Quote Originally Posted by dgsgandalf
The dew in the morning is very heavy where my patch is, and i could see this producing mold.
Any suggestions on keeping my buds from molding?

Peace!
I have experience with battling mold and bud rot. If you're going to grow outdoors in a wet climate, you need to concern yourself with what variety you are growing. In general sativas are more desired for outdoors because it's common for indicas to have dense buds, while sativas tend to be more loose and fluffy. Dense buds and moisture do not mix. It's a sure recipe for bud rot. The dense buds hold in moisture, and if conditions are good the bud can actually grow around the moisture before it has a chance to dry.

In the Pacific Northwest it starts pouring rain 2 or 3 weeks before harvest time. It is very common for me to have to harvest early or loose most the crop to rot. If it rains for a few hours and then is dry for a few there is no problem. It's those times when it rains for days straight that the bud starts rotting. When it's not raining I also get heavy dew. In my experience this is nothing to worry about. Heavy dew comes on days with heavy sun, and the dew is quickly dried out.

I've thought about all kinds of things I could rig up to let in light and air flow, while keeping the rain out. I gave up on that, and decided the best thing to do for my outdoor dense-bud plants is to plant them under a tree. You have to make a choice. You can plant them in full sun and they will develop to the best of their ability, and most likely they will develop bud rot before harvest time. This might be OK, since it's nice to have both clear trichome and amber trichome weed around. (Earlier harvests mean more clear trichomes and a more clear high.) The other choice is to plant them under a tree, and they will yield less and stretch more, and be more likely to break due to lack of sunshine, but you'll be more likely to let them be until the desired harvest time.

I've also thought of spraying an antifungal each day it rains, but then of course I would be adding more moisture, and it probably would get washed off anyway before it has a chance to do any good.