Rain on early to mid stage buding

[northernlight]

Hi, First time growing have a few northern light x bigbud auto in 4gal pots outside. All going well but i'm just worried about heavy rain. If the buds get completely soaked for a few days but then the weather turns good will it be a problem for mold? How long does it have to be humid/wet for budrot/mold to grow? I can't move them under shelter and its already hammering it down...feel bad for them haha

new zealand

Thanks in advance

 

[bushmasterar15]

@northernlight here is a good read to help with outdoor autos
www.autoflower.org/threads/maximizing-outdoor-autos-guide-to-growing-under-the-sun.56402/

 

[northernlight]

hey bushmaster15, I have read that thread, its awesome info only wish I had read(found this site) before starting my plants. only thing is I didn't have time to go out and make a cover over plants so they are going to get drenched for 3 days... has anyone been in same situation, I have heard of people using a fungicide in with the water which helps the plant fight mold/budrot. Will put up photos when I can. Cheers

 

[bushmasterar15]

Maybe @912GreenSkell can give you some insight on this. But I'm thinking you should be ok if the weather clears up.

 

[Unique]

hey bushmaster15, I have read that thread, its awesome info only wish I had read(found this site) before starting my plants. only thing is I didn't have time to go out and make a cover over plants so they are going to get drenched for 3 days... has anyone been in same situation, I have heard of people using a fungicide in with the water which helps the plant fight mold/budrot. Will put up photos when I can. Cheers

how far into flower are they?

 

[northernlight]

They are all at different stages a couple weeks between each other but the furthest along plant would be at least 3-4 weeks flower. Main cola is getting pretty thick.

 

[northernlight]

Hope your right Bushmaster shame to get this close and lose to mold/budrot :0

 

[G.Leave]

3-4 weeks into flower a few days of hard rain shouldnt be an issue unless the strain has little resitence to mold. I would set up dew shields if you expect more heavy rains closer to finish...most mold will begin to appear on weeks 5-6 of flower

 

[northernlight]

Thanks for reply, ill watch them and give an update. Cheers guys

 

[Exotic Flower]

Hi, First time growing have a few northern light x bigbud auto in 4gal pots outside. All going well but i'm just worried about heavy rain. If the buds get completely soaked for a few days but then the weather turns good will it be a problem for mold? How long does it have to be humid/wet for budrot/mold to grow? I can't move them under shelter and its already hammering it down...feel bad for them haha

new zealand

Thanks in advance

Hi. In addition to the above comments, which I'd agree with, my last grow of a range of autos outside (check sig line below) I harvested eight plants between 8 and 9 weeks total time. I had rain, fog, mist, cloud from weeks 5-9 with only a couple of days without rain and any sun. Most of them got a little bud rot, but it only came on late, around week 7-8. So I'd say you are okay for now, but if it gets rain like that during the last maybe 3+ weeks, then you need to keep your eyes open for rot. My grow was tropical / sub-tropical, outdoors, guerilla, at altitude about 600m in the mountains. Very wet, relative humidity no less than 75%, and often around 85%-90% mark. For your reference.