Hawaii Growers

[808newb]

I'm trying to find something cheap and effective to combat botrytis for my grow...ohana said they have something called oxygenator that they sell for $40 a gallon...someone on this site recommended Green Cure and it's fairly cheap but can't find on the island. Any local suggestions?

 

[rikdabrick]

@808newb, I've never had that problem before. Did you call any of the agriculture/farm supply stores? They might have something for it and AG stores are almost always cheaper than hydro stores.

Is that in one of your greenhouses? I was looking into solar powered fans last week and there's some that would probably be helpful for greenhouse ventilation especially if you could hook some off-grid batteries to it for night time. Just a thought.

 

[808newb]

Rik that's a good idea there...solar would be the way to go.
So far this has happened to all my plants except for that northern auto, but that smoke was sub par anyways. All my thc bombs have it and I keep trimming the infected buds as I notice them. They almost always start a couple inches below the top of each cola, so I was pretty heartbroken having to toss around a pound wet into the rubbish...

 

[mmjmon]

I'm trying to find something cheap and effective to combat botrytis for my grow...ohana said they have something called oxygenator that they sell for $40 a gallon...someone on this site recommended Green Cure and it's fairly cheap but can't find on the island. Any local suggestions?View attachment 3258672

Awww...sorry to see that. Even more sorry to say I don't know what to use on it. I've had it in the past, but I sprayed 3% peroxide on it and then cut it off. I was told the peroxide closed off the spores so it wouldn't spread. I can't verify the claim or not, although it didn't spread as much as everyone told me it would.

 

[kaloconnection]

Hmm...I thought making a mini greenhouse would solve my mold issues but it looks like it is still a problem. I'd try to open up more walls if your property allows for it or maybe try those semi opaque shade cloth's for your walls to allow air through. It's been a pretty dry last couple of weeks, so humidity hasnt been too outta control lately.

Its likely due to a lack of circulation and fresh air. Also if your GH cant get fresh air then it is likely the mold spores are just floating all over. You need to pretend you are a surgeon when you cut out damaged bits....get a bottle of rubbing alcohol, fresh rubber gloves, and go to work, sterilizing your scissors everytime you touch a moldy area. Try to avoid touching any non-infected areas after handling a moldy area.

Strain selection could also be part of the problem. Some strains have pistils that are mold factories and as soon as they start receding back into the calyx they just rot your bud from the inside out. There's no real way to find the right strain except by getting a clone with a known mold resistance or thru trial and error. So far I've found blueberry crosses do well for mold, I think thats why people love growing blue dream cuz the blueberry just laughs at the mold.

i'm weary of spraying anything on buds I plan to smoke...I think I'd rather lose yield than smoke some shit sprayed on my buds.

 

[mmjmon]

Rik that's a good idea there...solar would be the way to go.
So far this has happened to all my plants except for that northern auto, but that smoke was sub par anyways. All my thc bombs have it and I keep trimming the infected buds as I notice them. They almost always start a couple inches below the top of each cola, so I was pretty heartbroken having to toss around a pound wet into the rubbish...
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Just saw this thread today and thought you may want to check it out. https://www.rollitup.org/t/help-how-do-i-stop-my-buds-from-molding.845896/

 

[808newb]

Hmm...I thought making a mini greenhouse would solve my mold issues but it looks like it is still a problem. I'd try to open up more walls if your property allows for it or maybe try those semi opaque shade cloth's for your walls to allow air through. It's been a pretty dry last couple of weeks, so humidity hasnt been too outta control lately.

Its likely due to a lack of circulation and fresh air. Also if your GH cant get fresh air then it is likely the mold spores are just floating all over. You need to pretend you are a surgeon when you cut out damaged bits....get a bottle of rubbing alcohol, fresh rubber gloves, and go to work, sterilizing your scissors everytime you touch a moldy area. Try to avoid touching any non-infected areas after handling a moldy area.

Strain selection could also be part of the problem. Some strains have pistils that are mold factories and as soon as they start receding back into the calyx they just rot your bud from the inside out. There's no real way to find the right strain except by getting a clone with a known mold resistance or thru trial and error. So far I've found blueberry crosses do well for mold, I think thats why people love growing blue dream cuz the blueberry just laughs at the mold.

i'm weary of spraying anything on buds I plan to smoke...I think I'd rather lose yield than smoke some shit sprayed on my buds.

I agree with all your points there. It's probably a combination of all the above....of course the very first plant that had bot was my purple cheese auto which has blueberry in its genetics.
I used the baking soda/water spray mix which seemed to stop it in its tracks but I think I may have used too much baking soda because it caused all the pistils to go from white to dark/redish brown almost overnight it seems...much darker than the usual tan/orangish, so I will chop 3 of the four thc bombs tonite leaving me just one that has no rot whatsoever but was a sure late bloomer cause it looks like it still has at least 3-4 weeks to go. All my other plants that got it were a lot closer to the finish, plus the cross contamination from hands and scissors I'm sure played their part as I didn't take the proper precautions in cleaning. I guess that's an early lesson. I'm glad all my clones are isolated inside

 

[Mohican]

Gotta grow airy asian sativas in the islands outside!

I have read some good things about using milk.

 

[808newb]

Gotta grow airy asian sativas in the islands outside!

I have read some good things about using milk.

I had 4 totally different phoenos out of the 4 reg I popped. The one that's left is sativa dom 8'+ and lst'd to the max under 6' ceiling. A good 3-4 weeks behind the others but all were together from seed

 

[808newb]

Gotta grow airy asian sativas in the islands outside!

I have read some good things about using milk.

Milk? Gotta hear about this..
Stayed up till 2 in the morning trimming..at least it wasn't a total loss. I still got at least 3 oz off each even after dumping a third off each in the rubbish.
Note to self...don't chop more than u can trim if u gotta go to work in the morning!

 

[Mohican]

Lactose bacteria

 

[mmjmon]

Lactose bacteria

so, would that make the mold or mildew.... Lactose Intolerant?

 

[mmjmon]

Milk? Gotta hear about this..
Stayed up till 2 in the morning trimming..at least it wasn't a total loss. I still got at least 3 oz off each even after dumping a third off each in the rubbish.
Note to self...don't chop more than u can trim if u gotta go to work in the morning!

Woke up yesterday morning to a substantial amount of mold areas. I think the wind blew it from one plant to the other to the other. One plant even has what looks to be caterpillar larvae under the branches. Big white puffy things in a thin layer of cobweb material. That's a first for me. I can't believe I've not notice it before, although I've been pretty busy lately.

Hope your grow worked out for you. Nice to see you got a nice amount after having to dump so much. I'm still 3 weeks or more out on mine.

 

[808newb]

Woke up yesterday morning to a substantial amount of mold areas. I think the wind blew it from one plant to the other to the other. One plant even has what looks to be caterpillar larvae under the branches. Big white puffy things in a thin layer of cobweb material. That's a first for me. I can't believe I've not notice it before, although I've been pretty busy lately.

Hope your grow worked out for you. Nice to see you got a nice amount after having to dump so much. I'm still 3 weeks or more out on mine.

Ya it's really easy to miss. I noticed a spot yesterday morning on the last one I said was mold free...on the very top of the main cola...like I said earlier, about a couple inches from the tip of the bud. I just try and spot treat, so long as I get that part wet hopefully will keep spores from flying all around then cut out bad spot the next day. Just trial and error...seems more I mess with it the more it spreads. I guess after I pull this last plant I will have to sterilize the whole greenhouse. And come up with a ventilation system that can keep the humidity down...but I am still doing research on this....how one can lower the humidity of the air in the GH lower than the outside air without the use of a dehumidifier, which I have, but will not use. It would probably cost just as much to run inside lighting on an indoor grow as it would to run the dehumidifier which is basically an air conditioner without a blower for the evaporator. Electricity cost for me is a major factor. Did ur buds look like this?:

 

[808newb]

Lactose bacteria

How is it applied? Diluted milk spray? I don't know...thoughts from early childhood pop into my head. Like the time I got hungry in the middle of the nite and went into the kitchen to fix a bowl of cereal half asleep...so much so I didn't notice the curdled milk I poured on my cereal until I took the first big bite. You get the idea.

 

[mmjmon]

Electricity cost for me is a major factor. Did ur buds look like this?:
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Electric is expensive huh? That's why I go outdoors in the summer.

My buds had the brown but not the white. My one plant is still ok, and another only had two buds on two separate branches. I cut about a 10 inch length off of each branch, cleaned off those buds and the ones next to it and will dry the rest of the branch just to see how the buds will look. I know that was overkill but I was curious to see how the buds would turn out if I had to chop early.

Anyway, we'll see how everything works out. You get any caterpillars?

 

[mmjmon]

I forgot to mention I had these weird bugs in some of my buds one time and the buds looked similar to the rot but I think they just killed the bud somehow.... sucked out the life or something. Same yucky brown color...

Haven't seen any this time around though.

 

[808newb]

You get any caterpillars?

No caterpillars. I think I would rather have those than the mold...bit seems u have both. I am guessing the cobweb stuff I have is from the mold being left unchecked for too long.
I guess when winter rains come there won't be anything that can be done about it. Rain everyday for months. I've wondered what growers do here during that time. I guess it's all inside growing or what? I can't imagine trying to keep humidity down in winter in a gh here.

 

[mmjmon]

No caterpillars. I think I would rather have those than the mold...bit seems u have both. I am guessing the cobweb stuff I have is from the mold being left unchecked for too long.
I guess when winter rains come there won't be anything that can be done about it. Rain everyday for months. I've wondered what growers do here during that time. I guess it's all inside growing or what? I can't imagine trying to keep humidity down in winter in a gh here.

When the temps come down I so some DWC inside. I may stick to soil this year though as I may have to pick up and leave... The flow was smokin pretty good yesterday again huh? Maybe I'll check out the meeting tonight.... not sure.

 

[808newb]

Ya I'll be there too. It went from almost nothin since beginning of weekend to 100 yds since yesterday. Some woman moved two of her houses out of here a week ago to HPP. Everyone is just freaking out.