Issue #136 - Sunday, November 23, 2014 Dear Fellow
Grower, In today's issue... - Learn what causes mold and How to Prevent Bud Rot from attacking your plants!
- Discover a Neat Tool That Lets You See Your Plants in True
Color
- Plus learn about some free ways to take better pictures of your plants under HPS and LED grow lights!
- This week's trophy pics show how a first-time grower grew four huge 12" long colas!
Happy Growing! Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Always
desire to learn something useful."
~ Sophocles
Say No to Bud Rot
by Nebula
Haze |
How to Prevent & Stop Bud Rot (quick
summary) - Air circulation - Make sure there’s always plenty of air moving
over all the buds and leaves, and through the plant. This can take careful planning.
- Don’t let
plants get cold, if possible - Temperatures warmer than 68°F (20°C) help prevent fungus spores from germinating.
- Avoid wetness - Don’t allow buds to sit in damp or overly humid conditions for long. Bud rot is a fungus, and like all fungi, it needs a wet place to germinate.
- Remove all affected buds - Carefully remove and discard all buds with bud rot, as well as nearby buds - this is incredibly important if you don’t want to lose the whole harvest! Don't let anything any of the rot touch other parts of your plant.
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What Does Bud Rot Look Like? Usually a bud rot infection becomes visible in just certain parts. Sometimes just the bigger and more
dense buds are affected, but other times you'll get patches all over the plant, especially after a few rainy days. You may see areas on the colas where everything (buds, pistils and/or leaves) are darkening, becoming
discolored and/or drying up, unlike the rest of the plant. The deadened spots
usually stand out and catch people's attention, even if growers don’t know what’s wrong, they often instinctively know that something is wrong since the spots don't look like the rest of the buds on the plant. In addition to the rot itself, you may see white mold on the outside of the bud at first - this is the first stage and it means plants need to be treated immediately! With advanced bud rot, the bud will easily separate so you can see inside. When the bud in question is inspected, it will be dark on the inside, usually gray or brown, and possibly dusty (this "dust" is fungus spores). Depending on the life stage, bud rot can look… “I lost half my plants last year to bud rot… After a couple of drizzley days, I noticed spots, and then I saw that it had spread to all my plants.”
~ Cannabis
Grower
Different Stages of Bud Rot - Catch it Early! When plants are afflicted by cannabis bud rot, it starts as fluffy white growth in the middle or sides of buds, but the white mold quickly darkens into gray or brown and burrows deep into dense buds as the fungus takes hold. Sometimes you'll see the initial stage on the sides of buds, giving you a possible chance to catch the infection
early.
The Botrytis fungus looks white and fluffy in its initial stage, but you'll probably never even see this stage before the
mold quickly darkens and starts rotting the buds from the inside out Once bud rot has taken hold over parts of a cannabis plant, the buds can sometimes look almost the same on the outside, at first, but they usually start looking like they're dying in patches. Often the area will dry out and easily pull apart. The inside of
buds can turn brown, gray or even purple. " I noticed one brown sugar leaf and it came out unfortunately easily, exposing what was inside..”
~ Cannabis Grower
Some growers might think these
drying spots mean that the plant is almost ready for harvest, but you know something is definitely wrong when just parts of the colas are being affected. If you crack open an infected bud, the inside will be a moldy dark gray or brown. Any part of the cannabis plant affected by bud rot should be discarded immediately! This helps prevent further infection and all buds touched by this toxic fungus should never be smoked or used. Throw Away All Buds with Any Sign of Bud Rot!
See Your Plants in True
Color! |
HPS and LED grow lights make it hard
to take true-color cannabis plant pictures. Photographing under HPS lights make plants look yellow or orange in pictures, and sometimes strange black bands or lines will appear. LED grow lights cause plants to look purple and black, like they're from another planet. While I think plants look cool under LEDs, the purple light does make it harder to spot plant problems and it's nice to have a way to see your plants in more natural light. Luckily there are special glasses and lenses available which can be used to see your plants in true color! |
Method 7 also offers a pair of glasses that work to correct LED light too
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Who Runs This
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Nebula Haze:
As an epilepsy patient, medical cannabis is important to me, and I'm dedicated to showing others how easy it is to grow their own supply of cannabis at home.
It is my mission to
educate and build growing resources to help both new and advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. |
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Learn which seed sources are personally recommended by Nebula Haze |
Sirius Fourside:
Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium(deep water culture,
bubbleponics).
"Growing cannabis is a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much
easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, perlite, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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