I am a new outdoor grower in New York. The weather is getting colder at night (55 degrees so far), and it has been raining and cloudy for days now. I planned to harvest this week because the temperatures are going to drop below 50 degrees. I noticed brown soft spots on three plants and harvested all five plants that I had growing. I cut off the wet brown buds; they are mushy and sticky. I keep reading that mold is gray, but the pictures I see look like the brown stuff on my plants. Is this bud rot? Thanks for the help.
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Hard to say without seeing it but more then likely bud rot 
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Pics or it didn’t happen.
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I just uploaded the pics.
Definitely rot sorry my friend
Also welcome to the forum
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That is some nasty bud rot…some of the worst that I have seen. Bummer! 
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Thanks. I lost many buds, but I still have a good number.
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Sadness and sorrow 
Thanks for the help.
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That confirms what I thought. Thanks for your help.
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Welcome to the forum. Sorry to see bud rot. I would bend the buds and get a look in the middle. Throw out anything brown. Not worth the risk.
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It’s botrytis (aka grey mold) because, if you look under a microscope, the mold is grey. It kills the leaves and buds turning them brown.
Remove at least a few inches on both sides of the rot to be safe and still do a bud wash with H2o2 before drying.
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Thanks for your help. I cut away all the brown. I hope that what I have left and am drying now is good to go. 
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I feel your pain, I have had bud rot and it sucks.
Welcome to the neighborhood. 
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Yep, I’m in Western NY and caught bud rot real early and decided to harvest…it’s curing now but I have to find time to try it when I can safely trip b@lls if it’s too racy of a high lol
That time of year and really sucks
Pay it to the game
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That sucks, but welcome…?
That explains it. Gray mold equals brown rot. Thanks.
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