Mold Prevention Infomtaion

Right.. iv been reading through the out door posts and its that time of year again.. sodding rain.. the temps are mild here and iv just had to remove the 1st signs of mold from a plant.. there about 4-5 weeks in and lookin good.

ways to stop prevent or hold back mold from ur buds?

i came across this info that is dam useful from a thred a month back...

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Originally Posted by houdini

I think Lady D here is being a little over-cautious.
1. Many strains are mold-resistant. Quite a few are susceptible to mold. Find out about your strain.

2. Gray mould is the biggest problem but you will need a couple of days of rain and then a humid atmosphere to allow the spores to take hold. If it pours and then brightens up such that the plants dry out, then there is little chance of mold.
3. You need to be very careful in the last 2-3 weeks of flowering, especially if there is cola formation and the buds are tight. If heavy rain is forecast then find some large see-thru plastic sacks (like large garbage sacks) and put them over the plants. Even if they don't protect the plants fully you will avoid getting the main colas wet. DO NOT cover wet plants ! As soon as the rain passes, remove sacks ASAP !
4. Trichomes washing off ? Its not a problem. You would need a week of heavy rain, and then there would be other problems with your plants. Yes, rain will dislodge some trichomes but its not significant.

All the above assumes you are growing outside in soil. If yer plants are in pots or bags and you can move them to a protected area in case of storms, then do it !
Finally, IF the weather is bad and you are near harvest, watch your plants carefully. Most times you will see mold starting (but sometimes it starts inside a bud :( ). Now get your knife/scissors and go to work on the infected bud. Chop all gunk away and then some. Try to do this with a plastic bag surrounding the cola/branch. Why ? Because you drive spores into the air, and onto to other unaffected growth. Be a good surgeon !
If mold affects several sites simultaneously AND you are near harvest, chop your babies down, remove mold and get those babies dry fast ! When they are dry, hang them for drying out the buds etc.
Finally, finally, DO NOT SMOKE mold !!! It will f%#k up your lungs and is very bad for your health. I've seen mold sometimes in dried bud. The bud just crumbles between yer fingers...you'll know its not right yourself. Rotten bud.
Good Luck.

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cheers houdini for the info, hope u dont mind me fording this on..

No problem, Tom. Its practically impossible outdoors to avoid botrytis (mold on buds). The spores are everywhere and it only takes the right conditions for it to take hold. Mold can ruin a nice cola in a matter of days. What I do when harvest is near (like now !) is to keep a daily watch on the buds. The first spot of brown rot I see on a leaflet or flower is my cue to whip out my scalpel and go to work. You will normally find more gunk below the surface. Cut it all away and then a little extra. Now its been raining these past 2 days on my spot on the planet. I shake all the colas to get as much water as possible off. They should then dry out easier. The shaking process also exposes mold, like when a cola snapped in half today. Fucking budrot inside. So I cut the complete cola away, cut out the gunk, and saved 80% of the very nice and tight tail. Shes drying right now in my veg. dryer and i'm going to smoke some of her in about one hour..

cheers houdini! same thing happened to me to day. found a lovely chunk of mould on a main cola right through the middle of a node and out the other side.. shame i had to pick but a small taste of whats to come. :)

im erecting a small wooden tent to go around my plant for use in heavy weather.. my plants are a strong sativa got a feeling the harvest date might be slightly later then i think..

well my heres my 2 cents... i don't know much about growing but i am in the enviromental buisness i specialize in mold... the above article is very good info....be very careful when removing mold not to disturb to much. like the man said remove it like a surgeon.

1 cup generic mouthwash to 3 cups water i heard will fight fungi.. but i actually dont know if you feed it to the plant or spray it on. i would think you spray it on

it might fight the mold growth. the only thing that kills mold is 1200' f

who said the pontiff of pot never helped anyone

from what i have heard alot of bud mold comes from earwig bugs eating at ur buds and in return for eating ur sweet weed they poop on it and it attracts moisture to the wound making the mold. I live in New England and i used a repelent that kept them away and had vitually no mold.

Sulfer burners have been in use for years... they work.
Anything that changes the PH I have heard milk, baking soda' ect
I had some Citro-fresh made from orange peel and aloe that slowed growth quite well sold in Pirth.
But the best is that Advance Nutrients Purranah (and I think AN is bullshit)
beneficial fungi, it works by using up the food with fingi that does not harm the plant... that shits amazing... there is probably cheaper stuff on the commercial market today...
FC