Hey guys.
I'm nearing harvest (in about 2 days I'll do the first round), and noticed today that the very top of one of my plants was dry, and had some mold forming around part of it.
I quickly cut the whole part off, with some spare.
Then I separated the parts in the moldy areas from the parts that remained clean. However, the entire chunk is very dry at this point. I'm assuming the mold killed the main arteries and that this part hasn't been getting water and nutrients for a while now.
So first of all, pictures.
These are the chunks with mold. Some of it is like a greyish fuzz (seen here) and in other places it looks like little orange and while powder/balls. Anyway, couldn't get a good shot, but I hope this is enough:
These are the parts that were safely distant from the mold, but still dry. You can see the crystals looks really nice (also under the microscope):
So guys, here are my questions:
1) How dangerous is smoking stuff that has been close to mold in such a way? (the parts clear of mold are already dry. I'd like to try'em out)
2) The parts with mold, can I make oil with them in your opinion? (usually just chop things up, put in olive oil, leave in stove 160c for 45 minutes, drink teaspoon -> profit!)
3) How likely is it that other parts of the plant will be infected and what can I do about it? (It's worth mentioning that drying up like this would take days, and no other parts, even the part of the nugget this was cut out from, show any signs of any problem.)
4) Any additional thoughts would be quite welcome!
Thanks
I'm nearing harvest (in about 2 days I'll do the first round), and noticed today that the very top of one of my plants was dry, and had some mold forming around part of it.
I quickly cut the whole part off, with some spare.
Then I separated the parts in the moldy areas from the parts that remained clean. However, the entire chunk is very dry at this point. I'm assuming the mold killed the main arteries and that this part hasn't been getting water and nutrients for a while now.
So first of all, pictures.
These are the chunks with mold. Some of it is like a greyish fuzz (seen here) and in other places it looks like little orange and while powder/balls. Anyway, couldn't get a good shot, but I hope this is enough:
These are the parts that were safely distant from the mold, but still dry. You can see the crystals looks really nice (also under the microscope):
So guys, here are my questions:
1) How dangerous is smoking stuff that has been close to mold in such a way? (the parts clear of mold are already dry. I'd like to try'em out)
2) The parts with mold, can I make oil with them in your opinion? (usually just chop things up, put in olive oil, leave in stove 160c for 45 minutes, drink teaspoon -> profit!)
3) How likely is it that other parts of the plant will be infected and what can I do about it? (It's worth mentioning that drying up like this would take days, and no other parts, even the part of the nugget this was cut out from, show any signs of any problem.)
4) Any additional thoughts would be quite welcome!
Thanks