MOLD IN LATE FLOWER?! SEND HELP.

steveydvee

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So my power went out during lights off and the dehumidifier and fans weren't on for about 12+ hours and the next day same thing happened. I feared for mold as the humidity can reach past 70% if the dehumidifiers aren't running + no air circulation. So the next few days I looked around the garden closely inspecting my buds(Week 6 12/12) and I notice these white fuzzy molds growing in the darker shaded, less ventilated parts of the buds. Now I'm panicking. Another dehumidifier just came in so Im going to use them both to drop the humidity as low as I can. I'm still waiting on this Potassium Bicarbonate powder to come in so I can make a foliar spray to kill the mold. Any tips or ideas? Will super low humidity stop the growth? Will it be enough to halt the spread as I wait for the Potassium Bicarbonate to come in(6 days)?
 

JAMO_Grow

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Low humidity will help prevent mold from developing, but from my personal experience with mold on buds. Its best to cut of the infected area of the bud and throw it away. I have read that UV lights will kill mold and its spores, it also helps identifying where the mold is on the bud. I would give it a good spray to prevent it from developing further. Has the mold emitted any smoke (lack of a better world for it.) when touching it? Because if it has ,its best to disinfect the grow area with an alcohol solution, as this "smoke" is actually spores. Considering its week 6, I would do everything possible to hinder the molds further development before the later stages of flowering.
Could you post some pictures?
Hope this helps :bigjoint:
 

steveydvee

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Is there any home remedies I can do a complete spray that won’t leave residue on the buds that isn’t an oil? Something I can do as I wait for the bicarbonate to come in. 6 days is too long.... I heard baking soda works and milk. Im thinking of spot spraying with some baking soda will that work? @JAMO_Grow
 
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Rurumo

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You can use sodium bicarbonate in a pinch. I spray with potassium bicarbonate/neem every two weeks up until buds form, and on alternate weeks I hose them down with Southern Ag biological pesticide and chitosan. Won't help you this grow but prevention is the best cure. I would remove the parts with mold that you can see and possibly spray with baking soda now, then again when the potassium bicarbonate arrives. Good luck! Nothing worse than mold on your buds.
 

steveydvee

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What about sulfur burning??? Anyone with experience in late flower with this? I heard it affects bud taste. At this point Im thinking of harvesting early for an 8 week strain. Currently 17 days away from the 8 week mark..
 

drsaltzman

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If it’s isolated to a few buds then just chop those and cut out the mold.
If the rest aren’t affected let em roll.
My experience with mold, which was only once, is not all buds get hit with it.
But rather than chop it all early, target the mold and give the others a chance to mature.
If mold starts showing up in all of them then you’ll have a different decision to make.
 

steveydvee

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If it’s isolated to a few buds then just chop those and cut out the mold.
If the rest aren’t affected let em roll.
My experience with mold, which was only once, is not all buds get hit with it.
But rather than chop it all early, target the mold and give the others a chance to mature.
If mold starts showing up in all of them then you’ll have a different decision to make.
It's starting to show early signs on my Gelato #33 which makes up about 33% of my room. And I'd say from visual inspection about 30% of the buds are infected with very early signs of mold growth. Im looking into a sulfur burner.. I believe it may be best!
 
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