My First Georgia Outdoor Grow

I had a question about mold, how do you tell if your bud has mold in it before its too late, will you see it? Do you actually have to open the bud to look inside? Also how do you prevent mold in your bud if its planted outside somewhere, is there an easy remedy? Just wanted to know for future reference.

It rained pretty hard yesterday, I hope you (dgsgandalf) can get out to your crops to make sure there is no mold on your buds. I am hoping that everything is ok with them, because mold really blows!!!

Hopefully we can toke together soon as I am really feening for something other than schwag....lol....and keep up the good work bro!

[quote=jay420] how do you tell if your bud has mold in it before its too late, will you see it?
Yes, on the insides of the bud first. Looks like mold, or really wet brown plant material.

Do you actually have to open the bud to look inside?
Yes, if you want to catch it in it's first stages. Soon after though you may be able to see it on the outside as well.

Also how do you prevent mold in your bud if its planted outside somewhere, is there an easy remedy?
Nothing easy. When you plant outside you'll loose weed. That's the way it goes. You can't prevent it, but some things might help. Indica varieties tend to be more dense than sativas, therefore sativas may be better suited for rainy environments. Their fluffy light buds don't hold as much water. Some people spray with an antifungal, which adds moisture, so don't do it when it's wet. I sometimes plant under a tree and sacrifice yield in exchange for a little rot-free weed. Sometimes I'm forced to harvest early and get a different high than I was hoping for.

Thanks for the info Opie it is much appreciated. I never even knew mold was an issue before but I am very thankful I heard about it now so I will know for the future. Is there anything else I need to watch out for as this will be my first grow also? Also, when I water the plants will I need to spray the leaves as well and if so should I spray the buds? It doesn't seem like I should but you never know what works best. Anyways thanks a lot for the help and will let you know how my grow works out.

I've never "watered" my leaves, but I sometimes foliar feed. There is no need to water leaves, in fact it is dangerous since the pools of water act like a magnifying glass in the sun and fry the leaves. You should not foliar feed after a 2-5 weeks of budding (depending on density), since it's a good way to induce bud rot. If a plant is growing well buds can actually grow completely around some moisture, then you're screwed.

If you're interested, I wrote a fairly extensive thread on foliar feeding. Search titles for Liquid Light.

Some strains of MJ are more mold resistant than others. If you can find one of these, you'll be much better off. Some outdoor strains advertise being mold or pest resistant.

I'm definitely going to harvest whatever's left of the Mango's when i get out to the patch. Unfortunately, my weekend is booked, so it probably won't happen until Monday or later.

If your bud is molding on the inside, it's pretty much too late to save any of it. All you can do is harvest the rest of the plant and hope the mold hasn't already spread.

Peace!

Well guys, good news and bad news. The bad news first. A little over half of my outdoor mango buds were rotten from late harvesting and a shit-ton of rain in the past few weeks. I still got a few good buds to smoke on, and damn, is this stuff strong. I just smoked a bowl and it hits way harder than anything i've been smoking lately. Obviously very indica dominant, the smell is sweet, but the ridiculously thick smoke and overpowering stone seem a little too much for me. The same bowl of LR2 would have me going around the house right now doing chores and cleaning shit, but with this one i don't know if i can stand up right now. Very relaxing, probably a good bedtime smoke.
The good news for everyone is that i have harvested around 40 seeds from the buds already with a lot more still to come. All the seeds are Mango 50%/Master Kush 50% with 2 Mango mothers and 2 different Master Kush fathers. I'm obviously going to save a few for next year and see how they do. If it turns out the way i want it to and i find a good plant that has the qualities i like, i'll name a new strain, Mango Kush. :)

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Finally, a few pics of the harvested buds that were still good enough to save, and the seeds i harvested. The ones in the bag are from the larger producing Mango mother and seemed to offer the most promise for my new strain. All the rest are from the other plants that all looked alike.

Peace for now.

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Originally Posted by jay420

I had a question about mold

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I stumbled across some of my old mold pictures and was going to post them here. Rather than hijacking, here's a thread I made about it:

http://boards.cannabis.com/outdoor-g...-climates.html

Just FYI dsgandolf and for whomever else we may have growing here in the hot humid dirty south.

First fall freeze dates for GA.
First Fall Freeze Dates in Georgia

nice grow man, ive been waiting for you to post the finally product and im very impressed and sorry about the moldy bud it happened to me last season:(


budda:rastasmoke:

damn im sorry to hear about your mold, yea theres a hurricane coming to florida, and i had to uproot her and im going to move her to my friends basement...for a week...i've also been waiting for you to post your final product...but i like your thinking =]

Hey guys. It's been kinda crazy around here lately, so i haven't been able to get on.

So i'm still smoking the Mango buds. I'm actually starting to get used to the high and smoke of this stuff, but i can't wait for something else to come along. The 1 final mango plant is going ok. I really need to fertilize it. The Thai Stick plants are doing pretty well. The one i topped fell over and is laying on a blackberry bush. It's still growing though and should bud nicely unless something goes horribly wrong. Updates on that later.

Other than that, peace guys, and happy toking!

new pix soon AAAAAA.:D sounds like ur plants R doing u good.:thumbsup:

so good luck on the thai stick plants and the rest of em.:thumbsup:

Crop is looking pretty good. Need some help trimming the Thai when she finishes? I haven't had the pleasure of being around a good sativa in awhile. My garage-grown indicas usually come out real sweet though. Unfortunately had to shut down this season.