I am in SW Virginia. Have four going outside. Have already had a little bit of bud rot on two and have been controlling PM on a third one. It is going to rain a lot in the next week. I am in the 7th week of flower with two and the sixth week with the other two. I have been using actinovate, insect frass and aspirin to boost the girl’s immune systems. But with already having issues with bud rot and WPM, albeit minor, I am wondering if I should just cut what I have rather than risk losing them all in the upcoming wet weather.
I closed the other thread. Identical issues. Try to keep everything contained to one area. Thanks
Onto your issues. Once I see any type of mold (i grow indoors), i begin harvest regardless. If its containable, ill isolate and chop any affected branches and toss that (or try a Bud Wash, but if its bad, toss it), and try to make it closer with the rest. But with 2 showing bud rot? Id take everything salvageable as close to expected rain as possible. Try to milk your time.
Im sure outdoorsers may have a few other tricks. There is quite the group of Virginians around the site. One uses milk as a fungicide I believe. But again. This late in the game? Dont let the spores kill the buzz
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Ok, thank you.
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No problem my friend. Ill see if I can round up some Virginians.
@repins12 @TheVirginian @Tylersays are all in VA… @MoBilly i believe as well
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Many thanks for you input and help. I have been using the milk/water spray to control the pm on the one girl. It worked quite well. But, yea, this late and with a week of rain bearing down I am leaning heavily toward just going ahead and harvesting. Rain is supposed to start tonight/tomorrow. Thanks again for your input and time.
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Have to run to the hardware store and get some things to prep my drying room. Will check back in here when I get back.
Is there anyway you can tarp the tops? Try to cover them from direct waterfall… humidity still wont be your friend. But better then nothing
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That was going to be my suggestion. Hell anything to keep some of the rain off of them. If you shake em, several times a day, it helps knock the water off a bit. Depends on how accessible they are 
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I could tarp them. But would have to buy some tarps and build something to hold them away from the plants.
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They are right in my back yard. So they are readily accessible. That said, after already having had some issues due to humidity I am gonna get my drying room setup and go ahead and cut them. I hate having to cut this early. But, I tried a bud I cut at four weeks in and it was surprisingly strong. So, i reckon it wont be too bad a loss. At any rate, many thanks for taking the time to offer your input. I really appreciate it yall.
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Always happy to try to help a fellow Virginian out
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Hey just to commiserate I’m up in northern VT. It’s three days of rain and highs of 50 and lows in the low 40s at night. It’s ugly.
I say Ride it out if you can stand to. I’m playing the same game with mold and rain
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I am right here with you fighting the same fight on one plant I selectively harvested part of it and am gonna gamble on the other half. My other plant has never had a single problem and it was the runt of my grow
Bottom is the runt last week. It’s hard to believe those seed came out of the same bud
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Its crazy how much variation can come from the same pheno aint it? I love it. Its like a cool form of treasure hunt. I had two very different phenos from a batch of Cosmic Wedding seeds. One was very dark green with total sativa structure and the other was lime green with indica dominant traits. I will see if I can post some pics from my phone. I am a bit tech challenged so no promises. LoL
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So, I harvested two completely. Selectively harvested my GSC hybrid. And brought my Kush inside. I am gonna ride it out as best I can with the GSC and just see what happens there. And I will just bring the Kush in and out of the house as needed. Once again many thanks to you all for your input!
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Solid plan. Best of luck and keep us updated. Happy growing.
Yes it is amazing. I didn’t know a single thing about phenos till legalization came in July. I grew a few here and there in high school but that was more than a few days ago. Best of luck on riding out the storm and congratulations on the partial harvest.
So, I have everything cut and hanging since 03 October. I bought a moisture meter to accurately tell % moisture in the buds. The larger buds are showing between ~ 13 and 15%. Smaller buds ~ 11 - 13%. I have read in a few places that drying ends at 14 - 15%. And curing ends ~ 10 - 12%. My issue is that even the buds with the lower readings the stems are still not snapping, just bending. My RH has been between 65 and 70% and temp between 65 and 70F. I am debating cutting the buds from the stems for final trim and placing them on paper bags laid out on the table in the drying room. Any advice would be appreciated. I used to just wing it and did pretty well. But I want to be specific in my parameters this time around.
Could use a bit more advice here my friend. I posted above my issue. Would love your feedback.
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My prior experience has me thinking I should stick with what I know and follow the stem snap method. But, in the interest of seeking perfection of the drying/curing process has me wanting to follow the guidelines I cited re % moisture content as per the meter.