MOLD?!?! OH MY GOD

I opened my jars today and found small white dots all over most of my buds... Is this mold??? Looks like it. Is there anything I can do to save my crop this is 2/3rds of my summer harvest!!!

Would it be a good idea to just try to make BHO? I guess I got lazy with burping the jars didn't think this could happen 3 weeks into cure...

Did you forget to put a Boveda pack, that is why we use them, they control the humidity. Did you put into jars when to wet, or forgot to burb them ? Just trying for nest time.
You could try and cut out the moal around the buds and save some of it.

Meh I wouldn't smoke any of that, take it as a lesson be more careful next time... All season of love can be ruined by not harvesting and curing properly

tazz&indy said:

Did you forget to put a Boveda pack, that is why we use them, they control the humidity. Did you put into jars when to wet, or forgot to burb them ? Just trying for nest time.
You could try and cut out the moal around the buds and save some of it.

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They felt dry and we're curing great but the past few days I haven't been burping as often/leaving the jars open as long as I should have... 2/3 jars effected

I make sure my stems snap before I jar everything!

Dang man, always gotta check the humidity in the jars until it's steady 65%

I use a big ass jar and put my thermometer/hygrometer in there so I know it's staying at 65, then put them into the smaller jars

Just ordered a 0.2 micron syringe/filter... Might as well make some bho and winterize/filter it to be safe.

Everybody has their own technique and my volumes are relatively low compared to many growers here so I can be more hands on. I dry until it looks and feels right (buds are no longer 'spongey'... sorry, no better way to describe it). Do the final trim, drop the buds in the jars AND check them twice daily. If they stick together or to the glass jar, dump and air or paper bag dry for a couple hours or more, then back in the jar. After a couple days, drop in a Boveda BUT still open and spin the jars at least once a day for 1 - 3 more weeks. Then open ever 3 days, smell for ammonia or musty smell, then reseal. Don't rely on Bovedas or the fact that you KNOW they were dry when you jarred them. Your eyes and nose should tell you exactly what you need to know.

I had mold for the first time ever in my last grow. One of my plants was a different phenotype than the other two, and it produced the biggest main cola bud I've ever seen in person. It was much fatter than a coke can, and was 20 inches long.

The night I harvested it, I was just about to trim, and noticed the mold. It was bad. Humidity was too high during the latter part of that grow, but it was too hot to leave the dehumidifier running while I was gone during the day.

All other buds trimmed clean, though. It was just that one main cola bud. But losing it was bad - I'll bet it would have been 3 or more ounces dried and cured.

ZaraBeth420 said:

I had mold for the first time ever in my last grow. One of my plants was a different phenotype than the other two, and it produced the biggest main cola bud I've ever seen in person. It was much fatter than a coke can, and was 20 inches long.

The night I harvested it, I was just about to trim, and noticed the mold. It was bad. Humidity was too high during the latter part of that grow, but it was too hot to leave the dehumidifier running while I was gone during the day.

All other buds trimmed clean, though. It was just that one main cola bud. But losing it was bad - I'll bet it would have been 3 or more ounces dried and cured.

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That's a sad day

ZaraBeth420 said:

I had mold for the first time ever in my last grow. One of my plants was a different phenotype than the other two, and it produced the biggest main cola bud I've ever seen in person. It was much fatter than a coke can, and was 20 inches long.

The night I harvested it, I was just about to trim, and noticed the mold. It was bad. Humidity was too high during the latter part of that grow, but it was too hot to leave the dehumidifier running while I was gone during the day.

All other buds trimmed clean, though. It was just that one main cola bud. But losing it was bad - I'll bet it would have been 3 or more ounces dried and cured.

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It's always heartbreaking...I had to throw 6 oz in the compost bin myself this year

yeah i've thrown away my share this year too... probably 4-6oz.

high humidity and unclean environment. changed my entire environment since then. hopefully this next run of the plant that was giving me problems with bud mold due to density will be fixed this time. Also gonna get little ozone happening with germicidal bulbs in the rooms.

gotta check those jars man. buy yourself a hygrometer offa amazon. for 30$, it woulda saved your hard work.
http://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Digital-Hygromter-Western-Humidor/dp/B00JXOKQVW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1446929147&sr=8-2&keywords=digital+hygrometer

I have found that bud mold actually starts in the later part of the budding stage due to over saturation of the plants roots. If it is always wet due to weather the roots can get rid of too much water if they are not overly saturated. Root rot/loss due to oversaturation without added air equals bud rot. ie: Constant flo systems are prone to bud rot. It all sucks.

Thanks for the info guys it makes me feel a little better other people have shared my pain!

tazz&indy said:

Did you forget to put a Boveda pack, that is why we use them, they control the humidity. Did you put into jars when to wet, or forgot to burb them ? Just trying for nest time.
You could try and cut out the moal around the buds and save some of it.

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what percent boveda pack to use 60% 62% or 65%?

ShLUbY said:

yeah i've thrown away my share this year too... probably 4-6oz.

high humidity and unclean environment. changed my entire environment since then.

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I've personally found fabric pots indoors to bump up the humidity. Also fighting with mold down on the pots themselves. I ended up chucking them and snagging some Spin Out pots. No problems since then for me. I had a whole SoG get hit. It made for one hell of an Iso run though!

420noobie said:

Thanks for the info guys it makes me feel a little better other people have shared my pain!

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I've chucked out loads of moldy buds. I've actually shifted to longer flowering plants because 8 weekers fatten up when temps are in the 70s and humidity is in the 70s - 90s. I'd say on a good outdoor harvest I've thrown away a good 20% of whatever got chopped due to mold and or budrot. We're talking a 5 gallon bucket almost full of nugs. I hope that helps lol.

But don't let it hit you too hard OP. Now you know what NOT to do. That's honestly more important than knowing what TO do.
Drying and getting in the cure range is tricky business.Some nugs are fatter/denser than others. So they retain more moisture than others. So when they're all chucked in jars or whatever the moisture is trapped and redistributes. Then the overall RH in the entire jar changes in all the product. It evens it all out. The trick is to hit a consistent RH in ALL of the product. Monitor it up until you do so. I've seen it change very slowly over a day and go up over the cure range and dip into the danger zone in a 48 hour period.
Also take the RH in the area when you're burping your jars into consideration.You can get your buds into the perfect cure range. Pop your jars open for an hour. If the RH in the area is a lot higher than your buds it could do more harm than good. Just a 2% change could take your buds and kick them out of the area that's inhospitable for mold growth into an area where it can start. So your environment when burping your jars is just as important as inside of your jars before you even open them. The same goes for even opening your jars after you've cured them to snag buds to smoke.
Bovedas are a good little insurance policy for that. Although if they're packed full of moisture themselves they won't absorb anymore inside of your jars when you close them in that situation. They can only hold so much.

MonkeyGrinder said:

I've personally found fabric pots indoors to bump up the humidity. Also fighting with mold down on the pots themselves. I ended up chucking them and snagging some Spin Out pots. No problems since then for me. I had a whole SoG get hit. It made for one hell of an Iso run though!

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did you not have them propped up getting air under them? My problem with the mold was a dirty 2nd hand tent that i bought. never had it before then. wasn't growing with fabric pots then either. i just started with the fabrics

ShLUbY said:

did you not have them propped up getting air under them? My problem with the mold was a dirty 2nd hand tent that i bought. never had it before then. wasn't growing with fabric pots then either. i just started with the fabrics

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I didn't get mold until cure..

420noobie said:

I didn't get mold until cure..

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well, i will ask you this.... did you happen to peel back tight packed nugs the densest colas, and check the inside of the buds for mold? because when i had it, had i not noticed one dead leaf, i never would even known it was forming inside the buds... I'm not saying that it was there to begin with, but there's a good chance it was already forming inside the bigger buds, and you may not have discovered it, which led to more serious growth by not burping jars. just a suggestion. one strain i've only ever had that problem with, i'll be checking diligently around week 7 this time around....