Lost outdoor crop to mold

Becorath

Becorath

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It was a sad night, last night....

I only check my outdoor on Full moon night so I don't need a light to get there. So I check on it about once per month. We have been having a big rain every afternoon for the last couple months, so I had no need to water. I went out last night to check on the girls, and every single bud on every plant was full of mold and rot. The entire crop was destroyed. :-( I just chopped everything down to let it decompose back into the soil. Maybe next year...
 
xGrimace

xGrimace

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:cry: Sry to hear. Ever shake em down when it was done raining?
I have one outdoors that Im not able to get to whenever i want, and its rained the last two mornings, but it was early like 4 am thunderstorms, hopefully the sun and air dried her out..
 
hoonry

hoonry

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bummer. try checking up on them more regularly when they are in mid-late flower and it's raining. once they start to mold it's time to chop because that stuff spreads like diarrhea - fast and messy.
 
Becorath

Becorath

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The location makes it hard to check on them often. and the rains were so erratic and rained almost every day. I checked them about a month ago well after the rain had started. and they were clear of mold. (I plant so they get the earliest sun possible to dry them out as quickly as possible.) Oh well, better luck next season... :-/
 
Rold2Tight

Rold2Tight

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Gotta agree with hoonry, check em often. I'd say no less than every other 3-4 days, when in flower. Or if it rains, right afterwards (shake the crap outta em). Bugs and pests can strip a plant or mold it quick. Unless you're extremely lucky, checking once a month won't work.

Good luck next year :-P

R2T :peace:
 
Becorath

Becorath

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Checking once a Month has worked for almost 10 years... I know what best practices are, but I also know checking this location every few days is not possible. I lost a crop to some unreal weather. (Rained every day for about 2 months) I'll suck it up and do it again next year. :-)
 
hoonry

hoonry

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man, that sucks that you've had success for the better part of a decade but not this go round. that's a temperate climate, no? every year just a little different, some great, some awful. having an awful fall in Oregon at the moment so I hear ya. all I could suggest is selecting strains that are proven to be mold resistant and you could try foliar spraying up until the 3rd week of flower with either compost tea or calcium as a preventative. but not being able to check regularly during inclement weather is really tough - it would drive me insane! better luck next year.
 
Rob Roy

Rob Roy

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Sorry to hear about your loss. This year was a good year to be mold, not so good to be an outdoor plant.

Serenade has helped some people... Don't wait until mold shows, use it before it shows. Also you may have already considered this, but you might want to find a spot that allows more frequent visiting.
 
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brimck325

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if its like that most years (rainy) you might want to check out hybrids from hell, strains more acclimated to wet areas with mold resistance.
 
Becorath

Becorath

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Yea, I think I will try some more mold resistant strains. This year, however was only the 2nd year that I used Seeds from Others. I have been planting and saving my own seeds for years. Generations of plants that are already acclimated to this weather.

I planned to start foliar sprays of compost teas this year for the beneficials, but didn't get around to it. Next year definitely.

I would rather not find a new spot. The holes I plant in are so rich from constant organic amendments every year.
 
demonhaze

demonhaze

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brimck325 said:
if its like that most years (rainy) you might want to check out hybrids from hell, strains more acclimated to wet areas with mold resistance.
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well don't think you will get that from the church by greenhouse. Mine got bud rot faster than my purps smh. Won't ever grow anything by greenhouse again. Not being a hater but wtf it's supposed to be the ultimate outdoor strain smh
 
cancer survivor

cancer survivor

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grow the tall skinny sativa, it dont grow thick bud till sept,oct, finish first week nov. never have rot and hit 12ft in nice garden. unless its snowing were ya grow by haloween?
 
MonkeyGrinder

MonkeyGrinder

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Becorath said:
LMAO! That's the encouragement I needed! There was one tiny bud on the entire crop that was rot free, I fed it to my horse... :-/ Oh well
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Wow. You must love your horse. But hey they carry you around and are up there with dogs in the mans best friend department imo. That sucks about your run this year though =/ I would have been heartbroken. And cancer survivor is right. Never underestimate what that woman will throw at you. You can try and control your grow outdoors all you want to. But ultimately it's up to mother nature if it's going to fail. Outdoor people play with an added difficulty level.
Lost several myself this year to bud rot.
My year was a mild summer.
The good = It rained at least once a week. Good rains too. Never got hot enough to give them any sort of heat stress.
The kicker is it kicked up the humidity like no ones business. Also mild nights means fog. So that didn't help.
I could only imagine losing the whole thing. I wish you luck on next years grow.
 
Becorath

Becorath

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cancer survivor said:
grow the tall skinny sativa, it dont grow thick bud till sept,oct, finish first week nov. never have rot and hit 12ft in nice garden. unless its snowing were ya grow by haloween?
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I usually grow Sativa dominant Hybrids for that reason. I prune and train to keep tops lower than around 6-8 ft. but I grow wide bushes. Late flowering is no problem. I live in Florida. ;) Havent seen snow here in a few years. and that is usually in jan or Feb. so, no worries.

MonkeyGrinder said:
Wow. You must love your horse. But hey they carry you around and are up there with dogs in the mans best friend department imo. That sucks about your run this year though =/ I would have been heartbroken. And cancer survivor is right. Never underestimate what that woman will throw at you. You can try and control your grow outdoors all you want to. But ultimately it's up to mother nature if it's going to fail. Outdoor people play with an added difficulty level.
Lost several myself this year to bud rot.
My year was a mild summer.
The good = It rained at least once a week. Good rains too. Never got hot enough to give them any sort of heat stress.
The kicker is it kicked up the humidity like no ones business. Also mild nights means fog. So that didn't help.
I could only imagine losing the whole thing. I wish you luck on next years grow.
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They are def good pets. ;-) It was maybe a .5 g bud so not a huge sacrifice. My horses like Cannabis leaves too. That's what I usually do with Fan leaves from outdoor grows. The horses compost em for me! and their manure goes into the next crop.
Yea, Mother Nature can be a real bitch at times. My second crop ever (I was 16 yrs old) flooded that year. The plants were about 1-2 ft tall, and the water was about 3ft. :-( That was a wild year. Spring Showers Killed me!
 
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