# Let talk about mold and bud rot **URL:** \ **Category:** Diseases\ **Created:** [October 12, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/let-talk-about-mold-and-bud-rot/15728 "2017-10-12T18:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![kabongster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/kabongster/32/96765_2.png) [@kabongster](https://ilgmforum.com/u/kabongster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/let-talk-about-mold-and-bud-rot/15728/10 "2017-10-12T22:56:53Z")
a link to a photo that can be clicked on and enlarged, the grey in the center of the pic, the stalks then the trichs are affected, get dried up…my mold was outside, without a tent…do you think the tent was an issue in the humidity, did it help keep the morning dew off the plants or seem to make it worse? > [@Bud rot/mold photo](http://ilgmforum.com/t/bud-rot-mold-photo/6397): > > here’s a photo of the beginning of bud rot, the darker section of the bud, brownish > [@Killing mold on marijuana with alcohol](http://ilgmforum.com/t/killing-mold-on-marijuana-with-alcohol/945/2): > > If you are going to go to the trouble of detailing each individual spot of mold with a q-tip, I’d use bicarbonate instead. Baking soda has extreme high ph. It will kill almost any mold/mildew/fungus. You can make solution, approximate 0.5% concentration when mixing 1 TBS per Gallon and keep this solution to dab on spots, much better than alcohol which could actually damage any trichomes it comes in contact with them. The bicarbonate solution can be rinsed off with pure water without any damage t… --- _[View the full topic](https://ilgmforum.com/t/let-talk-about-mold-and-bud-rot/15728)._