beauty pageant he he. Most of the time forecasting is fairly lame! Actually funny to view & critique while sucking down the brown winds of doom which inevitably expands my cosmic corny consciousness.

[tlranger]

A poet to

[catbuds]

Say a weatherman is about the only job where you can be wrong most of the time

Hey, you got that shit right! & he doesn't even have to worry about getting fired or shot for it. Oh wait.... there's one more. How about PRESIDENT! Ooops... they do occasionally get shot at. Here's an oldie but goodie from my dad. Would you rather be shot at & missed, or shit at & hit? Hehe!

As for the weather.... we're actually having a mild sunny day, no clouds, LOW HUMIDITY! Yea! Great for the ladies. Maybe no one will have to worry about mold after all!

[Esteban1]

:hippy:Sweetness reigns supreme:cool:

[catbuds]

Hey guys. Since this thread is about the crappy east coast weather we've had all summer, lets take this into next spring. Lets hear everybody's prediction for the type of weather we'll have untill next springs planting season begins. It seems like october now, the feel of the air, the temps & humidity, the behaviour of the wildlife, the look of the sky, etc.etc. So, I predict an early, cold windy winter. Haven't decided on snow fall amounts yet, but I say it's gonna be a cold one! I can feel it in my bones! (Yeah. My arthritis SPEAKS to me!).

Any takers?

[tlranger]

We have been stringing days of triple digits, my camo is working double duty, after trying to get out early and being froze. Who believes in climate change

[catbuds]

Damned TL. Too much heat! Stress on your ladies & you too. Hope this doesn't cause you to start popping out hermies. It wouldn't be so bad if we (& our plants) could get acclimated to the temps, but we can't when the temps jump around so much. Oh I believe in climate change! All kinds of change due to global warming & various damage we've done to the environment & the delicate ozone layer. When I was a kid, seagulls were SEA BIRDS. Now they're MALL BIRDS. Too many people ignore the screaming statement that says 'Hey! Something's wrong here'! Ehhh, people turn a blind eye to the obvious while our government only pays lip service to enviornmental issues, while doing absolutely that would actually rectify the damage. Good luck to you & your ladies. I hope you don't loose any to this sudden heat surge. If you do pop out a few male pods on your girls, maybe you can turn it into a good thing & have some feminized seeds for next season. Happy tokin'!

[tlranger]

Another three digit day, takes a lot of water, but all look fine.

[catbuds]

After that nice little bit of mild weather, we've jumped back up there too. Hot & humid, almost but not quite triple digits. How's the humidity? Fan & pad cooling method works well as long as the humidity is relatively low, but guess I'm preaching to the chiour (spelling) there. Hope this heat doesn't stress the ladies too much. Keep us informed on how the grnhse grow goes. I feel that's a great thing you are doing. Ahhh... wish I was there.

[Esteban1]

All good thanks. Was able to keep the girls cool despite hot 98F weather. Ya did say somebody nicked your plants yea? Gather this is why you need a ride to a dispensary, very sad indeed.

[catbuds]

All good thanks. Was able to keep the girls cool despite hot 98F weather. Ya did say somebody nicked your plants yea? Gather this is why you need a ride to a dispensary, very sad indeed.

It was 98 here yesterday too. HIGH HUMIDITY! My lilac has powdery mildew. We don't have to ask what condition any big fat hefty buds would be in right now. Hate to resort to toxic chems for insects/diseases. Bugs can be delt with by adding soap to some natural things, but washing buds to remove mould/mildew only leaves them wet to breed more mould & mildew. I feel for those who've watched their ladies become beauties only to wake up one morning to find the buds devestated by fungus over all this wet, high temps, humid weather we've had. I love outdoor organic growing, but the shity east coast weather this year has put many outdoor growers at a disadvantage. Glad your harem made it through. I'm betting your garden is located where the air flow isn't hindered, yeah?

[Esteban1]

Needless to say am all over them, yea! They're All me girlies! Peace

[catbuds]

Needless to say am all over them, yea! They're All me girlies! Peace


Ahhhh. I see you're a man who's happy with his harem! Hehehe. ;-)

[Esteban1]

Rained cats & dogs last night. Up @ 3:00a.m. tending to leaning branches but way too dark to analyse/remedy. Hopefully still ok when sun comes up? OUCH!

[catbuds]

I feel your pain. That's the kinda shit that breaks your big dense buds, & thoese that don't break get so waterloged they start to grow mould, mildew, & other nasty fungus. We had steady rain all night, but not hard driven rain. Now that morning's here, it looks like more rain. Nasty dense grey sky. I hope for your sake the sun comes out enough to dry your ladies. You've put so much work & pride into them & they're beautiful. Its times like this when you need a TRUSTED friend to help you shake the water out of your buds & tie them up. Moral support too. Makes me love greenhouses.
Keep us posted. If we don't hear from you any time soon, I'll assume you're working some major damage control.
DAMNED NASTY ASS EAST COAST WEATHER. Wish you the best my friend.

[Esteban1]

No shaking but mos def tied a few branches, pulled some funky flowers & voilÃ*, oki doki for now. Good idea for the future! Peace

[catbuds]

Mother earth has looked upon you & smiled, my friend. I saw your pics & it's amazing that you didn't have to shake thise big fat collas. You must have some really good air flow into your garden. Cant really tell becausethe pics are tight & ddon't really show the surrounding area, just the ladies, but I couldn't see anything offering protection from the elements. I get big rolls of 6ml plastic, build a sturdy frame, tent or house shape. Leave it uncovered on good days, but throw the plastic (20 X 100') over the frame before the rains. On super hot days, I cover it with white shading material. Since I sew, I usually make my own by getting an entire bolt of gauze/cheese cloth & sew it together to fit the frame. When the temps reach triple digits, I throw in an oscillating fan. But hell, when temps are over100, even white bed sheets will do, still lets enough light through. But when temp is that high, dense shade is ok because plants shut down respiration, photosynthesis & all that shit. They only need enought light to not be fooled into thinking its night & messing up their photo period. Your ladies are nice enough to be worth the extra work. I can't do that here cause cops & thieves could see it from the road, but I did this for years at the farm. Better than a greenhouse. We should be neighbors, we could be grow buddies. ;-)

[tlranger]

All my tarps are camo, mother nature smiled on you? She's a lady, watch for the back hand swing

[catbuds]

So right tlranger! For now it seems she smiled on Esteban, but that back hand swing could be her SLAPPING him with a nasty case of bud rot!
Hear that Esteban? Don't be offended if I'm telling you things you already know. Gently spread the buds open & try to see inside as close to the stem as you can get without brusing your bud & check for any type of fungus growth. I don't advocate toxic chemicals on your smoke, but if you see fungus, you may have to do it. If you do, when you harvest rinse that shit off as well as you can & hang dry them somewhere warm with a fan on them till the waters gone, then dry in your usual way. Do you have an oscillating fan or two you can take to your garden after rains? It's just been way too wet on everybody's grow, which we all know is manageable in vegetative, but damned, I do worry about bud rot. Your girls are too pretty to loose.
Tlranger, do you have a natural remedy for fungus just incase Mother Nature does give him the nasties?